Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-17
THE NEWS TN BRIEF.


h.. Marshal Bazaine's defense has appear
in London and is said to make MS case
I,bsr worse than before.
|ovsr ten thousand dozen wild pigeons
We been shipped from Piedmont NO.
Hing the lssf two months.
|, lakewood. n. ", man has contracted
(bpild seven miles Of the Panama Canal
a million dollars mile.
IThe garden truck raised about norfolk
1 his season will require nearly l,ooo'-
4 DsrreIs in which to market 1t.
h., s,bsible, aged 19, assistant book
ensr Of the Dayton (ohio) Insurance Co..
Il been arrested for embezzlement.
h ? portrait Of General Grant begun by
+. Clear snd finished BY Bierdstadt, has
Sen placed in the east room OF the "hi'e
use.
h. colored press OF the United States
& arranged a programme for the annual
betting at st. Louis on the second IueSdSs
4 July.
he statute of Lord Besconsfeld in Lon
H. will be unveiled by Lord Stafford
br,bcotte next Thursday, the anniversary
1 the famous leaders death.
Greeley Relief Expedition will leave
4 Iuhn, y. f, July l. There is no anS-
yypressed about the chances OF Lieu
ant Greeley TO escape from his sta!loL.
10 late Marshall Jewell, of Connect.
;, 10 be honoredpby the people Of Dem
Who have decided to name a new PARK
4 ,b, outskirts of that city the Marshall
i sNrIl Park
bhc Mexican government has agreed
6 celebrate as national event the arrival
ii the City of Mexico of the first train from
"A, hinCton over the Mexican Central
4. road, which will probably occur next
8riug.
H. rross weig' ,i diamonds which
II S,,d through the DSIOttCe OfGimberly,
&r,h Africa, in l. , was l,4tOA pounds
II rIupois, valued It SIC, SS9,3S5. At
~ end of l~>2 2n,OO Jack men aud LOO
eb,,ts were employed At the mines in that
res ?.
rcording to our cable news donbts are
nrt tressed IN Europe as to whether the
ctrs coronation will not Ggain be post
poned. Judging from the anxiety OF some
81. the invited guests to contriye excuses
fof staying away, the news OF postpone
ne }, Of the ceremony would not De unwel-
90 in some quarters.
I e. Oldest tree in the world, so lar as
80 one knows, is the BO tree Of the sacred
c1s Of AmarspOora, in Burmah. II is said
t0baye been planted 2SS B. c., and is,
tEsfeiOre, 2,l7O years old. Sir Emerson
I<snet gives reasons for believing that the
~ is real y OF this wonderful age, and
r>itr> to historic documents Of lS2 A. d.
~ 253 \. D., in which it is mentioned,
.; so on to the present day.
Inning the first nine months Of the cur
r<nt fiscal year the internal revenue re,
csipts amounted to $lOS, ,S25, ,79S, an increase
of &, ,ljl.&9S over the corresponding period
q DC last fiscal year. From the 1st to the
~ OF April. lSN2, the receipts aggregated
XE Eu.oli, and from the lst to the 18th of
In l>,3, $4,lG2, 4O7, a decrease Of S44S,-
50 making an actual increase for 1883 OF
In, >>l.
81 ICE Sunday, the 2lst OF January, there
hN been no religious services many of the
chpf hes OF Cleveland, Tenn, which is a
torn of aoou, 5000 inhabitants. The
k11tr, Aldermen and Board Of Health
vkH driven into a state of panic by the ap-
Se4ysU Of three cases of smallpox. They
oz'lered the closing Of all the churches, and
io<<de the people, under penalty of fiue,
y - semble for public worship. Since that
time there have been about fifteen cases
mar Of small pOx, but uOt more than three
c4>es at any one time. The Rev. Mr.. Rode
fer c'Or Of st. Luke's Episcopal church
no tYtland, writes to the Churchmau to
ssJ bat tine closing of the churches by the
au>1crities Is fantastic trick, and as un-
nec<fsary as il is oppressive.
l1f French reyolutionists have issued a
pro<hmatlOn instructing the revolutionary
soi44r IN the most careful way how to &C.
1n&f case Of an insurrection. The soldier
mus lr>t add to the confusion by setting
ueP his barracks. To enable him to DO
thl, be must make use Of all the straw and
okper iutlammable matter within reach. in
Aot'ng the mattresses. For making fire
ueHpSt employ compound Of petroleum
va 1'cohOl, which was so successfully used
py % commune in burning Paris. When
~ ufe has commenced to burn up the rev.
i1ApniSt is instructed to turn on all the
e@pi gas in corridors and apartments.
~ midst Of the confusion he must
H'ne force the officers to Join the
i>'' or Say the recalcitrantS, so that not
nt \ all remain standing. He must then
- p people iE the street, and help to
tfp he public buildings, beginning with
<R Ice offices.
~ fw days ago a severe earthquake
noen was teit in Southern Illinois. The
sg,on surrounding the junction of the
ne and Mississippi appears to be what is
~ an earthquake centre, though the
4naSes experienced there are seldom
r'ous character. \ singular fact is
@rthq'ake shocks in this region gen.
'{f oincide with similar disturbances
- pal America. This was the case
IS Fihter, and the same peculiaritv is
h'n now. Tor late dispatches from
n@~H inform Us of the recent occpr.
me- ct earthquakes there. Perbap,
npSt striking coincidence Of this
as IN ISL aud in 1872 when
- and Mississippi valleys were VIC.
''{ shaken, while heavy eartbonsts,
furring in Central and South Amer.
"a shocks suddenly ceased after the
f'hquake which destroyed Carac,,
<ntfoe.a in March, 1912, burvn, - .