Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-20
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
MN. i threatened with total sus-
.n.;on of her water supply.
H.. ,ati-Monopoly League, of Chi
will begin a crusade against rent
S,;rs landlords on May l.
,h,ut forty Of the Chinese students
10 Ief, this country last fall have been
rscsd in the Naval School at Ilentstn.
Under the apportionment bill passed
',he House. Friday, the Republicans
IN cain seventeen members, and the
rsmocraJs fifteen.
IN hlas.ing maquarry near Roekport,
,r,ss A premature explosion Killed
Nm R. Hodgdon and seriously injured
Cb,rle, CrOoker, employees.
schenectady, y. Y, dispatch says
.ns Democratic Convention nominated
Alexander RaucuS, OF saratoga, lor
S.p,tsr, in place Of Wagner.
The Cincinnati EHq'ii'eI. speaks ofthe
..r-,p hetween the Republicans and
T,rmany As case of miseegenation.
rf.o what shall the harvest be?
Mr. + NJ. BallisOn, the wife Of a
srurr living near Ithica, \. y, was
s,nod drowned in a caSk Of rain water.
Z, i, supposed to be case Of suicide.
C,,n,btirg, Pa, dispatch says Chas.
r-,>,an. the third and last member Of
,be galloway gang, and sentenced seven
yrsr, to the Westean Penitentiary by
Judge Hunter.
TN. Car evidently thinks the Poles
sr. M, GOOD enough to have national
,ariyiou. He has decided to allow the
catholic Church to remain in the
cs,nt-y, but has forbidden its being the
national religion.
In. regard 20 the ordinance providing
s, the sale of the Philadelphia Gas
Worl,,. The City Solicitor says that
white the city can sell its interest it
canrot dispose of the works until the
bond, have matured.
Adyicv> from New York are that the
rayprater and the mason who We're
making repairs in the old World build
ing wheu the fire occurred, have been
arro,cd, and have given bail to appear
fore the grand jury.
Ia Judge Jere Blacks opinion "the
Democratic party can only win in 1854
with man who has always been a
Democrat, true and consistent-one in
whom the business interests of the
country have confidence"
The House Committee on Commerce
has designated the sd instant as the
day for hearing the New York Board of
Trade and transportation on the Inter
State Commerce bill and the first We'd
Re~iay in March for hearing arguments
on the Mississippi Improvement bill.
Il is alleged that the officials of Doug
,sSs county, Dakota, issued fraudulent
warrants representing many thousands
Of dOl,ags last June, and sent them TO
various brokers i'm the West to be ne
gotiated. At least one batch, aggregat-
ing :,;,OgD, reached New York City.
The mild weather has started up the
watering place advertisers. A sea mon-
ster 40 feet long, with head six feet
wide and armed with horns, was seen at
Ocean Pier, Long Branch, Monday
evening. The announcement seems
little premature. Lying, to he effective,
must be we'll timed.
Fifteen of the tenants of Orlando b.
Potter, who were burned out at the re-
cent fire in New York, have unite in
3 statement that Mr.. Potter was a good
landlord, as careful as the average Of his
Class, and that, all things considered,
the hue and cry that has been raised
against him is unjust.
Some incOns derate people are awfully
anxious to see the missing Peruvian
diplomatic correspondence, like a person
who IL more interested in little item
that has been clipped from a newspaper.
than in all the remaining contents,
We are sorry for the missing correspond
ence, but should be Sorrier if it should
Hru up.
A dispatch from Washington states
that Secretary Folger has not decided
to anticipate the payment of the bonds
TO be redeemed under the lO7th call. He
says that he does not see that there is
any necessity for such action on his
part; it, however, it should become
necessary, he would anticipate the pay
ment ofthe call.
"The proposed amendment to the
Stubs law in Ohio eontemplates the
closing Of saloons on Sunday in Cincin-
natl, thus placing us on footing with
New York and Washington. Fhis is
precisely the right thing to do" says
Deacon Richard Smith, with the unso-
phiSticated air of 4 man who never
heard Of the side door for Sabbatarians.
To-day the court martial, of which
Lieutenant Colonel Misener is Presi-
dent, ordered by General Hancock for
the trial of Sergeant John A. Mason,
will IN convened at the Washington
barracks Mr., ]. G.. BiOelOw il the