Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-14
THE NEWS
OF the Day in Pithy Paragraphs.

The well known Tontine building in
Wall street, New York, was sold at auc.
ton for Sl3S,50O.
Hon. Orville II. Dcckery is being
urged by North Carolina politicians for
place in Garteld's Cabinet.
The steel works at Harrisburg, Pa,
which have been idle for eighteen
months, have resumed operations.
Steamer General Lytle, recently cut
down by the ice at Cincinnati, has been
raised. The damage will not exceed
5000.
At Newburyport, Mass, Charles b,
Hayes, victim OF the chemical explo.
sion, died last evening. Vananzan may
recover.
A Newark, y. j., dispatch states that
the grand jury recommends the estab.
lishment OF whipping post ior wife
beaters.
An Augusta, Maine, telegram says:
Harris NJ. Plaisted took the oath OF Of.
fee to-day as Governor and delivered
his message.
a Lowell dispatch says: The picker )
room in the building OF the MerImsc
wooden mills was burned this morning;
loss 0,000; insured.
A boy fend named Jackson, living
at Philadelphia, yesterday forced a
red hot poker down baby's throat,
causing its speedy death.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hayes, confined in
the Minnesota Insane asylum, was
choked 10 death by another inmate,
named Mrs. Olive A. Andrews.
Seven new cases OF smallpox were n
Wednesday removed to the Chirago
pest house. Orders have been issued
that every child at st. Michael'S school
must be vaccina,ed or the institution
closed.
The trial OF Captain Thomas Am.
brose, late clo-'i OF the United State'
court att, on the charge of
havin. ... 1 Sl000O0. commenced
yester ID. r"or Ig before Judges Baxter
and Barr.
Foreign.
The Marquis Ul kIpon, Niceroy ii In
dia, continues III poor health, all prev
ious statements to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Fourteen bataliOns of Turkish Regu-
lars will soon leave for Janina. De.
Ruisch Pasha, Governor OF Alabal q,
also. departs for that place.
Two companies of infantry have ar
rived at Long Breagh, where. with a
large force al police, they will be- prn-
cipally employed in protecting the pro-
cess-servcrs.
The Private Secretary of the Govern
ment. states there is no foundation for
the report Of conspiracy 10 depose
Rabjah, and massacre the European
residents Of Kolapoor.
A London telegram says that the
steamer Sandman landed two fishermen
named Lund and Nelson, who were
picked up off Boston harbor. The men
were almost frozen to death.
1t is stated that Greece has issued
circular maintaining that the r,commen-
dations ol the Berlin Conference con-
stitutr decision, the execution Ci
which is obligatory upon tn" powers.
The Flemish inhabitants OF Belgium
are signing an address TO the English
nation, protesting against the annexa-
tion Of Transvaal. IL has already re.
ccived a large number OF signatures.
A Paris dispatch says: The Rappcl
states that 800 100000 francs worth oi
rrdeemablr per cent. rentcs will hr
issued in July next, TO complete th"
military material and the great pubic
works.
The Lonlon Times says the Agrariau
outragrs committed IN Ireland during
D,ccisbcr 1850, numbered S6G, which
was more than during the whole of
1879, and little lcas than the aggregate
of the pccediug year..
Within the past three months not
less than 300 German immigrants
have sailed from Europe Tor Texas di-
rect, landing at Galveston. In this
way they make the voyage somewhat
more chicaply that ii they weEtby way
of New York.
II is now reported that the Tory ten
dcncy Of the Queens speech from the
throne is entirely due Ia the personal
Of lirr Majesty, who ~ said
To have refused her consent 10 the draft
of the address ~ it was drawn mp for
her by Mr. Gladstone.