Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-08

things up mighty lively.
1t is intimated by the Cleveland
Herald that official Philadelphia would
not come out well, if the SOdom and
Gomorrah test were applied to it.
Newspaper correspondents are busy
Just now in arranging for the marriage
of General Butler, and also of the Hon.
David Davis. No cards out as yet.
Postmasters are to be elected at Milan
and Steubenvile, the Congressman
from that district being unwilling to
take the responsibility Of making the
appointments.
If all the newspapers tell the truth,
the good poet LOngfellow has warts on
his nose. carbuneles on his neck, alb
sccsses on his legs, and is threatened
with cancer on his face.
The editor of the Mesilla Nclcs re-
members when there was but one pc
riodical published in New Mexico"
now there are about thirty, aud new
ones starting every month.
WITH the assembling of the new Con-
-re-s returns the old era of congressional
Investigation of elections in Democratic
States where the intelligent witness for
the plaintiff signs his name with ar x.
There is no doubt in the mind of the
Hartford CO,rdnt that the hest practical
sentiment of New England to-day looks
uron the license system as more promo
tive Of temperance than the so-called
prchibitory system.
The report Of Mayor StOkely, of Phil
adelphia, shows the funded debt of the
city to be S6S,737, SIGH The value of
taxable property S543,669,l29. Loss
fr m fires the past year, Sl,l96, 1876
more than covered by insurance.
Mr.. Samuel ]. Tilden does not ride
cut 20 frequently Is he used TO on horse
hack, and the spare figure once so IA
miliar on the equestrian paths Of Cen
trail Park is family seen sometimes
through the half closed window Of a
cab.
Tie great numbering, creaking ma
chine at Washington has been wound
up and set agoing; but it will register
no legislation for six weeks to come.
Congress meets in December; but its
session does not really begin until JAN
ulry.
The shipments of cattle over the
Union Pacific road this season will reach
10000, over 10000 having already
paS>rdthrough Omaha, and these most
lvfrom Nebraska. The best of the high
grade beef cattle pass through direct to
Europe.
ONO begins To believe that she still
lives. but while the House has chosen
Kcifcr for Speaker, it must not be for
gotten that a greater Buckeye than
Krifrr has been ovcrborne. Private Dal-
zcI desired the Postmastership, AMI Pri-
vate Dalzell didn't get ii.
If GUITEAU should be acquitted on
the ground of insanity, an epidemic OF
crime may be expected. Any loose
braincd man who imagines another man
stands in his way may proceed to shoot
that man with 4 reasonable expectation
Of escape from punishment.
SECRETARY FOLGER seems 10 he pos
SeSSed of the sort of back bone that jus
titles being claSSed as u Stalwart, in
the true and proper sense of the word
The Treasury tycoons" appear unable
TO bend him, and if he holds out sue
cc>sfully to the end, he will earn debt
Of gratitude.
Senator Vest yesterday introduced a
hill i'm the Senate providing for an cX-
Ienditure ofS2O, 900, 600 for the improve
ment of the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, according to the plan of the river
commission. The amount, by the terms
of the bill, is to be equally divided be-
tween the two rivers.
Cen. John y. Logan was promptly Oh
hand to re-introduce into the
Senate his bill to place General Ulysses
:. Grant upon the retired list Of the
army. General Grant is among the
rich men of this country, among its cor
poration kings, and not among pauperS
needing national bounty.
Yale cOntcmplateS sort of jubilee in
honor of her success in athletic sports
during the past year. She won the boat
race with Harvard, the foot ball cham
pionShip and the base ball champion
ship. Her proud pre-emincnce in mus
cular culture among American colleges
to be- celebrated by a banquet at New
Haven.
The London Ti7Nh reports that Mr.,
James Gordon Bennett intends visiting
Dundee during the current month to
purchase one Ofthe finest whaling ves-
>elS belonging to that port, to dispatch
To the Arctic regions in search of the eX-
ploring vessel Jeanette. He is striv-
ing to secure the service of Captain
Adams, the most intrepid of the Dun
dee Arctic sailors.
1T was predicted some months ago
lhat the term Stalwart would go out of
use OF become a mere word of reprOach,
Out the StalwartS seem to be active in
washington, and, more than that. they
are not without large following ofper-
sons supposed t. have been very decil-
""y on tother side of the fence. o,
course the President didn't issue any or