Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-10
TIMELY TOPICS.

SlGNoR DRNzA of the Moncalieri OBJ
servatory, points out the coincidence OF
a shock of earthquake in lombardy and
Piedmont on February ., with the great
activity OF .Etna on the same day, and
an eruption Of q volcano in San Domin'
80.
APRoros OF the admiration OF the Lon
don iUtCpaum for sentence III Ouida's
new book, "The beauty that was Athens
and the glory that was Romo's, the Err
aminer observes that it is "a sorry mang-
ling OF the lines:
Ito the glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that VAS Rome,
in Poe's address to Helen
At the Chamber OF Commerce meet
my in Pittsburgh on Monday Mr..
Martin stated that while travelling
through West Virginia aud North Caro-
lima, he was struck with the round
about way in which these States were
reached from Pittsburgh, tie was in
favor OF railroad through West
Virriuia to North Carolina, and thought
that il it had been built prior to 1860 we
would have had no rebellion.
AMKRIcAS actors and plays are hardly
ever successful in England, some OF our
best artists and pieces having failed
there ANONYMOUSLY, mainly through
an unreasonable prejudice against any
thing coming from thus side OF the
water. Several London managers have
surmounted the difficulty, in the case OF
plays, by attaching the name OF some
London playwright as adaptor. Two
bold ventures, however, are to be made
this spriug. An entirely American
company will 20 over to play "The Dan
ties" at Sadler's Wells Thester; and
John I. Raymond will appear at the
Gaiety in "Colonel Sellers The Eng
lish reputation the authors, Joaquin
Miller and Mark Twain, is relied on to
overcome prejudice.
BELLAIRE is to have new daily.
Starting a paper with the raw material
at its present high price is like a man
dying TO furnish his friends an opportu-
nifty to plant flowers on his grave. We
wish the new diurnal success. -NetGben-
riuC Herald.
THEY had shooting match in Wheel.
ing Saturday night in which man Was
killed, and the REGIsrER, containing a
three column account OF it, has at the
head Of an adjoining column, Plenty
Of amusemeuts now. '-SSiIbenril!e Her-
aid
TUX Ohio Democracy will present
the name OF Allen q. Thurman 20 the
National Democratic Convention and
will use all honorable means to secure
his nomination. As a Statesman, he
has no superior in this, or in any other
country. As constitutional lawyer
there is no man that can approach him
unless il be Edmunds, OF Vermont. To
such man the people can sriely en-
trust the interests ofthis great country.
WpVtsFAui ", SfSW
BIZ recent decision OF the Attorney
General, the retail liquor dealers in Al
leSheuy county viii have to pay the sum
OF 500 license. This decision will pro-
duce some lively scenes in that county,
where vigorous attempt Sill be made
on the one hand, 10 enforce, and on the
other, to evade the payment. Three
hundred dollars each IRON the retailers
OF arient spirits will do something to lift
Allegheny county out oil the slough OF
her Indebtedness 1t seems like retri-
button that whisky, which had much to
do with producing the riot, should be
literally taxed to help pay the damages
Warrington RY0rtCr.
AGAIN viii the fierce heat Of the lie
Moyne retort be kindled 10 utterly dis
sipate the mortal iemains Of that which
vas made in the image Of the Creator.
To those who have been present at the
process III cremation, who have detected
the siekening odor OF singed hair and
roasted sesh that inevitably preceded