Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-07
THE NEWS
OF the Day In, Pithy Paragraphs.
Domestic. rr .r


Domestic, nf .T
The fund for MrA Garfield now
amounts to SSS6. $50. .....
The Virginia tobacco crops have been
badly injured by frosts.
A shock Of an earthquake was felt at
Bristor, n. H., yesterday morning.
Dixon 4 Young's Pottery in st. Louis,
Mo-, is burned. Loss $4,000. o.
St Theresa College near Montreal,
Canada, has been burned. Loss $780,
900.
An $4,000 fire occurred in Tracy &
RusselPs brewery in New York city
yesterday. ....-.
Nine men were lost from small crafts
during a storm near Fortress Monroe on
Wednesday.
The first Cabinet meeting under the
new administration viii be held on
Tuesday next.
Nine eonvicts escaped from the psni-
tenlIsry camp at Augusta, Ga, yester-
day, and are still at large.
The Newman Brothers, merchants
Il
failed. Liabilities Sl50,OOO.
Mrs Mary Seymour Was killed in
Lancaster, Pa. Yesterday, by Edward
J.anders and Philip Rogers
The members Of the National Board
OF Steam Navigation paid their respects
TO President Arthur yesterday.
A 500, 900 fire occurred in Pulaski,
\. Y, yesterday. The entire business
portion OF the village WAS destroyed.
The corner stone OF the new armory
for the National Guards was laid yester-
day at st. Louis, amid sPP;opriste ser.
vices.
As nearly as can be sscertsined from
analysis the new Republican State Com
nittee in New York stands anti-Stal-
warts 20, Stalwarts IL, doubtful 2.
Dr.. Alonzo D. Hull, nephew OF DR..
Hull, of New York, whose wife was
murdered by ChaStine Cox, died yester-
,lav from an overdose of chloTal.
There were many visitors to the At
lama Cotton Exposition yesterday. All
the available space is being rapidly
filled up With exhibits, and the manage
ment are confident the exhibition will
be success.
On Wednesday night the remains Of
ex President Garfield were removed
from the old casket 70 a rew one pre-
sen,pd bv the New York Metallic Case
COMPANY Tor their reception. The re-
moval gave rise 10 a sensational story IN
Cleveland that the remains had been
stolen.
The snnuai meeting OF the National
Wool Manufacturers in Boston yester
day was attended BY all the representa-
tive wool manufacturers OF the United
States. The secretary read paper upon
the services OF General Garfield to the
national WOO! industry. RUFUS ). Frast,
OF Boston, was re elected President.
John H. Blanchard, a we'll known
cattle dealer OF Buffalo, was convicted In
that city yesterday of false preEences, in
having about two years ago purchased
two cars OF cattle, Ostensibly for Utica
parties, and shipped them to Albany,
where he disposed OF them. receiving
the money and claiming TO have been
robbed on the train returning home.
Foreign.
The bullion in the Bank OF Eugland
has decreased 81 $4,000 during the past
week.
The Directors of the Bank of England
Yesterday fixed the minimum rate OF
discount at D per cent.
A great liberal meeting was held in
Berlin Oh Tuesday. Bismarck 5 internal
policy was strongly condemned.
A financial correspondent at Paris
saws il is said the ten TO twenty franc
pieces in the Bank Of France are almost
exhausted. The bank holds the bulk OF
the FIVE franc pieces in the country.
The public dislike them because OF their
inconvenien,iy small size, but are
Obliged TO take payment in them or in
the more ipC1uyenieut silver pieces.