Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-23
the NEWS IN BRIEF.


A person has been arrested at Moscow
while ordering clock work Of suspicious
description.
7. II. Hodgsou, of Montreal, was arrested !
on a capias at the suit of the Bank Of Mon
treal for SllS,OO0.
The Weymouth, Mass, Iron Company,
announce cut down Of 10 per cent. in
wages after April l.
1t is reported that the French govern
ment has ordered blockade of all he
ports OF Madagascar.
In the Supreme Court at Newport, R. l.,
Kate A Judd was sentenced to twenty-five
years imprisonment for arson.
The son.in-law of Karl Marx has been
convicted in PARIS Of inciting to disorder
and sentenced to three months imPrison-
meNt.
The eruption Of Mount Etns has begun,
accompanied by earthquake, causing a
panic in the vicinity. Several houses have
fallen.
All the business exchanges Of New York
will be closed to-day, Good Friday. The
lotion Exchange will also be closed on Sat-
urday.
GOV. Cameron, of Virginia, has expressed
determination to enforce the collection of
taxes under the provisions of the riddle
tercer bill.
4 Mr.. Parneu left Paris yesterday and re-
turned. it is thought, to London. He
the evening previous to his departure with
NJ. Henri ROchetort.
At Ravenna, O., the bank of E. 5. Com
s.ocs was robbed of $500 by a couple of
\ thieves, one of whom called him out to
s s,eak 10 the other in buggy.
Nothing is known at Berlin concerning
tie scheme at,ribu ed in America to Bis
\ r.arck Tor acQuu 1g land in Mexico on
which 10 settle Ger.' m emigraRts.
In the Pennsylya; 4 Senate the bill to
rro. hi, state official. and members of tn,
Legislature from accepting free passes oa
Il railroads passed to third reading.
The latest adyices from the gold coast
announce that 100 Ashantees have re-
nounc,d their allegiance to the king, and
den anGed the establishment of q British
4 prOJec,Orate.
1 Two rioters at St. Etienne, France, were
sentenced to ten months imprisonment
and the third to a month. The court
justified the action of the gendarmes in
using weapons.
The report that the dean of Canterbury
i received letter threatening that the
desnery would be blown up on the oc-
q Cas;on Of the enforcement, OF the new
arrsbishop, is pronounced untrue.
Henry D. Kino, the London tailor charged
With arson by the Briting authorities, who
a vas traced to Salt Lake City and arrested,
N was formally delivered to an English de-
tec,ive. Who sailed with his prisoner yes.
Iay.
Mr.. Lawrence. Of Montreal, has brought
4 suit for s, 900 damages against the collec-
tor Of customs at that city for refusing to
give up Paines Age of Reason" and "Yol-
taire's Philosophy" imported by the plain
Il tt from the United States.
i Maurice DAILY and Joe Dion, the billiard
4 experts, LETT New York for Chicago. Joe
d Coturn, Davy Johnson and Charley Davis,
4 the book.makers, will leave on Sunday.
The only betting yet reported is even mon
ey on the field against YignauX.
Ms Charles Horn, the wife of a tramp,
4 Was assaulted on Tuesday in a wood near
Mannheim, Lancaster county, Pa, by Chas,
Iouch, another tramp, and during the
S,g.!e the wOnan's clothing took fire,
causing injuries which will result fatally,
Messrs. \. ]. Drexel and George w.
Il ChIjs have made arrangements to have
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, cleaned from
Third street to the Schuylkill river at their
8 PERSONAL expense. The authorities have
i ia,i,t to perform that work for some time.
The tire in the culm bank, at the Kohl
j Moor Colliery, near Shenandoah, Pa, is still
burning In order to save the Buck noun
tain and Mammoth veils, which are cover
ed by the burning bank, it is estimated
that $1,000 cubic yards Of material will
Lave 10 be removed.
Two coroners Of adjoining counties are
waiting to take Jurisdiction in the Braid
wood mine disaster, although the bodies OF
Tie imprisoned miners have not yet been
reached. Both are anxious to secure the
fee OF Sll that attaches to each corpse, and
~ dlsg7aCeful contest is anticipated.
At the annual meeting of the Holstein
BREEDERS Association of America, held at
Syracuse, y. Y, liberal appropriations
Nere made for Offering premiums for beef
~! butter, to be awarded at the fat stock
Shows Of Chicago aud Kansas City, and at
The National Fair for dairy products.
II Largely attended meetings in Chicago ana
Il Milwaukee Of Cigar makers indicate that
they propose going on a strike on May lst
unless the demand for one dollars Of an
INCREASE per thousand be granted by the
Rsmrlcyers. The leaders assert that the
strike will be general throughout the
Eountry.
The trial OF two election officers, charged
with fraudulent conduct at the late Con-
ig-essiOnal election in New Orleans, began
IN the United States District Court on
s. "Wednesday. The government has obtained
4lFOm the CITY heaIsh department LlSt OF
idead men whose names appeared on the
spoll list as voters.
The Metropolitan and Telephone Compa-
ny have placed very large poles in Twenty
fist street, New York. An action was
brought against the company for damages
3snd for the removal of the poles. The jury
Eaye 4 verdict Of six cents for the people,
tAe effect of which is that the company
nrust remove the poles An appeal will be
ftakea.
The Virginia Court of Appeals has de-
flded that the Office of city treasurer OF
Petersburg is vacant. Virginius Johnston,
Sho has been holding the office pending |
LIE determination of the question, has
peen notified to yacate. 1t was also decided |
nat Judge Mann, Of the Hastings Court