Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-19
THE NEWS
OF the Day In Pithy Paragraphs.
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The Jews in Russia are praying for q
declaration Of liberty for all creeds.
s4l, 900 have been collected for the
Michigan fund in Elmira, New York.
The great exhibition in Moscow will
open May l6, 1882. and close Septem.
Der Is.
The Trades Union Congress has called
on Parliament to prohibit commercial
corners.
The Emma Abbott opera troupe has
just osed q successful engagement in
Denver, Col.
The Ecumenical Council on Saturday
passed a resolution condemning the
opium traffic.
The State Fair at Pittsburgh closed
yesterday. The managers were disap-
| pointed in the receipts.
The National Land League convention
has cabled to Mrs Garfield resolutions
expressive OF sympathy.
u. q. Dpgarmour boat with cane ana
probably fatally injured W. B. Ragland
in Denver, COL, yesterday.
Five men were drowned by the
swamping OF a small boat on Columbia
river, Oregon, on Saturday.
Mrs. Hslloway, wife OF Col. w. r.
Holloway, died on Saturday, at Indian.
apolis, Ind, oftyphoid fever.
Prince Napoleon denies having any
intention OF renouncing his claim to the
leadership OF the Bonapartists.
The Grand Trunk Railway will to.
day begin to sell tickets from Boston to
Chicago for $50 with $40 rebate.
The schooner Van Valkenburg went
down on Lake Michigan on Thursday
night and eight OF her crew perished.
The Jeffersonian Democracy OF New
York will issue a call for State con.
vention to meet in New York City on
October 10th.
Johnson & Company's glass ware
house and Hayes lumber yard, Pitts
burgh, were damaged by fire to the ex-
tent OF S25, 900.
The earnings OF 335 miles OF the
Southern railway between Cincinnati
and Chattanooga were $225, 900 for the
month Of August.
Chas. Smith, in Rockland, Me-, on
Saturday shot and killed his wife, child
and mother.in-law. Cause, jealousy OF
his wife. He was arrested.
About forty train men employed by
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
railway struck at Youngstown, Ohio,
yesterday, for higher wages.
Foster, Chief Secretaey OF Ireland,
has been urged TO obtain the release Of
suspects" He said an official answer
would be given early this week.
Beatty's organ factory and the Star
Organ Company's factory were burned
last night. Loss 100000. Four:hun-
dred men thrown out OF employment.
Geo. w. Townsend, the well known
marine diver, quarreled in Boston on
Saturday with Harry Forbes. Forbes
shot Townsend, and then shot himself
dead. Townsend will die.
The Department OF State has been
officially informed OF an exhibition OF
apparatus devised to prevent smoke, to
be held in London, October "a h, and
exhibits from this country have been
invited. .a.--
BY the collision OF two freight trains
on the Erie railroad near Elmira, N. Y,
On Saturday evening, Fuller and two
brakemen named Borne and Pomeroy
were killed, and Conductor Jones and
Brakeman Dumb m were mortally
wounded.
The Board OF Visitors to the West
Point Military Academy have made a
report to the Secretary Of War, in which
they suggest several reforms in the ad-
ministration OF the affairs Of the academy
and among other things suggesting that
q Memorial Hall be built ut West Point
to commemorate the services OF cadets
who have distinguished themselves or
died in the public service.
F. II. Parker, president OF the New
York Produce Exchange, has a1Cressed
a letter TO T. j. Eckert, General super
intendent OF the Western Union Tele.
graph Company. requesting that addi.
tional facilities be provided TO meet the
requirements Of that exchange. Gen.
Eckert replied that the delays OF the
last few weeks have been due to the
Presidents sickness with its increase of
telegrams, to the Michigan fire, and to
the sudden and unnatural increase in
the number of commercial messages, and
that the Western Union mpany were
making all possible efforts to meet the
demands OF their business.
The Chairman OF the Ohio Democratic
Executive Committee has written TO the
Chairman OF the Republican Committee
declaring "tle awful calamity which has
been visited upon the country in the
attempted assassination Of the Presi
dent demands that the voice OF
the partisan should be silenced," anu
suggesting that in Ohio, the Presidents
native State, all campaign speaking,
which might engender bitterness, be
done away with. The Chairman OF the
Republican Committee has replied,
stating in substance that the Republi-
can officials were paid and mus have
employment. The Democratic massee
and the Republican masses will approve
OF the action Of their respective repre-
sentatiyes.