Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-10
NOTES OF THE DAY.

In Italy. one of the first countries to
take I'D cremation as a substitute for
burial. the number OF crematories in
1894 was %, and that Of the bodies Gre
maed 2,509. Though the membership
Of the cremation societies increases
steadily. progress is not very rapid,
owing to the hostility of the church.
There are 500 prisoners at the Mich
igan State prison at Jackson, 90 OF
whom are without cells and sleep in
the corridors. The Pardon board rec
commended to the governor that so
prisoners be sent to the State House OF
Correction at Ionia, and this will be
done.
Gen. James Beirne, on behalf OF
the Roman Catholics of New York, re-
ports to the President Of the Board Of
Education that there are 1929 boys
and II, 269 girls in 101 parochial schools
in that city. This census was taken at
the request of Mayor Strong.
DenVer's Art club opened an exhibit
ton on the 10th of April at the Art
School building. One hundred and tif-
ty pictures filled two large rooms, and
the show is said to be the best ever
given in that city by local talent.
You can't prove to an Olate, (KanO
man that everything happens by
chance Lightning struck his barn
and followed the caves troughs all
around till it came to his best horse
and then turned down, killing it.
Gertie Walker, a five-year-old tot in
Hoboken, is said to be a marvellous
versifier. The girl is reported to be a
natural one, and some of her simple
stanzas put on paper make very pretty
reading.
A series of false fire alarms in Port
land. Ne. have been traced to gam
blers. After betting odd or even on the
next alarm pulled, some of them were
smart enough to turn in false alarms.
John Phillips, of Detroit, reported to
the police the other morning that
someone broke into his barn, stole his
little horse and left a great big
horse" in its place, and still he found
fault
A curious burial custom exists in
Assam. All corpses are lowered from
the roofs with ropes, it being con-
trary to the laws of the country to
carry a dead body through door.
Dynamite has been kept in the cell
lars of dealers at Owosso Mich, and
the chief of the fire department there
demands that it be stored beyond the
city limits.
Vital statistics prove that taking the
world over, there are 100 women tc
every 100 men. Out of every nine
sudden deaths reported, eight of the
number are men.
A prisoner in the AtchisOn Jail was
tried and fined by the kangaroo court
because he prayed so loud he dis
turbed the seven-up game.
During a terrific wind storm al
Pierceville, Kan, George Wight, q
business man, was blown undera loco
motive and cut to pieces.
Claridon, o., has some large sugar
| bushes. Daniel Dimocll has about 5000
trees, and the four adjoining farms tap
| $500 trees.
The North British Railway Company
| is building station at Edinburg at a
cost of 81 100000.
Ten thousand Mormons will emigrate
| from Utah to Chihuahua, Mex, and es-
| tablish a colony.
A lamp exploded while she slept
J burning TO death Mrs. Mary McCOrm-
| ick, Pittsburg.
The estimated population of the
world, on January l, 1895, was
1,5OO,000,0OO.
A rising young pianist at Palmyra
! n. Y, is named Tinklepaugh.
Philadelphia made about 1000 in
come tax returns.