Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-05
THE NEWS
or the bay In Pithy Paragraphs,

Ex.President Hayes is in New York.
IroQuois has been scratched for the
C1lrewitch race.
The crops in Sweden have failed, and
famine Is impending.
Secretary Blaine left Augusta, Maine,
Yesterday for Washington.
The Princess Louise sails irOm Liver
pool for Canada on the s0th instant.
Patrick Moran, the Irish sgitstor, has
been released after 6ye months confne-
ment.
President Arthur arrived in Washing
ton from New York yesterday after
noon.
Fletcher U. Harper, OF the firm OF
Harper Brothers, died in New York
yesterday.
John Beaver was killed in O.Eyo,
Michigan, yesterday, by the bursting Of
grindstone.
DR.. Donald Mclean, OF the Medical
Department of the University of Michi.
gan has resigned.
A man named Garrett killed his wife
at Caldwell, Mich, on Saturday, and
yesterday hanged himself in jail.
The English cricket club won the in
ternatiousi match at Philadelphia yes
terday by one inning and l04 runs.
The Garfield boys have returned 10
Williams College, but Harry is not we'll
enough TO resume bis studies at once.
Hon. Lionel Sack7ille West, British
Mini ster to the United States, will leave
England for this country October 22nd.
The net reduction in the cost OF Star
Route and steamboat mail service dur
ing the month OF September was S63,-
AS.
Ex Governor Moses, OF South Caro-
lima, was arrsigued in New York yester-
day, charged with obtaining money by
false pretenseG
The Pope approves OF the resolutions
passed At the meetingOfthe Irish Bishops
at MAynopth expressing satisfaction
with the land act.
Parnell says the Lind League intends
60 form a labor department, and with
this object a number of labOrers will
meet in few days.
The French troops have captured
GsiSa, after severe battle With the
Diirid Arabs. IL is rumOred that
mutiny has broken out in the camp OF
Ali Bry
Thirt en- thousand and eighty.four
original patents w,re issued for the
first nine months of the present year,
an increase of >, Pol over the correspond
Ing period Of last year.
The Farmers Convention at It. Louis
YESTERDAY a!Op.e constitution, and
Miss president, and J. V. Scott, OF
Trxsrkana, Ark secretary.
Col. Love, President OF the Hunts
vii e, Alabama, Cotton Seed OIL Mills,
and prominent citiSen, was snot and
Instantly killed Yesterday by the brother
in law OF a young lady 10 whom II Was
said he was paying improper attentions.
The insurgents in Tunis have burned
a railway station, and massacred num-
Der of employees, including several Eng-
lish and Italian subjects. The Italian
and English Consuis have begun an
official inquiry into the facts OF the mat
ter.
VIM. T. Branch, financial manager OF
the American Transfer Co, Bradford,
Pa, recently arrested charged with
abstracting 500, 900 by the alteration OF
books, was released yesterday, having
agreed to make restitution and appear
for trial.
A small child, while standing near
molasses eyapQratOr near DaDdcidge,
Tenn a few DAYS ago, witnessing the
evaporation with great glee, lost It's foot
hold and fell into the seething mass and
was dead before its Mortified parents
could rescue il.
Nelson W. Aldrich received & majority
of the votes % the Assembly OF RhOia
Island in 81 sparate Houses iOr United
States Senator yesterday, and will PROB
ably b. elected o. succeed General Burn.
side on the tirst ballot in the joint legis-
iative convention to-day.
At Jefrt rsonville, Ky, Ell. McDermOtt
stabbed and killed John heete, q worthy
and esps Ctabie young man, aRd fatally
stable B. McCardie. McDermOtt Was
snga. ed in a drunken brswl with an.
other PARTY, AMI stabbed these vCuCg
men for endeayoring to make Peac'.
The New York Journal Acknowledges
the receipt of 1925 for the families OF the
men killed on the bridge near Beaver,
p, September -, by the train bearing
the representatives of the press 10
Cleveland. Three hundred dollars OF
the amount Was contributed by the SIX
morning papers comprising the ASsocl'
ated Press Of New York.
In the Orphans Court at Philadelphia
Yesterday the audit OF the estate OF Asa
Packer took pla,e. M objection Was
made 20 the acrOunt, but Geo. Bull pre-
sented 4 claim against the estate smoun.-
ing TO over S3,0OO,OO0 The claim was
made in behalf of Noble, Hsmit & Co,
who aided in the construction Of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Several Denver, Colorado, citiEsrs
have lately been robbed and bad'y heat
en-. The robberies were traced TO Chas.
Briggs. proprietor Of q dance hall. and
his associates. Yesterday q cit
mob, after warning the inmates, set tre
10 the hall Briggs 6red into the crowd
without effect. An unknown party re-
turned the fire, wounding him.
In the Chittenden County Court,
Vermont, yesterday, the grand jury
presented an indictment for perjury
against HoratioS. johnson, one OF the
assessors OF the town OF Williston. aud
Cic.ro q. Peck, J. G. Weller and Noble
Love, assessors of the town OF Tines
bury, for fraudulent violation OF the tax
Law. All ars prominent and wealthy
citizens who have held many officers OF
honor and trust in their communities.
In the Criminal Court in Washing on
Yesterday the counsel for the deienaants Is
In the Star Route cases asked leave oi the
court to l!e a motion to quash tho ln'
formation filed AZ inst Genera Brady
and others some days agn. The no Ion
was filed, and the cNurt announced thai
when the bail MAS fixed he Sond lie
termine upon the day TO hear th" arEn
ment upon the motion. lhrrr Mas some
argument as 10 the amount of bail 10 he
-. - ,ba daEsn1anta The, court said