The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-18
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Friday June hS'
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

DR.. Allen March, an eminent surgeon
and physician of Albany, n. T., died
yesterday.
II. Foltuer committed suicide in pr is
on at Fort Wagner, Indiana, on Wednes-
day, by hanging.
The Government bought one million
of gold in New York yesterday at l31
79-lOO and l35 l5-lOO.
President Grant will visit Worcester,
Mass, to-day, have public reception
and remain two hours.
The foundation stone of the monu-
ment TO the Union dead was laid on
Cambridge, Mass, common yesterday.
steamer was reported as about
leaving New York yesterday with arms,
ammunition and % men on board Ior
Cuba.
The steamer DelOphine left Boston
Yesterday, without clearance, having
on board men, arms and ammunition
for the Cuban or Haytlen insurgents.
On Wednesday afternoon three ladies,
names unknown, while riding IN car
riage near Rochester, New York, were
thrown into a mill pond and droWnCd.
The Western Union railroad has been
sold to Alex. Mitchell, President of the
Milwaukee aud ST. Paul Railway Com
pany, under whose management the
road will hereafter be run.
Ex-CollectOr of the Revenue, s. Nj.
Sanlick Of the Third District of Penn.
syivania, has been arrested for alleged
perjury and obtaining money under
false pretences, arising out of his late
office.
Frank Mueller, German laborer,
aged Il years, for twenty years an en-
ploye of Miles Greenwood, of Clncln-
natl, committed suicide by shooting
himself, on Wednesday afternoon, near
Mount Auburn.
A meeting of Pennsylvania refOrmers
was held in Philadelphia on Wednes-
day. They placed Colonel William Is.
Thomas IN nomination for Governor,
and claim that their movement will be
strongly supported.
The remains of Junius Brutus Booth
have been removed to Green Mount
Cemetery, Baltimore, where those OF
his dead children, including John
Wilkes, are to be reintsrred.
A terrific rain storm visited Western
North CarolRa on Sunday night, which
caused destructive freshets throughout
Fredali and Davy counties. The dam
age is estimated at $500, ,OOO. No lives
lost.
In the suit of Able q Co., of the Bal
timere Sun, against the Chesapeake
Bank of Baltimore, to recover $1,000 In
gold, deposited in 1861, the jury render
ed a verdict yesterday morning, award
ing the plaintiff $4,000 in gold with
S9O95O interest, also in gold.
Henry Willott, a Frenchman, employ.
ed by Bell, Bloch Il Co, of New York,
was arrested Wednesday evening for
stealing silver scraps from their estab-
ted suicide in his cell by strangllng
himself with his watch ribbon.
Omaha specials to st. Louis yester-
day say that nOthisg further has been
heard from the Indians near the Platte.
Several companies of cavalry are scout
ing the country in search of Indians
this week aud have been distributed
alunS the Union Pacific railroad
John NJ. Moriarty, President Of the
Irish Republican Association Of Penn
sylvana, has issued another address.
He assures the readers that the country
cannot recede from the position taken
by Mr.. Sumner, aud that the Irish Con-
ventlon at Chicago will declare in favor
OF universal suffrage and war with Eng |
land.
The Congressional Ways aud Means
committee, consisting of Messrs, May |
naTd, Brooks, Allison, Kelley, Mccarthy, |
Blair, Hooper, Marshall and Moore
head. with secretaries and reporters,
started on a special train west from |
Omaha yesterday morning. They in.
tend travelling only in daytime and |
will reach the Pacific in about ten days.
The Coliseum for an hour prior to the
opening of the concert yesterday was
crammed aud the management were
compelled to close the doors. The pro-
gramme comprised mainly Of patriotic
and popular selections. The perform
ance closed with singing "Old Hun
dred" by the whole chorus, accompanied |
by all the instruments and artillery, the
audience Joining. The ball last night |
was a successful and brilliant affair.
A dispatch from Laporte, Indiana,
dated yesterday, says: The Chicago, !
Cincinnati and Louisville railroad, eN
tending from this city to Peru, is now |
The company will CON-
mence running passenger trains on
Monday, June 9th, The road opens |
new route between Chicago, Indian |
apolis and the South, in connection
with the Michigan Southern road from
Chicago aud the indianapolis, Peru and
Chicago road from Indianapolis.
The Cincinnati club met the Eckfords
of Brooklyn yesterday. The game last
ed 3 hours. Absut 5000 persons were
present. The Eckfords played better
helding game than the Atlantics, but
the swift pitching of Brainard seemed
10 puzzle them and they bl'ted mostly
in the infeld. The playing of the Gin
cinnatis was about the same as yester-
day, they making several tue double
plays. The score of the Cincinnatis is
"a; E0kfords 5. They play the Irving
tons at Irvington, near Newark, to'mor-
row.
A New York dispatch says that at
late hour Wednesday night three youths,
named Ed. Purcell, Ed. McGrath and
Patrick Mcclure, inmates of the House
of Refuge on Randall's Island, made an
aggravated assault on the night watch
man, William McCash. The assault
was the result of preconcerted plan TO
murder the night>watchman and make
their escape from the institution. The
three lads made a simultaneous attack
on the watchman and one of them
stabbed him in the breast with a case
KNIFE, iuhicting a dangerous wound.
Inc lads were captured aud are now
locked up at the Harlem Police Station. !
AT the New EDgland Association trot.
ting races near Boston, on Wednesday,
there was very large crowd. This irst
race for 2;4O horses was won bv Daniel
Boone in three straight heats Roden's
Dresden second and Sallie third tbe
purses being $1,000, 500 and s80O