Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-18
THE NEWS
OF the Day In Pithy Paragraphs.

Scarlet fever is raging in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
The Ohio Legislature will not adjourn
until the last Of April.
The electric light is to be introduced
into Columbus, O,
Miss Annie Porter, aged IA years,
died m Harrisburg from excessive rope
jumping.
\ ease OF black fever at LennOxyille,
Pa l. creating the widest excitement
amOas the residents OF that locality.
Hon. Edward Sere, the Belgian Con-
sui General, is in ChicsgO investigating
the reports concerning the diseases OF
hogs in Illinois.
\ depu,atiou OF Illinoisans called on
Pf,silrat Garfield aud recommended
ex-CnrgJesSman Z. G. HAYES for the
Austrian mission.
NssSrs Eyar,s, Thurman AMI Howe,
Commissioners on the part OF the | nited
S.atcs To the Monetary Conference at
Paris, sail for Europe on April 2d
Sames Ferguson, OF Marietta, brake
man. iell between two freight cars on
th,. &. x VI. railroad Wednesday, near
Back Band, and was instantly killed.
Reports have been received from New
York announcing the failure O' HopSOn
4 shepard, wholesale dealers in crock
e-v. Liabilities $4,000; assets SIS, 900.
Frank Rose, who q week since robbed
the Union Express office, IN Louisville,
al :. .7O4. plead guilty to day and was
sentenced 10 four years in the peniteL-
ti3ry.
One OF the robbers who entered the
house OF Miss Roberts, in brooklyn, and
robbed her of IS go in bonus and Jew
clv, has been arrested and identified by
the victim.
The corOner's Jury in the case OF Gen.
UPTON found verdict OF suicide, due to
an overtasGed brain, the result OF eN.
pactrd failure Oi the work in which he
was engaged.
The New York Times OF to-day makes
the announcement that General Grant
will formally resign the presidency OF
the Worlds FAIR Commission before
leaving for Mexico.
NignauN, the French billiard cham
pIon, is likely - come to this country
and play matches in Chicago and New
York. S.0ssnn, Sexton aud Schaelier
are ready t0 meet him.
The probabilities appear very lsyora'
be s1r the appointment OF State Senator
Kahl,. Ul Indiana, as Consul General to
Berlin. lie Is being pressed Tor the
place 10y Senator Harrison.
Trouble hrs arisen in the Lee Avenue
election OF the pastor, j. Hyatt Smith,
T. Congress, and recent sermon by hlm
leaning toward Universalism.
At Memphis, Chas. l.. Gates, aged s.,
s,p of the late secretary Oi the Cotton
Exchange, shielded yesterday afternoon,
shooting himself in the heart. Cause,
mental depression over the loss OF his
father.
Thomas Johns, a prominent gram
dealer OF WIxOm, Mich, was assaulted
and robbed oi 500 Last night, by farm
hand. Johns injuries will probably
prove fatal. The aSSailant has thus tar
eyaded arrest.
Tom Gordon, a noted desperate,
f.w davs ago killed the city marshal vi
Sarocc0, New Mexico, AMI made h'S IS
cape. lie was arrested a. Albuquerque
ami taken back 10 SoroccO, and hanged
bya mob oi three hundred men.
Foreign.
The whole German army viii 60 into
mourning Tor mOath.
The illness oi the King Of Swedcu
ami Norway Is thought 10 be alarming
Thptr'e.rams reporting the outbreaS
i'm Cliiiea district were totally unlonnd'
ell.
The Catholics aai Pro,cStanls OF Mon
trrd have united la a war upoa Tie
E,upr trai,ir iu that city.
A Panama paper announces 'ne
nomination oi DIR. Francisco N~rI
CalIrran. provisional President oi ieru.
\ Const ntinople dispatch says that
I,tr confidence is felt IN that place in
th, ultimate success of the Ure"S non
tier negotiations.
The Popc's enclyclical letter ha, been
issueI prnrlaiming the jubilee ior March
l1th TO November LIST Tor Europe, and
=, the end Of the year for the res oi tie
world.
The Miss Tollemache to whom Mr.
Herbert Gladstone ~, WIN p'""S',"NI,
reported engaged, is q granddau.ttrr OF
The late Earl of DysarJ, who .rit her
Sl,OO,OoO.
A. VI. sullivan, has written letter in
answer 10 the lenton pastoral "l Arch
bishop McCahC OF Dublin. Tie rrpuil'
uteS the imPutation on IadieS % have
NM aside modes,y, Sni ac Uses
H. ArrhbislOp witG insulting snUe of
the most exemplary devo.rc' OF the
church.
m, Porte is acceleratiug til" equip.
mani nj reserves and dl>pUcdlug
steamers to various points ior their
IrSI transportation, The French ami Italian
aTb,ss,dors are not in accOrd with 60.
srhen. the British ambassadors, and Non
Ha,Ifr'dt. the German ambassador, rc.
clrding the mo!e ot procedure.
and Railway.