Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


uyacinthe, Quebec, estimated at S4OGOO0'
Governor Blackburn. of Kentucky, is &C
rused OF selling pardons to conyiets for 500
apiece.
A member Of the New York Senate says
il will cost SIS, 900 900 to complete the ne"
capitol at Albany.
I, is estimated that there are 1000 900 OF
,rssp in Texas, which number will be IN
ceased TO ), 500, 900, worth SlS,5OoOOo
Southern Dakota proposes to hold con-
vsption in June to frame State Constitu-
,iop with the view to securing admission
into the Union.
Tie grange cooperative store at Meridi-
m. Miss, which started business IN 1879
with a capital of $50, sold last month So'S0O
worth Of goods.
rbers are ten ex-Governors now in the
Senate. namely: Acthony, Brown, Col
ouitt. CulIom, Garland, GrOome, Hampton,
Harris and Hawley.
A party of Cincinnatians recently Pur-
chased 5.UOO acres OF land in Florida, knowa
., h, Apopka Mountains, and contemplate
srecrir : $4,000 hotel.
After protracted suspension, it is said
the Roane iron works, at Chattanooga, will
resume operations this week, furnishing
employment TO many people.
As,n of Associate Justice Mathews, OF
the rited States Supreme Court, is - Ill
,Ra, members OF the family absent ia Eu'
r,,c have been notified by cable to return.
Professor William Z. Colon, the State Ge-
,,,..:.r of Tennessee, has caused a stir
suyug the mountaineers there by the dis
c,,r-v of silver veins in the Cooke county
highlands.
Mr.. John =. Sla, =, OF Norwich, Cf2n.,
has Given $lUaaUvu or the Christian edI-
cation OF southern ored people, and it is
thoucl, Congress ". bestow upon him
gold Il v!al.
Tie New Orleans I 'ayune figures out
,ha, tie American syadica;es engaged in
bui.diu. railroads in Mexico, will make
on, Of the u $50 miles of track which they
will control 1898 100000.
The stockholders of the Peoples Passeu-
ser hallway in Philadelphia have taken
siers TO secure an accounting Of the inan-
4 Gal auasement. The losses to date are
4rerorrpd at SI23,lSl, of which Sll2,Tl5 was
s fvr l>>2.
The British Commons, in further reCog'
lni,iyn of the services in Egypt of Lord
E t|Wolsrley and Baron Alcester Admiral
.SeymourN passed grs ant of 1000 pounds to
!. ach yearly, and al their death to pass tc
hLer heirs.
\ movement is on foot in Savannah
bneetug with great encouragement to or
ganize a company to commence manutac
tfurng rice this season. Ii is believed thai
it will prove a profitable enterprise there
as elsewhere.
The dogs of Og'ethorpe county, Ga, hav,
con. u.,uctd 10 die of strange and hereto
b. unknown disease, their tongues be
1, ming swollen 30 that they cannot eat
P.uhably some Of the wou,d-be sheep
srowers could tell what is the matter.
+. The Treasury department has issue,
{ initiated instructions governing the free i'm
s tor'a;ion Of exhibits for the exhibitio1
F u ,lr products of agriculture and fine ar,
d tie Southern Exposition to be he'll Al
louisville, KY, during the present yea.
The application of the Savannah Mr.ua
J IL; Company, a neS concern, TO lay theil
D pc, through the streets, was denied by
D. Sanitary Board on the grounds that il
& y irjudicious to tear up the streets this
&ason. They will have to wait til cold
Rea,her.
Tie complete railway mileage Of Mexico
now stated at 22G5 miles, which show:
. sili,jon of about 100 miles Of track in
Dc last year. This is astonishing growth
ter a country in which railway coustruc
II was almost uuthougnt of unit. within
+: = & mparatively few years.
John Neihod. of East New \ c K, hss car
cslred his head between his shoulders for
2 cne hundred and five years. il spite Of tn
npsket balls and cannon shot of Waterloo
u which battle he fought. Yet NJ. Nei
hoH saii the other day that ne did not
NOV of such man as General Grant.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has restored
its fast freight line to the West and North
vss;. twill have daily line of about
4 10 CarS-70 from New York, 20 from Phil
del his, and 10 from BaltimOre-aud all
ctbcs freight trains are required to give il
eftar track, to enable it to be what il is
- na,d, q fast freight line.
+, fhi'i Engineer Beckert Of the Pittsburgh
|th Cinrau and 81. Louis, has closed con
~ 'or an iron bridge, 100 feet in length
QRr ,De Biz Miami River, at Dayton, D.
IAe t.idSe is 10 cost $4,000 The Cincin
nah Hamilton and Dayton and the Bee
P arr Joint partners in its construction
11f 'oNes; lid furnished las: year to blild
4ne same structure vas $4,000.
4 &. Ross who died at Zlnesyiue. Ohio,
[tt<t u y, aged Il years, constructed the
<.o'e:a and produced the first picture by
ga process ever Rsde in the United
1'.ies. lie was a MATCHMAKER and a jewslet
rq y.a'i1ca! Ie.esrapher, aud took the tivst
Pateh ever sent over the wires TO that
~ lie was also author Of the song Tip
3n'e and Tyler, Too" which was s.
ffPri~r IN the campaign Of lSio.
u following are given as the oaieiaI
Tics OF the Russian armies at the pres
~ tme. A. the beginning of 1881 the
Rqrper Of officers was 33,7S2, aud of tbs
Hr& and HE >5S,275; at the closs Of ,bs
xHF the numbers were 80 $50 and SO tST
N + course Of the year 1850 officer, .,J
4iti rank ard file left the service Will.
,sz4 oi!icers and 22i, so men entered r..
inH u'ion in the number Of OIL = :,
tos ehiedy to retirements. OF the ,,nL
@D41 41ie 2l0,l26 were placed in thu ,o,o--.-
xo.<ss were granted leave of sbssrca - -
eccoSnt OF their health, and 96sT xs.e