The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
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Gold closed strong in New York on
Saturday at l4l4.
The New York money market on Sat
urday was without a sensation.
James Z. Riley, on trial for murdeE
in Baltimore, was acquitted Friday.
George Gordon, pioneer and prem
inent citizen of Saa Francisco, died on
Saturday. Bg E
1t has been raining for several days
on the Pacific COAST, aud damage to tue
crops is apprehended. . -.
The grounds of the Laclede Racing
Association, four miles from st. LOUIS,
are to be divided into lots and sold at
anction about the middle of June.
The dry goods store of Herman Booth
ers in Pittsburgh and several smaller
stores adjoining were burned on Satur-
day morning. Loss $4,000. Insured
The miners at Scranton, Pa, on Sat-
nrday held a formal meeting snd q vote
ON the question of suspension OF work
resulted for, 1863; against, 4OS. This is
decisive. 8I
The Hudson River railroad freight
bniIding in Hudson, n. T., took FIRE at
D O'CLOCK this morning and was entirely
destroyed. Loss about $40, 900; insured
for $1,000. The fire was the work OF an
incendiary.
rumor has gained general circula-
tion that a prominent member oil a OF.
Lonis house has committed forgery to
the amount of twenty-five thousand
dollars, aud that the firm has suspended
in consequence.
Ten thousand bushels of wheat en-
route from st. Paul to Liverpool, ria
New Orleass, reached ST. Louis on
Friday. Twenty thousand bushels OF
the same shipment we're expected IN ST.
Louis on Saturday.
On Friday night, in the Supreme
Conrt Hudson county, New Jersey, the
iury brought in n verdict for SS2oO dam
ages in favor of Mrs. CObart against
the Erie railway for the loss of her bus
band by the falling of trestle bridge.
The excitement attending the failure
of the Royal Canadian Bank at Toronto
is subsidIng. A circular has been issu-
ed by the directors, stating that there
is no cause for alarm, and that the busi-
ness of the bank will be speedily resum-
ed.
4 locomotive exploded at Mount
Holly, \. j., on Friday last, killing the
fireman, T. Platt, fatally wounding En-
gineer Gaskill and seriously iDjuring
joyce and Taylor. The engine ran
from the track into a creek; the cars at
tached il were much damaged.
Suicide is becoming a mania among
the Brooklyn youths. On Saturday The
body of Thomas Leonard, boy seven
teen years old, Was discovered hanging
in The cellar of an unocCupied house In
Warren street. A corOner's inquest was
held and verdict of suicide by hang
ing rendered.
The committee of tue Grand Army of
the Republic at Buffalo, n. L., having
charge of the decoration ceremonies,
have declined to comply with the
request of the clergy of that city
and change the day for decorating the
aoidiers' graves. The ceremonies will
he performed there next Sunday.
On Saturday night. MeSSrs. Cowan
and Mcdonnell, prOprletors OF Rosen-
dale Hotel, Central Avenue, MorFisiana,
nuarrellcd, when Mcdonnell struck his
partner in the head with a club, kill
ing him instantly. Mcdonnell surren-
dered himself 20 the authorities aud is
held to await the result of the C0ro-
her's inquest.
The ct. Louis Republican has intelli-
xence that the ArTspahoes and a
few cheyenne Indians have come into
camp for supplies, one hundred and ten
miles south of Fort Dodge, Kansas, and
orders have been sent forward TO fur
nish them with provisions. Colonel \.
d. Wilson with a detachment of the
10th cavalry was at Fort Dodge on the
10th, and was about leaving 10 place
the above uawad Indians on their reser-
walton.
Indge Parsons. President of the South
aFn branch Gf the Kansas and Pacific
Railroad, reports that She people of
NeasheI Valley have organized com
pany 10 build a railroad from EmpOria,
Kansas. to Holden, on the Missouri and
IdCIUt IalIIOali "hiCu WI Put SONVH
srn Kansas, in connection with st. Louis
nv line one hundred and fifty miles
shorter THAI the railroad connection of
the same region with Chicago from
Emporia. Southwest, the contemplated
ruai will pass through the Usage In
dian lands to Albuquerque, New Mexi-
co. THIS road will traverse and drain
some of the finest agricultural and
grazing land on the Continent.