Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-12-14
business.

need 10y Judge Lawson 10 penal Servl-
Ude for life.
business.
According to the forthcoming report
b'tue Chamber of Commerce the iu-
srra>e of grain receipts for the year at
tmrlunati was 7,lS4, 900 bushels.
The trustees Of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railway Company announce
dividend of Sl2.5O in cash next Jan
barry upon the first mortgage bonds.
] hey propose trying TO lease the road
the Erie railway.
TIE railroad managers agreed on a
IT;N c basis as follows: Minneapolis
vision Of the Rock Island, p per cent;
Paul, &1s per cent. Northwestern
J. % omaha, 81 per cent. st. Paul divi-
3. 81 the Rock Island, Ii per cent
T. - i% per cent. each.
y. u.ti-terrOrist assoc iatiOn, the OBJ
@, OF which is TO oppose the projects
|. the Nihilists, has been formed at st.
|ttrsburg. Branches have been es-
hIished at Paris, Nice, Geneva, Iu-
frh, london, Berlin, KonigSberg, Bu-
Iharrst and Constantinople.
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
baltimore Railroad Company declared
usual per cent semi-annual Givi-
bud for the last half of the year and
Iarried over as surplus, after meeting
bis, fully 100000, the business Otthe
.l>t year having been the best ever
Known on the road.
At Chicago the receipts of grain for
he vast year We're phenomally light,
being -, ,UOO bushels less than the pre-
Etdlng year. The reasons are the in
Irrased ability Of farmers to hold stocks,
he low prices since the new crop was
harvested and the rapid increase Of
billing capacity.
The railroad committee held pro-
racted session at the Windsor Hotel,
New York. The presidents of the
Northwestern, st. Paul, Omaha and
Rock Island telegraph to have the rates
',tOred at once, so that they can take
lNtct from Thursday morning. The
bembers of the committee have agreed
lbuut the division Of the traffic.
At a meeting of the directors Of the
Western Unlon Telegraph Company
yesterday the quarterly dividend of ]!
Der cent. was declared payable January
5th. The report shows the net reve-
buef for the quarter ending December
'lst partially estimated at S2l1,OOO,
which added 10 the surplus of October
st gives A,Sl7,O97. Deducting interest
N the bonded debt sinking fund and
he dividend just declared leaves sur
0lus of 3, 4gO, AZ.
While money is very abundant and
Al natural causes appear favorable to a
.ull market, there are few spectators
who look for it with much confidence at
PRESENT. in view of the doubtful pros
ItctS .ur a settlement Of the Granger
bar and the certainty of the cOntinu-
Auce Of telcgraphic hOstilities for an in
Il tiinitc period. There is also talk of
Bn attempt to enjOin the payment of
lLe Northern Pacific script dividend.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
trCent report, made recommendation
hat the District of Columbia 3.65S
EhOUld he made receivable, like govern
hent bonds, by the treasury as deposits
HgaiuSt bank circulation, and this has
EtimUlated a demand for those securi-
lieS. There are about Sl+,OOOOOO of
lhcm outstanding, and they mature
august |, 1924. Transactions in them
llave not been very frequent of late, but
lhcy are quoted at lll4 bid on the New
hOrk Stock Exchange.
The Texas Wool Grower is credited
with saving that lone Of the most sig
liiCaut features in connection with the
theep and wool industry in Texas is the
Fact that many of the cattle kings in
ihSs commonwealth are investing in
shecp on an extensive scale. These
men have made fortunes in cattle, and
fealizing now that the cream Of the
profit in this line has been skinned of,
hey are going into the sheep raising
business with a view of sharing the
gains to be obtained in that line during
! he next five years. 'Straws show
Which way the wind blows aud such
flguS As this indicate that big boom in
fheep l. ahead.n The wool grower eX-
Poets to >ee ten pound high grade Meri-
lho ewes sell at SO per head, aud that,
foo, before we are old enough To have
great grandchildren.
y FreHch journal tells of the way ia
which the ManchampS breed of fine
EFeOl sheep originated. 1t says that the
production of this sort sis one of the
triumphs of French breeding. This
variety was obtained from a single
luny, ill-shaped male sheep. When
This animal was examined il was found
that, though badly shsped ii had excel
lent wool-smOOth, long and silky as
least could desire. The farmer who
owned the creature, being q master of
SliS art, understood the importance of
The occasion, aud knew that his fortune
was made if only the lamb lived
;Gd was used TO the best advantage
he name Of this farmer was NJ
|auN. The problem was how to bor-
row his useful qualities to transmit
them to the entire flock, and make the
exception which he presented the rule
.$Ld Characteristic of a new breed
Nhtn the animal had attained sujta-
r. . age he was employed in breediny.
h'Se OF his offspring which resemble
/ IN The most were set apart for stock
lamS. This course was repeated with
'he subjects of the second generation
Among the tirst lamOs there were two
individuals with silky hair; at the ser.
T. hd trial five subjects We're obtained.
ID 1875 there were rams with silky hair
TO supply the flock, and in short time
ne numbers had so much increased
nat their owners were able To take
IN into market. The ManchamD
iced was created"
IF Won have the ChillS taks Pv7r-,, Il
!oL 'AkSci ~ fear them take Px&ryA.