Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-05
THE NEWS.
siftings From Our Reports Dy
Railroad and Wire.

New York pOpuldt'O" 10
General +. d. Babcock will bulid q
new lighthouse at Cape Henry
The campaign in Maine is getting hot'
IT,. sl..,,,on' occurs a week from to'mor
row. ,,u
The subscription ior the beseft oil ihe
Salwanhaka's officers now amounts W
S4,SS0. ,u,
Tn. proiuc, OF the Michigan salt wells
for the past eight mouths WIS l'f'''O'
barrels.
They are ,alSinc of telephone ex
,l,,r,.. S.twc,a las: Liverpool, ONO
aul pit,>hur-t.
l. j,pr,,ty late in ii," day, but no: TOO
l,.r lor "a gxratnG,' - speak IN iall, ,
r,vd s1rt OF way OF DE-. sanner as a last
male.
Texas has doubled her population IN
tho paSl ten wears, having now ABOUT
If6OlO There are 266 counties IN the
S.ue. III the present basis OF repre-
sart,ti,u is maintained, she VIII De en-
ti,'ad ~ nine representatives IN Con-
gress.
san Francisco manufacturer has re-
c,iv..J from IN, interior Oi the state an
orirr i1r a pair oi boots which, II the
nnnbrrs i'm u,. ran - high, would De
...,bt,eos in >il,. They will be li4 IN
chrs ia length and N width. Inc inah
Wi, : % wear them Is sma,l, except as
10 Ejs hands aui irct,
Foreign.
The American Dental Association Is
in session IN Boston.
Tie Cambridge, d., NvS has changed
prnpric,urS and parties.
The labor troubles in the Ohio mining
region have brOAen out aireoh.
Inv Gou'i i said to have made SILL
OrJ.t1J in tie pas; twelve months.
\ tunnel under the It. Lawrence
river a, Montreal is 10 be- undertaken.
Mr.. G'als,our's chill has set the en-
tire Liberal party OF England sEIveTlng.
TH,rri, q lockout q 800 cotton oper-
a,iv,s at EpcSiJie, England, the weay-
er, q d.maudins an increase OF wages.
t. Convention Of the National Ger
man american Normal SrhDOl Ass S1c.a'
I'm session in New York city.
TIE trial oi James D-jarnetl', at Dan
willie. Va, ipr the murder "i nis sister,
has been postponed until September,
The troop. ship, Orou,js. LETT Ports
m8u % iOr lnI,1, Yesterday, with l,COO
men to reinforce the army IN Alghanis-
tan.
l, IA UNDERSTOOD that Ex-Emprcss
Eu-ruie iu',iiS tu quit Chisc,EurS, and
tt,r''.. remains OF the late Prince lm-
per a with Eer.
Tnrg. Is cons icrab,c excitement in
loan r.guty, o., over the uErarthlng
ut ALLEGED irguis IN counting the vote Tor
GDy,Iupr, las, ldi.
r. Caprl,s Moor, rector ot the
Jrsu., Cr.Irse at IunsbrlucS, died IT
Gently. With him ends the race OF the
Counts Moor, immortai.zsd by >calIler.
The imports OF merchandise into the
cluulry duIiu. the fiscal wear ending
June G)ih amounted % S66i So, 900,
ami the export during The same time,
S>iI,19LOOD.
The London Times, in commenting on
the disaster too q. EurrOw 5 command,
b,am,s that Cftiter and declares that
Bomnay srpays aye inferior TO the Ghaz-
idS A. soldiers.
There was bloody election rio; at
MaySy.ie. Mason county, kentucSy,
MpnItv, wui.h suited IN tine death ot
one r,.urcl mIa, ami the serious wound
ins oi TWO whites.
senator Wj,hrIs, il is rumOryl. is 10
be elected president OF the Elacksburg
ColIc.c, Va. IN place ol Mr. Buchanan,
who resigned TO take the presidency vi
Emory and Henry College.
\ Errlil dispatch says;-"Ne.otia-
tinns between toe Russian government
and tEr Chinese Ambassador have been
opened, anI the Russian press expresses
hopes that peace may be maintained.
On account OF contic, OF authority
between the h1b"lS corpus writ from the
Supreme Court aUd the mandate OF the
Governor Of Maryland, the Baltimore
bunk iOg,rrs will be retained in New
York.
Alexander W. Hall, the Liberal Con-
serva,.vc who was elected member Oi
Parliament iur oxford City, defeating
SIR VIM. Vernon liarcourt 10y vote OF
2,73j tn 2,bSl, has been unseated on
petition.
The Rochester Y. " Park ASSOcia-
tiOn has arranged With the managers OF
VI ud> : and -. Julian 10 give an eXhi-
bi,Ion ri speed August II. The horses
Will receive 5000 each il the record Of
2l3t Is bcltru.
The municipal governments OF It.
Petersburg aud MoScOS are, on the
plea OF the verge Of bankruptcy, trying
to grt oil being compelled tn contribute
% the opera IN those cities, but II Is
doubtful II JEcy succeed.
The late VI Pcre:re. the ,iuancier, ,eit
a fortune amouutiu. To- SlO,4OO,OtO. OF
this sum Nalunr r"rcire iuherits So
SJOOlO hali ii this absolutely and the
o,hcr hall ior lji', while each Of the
three children receive q ,3OOOU0.
Edward u. Wrcxrn, who arrived at
New York from Elrupc, ON Monday,
has been committed Tor examination
into hlS sanity. tie says he has a
brother IN Chicago, AMI that he himself
has been an inmate oi the Elslu, ILL.,,
asylum.
MrS. Thomas Thompson, Of Prince
ton. Y. j., who was alone with her
c gIl', hal desperate struggle in her
roDm with masked burglar She sue
creted in alarming the neishbOrs, but
the man, alter securing some articles OF
value, escaped.
The reports OF the Inspectors OF Mines
in England for 1879 ShOS that during
the year lSS, ,520, ,&Y5 tons Of cal. l,45j,.
COS tons OF lire clay, 9.3S1 .76h tons of
ironstOne. aEi Sl3 2O7 tons oi sha,e,
&c, were produced in the mines claSsed
under the Coat Mines Regulation act.
A Parliamentary return, lust issued
OF cases ui eviction which have come un-
der the knowledge oi the conStabulary
( in Ireland shows that during 1871, iOj
families were eyicttd; in 1873. SSi iami.
! lies; and in 1879 there were 10 \. Dur.
ting tue current wear, up 10 June -,
There have been 900 families evictcd.
The enormous public indebtedness of
tCanada eXclteS grave apprehension in
the minds of thoughtful men. The sys-
tenn OF decentralization las added large