Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-03

j,ss than q, o,S5O,OOo.
ENrY-FIvR thousand persons are
.mpluycd in the manufacture of tobacco
in New York city. The number en-
Gagged in consuming it il not stated.
ONO has never had Speaker of the
National House of Representatives, and
J. Warren Keiter is not likely 10 be the
man on whom the hOnOrs will first iAl.
\ CINCINNATI coal dealer was dis
-eyvrrpd giving 1900 pounds for ton,
and his trade at once increased one-half.
The other dealers were only giving l.
SO.
NEysrArERS on the Pacific coast are
conGcmning the reciprocity treaty be-
tween the United States and the Hawai-
ian Islands, and demanding its abroga-
tiOn.
Only SI2,25G, ,S+4.22 has been embez-
z'rd i'm the eleven months gone of 1851.
People who thought there wasn't six
.hillngs left in the country were badly
taken in.
THE spot where Garfield fell is mark
ed with marble tablet. y wooden ar
ransrmrnt will answer for the spot
w,,rr hiS u>saSsin will start on his voy-
age to Eternity.
PrTCAIRx Island Is inhabited by
u!ncty-six contented, law-abiding peO-
ne. They have no Speakership quar-
-rl-, dcftulting cashiers, or PhiladeI-
phia tax receivers.
SOME individuals abroad are frequent
" protesting that Pope Leo has inform
c,i them that he intends tO establish a
see in this or that place, but we on this
,tIenftl.e water never see it established.
CONGRESSMAN Cox, who has just re-
'Urrcd trOm abroad, says there is very
st--rg feeling against Guiteau, particu-
I#r'y in Germany. They know no such
ilingthcre - this alleged insanity. The
Germans were always a sensible people.
SENATOR LAMAR il quoted rs having
unmarked that the personal peculiari-
ti,," of ex-senator ConklinG "ure mere
.rrck, on the portrait of really great
man" But then SeuatOr Lamar has
fu,t Eeen reelected, and ne can afford
tote cmagnanimorIS.
THESE expeditions to the Arctic
regions are getting too numerous. Their
main object at present seems 70 be that
when enc vessel goes north, another
our must ", sent to find her. Such i
hunting for the north pole can be kept
up az long as the ice lasts.
SUBSTANTIAL progress has been made
in the work Of boring the tunnel under
the English channel On the French
side Il distance of 500 metres and on
the English one Of ,GOO, or 3, 400 metres
in all have been bore,l, which is some
thing mere than one-tenth Of the entire
distance tn be pierced.
THE New York Times l. surprised
that while pretty actresses have dia-
mund bracelets given ,ham, women
Ikc G,or-e Eliot and Mrs. Somerville
CaE,t. The New York Times il con
s;autly surprising people by it, deep
lsurtration. There is something very
Ill NE about the fact it notes.
TrN years ago the municipal debt OF
Charleston, :. c., was five and quar-
tr millions, bearing interest at the rate
o:GYer cent, accumulated under the
management of the carpet-baggers.
To-,tay thr drbT is nearly one million
.rN~, and upon four-tifthS of this debt
the rity pays interest at tine rate of only
1l,r r,ut.
\ PROMINENT Senator explains that
while Z Speaker Of the House of Repre-
>"ntativ,- can. fable, give great assist
an"" the tioor, recognizing the proper
msnat the proper moment, and keeniy
aPir"hrEdinS the vulnerable positions
- i'|h parties, the leader of a party Is
'a.uabsr only in emergencies. He says
'h"i u man in the chair can serve his
inT'I htter than a dozen leaders on the
ho"r.
Or IN kanNa, liquor is now given out
upon physicians certificates. A CORES
l'hn' Mt says one patient, whose sole
complaint was boil on the arm, had
t""'n"'d for him in eleven days ten
F"'t> oi "sPirttu> frlmcnti' and thirty
"''eS "i beer. And now an epidemic
VI '''!S on thrarm Is sweeping the State
oe,PFe > vigorous treatment by inter
n'' SPp'i"ation Of ''spiritcls frunentf'
eh' '"tJ.cd beer. ...-
If = grlvely suggested that Gui,.au's
,'''m 70 be the representative of the De-
Il! y not significant Of insanity. In DO
"'caI campaigns il is not rare for Re
"'"h orators TO assert with all the
-, u'ah'e Of one who knows, that Prov
r. trn'e l. on 'he side of their party. If
''''au bc adjudged insane. therefore,
,,," aTcoun' Of his asserted partnership, il
-. ' ~ necessary to build an asylum for
'hA" Republican party.
q M r''rnt report Of the Directors Of
a., T 'iint di>closes the fact, that on each
tbt- ' 'i silver coined there is a profit of
CO. ''tn cents. Now there has been
vh'., Ei"p.672,7 7O5, twelve Per cent. OF
WI w Is clear profit to the Government.
an 'e ia" this profit gone to? Isthere
T,.unt %r'unt Of ii anywhere: Do the
} hoty books make any exhibit of it,
pi.. re .,a Alnt books? 1t amounts 10 the
do..e L'''e sum Of $1,000, 7s460, and it
HOI include the Drotit oD Vold ooin