The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-06
News Items,

Recently some Iascals having ueitheT
the fear of God or man before their eyes,
entered church near Cincinnati and
robbed it Of tventy-siX yards of carpet,
window shade and the church lamps.
A Mrs. Moreland, an actress who had
been performing al the Olympic Theatre
in New Orleans, committed suicide by
taking laudanum or chlOrOfOrm, on the
DIST nit 1t is thought that domestic
trouble or jealousy was the canse Of the
rash act
Last week the clerk OF the Circnit
Court of Wayne county, Illinois, in
searching among The mortgage records
discovered that sheet had been cut
from the booi; and four mortgages cN-
tracted.
Stephen Goble, highly respectable
citizen of Clermont county, Ky, was
shot dead on his own farm, by IA negro.
two miles NORTH oi New Richmond, on
last Wednesday evening. about live
o'clock. GOblo Was "a work hooimg 10
tatoes, when he noticed the negro cross
ing the field, and demanded Uf hun
what he wanted The negro replied:
None Of your id bUsiueS,!' Goble
then started toward the negro. wlih his
hoe in his hand, but before he had walk
ed many steps, the negro drew = revolt
yer and fired, tho bali taking >GccE in
Coolies breast, killing him instant
ly.
A Chicago dispatch dated June Sd, to
the Cincinnati Commercial says: The
Chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments for laying the cornerstone of the
Douglas Monument, las, night received
a dispatch from other members of the
committee now in Washington. aunouuc-
ing that President Johnson consents to
deliver the Grafton on that OCCASION, pg1.
vided the ceremonies be postponed until
after the adjournment of Congress. The
committee will therefore change tho
time TO suit the resident
Avery atrOcious murder was commit
ted in Randolph, Tennessee, "a fortnight
ago. While sitting in his store door.
an cid man / muG Djckey, Of the firm ct
Dickey N Son, was Student: assaulted !
by some men, one of whom struck hm |
blow on the forehead with Ratchet |
AS he tell backward another blow was !
struck in lie fore part Of the head and |
still another on the neck, which severed |
the jugular yoin. Mr. Dickcy expired
almost instantly
Mary Ann Eastinc spiuster, died at |
the New lOrS Aims House q few DAYS !
ago, at the AGE of one hundred aua !
eighteen She had been a paupcr in the |
institution since Dccember Il ISO7
when sho " AS - years old. Up To- quite
a recent period she was able to do con
siderable work, and was always a small
eater. She was quite small IA person,
very desf, much emdCiated, and her mrs,-
tai powers were somewhat imYoijyd
A Western merchant. ON his way to
New York, fell in with a lady 0u Tie
Lake Shore road. who ipgratiatcd her
self into his aztec ;Ious unit they occam,
very confidential. She got possession of
his baggage checks, "just 10 take care of
them, you know" left MIN at Buffalo.
and ordered the baggage To Ge sent after
her by the next train 80 Rochester
The last seen Of the merchant. he was
following his trunks Ia Rochester, in 4
considerably excited frame of mind
A4oOmbustiblo stone, which ~ said tn
burn like finder, HIS recently been dis
covered at ShuDSburg, Lafayette county.
WISCONSIN 1t is IL grayish clay color |
about as hard as sandstone. and see 6 |
to be impregrated with a veIy large
quantity of oil. Ii is found i'm Immense |
beds, and the owners are Mt "a loss vha- !
Their it would be more profitable To ex-
tract the oil or to sell il for fuel rs il
comes from The quarry
The amount now in the Treasury
vault at Washington, subject to draft. is
nearly Sl0l000,0Q0 ''
The revenue receipts last week !
amounted TO upward Of s. 100000
The brig Bertha arrived in New Yor, !
on Saturday from Ponce, having lost |
two men on her passage from the yel.w
fever, and with one man still sick
Judge Erskiue of Augusta, Ga. IN 2
case, contesting the test oath as applied
to lawyers in the United States Court at
Savannah, decided that the act of Con
gresS approved June 81, to65, so tar rs il
applloo 10 'nat particular case, was re
pugnaht TO the Constitution OF the Uni
Col. Samuel McKglvcy. v-b, o..,,,.o
~ rejected by the Senate f,- ~, M' $50 '"'o
States Marshal of one of thu 5 lie G.,.,'t
Pennsylvania, Was fcgme.ly ,r,,'I ~
of Gen. Sheridan's stat. ana yn r.t ,I;.a
him through tue whole of his : Nm Ti,h
campaign. This is the manner in 49, 10y
Congress is rawardiug the naticn's ~.
tenders. Gas
A'beautifal ear has just been com
pleted for the sole use of John W. Gar.
rett, Esq sPSeident pS the Baltimore
and Ohio Raiiosd' Company. On tn
right of it, upon the outside, is hand
Wely painted coat of arms of the
ID States, enclosed by miniature