Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-28
THE NEWS.
siftings From Our Reports by
Railroad and Wire.

Railroad and Wire.
Ole Bnll. the vioiinist, is very in in
London.
The population OF Columbus, o., by
the last ernsus, is 81 ga.
Nan, the newsboy," Of New York,
has been appointed policeman.
The Irish relief bill has passed its
seconi reading in the House OF Lords.
A new weekly Journal. the Saturday
.Ifsraooa, IS about 10 appear in London.
A site for the Egyptian obelisk has
has been sele,'trd in Central Park, New
York.
Trrket. who l. matched to row Han
an. has arrived at Lon.lon from Aus
trllia
The rumor that Gen. Shobelof' had
been beheaied in Turkestan is COZ tra-
dir,ed.
MANY Of the colored exodusters to
Kansas are going to Texas, being offered
god wages.
ten. Grant and wife, and Mrs. Fred.
,,rant and child arrived at Msnitou,
Col. yesterday.
The compensation for disturbance in
Ireland bill has passed the House OF
Commons by q majority Of l10.
Complete returns from Belmont coun-
ty,O.. gives 4 POPULATION OF 50,0l+, q
ssiu Of 10000 in the past ten years.
The eo,orei Baptist meeting.
which has Just closed ai Columbus, o.,
hal an average attendance OF $1,000.
The steamer 0capule arrived at New
YorS, yesterday, having in tow the
steamer Gallon. previously reported dis
able,l.
Martin Kelley, sged -. was fatally
shot in Easl Baltimore, last night. by
Thos. Y. Reeden, curing a dispute over
Old election matters
The Hon. j. PDctor Knott, OF Ken
:ucSy, has formally notified his cnn-
s,ituents that he wll os a candidate for
~ rleciion 10 ConEess.
Mis- SalOma Burset. the girl who was
~ horribly outraged by circus men at
Greenburc. IA, last week, has identified
twelve OF her SSsallants.
one and one-half inches OF rain fell at
Wilmington, y. G., Yesterday, between
til hours Of . and $50 p. u. Planters
,vlnplain Ui great damage to crops.
Morrison x Co. : paning mill, at War
reu, Pa, together With six or seven
Dwellings and SOO,OOC feet OF lumber,
burned Monday. Loss, $4,000.
The Porte's reply to tie collective
note has been submit ell to the sultan
for his approval, and viii be communi,
Gated to the Ambassadors forthwith.
GlveruOr stanford, and wife of Ca =
hfnia. went To see The Danites" in
ludou the other might, and Mrs. STAN
Dri wore 10000 wUrh OF diamonds.
The excessive furniture factory OF T.
H. COrnbrOck, corner OF Fifteenth
Nr,ct and Case avenue -. LOUIS, was
totally destroyed by tire, yesterday.
i.iSS heavy.
Intelligence from Nietua is TO the ei.
irCt that the proposed naval demonstrI-
,ioa viii take place simultaneously in
the Adriatic and .Esean seas. OF Anti
yari and SsloEica.
Milton Story. aged 81, died at Thomp-
sons station, on the Nashville and De-
ratur road, twenty-five mixes south Il
Nashville. SUNDAY night, oi hydropho-
bia from the bite OF a dog last March.
A two-year old child was burned TO 3
s'risp, and a lady named Annie Palmer
probably fatally injured at Denver. yes
terisy. by the expl Ision Of acual oil can
With which the latter Was vndcavoring
10 light fire.
Miss Annie I.yn II, OF the keystone
HOu,e. Portland, Uregub, iata ly stabbed
Alex. Mathews, yesterday. She claims
that he made a di>hOnO-abl. p-oposiiiou
10 her, and attempted an iuleeent as
sault.
Some Of the American Doe. owners
engaged in the Transportation of lumber
from Ottawa 10 the United States have
struck for higher freight rates. They
rpiuse IS 80 per thousand feet demand
ing s4O0.
Alta dal ee q Greenbrier stat n Rob
rson county. Tenn, Ben. Nebst r
Was mar,ally wOunded by a stone
thrown by one Tom Jones Webster
MAS one oi the most substantial citizens
OF the county.
Bids were opened at the Postoflice
Department Yesterday, for mail bac tags
anil corl clamps and fasteners. Many
biis were received from Cincinnati.
Cleveland, Nashville, Parkersbur; and
other places. Awards will be made on
OF before August 10th.
The continental newspapers seem to
make no question thst Queen Victoria
has written letter tn the sultan, but
Judging from the analysis Of the .etter
published by the Paris RaPpsi, it appears
highly improbable that It was either
written or authorized by the Queen.
The Manhattan and New York Ele-
yated Railroad Companies have agreed
TO refer to the Presidents Of the i've
Trust Companies the determination OF
the terms upon which they may merge
and consolidate. The Metropolitan
Company will consider the proposition
tO-lav