Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-07
THE NEWS
OF the Day I'm Pithy Paragraphs.

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Domestic.
Chicaso's bonded indebtedness is sl2,
752, 900.
The Michigan Legislature has adjourn'
ell to the 18th inst.
The steamer Roraina ashore near
Long Branch, flosted Saturday morning.
A Portsmouth, n. H., dispatch says
there was sn earthquake shock at Green.
land and Slratham, Saturday.
At Philadelphia, Thomas Anderson
and John Broadbent were drunk and
quarrelled, and Broadbent had his neck
broken by kick.
A delegation of Virginia Republicans
has gone TO Mentor TO propose Samuel
NJ. Yost, editor OF the Valley virginia.,
for q place in the Cabinet.
Vanderbilt has consented to match
Maud S. and st. Julien against Sorrel
Dan, owned by II. V. BeDniss, OF Chi.
cago, for $500, with 81 500 added.
John j. Berry, cashier OF the Bank OF
Bergen County, at Hackensack, New
York, has been sentenced TO five years
in the State prison for embekIlement.
Mr.. VIM. Vanderbilt has paid the en-.
tire cost OF the transportation OF the OBJ
elisk, pedestal and steps from Alexan-
dria to New York and erecting them in
Central Park.
A Salt Lake telegram says: Campbell
was served yesterday with Cannon's no.
tice OF conteS for the delegates seat in
the next House. lie arrived here from
the east last night.
William Swanger, stock dealer, while
enroute 10 his home in Reynoldsburg.
Saturday night, was attacked by high
waymen and robbed OF $500 in money.
He was also beat into insensibiity.
Ice imperils the vessels at the Della.
ware breakwater. Three ships have al.
ready been cut, and the eighteen at al.
chor fear similar disaster. The light
chip was carried over the break water.
A Harrisburg telegram states that
there were but SO members present on
Saturday. The ballot for Senator was:
Oliver, %; Wallace, 81; Grow, 81, Mac.
Veagh, |; Phillips, 2; Agnew, +; ; Shiras,
|. Adjourned.
The funeral of Rev. Edward A.
Washburn, at New York, was attended
bv Bishop Potter and one hundred and
fifty clergymen, representing nil sects
and sections. The coffin was covered
with white cloth, his dying request.
A report comes from Randolph coun.
nUrrfUh, u,t's' Ionic ] .arhaDelle. 4
lieved he was poisoned by interested
persons To get possession of his proper
ty.
At Philadelphia Geo. ID. B. Klein, de-
clines the independent nomination tor
Mayor. The contest is now between
NJ. 3. Stokely, the Republican nominee,
and Samuel q. King, the Democratic
nominee. The latter being endorsed by
the committee OF lO0.
Gen. Wm. Malone has made appIlca-
ton in the United States Court TO re-
deem the property Of the Atlantic, Mis-.
sissippi and Ohio Railroad. judges
Bond and Hughes on Tuesday next will
hear the argument. The road Is sdyeI-
tised for sale on the l0,h inst.
A Leadyille dispatch SAYS the rise In
the Little Pittsburgh stock is credited
to the tapping OF an immense body OF
carbonate ore ten feet IN width. the
richest ever discovered in the Lite
Pittsburgh. the working. assgying from
200 to | 900 ounces. There is much ex
citement over the strike.
Foreign.
The Canadian Commons has passed
the Pacific railway bill.
Four thousand weavers are on q strike
at HYDE i,r an advance in wages; COO
looms are idle.
Davitt GOES to the Darton prison. The
authorities will be warned OF any possi-
bic attempt ut rescue.
A Turkish semi.ofilcial journal states
that England may expect rebellion In
India. unless she helps the Moban.ne-
dams in Turkey.
An unknown steamer Was sunk FIJI
day off Cuxhaven, Germany, by the
Kron Prirz Friedrich, OF the North
German Lloyd's line.
Berkeny, intimidated by the priest and
members Of the X ilmall. rch Land League
has fled to America. compelling the ad.
ionrnment OF the hearing Of the cbsrgeS.
1t is said that Bismarck approving of
the gold standard ior Germany don't In.
vor the proposal Of France Tor an inter
national conference on the silver ques-