Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-02
THE NEWS
ofthe Day In PithyP.r

of the Day I'm Pithy Par aphs
Austin, Texas, has q fem q riff.
The best dressed ladies 1 world
are 10 be seen at Saratoga,
The prospect Of Parnell's c d the
Atlantic again grows daily n T bs'
bic.
The collections in Chicago o
tIe New Ulm sufferers have ed
Sj.S1S
f II. Rodgers, United States { s.
q. Vera Cruz, died at that pa e.
irrday.
Assistant Secretary Upton rt u ',
hls duties at the Treasury Deph n.
Yesterday.
Three fc' battalions, one battalion
rifles and two batteries leit TOulo. O.
Algeria Yesterday.
We have Just discovered what the
matter is with NennOr. He parts his
nair in the middle.
Secretary Lincoln has taken his family
I, Rve Beach. The Secretary will return
10 his desk tomorrow.
George francis Train writes as many
a, six postal cards day TO Guiteau. No
wonder he has repetned.
,Instice Clifford received four collegl-
q,e LII D.'s-irom Harvard, Brown,
Dartmouth and BOwdoin.
The season at Newport is reported to
De- one OF the brightest in the history OF
that famous watering place.
The public debt statement shows the
amount 0i per cent. bonds continued
at 81 per cent. to he Sl7S. .055, $50.
The failure is announced OF the Nor
wich, Conn. Pistol Company. with lia-
hriities of $4,000; assets $4,000.
Owing to the rise in tlpur, the Mon
trral bakers yesierdayincreased the price
Of white fonr- pound leaves two cents.
Eishop r. o. Haven, OF the NJ. F..
Church, i wing dangerously i'll ~ Port
land. Oregon. and is not expected TO re-
cover.
Hannibal Hamlin will accept the
Spanish mission, anu Captain Boutelle,
81 the Bangor Wig, will be secretary Of
the legation.
Thomas = O'COnnor will leave Lon
don m ten DAYS for America on his lee
tuning tour in the interest OF the Irish
Aud agitation.
The vile of tx Senator Howe, Of Wis
,..u~ln, died Yesterday at the residence
nr her son in.law. Col. Enoch Tottrn. at
Washington, II L.
Al j. now gu.et at Tunis. The Bey
has thus far ,llec'ed four hundred reg
min troops, but they show great un~Il-
l,uGu, - To obey orders.
Farmers on the estate of Mr.. McNa'
mara, in BrliOrishire, EngIand, have
,,,rlved letters threatening death ii
rrnI payments are made.
The coinage during the month of July
aggregated =, $50 ECO. consisting OF 81
OOU double eagles, 225 900 silver dollars
and the remainder in cents.
\ committee has been formed under
the dirrrIiun ui Gambetta, f@r the pur.
nose of iurthcring the Republican cause
during the general election in France.
An extensive bed OF bituminOus coal
has been discovered at q point twelve
miles southwest of Marshall, Texas.
The deposit lies but eight feet below the
surface.
Jnssph Adams. who had ne"n in Jail
l.r three months in Cincinnati Tor bru'
r,l treatment of his wife. cut his throat
Yesterday morning aud died almost IN
stant!y.
Two NJ <icans and two miners have
been murdered ~ the Indians near
F,rt McCrra. New Mexico, and a COM
rany ol cavalrymen Is in pursuit ui the
bntrheTs.
Fortv-rhree poStmasters have failed to
render their quarterly reports Ia tue
Post Office Department iOr the quarter
rnd.n. Jnnp -, 1851, which they are re-
quired TO 10.
TIE strike ui the laborers in county
C,rk Ireland, - extending TO the city,
where ionr hundred llbIrers struck
Yesterday, owing To the per,uaSlons OF
the country lahDrers.
purins the past fiscal year there were
taxed. at Il - per thousand, 5h' so vs.
cigarettes, netting tie Eoyernmrnt
Sqoa, g29. During the pret ed'ng wear
tine revenue from this source MAS S'IA-
-.
lanes Robb, who died on Sunday at
Chrviot, o, was ut one time manager
ol the banking system OF the Cuban
government, and subsequently became
lary,lv interested in the ChlcaSo and
Alton railroad.
The ten-mi'e race between George
HaLael and Charles Price, for purse OF
500. was run at the Polo grIun IN
New York city yesterday. The mrHer
won bv 100 Yards, making the distance
m ~ minutes and 22l seconds.
U'Donovan L rssa has made apphca-
tion In Collector Merritt for an Office IN
The New York custom house. He states
that he was formerly emploved aS
rn5toms official. The application has
icon referred 10 the new collector.
Tie commission appointed by the
French Chamber OF Deputies 10 report
on the projected railway tunnel has APP
proyed the Mont Blame route, while lta-
iv had previously given her assent to
the Simplon route The attitude oi
France shows contempt Tor the nentfai.
t:v al Northern Savoy.
&. i. Huntington, Leland STANFORD.
e Erisbie, and others have obtained
charter Ior the Texas and Mexican In
terustional railroad, the capital ol which
enterprise is SS,OOO,O0O. They report
that engineers are at work on each end
of the line from Pledras Negras 10 lhe
c.tv oi Mexico. The road Will he bum
without subsidy.
Double Murder.