The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-09
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- Vn as snow on Mount Washington, N.
ISL IL and n ice formed during the night.
cs;o,oo was alive with Turner's on
s..ordaT. the great five DAYS turnfest
os"mmencing on that day. The reoep-
t;on reok place in the evening at Far
well Hall.
rbs silver communion service, vest
ITS of the church, large Bible and
.Lsr articles about the altar were
S,oIsn from 81. PauPs Church, LeaVeA-
Sortb, Kansas, on Friday night.
Han, Charles Allen Long, formerly
,.amber of Congress from Massachu-
,.s. and AT one time Chief Justice of
.Ss superior Court of that State, died
a. worcester Friday morning, aged 72
years.
disnstch from Chicago says: The
.,i,,se came off in this city according
~ the programme. The condition OF
tbe heavens was all that could be de-
s;rsd s,p There has not been a clearer day
this season'
The purchasers at the auction of tex
tile fabrics, lately on exhibition In Gin
cinnati, were mostly wholesale mer-
chants. Satisfactory prices were oo,
FAMED. IL was expected the sale would
he closed on Saturday.
The will of the late Rufus Lord, Of
New York, bequeaths the bHlk OF his
estate of four million dollars to two OF
hi. brothers. Another brother aud Sis
tsr and relatives receive moderate
smount, and $4,000 is given to CHAR
liable societies.
Ahou. nine o'clock Friday night, fire
ra. discovered in the large oilcioth
factory of Sampson, Alden & Sons, at
Colnnbus, about one mile and a half
bsyoDd Marpeth, on Long Island. The
loss ON buildings aud material is vari-
on,ly estimated at from S2OO,OOO to
100000.
The five mile sculling race which was
70 have come off on the upper Monon-
ysbe|a course, Pittsburgh, between
Hamlll and Coulter. fer purse OF one
tboussud dollars, ended in both parties
claimipg . fonl, they having collided
within one hundred yards of the start.
Hamill ceased rowing, while Coulter
royed over the course. Saturday night
the referee decided the race and all bets
of. Tie race will probably be rowed
again.
AYmcenues, lud., dispatch says the
eclip>e was seen there under the most
favorable circumstances. The sky was
osrfrrfly clear IL commenced at 4:l7
p M., aud was total at sis. The dura-
zion Of the total observation was two
minutes and Thirty seconds, and ended
al SIX o'clock and twelve minutes. Thel
carone was very brilliant, giving about
As much light as an ordinary moon in
Creasing. Venus aud Jupiter were to be
plaialy seen, bat none Of the fixed stars
appeared.
The eclipse AT Springfield, Illinois,
was startling aud sublime phenOme-
non. The sky was perfectly clear.
Prof PeaTce, of Harvard, had charge OF
the observations which were made near
che city reservoir. One hundred photo
graph. If the eclipse were taken by Mr.
Black, of Boston When the total OBJ
scuratog took place the heavens and
earIh presented a scene of awful sub
limity. A brilliant amber cOlOred
cOroue appeared around the sun and
nOon, shooting rays of light outward
in all directions, when the whole hOri.
zOn was Illuminated witt light of the
same color. The planets Mercury and
Venus and a number of fixed stars we're
distinctly visible, but no planet Orbs be-
tween Mercury and the the sun we're
discovered. 4 brilliant rose colored
dame or prO'uberaDCe was noticed on
fhe western limb Of the sun during the
PerlOd of total observation. The phe-
nomena known as Baiey's beads were
also distinctly witnessed. The phenom-
enon Prof Pearce thinks is Occasioned
by the retraction OF light. He is also
satisfied that the COrone or halo at the
time of the total Obscuration was occa-
soued by he suns atmosphere.
Sixty three entries were made Sat
nTtay night for trots over the Buffalo,
New York, Driving Park next week,
aud more are expected by tO-day's mail.
The entries for the $4,000 purse are
Lucy, Americ2n Girl, George Palmer
and Goldsmith Maid. The entries for
2:2G trOt for 4 purse of $1,000, are Clara,
Augelne, Confidence, w. X. Thomas,
Henry w. Genet, formerly Danver's
bay, and Billy Barr, by Owen Teller.
Fourteen horses entered for the $1,000
purse for 2::;!9 horses; nine for the $1,000
purse for 2::3l horses, aud seven for the
.lo'U purse for 2:40 horses.
The town of Stockport, New York
has been the scene Of considerable ex-
element this week, os ths descaut of o
gigantic land slide, and thousands have
visited the spot. The place where the
phenomena occurred is located on the
old post road, near the confluence of
Undertook and Claveralk, about FIVE
miles north of Hudson. 1t comprises
nearly five acres, and was on an eleva-
ton above dry ravine. A hill inter
venes between this ravine aud the
creek on the east and north, of q little
Aa>g than the attitude of that which
aaSed IN. The crash took place abou,
half-past six O'Clock last Monday after
noon. The Gioyement was gradual and
the surface of the earth undulated like
the waves of the ocean. no noise wal
heard until the moving mass strnck tn,
base of the intervening hill, when there
was dull, rambling sound, resembling
distant thunder, and q quivering sensa
Ton Ike slight shock of earthquake
she earth caved in to the distance o
over eighty feet, and the surface, a
Indicated by the trees and fences Bovee
. distance of over six hundred
leet. SO gradual was the movement
tIst 1t occupied about half sn hour, anc
tue sight is described by those who wit
teSsed 1t as sublime in the extreme
N'nong the most marked incidents o.
.He phenomena is the fact that al OAK
nee nee winch stood by the roadside was
To,.Su TS,eu with a section of the fence to the
b,'Sh OF the ravine, a distance of sil
St req feet, and the tree and fence
west As hrm and upright as ever. The
We Nees, such as pine and heInlock
tree, of oIftPPped IS pipe-stems, and some
diams,s.. WIS nature. two feet or more in
crisn are doubled and twisted like
foandeS o 81 straw. The land is clay
face of nO. W Pn'cksand, with a soil sur.
thiCtraSot h' not more than twentv.two feet II
quicksanS 1t IS understood that tho
away from has 6snIeen been gradually washed
the stream ''NgSth ga, aud passed off into
last spring left the sOpious showers o.
and the dry wea,hla surface mere she'll