The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-03

through the breast at the same time, is
still living at Crittenden in very preca.
rious condition.
Ina short time hence the City of Mex
leo will be lighted by gas, The works
are rapidly approaching completion, and
there have already been received all the
iron pipes needed to distribute the sup
ply Of gas throughout the metropolis.
A Mrs. Annie Gearing, while stopping
at the. Briggs House, in Chicago, came
| to her death from the effects of chloro-
form. She had been in the habit of
using chloroform to allay the pains OF
neuralgia. The morning before her
death wVs discovered, she had complain.
ed of headache, and when found, she
was still holding in her hand bottle
half full of the fatal liquid
The American Medical Convention as
sembled in Concordia Hall, Baltimore;
yesterday. Some four or five hundred
members were present.
The world renowned King of the
trotting turf" Dexter, who made his
mile under the saddle in two minutes
aud eighteen and one-ffth seconds, is to
he sold at public auction on the Union
course, L. l., May 9th, He is owned in
partnership, and a Quarrel among the
partners is the cause of the sale.
About four hundred tons of pig iron
belonging to the Tredegar Iron Works,
Richmond, was recently deposited on
the bank of the canal for the purpose
of transportation. On re-weighing it,
the discovery was made that one hun
dred and sixty tons-vorth between
seven aud eight thousand dollars-had
been stolen. This is the hearicSt theft
on record
The ladies of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
county, West Virginia, had series Of
tableaux few days since, for the pur.
pose of raising money with which to
erect monument over the remains OF
the Confederate soldiers buried in the
Presbyterian grave yard Of that town.
A disastrous Ere occurred on Saturday,
at Leavenworth, Kansas, by which
property to the value of $4,000 was
destroyed.
There were fifty three dea tbs in Gin
cinnat last week, thirty of which were
cases Of children under ten years OF age
A letter from Paris says: Crinoine'
for which the manufactuI ers of the arti
Gle have been long doing desperate bat
tie, is decidedly doomed - The leading
ladies of fashion are now appearing in
public in reasonable dresses, puffed out
by nothing but moderately starched pet
tiCOat5.
A reunion banquet was held in Mo.
bile on the evening of the oath ult. The
second toast was The President of
the United States" which was received
with great applause Among those pres
ent Who made speeches was Admiral
Semmes, of the Confederate Navy. In
the course of his speech he dwelt on the
liberality of the President in the diff
culties which assailed him, of the peril
of his situation, surrounded by the hos
tile array of Radicals aud demagogues,
but yet expressed undying faith in his
frmness, his courage, his talent and his
final triumph over the enemies of the
country and Constitutional freedom.
In an address delivered by Mr.. War
ren, in Macon, Ga, on the Goth nit, he
said AS to a Southern nationality, the
All wise Ruler has decided against il
We acquiesce and accept with resigna-
tion the decree Of Heaven, trusting to
His oyerruling goodness to free us from
our present embarrassment by giving
success to Our noble President
The Georgia COnshtHiiOnGlist, OF April
26th, after speaking of the disgraceful
scenes enacted in both Houses Of Con
gress on the 10th, says: Perhaps it. is
good thing we have neither part nor lot
in this dirty gathering, aud are thus
spared any flush of shame at its disgust
ing exhibitions bnt what must the
North think of the men who stand as It's
exponents to the world, poor garrnlous
sots, equally venomless. blackgnard, and
craven.
The new Railway Union Depot Hotel
in Pittsburg is to be opened th,s morn
ing This hotel is part of the depot
building, and in point Of convenience
arrangement and comfort will vie with
any similar establishment in the West
ern States
During the storm Tuesday evening,
five trees were uprJoted on Pennsylvania
Aveuue, Pittsburg, aud a number OF
chimneys and fences were blown down.
l0O Mas Cinnamon,