The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-25
NEWS SUMMARY.
nv TELEGRAPH.

at l2Os.
dc Boil has arrived at New York.
Chicago packers have Slaughtered
337 $50 hogs this year.
Sneaker Blaine, of the House of Rep
rcssntatives, left New York Ihnrsda.
for his home in Mobile.
George Wiest's distiilery, on Twenty
fourth and Masters streets, was total.
destroyed by FIRE yesterday morning
Loss $4,000.
dispatch from J. w. Mcdonald, Sec
rs,ary ofthe TIE Il 8 Republican Executive
Convention, claims Davis election b!
800 majority.
The newly appointed Consul for ia
naica J. w. Wheeler, sailed on Thurs
day with hi, family, in the bark Palmer
for Kingston. Wheeler succeeds Aaron
Gregg.
Hugh Riddle, formerly Superintend
ant of the Eastern division of the Erie
RAILROAD has been appointed General
Snnerintent of the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific Railroad.
The flags are at half mast on lnde-
pendence Hall and other public build
ings in Philadelphia and on many pri-
yate residences, in respect to the mem
ory of ex Secretary Stanton.
General Z. S. Salmon, the retiring
Comfy Clerk of Cook county. Illinois,
has received dispatch from President
Grant announcing his appointment as
Governor of Washington Territery. lie
will accept.
Three yonng girls, who were entlced
away from New York last Monday, oy
man named ROban and brought 10 81.
Lonis, Mo, were taken out OF a house
Off fame Thursday and will be return
ed to their parents.
Engineers are surveying the route for
the new railroad to connect Pemberton
with the Camden Il Amboy road, where
by the distance between New York aud
Philadelphia is reduced to two and q
half hours time.
Deputy Sheriff Jackson, who mur-
derei Archibald Douglass in Washing
ION eIteet, Nt" lOIk, sOluo bluo dSOi
has been convicted for murder in the
fret degree. The previous indictment
for manslaUghter has been ovcrruled.
The Philadel rbis CouDeil, Thursday
evening, appointed a committee to as
certain the cost of the apparatus and
buildiug ground for volunteer fremen.
This is a move towards organizing a
paid fire department.
The tlial of S. N. Felker, NJ. C.. Fell
ker aud George G. Eaton, charged with
conspiring with one George johnson to
kill Allan Pinkerton, was concluded at
Detroit yesterday. The jury rendered
verdict of acquittsl after very brief
consultation.
The bill TO amend the act incorpOra-
ting the Erie & Niagara Railway Com
pany and to change the name to Canada
Southern Railway Company; and also
the bill incorporating the Canada q
Southwestern Air Line Company, have
passed the Ontario Parliament.
Mayor Hall and other magnates of the
New York Tammsny Democracy are
making preparations for the election OF
anew Democratic General Committee.
The private caucus Thursday assisted
IN the recommendation that Hall tbe
sent out next week for the primaries.
Hon. John Hyer, ex-m member of Con-
gress was knocked down by a man named
Alderman while crossing = bridge over
the Haokensack river at Hackensack,
New jersey, and received injuries on the
head which will probably prove fatal.
His assailant was arrested and lodged In
Jail.
The Lewis hGbeas corpus case, in
which Mrs. Lewis. of Boston, is eIdeav-
sring TO obtain possession of her little
girl, COrriunc Lewis, alleged to have
been kidnapped by her father and taken
TO Chicago, is going on in the Supreme
Court of New York. The court room is
crowded. The case at present wears an
n1tsVorable aspect for Dr.. Lewis. Mrs.
Lewlsis apparently the object of much
sympathy.
Surrogate Tucker. of New York, on
thursday, decided that a permanent
residence in foreign country with the
ueclared but uneIecuted intention of
oecoming citizen of that country does
noV operate as n renRnciation of ale
t'nGe and citizenship by a citizen of
Sue United States until he actually be-
'O"es the citizen Of another country.
,r thursday morning, about o'clock,
UH,.e H. onCe OF the Southern Express at
nSn g'on' Tenn, was robbed by two
neu' Oae Of them knocked down the
agent, Cole, and held him down whilst
Ana ,aeL ,.a 'Gok the key from his pocket
bn ia Ililed the safe Of 81, 800. The rob
T 'ueh escaped. Cole was told that
gave an alarm he would be killed
Ihe Council of the Union Leagns of
,s."1ne "Jt,ea nave adopted preamble and
inSnS i%tuuon aihrninc in strong terms the
S.nteIIeSs ~ OF the whole country To
Ot.S O1s disabled volunteers aud the families
a. ons S"ose VINO fell during the late civil war
S oFposihS the proposition before
;n.ti oi paying pensions sontbIv
VI sem annually. A commit,sa
Was appointed to 60 to Wssbincton ~
INC speedy Passage of the measure
-. on Wednesday Mayor knight ora
C. VI 1ue Ten members of ths o.
SUOeSll SUatSll of Dubuque, Iowa, were .s.roS H.oS
w;,S Sae United States Deputy Msrshai MIeJ
Tni,.s T1s peremPtory msndamns h. 'ial tSa
lew u States Court, ordering than '4o to
men, special tax TO pay RIGGS md ~
monsn SshNs' the city for s76;7i7 TSs.
Tba IVA was borrowed from Riggs in Is57
bnndss bdotSl amount of the claim is two
eu and twenty thousand dollars
Ind so@ery Opera House. Lafayetto
The b~it,!onrnsd MAS onrnsd yesterday afternoo1 -
eomar uU building was owned by Jas Mo ~ "a
and SSyry, Of Chicago, walked at s: si0 10 on6 q
wa. insured for $4,000. Tba q. 80 StC @ oOO
MAJ. 1 occupied by the postasses @eS' room
Comssnd H,,s and Office fixtures wers ee the
S..a SUns.ocks 20 billiard room in Ss SSa''ed. c.
Bro,bssS,.o bsS.oOO; no insurance. A%ss@ent,
epO,i' ,iers' gas filters and pIn ~ Wallace
TIP TfTbp'iSg s adjoining room, ml'omIimeIs, tIit, oc-
f,om a.s Is supposed to b,va Sngnt ioss.