Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-23
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
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The Senate was in executive session
two hours yesterday. The Nicaragua
treaty was the subject under consideration.
Senators Morgan and Edmunds favored the
treaty,
Bishop Whipple, who is dying on the
banks Of the Mediterranea, has written a
letter to Representative Hewitt asking his
good offices Tor the Indians.
The Board Of Supervisors Of steam YES
sells is holding its annual session. A prop
osition is pending to amend the rule pro.
hibiting passengers from entering the pilot
house OF steamers, so that passengers may
visit the pilot house between the hours of
sunset and sunset rise.
The collections OF internal revenue for
the first six months of the fiscal year are as
follows: Spirits, $%4,06i,% 49,; tobacco,
Sl2;732, ,399; termented liquors. $3.50, 1872;
from miscellaneous sources, $lji ,2S2; total,
j6.jlS, Jos; being $i,270.IS6 less than the
rece pts for the same period last year. The
dec ease was il collections from spirits,
$3,@35,gs3; ftom tobacco, $5j2,sJI from
miscellaneous $2T2,lSI. The only increase
was from fermented liquors, 1920, 23S. The
aggregate receipts Of December, 1884, were
$3.50 less than the same month of the
previous year.
The House Committee on Public Health
has decided that by reason Of the lste stage
Of the session, and crowded condition of
the calendars, it will he impossible to pass
this session the bill to protect public health
recently prepared by the delegates from the
various State Boards of Health. The com
mittee, however have decided to recommend
an appropriation of S25, 900 for National
Board OF Health, and 100000 to be used
at the discretion Of the President in pre-
venting the spread Of cholera should it ap-
pear in this country before the next Con-
gress assemblies.
Commercial.
The Urge notion and fancy goods store of
Ruth Sons, Alliance has been closed by
the Sheriff
The cold weather Of yesterday prostrated
businesss throughout the whole country.
4 mistake in the estimate for the city of
Philadelphia leave it 100000 short of
funds.
Hussman 4 Hoffman, furriers, Toledo,
OHIO, assigned yesterday Liabilities, un.
kn'w': assets. - 900.
+. +. Mammal, of Dayton, Ohio, iewelry
pecilc-. has failed Liabilities about
81 UaO.
The closing of the hank at jamestown,
Pa has paralyAcd the place. The failure
will ,tach $4,000
Ihc assets of the failed firm OF Ward
Si"nlrn Il Go are S93,3'j; liabilities s22S,
81.
Wo.irow. Scott y McAlistcrs furniture
.t,c. Columbus, Ohio was burned last
night Loss 81, ,oO9
Gcr"rui.
Dr. DeWolf Health Commissioner Of
Chicago, saws it is a physical impoesibility
for cholera to appear in st. Louis at this
time.
1t Eclleyille, Ontario, a man named Bar
ton got drunk and killed his sick daughte
with y chair The mother was forced out
into he cold and iroze to death. The
saloon keeper who made Barton drunk will
not he arrested
The Iowa State Prohibition conference at
Des Moincs Yesterday was attended bv 400
delegates who denounced oaloon keepers and
called On all citizens to aid in the enforce
ment Of the prohibition laws
J. T. OKeerc, Of Olean, \. y, suicidcd
yesterday on III" grave Of his deceased
dans h;er.
,rHar spJlra1,!Gl2 !Gl2sy'.rhet has been aooointed
Ger. Bragg was last night nominated for
I',;;,G States Senator from WiConsin