Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-20


Eighteen men were reported killed,
nv ssnow slide, at Geneva, Nevada, on
Saturday.
The bill to establish capital punish
,pent has been defeated in the Wiseon-
son Assembly.
The Pacific Bank, OF Boston, resumed
kusiness on Saturday, after a suspen-
sion ofthree months.
\ telegram from Braintree, Vermont,
savs smallpox has broken out there.
-Four cases are reported in one family in
= single day.
\ handsome sum has been subscribed
in the various departments at Washing
iprton, for Mason'S family, and petit
,ions for his pardon are pouring in from
aIl quarters, ~
Tpon the theory of old river men,
that the Ohio averages about the same
stage Of water every year, we may ex-
pect to see the steamboats, sliding on
sand next summer.
a monster petition handsomely
mounted on q roller has been sent to
Washington from Chicago, for the
narinn of Sergeant Mason. The petit
lion contains about 100000 names, and
,,,..s.-,,-,,l Sa)O foot i'm length
THREE hundred and fifty weavers, of
the Central Pacific mills, Lawrence,
Mass, struck. saturday afternoon, stop
ping 1000 looms. The worsted weaverS
inthe same mill will strike to-day,
stopping 800 looms. The females
among the strikers say they cannot live
honestly ON 6S cents day.
Miss Emma Key, eldest daughter of
ex-Postmaster General Key, was
thrown from a buggy, by a runaway
horse, Saturday afternoon, at Chatta-
nOoga, Tenn, falling head foremost
down an embankmeut of nine feet,
striking a sharp rock, and remaining
unconscious for most of the time since.
NJ. Gregory, a foreign railroad man,
ma, conceived an idea of constructing a
railroad by way of Canada, Alaska and
Siberia. by which passengers can he
,akrr from New York to Paris, with
only forty miles of water passage across
Behring's straits. How he is going to
keep ~ road clear of snow drifts IS not
stated.
w put little faith in the trUthfulness
Of the story that was telegraphed all
over the country several days ago, to
the effect that General Grant had lost
his fortune in disastrous Speculations.
We prefer TO believe that such a report
Wa, put in circulation i'm order 10 effect
the passage Ofthe bill to place him on
the retired list.
The House Committee on the I'M
provcment of the Mississippi River, have
agreed to recommend an appropriation
ofST5NOOO in addition to the sum al
ready appropriated, the gross amount to
be devoted to the improvement of the
Ohio river from 81. Paul to its mouth,
instead from the junction of the Ohio
with the Mississippi A. provided in the
iirN, appropriation.
The impression that the Russian jews
arriving in this country are chiefly
traders and not producers, is corrected
bys census of those who have lately ar
rived Agriculture is most largely rep
resented, there being among the num-
Ter lri farmers and II farm hands. An
author, an architect and five civil eugi-
neer> were found in the list, and repre-
SeUtativee of no less than 40 different
uSeiJ,! trades.
The question Of peace or war in
Europe Is the all-abSOTbing one in tina.
Country just now, in view of the threat
Cning situation between Austria aud
Russia, with reference to the revolt of
the Balkan nationalities against Aus
trian domination. Should there be
war, not only Austria and Russia will
be involved, hut Turkey and Germany
would almost inevitably be drawn into
the bloody contest.
The debts of the nations aggregated
IN lSSO, 81, ,2S6, 4lF,753, an increase over
the figures of lNSo, of S5IfS. .774.S25, or
thirty.Six per cent. Among the coun-
tries which have contributed to this in
crease are France, AustrO-Hungarv,
Russia, Spain, Italy, Holland, Turkey,
Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Greece and
Roumania. The United States, Great
britain and Denmark have reduced their
Indebtedness. Less than q generation
ago the combined debts Of the world
amounted to less than one-third of the
present aggregate.
II II understood that an apprOpria-
ton by Congress Of six and half mil
lion dollars for the improvement of the
Mississippi river will be recommended.
This looks good deal like locking the
stable door after the horse has been Sto-
len' but the Present disastrous floods
nave demonstrated with terrible en-
phASi' the necessity for taking the ac-
lion advised. The Mississippi river is
essentially great national highway,
and the whole country would he bene-
htied 10y its improvement in a thor,nOb
manncr ard upon compreheuSiv.
scale
The political caldrOn will boil and
Dub0'e IN various States this year. Gov
eTnor and other State Officers are Ia ba
elected in Alabama, Arkansas. Califor.