Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-18

,,,d 10 about 81, ,7OO,OOO; IN 1881 IL
NJ, r.nwn to more than slO,OOO,OOO.
80, sstjmated by the Secretary OF
.Ih,t the number ofaetual sufferers
,,o southern flood is $1,000 persons
r.,-;,r The administrations OF Cover
usrtranft and Hoyt sixty murder
have been hanged in Pennsylvania
-. New York Graphic says the
.,ssre in the Stock Exchange values
-, the last twelve months is esti-
',,,J IS high as $500, 100000.
r0,,,nd seems to be interested in the
49, O! eclectric light. No less than
,.y bills on this subject are pending
-. British House of Commons.
p,,er Cooper has given away nearly
millions of dollars; George 1. Seney
!. Gwen away 81, $4,000, and both
4, 10 see the good their money is
|qGs
, committee of ministers in Chicago
!, us:ted upon the theatrical mana
!, Of that city to protest against Sun
Ly performances.
r-,s ,hree great ports of the world are
,Dion, Liverpool and New York.
H,,,, so they reached their highest
L,te figures, the imports being at Lon
N ,bnut S7OO, ,OOO,O 900, Liverpool $780,
l. g,i ani New York $3.50, 100000.
The protesting Christians of Calcutta
.rnh.r ~. 400. Ofthese II ,095 are Ro-
/, Catholics, S,76S belong to the
srr.l of England, and 1859 to the
bg-h OF Scotland. The rest are di-
III among numerous denominations.
Ms, Lizzie Barton, of Clinton, ILL.,, q
Eghly accomplished and beautiful
Iuns belle ofeightecn, hasjust returned
.ena after - short visit to the Joliet
kaeutilry. She has stolen sixteen
t-,.s in her short but eventful career.
7hc Reeve Novelty Iron Works has
kjyered six of the nine stationary
h., OF the Wheeling and Lake Erie
kige over the Muddy Maumee at To-
H. snd is now engaged on the 342
! ], d.aw, which will be completed by
kle
Nor.gn potatoes are arriving at the
'Er,E 5000 bushels month, and yet
= agClty seems as great as ever. The
ttsoriinary price Of potatoes this sea-
b will he almost certain to result in
y planting of an immense acreage
fyt SIMMER.
fIhc Chic narrow gauge system, with
Ulm!e, of track, Is to be consolidated
|.x, Tuesday, under the title of the
S,cdu, Cincinnati and st. Louis road,
\ nearly all the new directors will be
DS.ou capitalists. The syndicate will
N 81, ,5O0OOO for the assets Of the con-
|fICliou company.
1ho,era of i violent type has already
q Aie is appearance at Allahabad, Hin
tb-taa, where the pilgrims usually
a 4lher, and it i at this sacred spot that
j plague usually starts in its periOdi-
ID marches around the world. We
~ expect il in the United States in
80, according to the Seventeen-year
hfor
y Queen Victoria lives year longer
~ will have resigned as many years
~ - good Queen Bess. If she lives as
ong ~ her grandfather, about whom
Ftsaid such unpleasant things in our
Narration of independence, the year
~ will find her still on the throne, un-
- Of course. she takes a notion To
.&icate.
Tie new United States census gives
-; Protestant churches, Il ,662 Pro-
bat ministers, and zoos, ,O3O members
Protestant churches. Deducting the
' han Catholic and Mormon pOpula-
IS from the total population of
~ country, there remains Is, ssh ,3Sl.
~ gives one church for every 47& per-
~ ;nC!uding infants and children.
~ minister for every 6l2 of the people,
nearly one protesting Protestant for
p five of the entire population out
~ OF catholicism and MOrmoniSm.
Statistics show that over .5DO. .OnO OBJ
~ Ewes are employed in the manufac-
- OF cotton goods in the principal
a <htries of the world. OF these, 4SO,-
" are employed in Great Britain,
u pee follows with 2lO,OOO, and the
~ countries, in order Of precedence,
the United States, Russia, Germany
" India. With regard, however, to
a2aual value of cotton goods pro-
# ~. the United States comes second,
E" about half the value of the pro-
IAN Of Great Britain, and Germany
~ Ell,sia follow.
U Failures for the week.
kH loES, Maryh 1.-The failures for
- EEK throughout the country. Is re-
FL by X T.. Dunn & Cos mercantile
y are l5N: The Eastern States. II.
IN, ~. Middle. -: Southern. b. Pa
=. New York City. = The failures in
Work have little significance. the
~ prominent being Edward owen 4
TN'u ny the dullness in the whisky
). L. GaSseri x Bro, tobacco bust
sid E Akingman. silks. Owen E
ave s nominal surplus ef <mun ami
6 OF about 900
~ ~. Patrick'S Day.
loRS, March list. Patrick.s r..
which Was a very line one. wa, 70.
.N|ed by the Mayor at Union Sluare II
I'LL proceeded TO Jones woods. where Cun.
mmtn ;. ;. COX delivered an elOqurnt
mNN. The day has beep yspar.ll,. i