Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-21
BRIEFLY TOLD.

nan wine growers are beginning to
~ ,bs competition from California.
y rr,. hundred thousand telephones are in
IN this country, says Professor Bell,
he inventor
live per cent, Of the suicides in Eng.
md 25 per cent. of those in Germany
N- me to iutemPerance.
street car line is now in operation a.
rE:o Jspsn, with Japanese conductors,
~, r,.ry the bell punch.
,.,,,e.on Of a man found on an island
. he Missouri, opposite Lawrence, is
-..,,d : to be the remains of Alexander t.
S..u,yi. Of New York City.
rho vrohibitioniSts of Ohio have adopted
....c,rrion to observe the Second Tuesday
:, Zach month as a day Of fasting and
aver until after the fall election.
TIE Hchtning train between Psris, vi
anna sud CouStantinople has proved so
.r,,ssstul that a similar train will shortly
~ started between Paris, Berlin and ST.
ps,s-,hurg. The restaurant cars which
.-s intended for this train are on view in
t.e Il eiene Exhibition.
An Arkansas preacher, so goes the re-
MT. recently paused in his sermon, reached
revolver from his desk, shot through the
vr5ow and killed squirrel that was
sroruug on the fence near by, sent a boy
out to secure the game, and calmly
--. Ia nth bis IiScOnraa
The Paris Gaulois improves on the idea
o,,he clerical journal of Rome which Of
fy,rd every annual subscriber 600 masses
f-re of charge. The Gaulois offers worldly
ps.ts-insures the life for 1000 francs to
each annual subscriber, and similar sum
for in. .ries through accidents during the
yes-. Moreover, the purchaser of a single
copy Of the journal, il it be found on him
sy,he time OF injury or death, is entitled
TO prOportiOnate amount
Tie largest terrybost in the world is
SD to be the Solano, built to run to San
F-s,c..co Harbor for the Central Pacific
Ta..-oad. The Solano is described as a yes-
SCI o:& o. tons and of the following linen
Sons: Length of main deck, 39i feet s
i,c.es. length OF hull, 4O5 feet , inches
w.Gth over all. ll6 feet; width between
Wheel castings, "a feet; height amidships,
lS fee, % inches: height at ends, Is feet 9
inches. draught when loaded, feet inch
p. The boat has four lines Of rails, and as
they extend from end to end there is sut-
aifrh 2
freight cars or twenty-four passenger cars
with locomotive and tender. The boat i
chiefly used for passenger service, freigh
being taken by the old route and transfer
al oakland.
Ms. Bancroft, the celebrated London ac-
tress, visited recently one of the most cele-
b.a;ed dentists, who seldom handles any
bat aristOcratic jaws, to have her teeth
examined and operated on. Knowing the
weakness of the expert, she asked what his
charge was, but he refused tn say until he
had completed what was but an inspection
and cleaning. This done, he said his
clarge was $3.50. The lady protested, aud
offered SlQO. which, she said, was all the
money she had with her. She added she
had brought so much because she was told
the charge would be exOrbitant, and pro-
v;ded herself with sum expected to meet
the highest figure. She declares that the
fashionable dentist took the 800 and clap
Din. his back 10 the door would not let her
leave until she had signed note for the
rt,i. The case is TO be heard in court.