Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-23

land are beginning to wear trousers.
4 good time is coming for a wide
spresd revenge upon Oscar Wilde. He
is writing play.
Edison tells q reporter that he does
otbelieve submarine telephone comes
within the region of possibilities.
An Omaha editor has been sent to
isil for shooting at his city editor. This
comes Of being poor markSman.
Thirty thousand dollars are desired
for the proposed monument to the late
BENJAMIN H. Hill at Atlanta, Ga.
Il has already cost the Government
5000 to give Dorsey an opportunity
ofproving himselfan innocent man.
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has
written drama, which is to be per-
formed, after revision, at a Berlin thea
Ter.
What if they banish Arab Bey to the
United States? He can then say with
Cateline, whats banished but set
free?'
John Shea, who was once worth Sl5,-
10000, is now living in comparative
poverty in q rude cottage near SOds
Springs Cal.
Mississippi has the proper mode to
stop wife whipping. Five hundred dol
larS' fine and six months in Jail is the
PENALTY for each offense.
In order to test their sea-going quail
ties. the monitors PasSaic and Wyan-
dotte have been sent out from Norfolk
for trip along the northern coast.
Among the premiums offered st fair |
in Texas are pair of smoothing irons |
u the ugliest woman present. They |
will be indeed sad irons to the winner. |
Five summer hotels on the New Eng !
land coast have been burnt within few /
weeks, and in most cases many Of the !
guests were compelled to flee for their |
|liveS.
A patent has been issued from the |
Texas land office to Richard King, the |
,a,tle man, conveying to him a title to |
I5G square leagues, or over half mill
ion acres Of land.
enc ofthe maddest maniaes yet heard |
|of materialized in st. Louis. He was
BEEN walking along the railroad track !
tearing currency into small bits until he
had destroyed over 81, 900.
A japanese custom is to give baby
girls the names of delicate and lovely
plants or flowers, while the boys are
Simply numbered, and are known as
.Fist boy, Second boy, and so on.
Engravers are finding it difficult to
procure good boxwood. The box forests
sCfTurkey, upon which the bulk of the
supply depends, are being wastefully
hut, and few new trees are planted.
4 baby born on a recent trip of the
tCity of Chester, ofthe Inman line, from
Liverpool to New York, was christened
Chester Arthur Davidson Moore. The
proud parents were made richer by the
customary subscription.
n Sir Garnet WOlseley's new coat-of-
bms, when he comes to the peerage,
Should have closed eye on a sable and
bzure ground, with green "blind'
tampart, as a symbol of his conquest Of
the victims Of ophthalmia.
1t is said that the prosecution has
ome into possession of some new and
Fery strong evidence in the Star Route
tases. Ifthis is the fact, the next jury
Vill probably raise the amount of the
ribe necessary to secure aequittal.
The busy, working multitudes are of
ourSe expected to feel grateful for the
large number of eminent and patriotic
s gentemen who show a willingness to
Sacrifice themselves for official positions.
Ihe crop this year of this class seems
nnre than usually large.
The work Of repairing Bunker Hill
SnOnument, which had been going on
pr six weeks, was completed satisfac-
oriy few days ago without accident
fsny kind. When the examination
Thich led to the repairs was made, it
pas found that the seams about the top
tthe monument had been almost conf
Ietely washed out, and that moss was
fowing in many Of the crevices. Ifthe
LOnument had been neglected only
Mort time longer it would have suffered
Teparable injury from the action of
'ost, which had already begun to show
effects around some ofthe horizontal
0ilts.
FIRE RECORD.