Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-25
THE NEWS.

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THE NEWS.
Dillon is reported as seriously ill.
The bill for the reliefofMrs. Abraham
lincoln, was passed by the Senate, yes
teriay.
Eastern Massachusetts, is to have q
rev toothpick factory that willturn out
100000 an hour.
The New York Legislature, after sew
oral Intellectual ballots for Speaker, ad-
iourned until to-day.
Childers, the English Secretary of
State for War, says the Governmentwill
,ursue its Irish policy unflinchingly.
Only one ofthe nine Tammany "anti-
MONOPOLY" members Of the Legislature
rrhlsedhis pass over the Hudson river
railrO; d.
All is not lovely in South America
vet. Bolivia and Chill still have their
fighting togs on, and Peruis more bellig-
errnt than ever.
There are in Alabama $500 acres
of ofGovernment land subject to entry
rnder the Homestead and Prescription
Laws. and the entering of land was
never briskCr than at present.
The trial of the Ashland murderers
has been thus far a model of neatneSs
and dispatch. II the courts generally
would get through with such cases with
the same promptneSs, there would be
les lynching.
\ clever young man, of New York,
orIcrcd $50 worth of coal sent to be-
loved pastors residence, gave a check
for SGo and got the change. The coal
va, sent, the beloved pastor was sur
rri>cd, the check was forged; "and the
greatest of these is charity"
The last survivor Of Wayne's victory
over the Indians died, last week, in
Michigan, at the advanced age of nine
weight. His name was Moulton, and
he served in volunteer company of
guides raised for the expedition ut what
j, now Marietta, onthe Ohio river.
The House Committee on Commerce
agr,sd to report favorably the bill to
make an advance appropriation ofone
hundred thousand dollars to carry on
the work on the Davis Island dam, and
the same will be presented to the House
on Friday and immediate action taken.
Congressman MusgrOye, of the Key
stone state, comes up smiling with the
champion pension bill, for the relief Of
Union soldiers IN rebel prisons. 1t i
estimated that under this bill it would
cost $50, ,GOO,O 600 to catch up and start
even. and about S2S,OOO,0OO a year
thereafter.
Gov. Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, has is
sued death warrants for Frank and
Henry Rumberger, of Dauphin county;
James Ncaling, of Clarified county;
Frank Small, Of Allegheny county;
jos. Allison, Of Indiana county, and
Jonathan Mayer, of Snyder county, and
fixed the 9th of March for their eXecu-
tiOn.
When Porter gets through Judge
Cox'sturn will come to charge the jury,
which will perhaps feel privileged to
consume as much time deliberating on
verdict rs has been wasted by the
counsel in talking to it. II it agrees
promptly on verdict, it will be some
thing entirely contrary to the custom Of
proceeding heretofore observed in the
trial.
BSmarck's speech yesterday created
great excitement. 1t was an emphatic
TeaSSertion of the doctrines Of the lmpe-
rial reSeriptS as to the relation between
the Prllssian King and the people, and
direct challenge to the Reichstadt,
ani very aggressive in its tone. 1t
caused tremendous uproar in the
House, although otherwise it made q
favorable impression.
ls u c Pope to be given increased
p.wor through the troubles of the Ger
man and British Governments? Just
when il seems that the Father of the
Churcn is about to take refuge in Malta,
Germany makes new OvcrtureS and
Gladstone virtually invites him to set
lie difficulty which Is too great for
him to surmOunt. 1t would be indeed
strange if Leo NH. should yet play
Cardinal Richelieu in both England and
Germany.
FIRE RECORD.