Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-09

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We have had potatoes anu eaooaSeS
,,rorted from Europe into New Eng
"a "a and other Eastern States, for sew
- months, and now gilt-edged butter
.,D, Holstein is being brought to New
~ CITY, though it is sold at slightly
ti,ber price than the best creamery
grades.
pboje Island will vote for Governor
"a Legislature next month, and Ore
.,p will do likewise in June. The Leg
:sstures Of both States will choose Uni
"a states Senators, that Of Rhode
r.Ispd a successor 10 Mr.. Anthony, and
,rs, OF Oregon q successor 10 MIR.
mover, Democrat.
Judge Mangum, relief commissioner
q, Arkansas. reports that there are
sona sufferers by the flood in that
STATE who need assistance. Commits
.oner Hemingway estimates the
number in Mississippi at 10000, and
here are not less than 5000 in the river
.aun,irs of Tennessee.
Mr. Bradlaugh continues to be the
rpa, hugbcar in the British House Of
commons. They will not let him quail
y by affirming, and when he offers to
,ske the oath they object on the ground
that with him it would be a mere form.
If,hey cannot get rid of him any other
vav they might cruelty him. Perhaps
q. deserves it for not agreeing with the
msjority
The corps Of Central Office detectives
IN Philadelphia has beendisbanded, and
he department abolished by order of
Nayor King, because of charges that
The department was in league with
anl controlled by burglars and other
criminals. Official detective work will
r done hereafter by special officers OF
zach ofth police districts.
TIE supreme Court Of Rhode Island
Yesterday decided that all property of
;he Sprague estate should be sold at
auction in bulk. The date of sale has
not yet been fixed. 1t was agreed that
the trustee should prepare and submit
20 court the form of "a deed he thinks he
an givc, so that all bidders may know
ahat kind of deed they bid for.
4 diligence, with full complement of
inside and outside passengers, while on
The way to Guadalajara, Mexico, and
when within mile of that city, was at
tackled by band of robbers. Most of
the passengers being armed, they resist
al the attack and in the fight which Ell
sued eleven of the robbers were killed,
while the remainder were put to flight.
Strange as it may seem, not one Of the
passengers were injured.
\ sad disaster has followed in the
,raiu Of the severe blizzard Of Saturday
night The house Of John Tyler was
burned at Meadow Lea, some miles
West of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and his
wife and three daughters were frozen To
death from exposure. Tyler himself
was badly frozen, and Miss ReidOn, who
was on a visit to the family, had her
fingers and toes severely frozen. One
of the daughters is missing and is sup
posed to have been buried in the drift
while endeavoring to find a neighbOr's
house.
lit were to be conducted upon what
are called strictly business principles,
ihe postofIice might be made the source
Of large public revenue. The net
profits of the Boston office last year
were nearly nine hundred thousand dol
lars, and some such showing aS that
would probably be made at every large
city in the cumtry. Ii iS the service
in sparScly settled regions
that consumes the profits and produces
a deficit which must br met by an ap-
preparation. But then the purpose of
the POStollice is not to make money.
The great Hood in the Lower MisSis-
slppi river and lis tributaries continues.
Thousands of acres Of country in Ten
neSSec, Arkansas, and Mississippi are
covered 10y the raging waters, and the
loss and damage TO farmers, manufac-
turerS and railroads, arrvery great. The
Government AT Washington is being
to for relief, and Congress,
which recently voted 100000 for the
sufferers, will be asked 10 increase the
The state of things is
extremely distressing. In portions of
southern Illinois and eastern Missouri
the food is almost equally serious.
General SkObeleff Is probably sincere
in his expression Of surprise at the great
stir which his careless words created.
That is, he may be deemed sincere on
the hypothesis that his expressions were
really careless ones. Looking back, how
ever, to the inception of the Franco
German war, it will be remembered
that the seemingly careless action of
Benedetti applied the match and pre-
Cipltated the explosion of that mine
which all knew had been for some time
in preparation. Publicly the Car may
reprimand SkObelefr, hut the proceed
ings above board are seldom the real
moves on diplomatic chesS-tabIes. II
may he that in this case the test of SEN
timent has been little premature, but
there can be little doubt that the great
Powers will lock horns some day owe.
mere tritie, before Others who are 10 b.
the ultimate sufferers have the least sus-
Picion that tbs supreme moment has ar
rived Somebody will be caught nap
ping but it will not he Russia nor Ger
many.