Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-29

day.
U;s believed in Boston that William
q R,ssell has been rendered the chief
iusticeship of the Massaehusettssupreme
court.
Forster. secretary for Ireland, an
rormces that the state of the country
will not Justify the release of the Land
Iearu,r> now in Jail.
I'll. Connecticut Bible Society and
tho ,merican Bible Society are having
itb,4 and heavy just now as towhat he
came of the funds. \ wise public may
with, e. Il its subscriptions to either.
Tb,. ussian Geographical Society has
decided 10 make earnest and continued
cfFnrrs TO rescue the survivors OF the
Jeannctte and will send out a eompIe'e
and well equipped expedition tor 'ha'
purpose.
Mexican adviccS state that Yesterday
in the public Jail at Humarg'lilIo' under
orlrrs political chief Francisco ol"In'
lila wa. shot to death without Judge or
trial The affair caused great excite
meut.
Gov. Ludlow, of New jersey, has re-
fused TO convene the court ofpardons i'll
the case Of Kinkowski, who battered
out the brains of Minnie Muller, ON the
Palisades, and he will be hanged on the
9TH of January.
Official accounts Of the recent calaml-
ity at the church in Warsaw, show that
the panic was deliberately organized by
thieves, who counted on being able to
rob the people during the confusion.
The actual number killed was twenty
eight. Twenty-siX Others were seriously
wounded.
The lust for public employment is as
louishing. I'VE had the pleasure, the
other day." says distinguished editor,
of ofobserving an excellent man, the son
of talented fatner, whose long pursued
ambition il was to secure the place Of
sweeper in the Custom House"
President Arthur intends to raise the
IOsition of high private recretary 10 Il
higher plane by getting Congress to
make the salary 1900 and then adding
$3.50 from his own pocket. He expects
10 secure the services of some statesmen
withunbomded political knowledge and
the keeneSt social tact.
\ Washington dispatch says the
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee has decided the claim of the. State of
Minnesota to four townships of land for
the support of a State university in favor
OftheState The amount of land granted
TO the States generally for the univer-
sity purposes was two townships, or
twenty-five sections to each State. The
States of Florida, Wisconsin and Min
nesOta, however, received supplemental
grants of two additional townships.
This case has been before the Cen
eral Land oflicn sometime, ami its deci-
sion in favor of the States, will go far
towards making the University self
sustaining.
The RGjlrOCd Gazette Of the 26Jh in
slant gives statistics showing 4 total of
l&G railroad accidents during the month
of November last, whereby fifty per-
son, were killed and 10 injured. Twen-
ty accidents caused the death Of one or
more persons; twenty-siX caused injury
hut not death, leaving eighty-seyen, or
C5.i per cent. of the whole number iii
which no injury to persons is recorded.
The record shows for theeleven months
Of this year, ending November 50, a to-
tai of 1915 accidents, 37S killed and
l,457 injured; monthly average Of l-22
accidents, 81 killed and 1872 injured.
III is il a very high average, and Is lar
ger than in any year in the record.