Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-13
TABLE GOSSIP.
The last half-breed must go.

The last half-Dreed must go.
A st. Louis girl has slept continuously
for four months. Probably there snoth-
ing in that town worth waking up to
see.-Bostoft Post.
The Cincinnati Gdzette longs for o re
turn of fractional currency. In those
DAYS one didn't have 70 hunt all over
his pockets to give his wife ten cent
piece. w r sngfts
The New York Tribune is philistine
newspaper without purpose or con-
science, and taeit and incorrigible foe
to administrator form.-Spr1Rafefd
Republican.
The Boston Journal hesitates to credit
a rumor that should Fitz John Porter he
restored TO his rank John Logan viii
throw up his seat in the Senate and go
on the stage.
Things do move on with amazing
swiftneSs. George c. Gorham now
attitudinizes in his Star Route organ as
the special custodian of the late Presi-
dent Ga rfield's confidence.
Young clergymen do not now receive
so many pairs of worked slippers as
formerly. Higher art comes in, ana the
preacher may expect more painted
jugs.-NeV Orleans RcdYahne.
A Dallas paper, referring to coming
theatrical troupe, says: "Prepare for a
treat.n There is no occasion to publish
any such warming; up in Dallas they
are always ready for a treat.-Ieras
Sttings.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
claims to have manufactured six mile OF
locomotives and tenders last year. This
is another illustration of the immense
railway development that has been go
ing on.
A Professor Cunning, up in Michigon,
is lecturing on "After Man, WnatE "A
Fort Wayne editor, who has been there,
rises to remark that it Is generally the
Sheriff or some woman. "-Burua9toe
Hdukeye.
The United States is taking too much
interest in the Isthmus of Panama. As
long as we pursue policy that forbids
us TO have ships of our own we need not
invest in ship canals, nor should We
NEEDLE with the ship canal enterprises
of other Nations.-G Cincinnati CONNER
cidi.
And now a marvellous story comes
rolling over the prairies about soId
bed of crystalized soda nine feet thick,
containing 5O,OO0,O00 cubic feet Of that
useful article in chemically pure state.
This alleged deposit is in Wyoming,
and the Union Pacific Railroad Is about
tie develop it.
India possesses a coal-bearing area OF
O,OOO square miles, and yet, twenty
wears ago, she was unable to supply the
wants of a single line of railway. Last
wear, however, she furnished 5OO,OOO
tons, which was equivalent to one haii
the total demand of all the railways anu
factories in the country.
Singufarly enough the Staiwart
Chicago Inter- Ocean has begun Il
crusade against Senator Logan, the
leader of that wing of the Republicans
| in Illinois, and the Tribune continues To
allude to Mr.. Arthur as the "acting
President" There would seem TO be TOO
much hilarity ia this; still it is pleasant
to see the brethren dwelling together in
peace and unity.
A newspaper agent, being told by an
old lady that it was no use to Subscribe
for the paper, as Mother Shipton said
the world was coming to an end this
wear, said: "But won't you want to
read an account Of the whole affair a;
soon as it is over?" "That l will, y
answered the old lady, and she SUBJ
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