Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-14
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Placer mining is attracting new attention
!. Leadyille.
There are 90, ,OOo 900 acres Of grazing land
. Arizona.
1esdville's mines continue to produce
% 600 tons q week.
rrmense petroleum fields have Just been
Recovered in Northwestern Wyoming.
A new Masonic Temple, 50xSo feet, is to
y huilt at White sulphur Springs, N. T.
4 $4,000 court house and $50, 900 Jail
r. to be built in Choteau county, N. T.
A quart OF good milk should weigh
hearty two pounds two and one half ounces.
ope.third of the Edisto Island. one of
he famous Sea Islands," is now owned
b. negroes.
A Chevenne's total valuation is 81. so, ,2S5,
hbich is said to be about one-haH its real
alue.
Since the passage OF the pension law the
tumber OF attorneys before the Office has
Increased from 1000 to 1000.
Steps are now being taken looking to the
-ganization of loan and building assocl-
kron in jacksonville, Fla.
The dude" lace pin is the latest novelty.
|. is made of gold filssree, with a head of
earl and eyes of sapphire.
a During June there was sl14,S4O in double
ksgles and 100000 in standard dollars
Oined at the Carson New mint.
In the Upper Judith Valley, NJ. T, last
Isl. Jake Hoover killed 800 deer, II elk, I6
bear - mountain sheep and mountain
oas
i James Polk Brown, of Jackson county,
I-e. has been sentenced to 50 years in the
bspitertiary for out-aging his own daugh-
sr
! J IN Eracken, the man who swan ashore
4 ,h the Cumberland's battle flag after
IA ley sinking by the Merrimac, is now in
few York City and in want.
The Society OF Friends in England has
| sa'ti the prohibition of marriage be-
"A tween rs, cousins, which has been in
a -ru p hat body for nearly two hundred
3sar,
n William Masters, who died June Goth At
Maidstone. was born at Audover Mass,
| l7--- and lived, therefore, to be Ill
kear, Oh. He was a soldier in 1912, and
a. never sick until he died.
Il Txo Il FsiGay's bathers at Coney Island
III ach failed TO return for their clothes.
H. boiy OF a newly-born babe was found
4 b. the beach. Five people were rescued
Rom drowning. COney Island is becoming
II romantic spot.
III - Head, the Crow Chief whose heart
as reported bad, has quietly returned to
o. agency and has intimated his intention
,e.;aug down as granger. He says the
-yv, are quite willing to give up large
a rlou OF their reservation.
H .as Michigan Legislature has passed by
II, aear unanimous vote bill requiring
/yscae-, in that State to pass an examins-
o. 10 physiology and hygiene, with par
ia ....- ~ 'ersuce 10 the effects of alcholic
M 49, ,.imuants and narcotics upon the
Im4n system
" tp % l~2t there were 223 ottenSeS which
Fere Irital by the laws OF England, and
y laws for intlicting the death penalty
8ai been passed since the accession OF
la-les II. In the seven years from
ID - l~35 there were $40 executions, and
,s ia&a one-fitth of them were for MUIR
III The Chicago post office sold stamps aud
lu0ne-y % the amount of Sl,95t,2 last
|1 gar and received 3, ,O54 letters, S55, ia
Id s.a, ards, SO6,OSl drop letters, 5O2,57T
III a. g.,,a, cards, and l,2S2,7S9 newspa-
=, TIE number of letters collected was
~ -. %. postal cards, LIE, PSI; newspa-
|ke ers II ilS.
|U The name OF the Vice President originally
I'D seed on the ticket with Douglas, in the
kmpaign of 1860, was that OF Hon.
|Berja Fitzpatrick, of Alabama. Mr..
III ,fPa,r,ck, two days after the convention,
Nec,ined, and the National Committee sub
ti,uted the name of Herschel V. Johnson,
I Georgia.
n The Needles on the Colorado River, has
Le reputation OF being the hottestplAce on
he coast. Last week the mercury register.
~ degrees III tie shade. II is so warm
here thar it is almost impossible to handle
e,a.lc articles or implements without
orys aud even pick handles become so
o: as to be very uncomfortable.
Jacksonville, Florida, eats in a week 10
.orida beeves, IL sheep, 10 hogs, S25
pounds sausages, 2O0 pounds veal, 3 saddles
fer.,yn 2.77i pounds chicken, 10 geese,
b. 1,z-n eggs, 100 strings fish, terra
~ 500 clans, $40 turtle eggs, 1900
askme!ons 5000 watermelons, bushels
e. - pounds grapes, 10 crates peaches,