Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-08

Brsviy and Variety.
The South Carolina Presbytery at a
recent meeting received into its mem
bershio after examination Rev. Dr.
James Woodrow, who has been under a
cloud for some time on account OF GER
rain views about the descent OF man
which he is supposed 20 have enter
tsiced. lie was asked 10 be believed the
Holy Scriptures contained the word OF
God ADD answered shat be did Further:
do you believe that Moses wrote the
Pentateuch?" Most OF il, sir" ''What
portion do you think he did not Wrtte?'
"Tbe account Of his own death.
An old newspaper published at Boston
has EOtice Of the marriage Of Capt.
Thomas Baxter, OF Quincy and Miss
Whitman, Of Bridgewatsr, on December
is. 11SS, latter q long and tedious
courtship OF iOrty-eight years, which
both have sustained with uncommon
fOrtitude."
President Henry Wade Rogers, Of the
Chicago Northwestern University, is
being criticised for compelling the col
legs foot ball team 20 play without
charging al admission fee, aud for pull
ing an alUminus Of the college of the
stage because he spoke more than q
minute, though the president himself
had just spoken for forty minutes.
Ii was not until after it had rainsd a
little lhat a New Orleans man found out
that his cisteru had been for long time
bali filled with water. The faucet was
out OF order, and, as no water came
through 10, the owner had been buying
water when be had plenty TO sell.
The Pacific mills of Lawrence, Mass,
took the prize OF 10000 francs, awarded
by the Pacific exhibition, for having
accomplished The most toward securing
harmony between employers and en-
ployes. Ten such rewards were given
altogether. England got none.
The White star steamer Cev.c, which
arrived at Boston a few days ago from
Liverpool, brought what is probably
the largest log OF mahogany that ever
came 90 this country. 10 Is a. feet
long, feet thick. 10 weighs ~ tons,
and comes from Africa.
The chief OF the police OF Moscow has
issued orders that those who sell pa
pers or printed matter ia the streets
shall not be allowed 90 pursue their
vocation II they are not dressed 10
proper uniform, or if they do not ap-
pear clean and tidy,
Arkansas City TraucIT-E p. Greer
was ia the city to-day. Ed says this is
the dad shamedest' town on earth.
He came here 20 collect - and got Ii.
Before be got out OF town be bad TO
spend s. more than be had collected.
A baby was carried off by a panther
a. Jones Mil, Ore, the other day. The
body was afterward found 10 an adjoIn-
Ing forest IisIesS, but Iot disfgured,
except for a few scratches on the face.
Isabelle Jean, a pretty eighteen-year-
old cir of Brooklyn, Pa, has brought
suit for $1,000 damages against Philip
s. Finn, twenty-siN years OF age, for
kissing aud hugging her against her
will
Aluminium is used instead Of steel for
the nails and heel plates OF the German
soldiers boots. The results expected
are quicker and better marching, with
less fatigue 20 the men.
The Rabcay Ags says from January
/ 10 Octobthl, thirty-two roads, 6,254
miles 10 IeFFlh, funded debt slS5,o7S,-
500, capita (tocE S36l, 900, geo went into
receivers auds.
DIR. De Castro was kidnapped recently
from his plantation near Havana, Cuba,
OF Manuel Garcia's gang, and held until
$4,000 was paid for his release.
Although the regular army OF the
United States mum osrs but 25, 600 men,
there are no. 195 militiameH subject 20
she orders of State and Federal author
fly.
A negro going through a field near
Quincy, Fla, was pursued by drove
Of cattle, and he made his escape by
Jumping into a we'll twenty feet deep.
A woman claiming to be 1873 years old
Is living ,in good health, near Cleveland
She says her mother died In Scotland
50 the age OF 146.
The Philadelphia Record has offered
rewards, amounting TO al TO $4,000,
for the arres, and conviction OF men
guilty Of talsif6ing election returns.
Ia the towu Of Caernarvon, Wales,
there Is one man 20 every woman, and
the attendance 40 the intermediate
school is'62 boys aud g. girls.
Mrs. Milton E. Page, Jr., was muir
oerously assaulted Ia her own home In
Chicago, by an unknown woman, who
Intended. to rob her.
40 ontx seal ring, belonging 20 an
ancient IAthenian, was lately dug up
near An ems.
The Barney stone in Barney castle
has grad aIiy been worn away by kiss
Ing.
American silk max ing machinery is
FAR supeAior 10 aud different from the
foreign.
Nlnety-seven out OF every Que hun
dred arctic explorers have returned
alive.
japanese soldiers rank among the
best RymHasts 10 the world.
six woEm eggs are supplied free to
all Kansas applicants.
FAMILIAR NAMES.