Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-10

II 1nlS lfVAh"0SS " " - eSSN A~Ae ySe.1.
Perhaps the linen duster win yeteome
| 10 the 'front.' ~
Good beef steak is only three cents a
pound in Texas.
Hthe census takers made q fair eouut
here are only 10, 4SO mules and asses in
Ohio.
"If any dependence is to be placed on
tbe news from Pennsylvania" says the
New York World, "the darkest hour is
gst before Don"
II is about time for the organization
,f another large telegraph company.
The Western Union allows the new
companies to get just ripe enough and
then picks them.
That industrious parasite, the potato
bgg, has hung out its shingle and begun
overatiOns this early in the season down
East. 1t will therefore soon begin its
SIMMER revels on the Paris green.
Immigrants to the Northwest have,
thus far, deposited SS,OOO,OO0 in Mon
neal banks. This shows that the thou
sands who are pouring to the United
states will add to the eountry's wealth.
LNemisis" is the appropriate name o.
The steamer of the Royal Netherlands
me on which twenty passengers, nearly
N children, died during or shortly afte-
he voyage from Europe to New York
recently.
There are several candidates in the
seld opposing the denomination of Rep
rssentatiye Atherton, Of Ohio. He is
now serving his second term. The dis
,-ict IS largely Democratic, and the
rary's nomination iS much sought for.
Senator Cameron's recent visit to Phil
,ielphia to order the Independents and
,be business men to the machine whip
riDg-post, promises to become memora-
| Ne as the toOthaehe campaign OF the
obstinate boss leader.
The bill of the expert accountants who
were employed to ascertain how much
money had been embezzled by ex-sSec-
-s,sry Stuart from the funds Of the
Brooklyn Board Of Education is about
5000.
The New York papers have discOv-
end that President Arthur's appoint
nents in the Empire State number
itventy-fOur St&lwGrts and one Half
/ breed. How lonesome that Half-bceed
must feed.
Mr.. John Roach is before Congress
again with a proposition to build num-
Ter of merchant ships which shall be
convertible into men-of-war. This is
inly another form of the same old sub
I Edy scheme.
Mr.. Abbey is the Napoleon Of mana
jgers his last triumph being the securing
! Henry Irving and Miss Terry for an
American tour next year. Mr.. Abbey's
triumph with Bernhardt and Patti have
nut him ahead OF all competitors.
Secretary Frelinhuysen seems anxi-
Gus to rival Mr.. Blaine in enforcing a
spirited" foreign policy. 1t is curious,
4 by the way, to note hOw unanimous the
S,alwart organs are in approving his
reputation of the Clayton-Buiwer
4 traty aud how very little the Blaine
organs have to soy about it.
Congressman Springer viii doubtless
be given fifth term in Congress. There
Is some opposition 10 his denomination,
lut it is in too unorg2nized condition
to have much influence. The redis-
trcting law gave Mr.. Springer dis
triet good for J, 900 Democratic plurality.
Mr.. Bret Harte has written new
story which is to appear in the Glasgow
Herald, and which hes already been
translated into French and German. Ii
3 entitled Flip and is said to be full
Ofhumor, pathos, sketches of character
and descriptions of California scenery.
Nearly all the entire fortune of Lucas
HirSt, the eccentric lawyer of Philadei-
Phia, who died Saturday last, amount
ing To something over 500, 200, is be-
qUeathed by the testator towards fouId-
ng free library for the benefit Of the
poor members of the legal profession.
That eminent purveyOr to the pruri-
snt and perverted tastes OF the present
SenerstiOn - NJ. Emile ZOl3 - has
amaSSed fortune out Of his books in the
eOurse Of very few years. Had Walt
Whitman been a Frenchman and writ
len in Paris, he would have been a mill
lonaire by this time.
Either New York is growing virtuOus
V is policemen are growing lazier than
ever. The number of arrests has steadi-
y decreased during the past five years
spite Of the increase in population.
lhe arrests in 1877 were S. ,239; in 1851
'Aey were 69, ,6Sl. The difference is as
embed by Superintendent Walling to
neither Of the causes suggested above,
'O' TO the good work of societies for the
Neamation Of children and other street
VaiE.
rhiladelphi1 is makingarrangements
VI Ae bi-centennial celebration of the
"unding of Pennsylvania, which Oe-
US IN October. The project of import
"s The bones Of William Penn for IN
'ilnent in the soil Of the State has
zen abandoned, but there seems to be
ue'ermination to do his memory the
eueSt honor in the coming two-hun-
'n anniversary. In the meantime,
Ngiand continues to nav a pension of