Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-17
THE NEWS.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
ex ects to build l95 locomotives during
thc present year.
II is charged that the Kansas Pacific
mad refuses TO have its lands surveyed
in order to evade taxation.
Prince Bismarck has been suffering
,he las, few days from painful attack
cs >ciatica, but he is now recovering.
\ bll has been mtrOducedin the Ken
u,rkv Senate, to prevent railroads
,-.utiug free passes to State Legislators.
Tie Junction Furnace Company, at
N5r-o, two miles south Of Steubenville,
have decided to put up nail mill with
cag hundred machines.
\ Dispatch was received at st. Peters
burg, yesterday, announcing that five
more sailors belonging to the crew of
the Jeann, tie had arrived at Irkutsk.
Every portion of the works of the
Cons Iron Company, Girar,L Ohio, is
| on double turn, and the signs of pros
Gritty are everywhere around the mill.
/, is believed the National House
commerce Committee will report favor
| silly the bill appropriating Immediately
|S'w.a'n for continuance of work on the
Davis Island dam, Ohio river.
Tie Produce Exchange of San Fran
c,co estimates the stock of wheat in
California at 10000 tons. Snow has
gcyuilv talEen in the southern counties,
y hich gives prospects gloomy tinge.
Tie Mexican government has granted
cunt TclfernoI, Of the New York,
ITryas and Mexican road, a Subvention
|ofS>,gJo per kilometer on road from
|klatamora~ to TampicO, a distance of
miles.
Thrpu.iilcrs Of the Chesapeake rail
h,ogks, ut Harrisburg, Pa, who two
Eltk> ago made a demand for an adj
Nance of5p cents per ton, decided yes
Il 1lay To 90 u work to-day at the old
| .... -i.5p per ypn
The Porte has addressed note To the
Hu-liSE and French Governments de-
4 Sariug that the recent action Of the two
towards Egypt is contrary
Il precedent, mcalled for, and \ viola
pa o.jh, sovereign rights ofthe Sultan.
i 4 subcommittee Of the National
4 Use PoSlotlicc Committee is wrestling
! ,u a governmental postal telegraph
stem. The members are in favor Of
NE such system, but are divided as to
q wtaner Of bringing it ahout.
Al the annual meetingof the National
u arl of Trade at Washington, next
III ra. lie most important subject Of dis
Ia ~n. will be- the best features of
ID w bankruptcy law. The Lowell bill
II nj vaaJ is known aS the Equity bill
y II 1v compared.
senator Logan introduced a bill yes
. hv in the United States Senate, 10
n. the widow Of President Lincoln az
LII 49, Cd. pension FROM the time of the
. a,l ,sh-r husband, April II, 1864, to
SG,y d. $50, the latter date being that
Id which the hll granting her 5000
III a wa~ passed. This will give her
Isl nu ,'.u11. Mr.. Lincoln Is in New
|15rk undergoing treatment for cOm-
|hra,au or disorders, and her expenses
la ,1lt To- ne about 80 day.
Commissioner Henry Lusky, Of the
|ehD Bureau of Statistics, in his first
auual report, shows that among the
IA Idin~ trades Stonecutters receive an
81 yagc q, S%.O4 per day; stOnemasOnS,
rs -; brjclllayerS, S3.3l; carpenters,
-; Plaslcrers, $50; painters, S2.li;
d rUmberS, So; lahorers, Sl.54. luna
Il iuy shops and foundrieS, nlachinists
n civ, S-.r5, mOulderS, 3; pattern
y akrr>, sill; blacksmiths, 2.O5, boiler
4lErT>, 80; wOod-wOrkers, 100; paint
l.~o: laborcrs, l.S9; apprentices, ST
|9 t-, In tauneries wages are paid as
IN r"~. CIrrier.. 2!2; fiuishers, zoo;
~ .r-, rs; beam hands, l.Gl; yard
y "i~ l+5: engineers, l.93; hide salt
re lH: laborcrs, l.54