The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-23
NEWS SUMMARY.
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The delegates 10 the National Capitol
r,nyention at st. Louis were on river
sxcCrsion Yesterday
S,lutes to the memory of Franklin
pierce were fired in the barbor of San
Francisco yesterday.
c,v. Baldwin, of Michigan, has is
.,sd proclamation appointing Novem-
her 18th as as day Of public thankgiv-
ing
fire at Indian Orchard, Mass, yes
.srJay morning, destroyed the Indian
orchard and Sulphur Springs Hotels.
Loss Slj,O0U
The Police Commissioners of Buffalo,
vaw York, have been cited to appear
bsf,-e Gov Hoffman to answer charges
ofmalteasance.
D;snatches from different points in
cha New Englaud States give accounts
oi the shock Of an earthquake there
Yesterday morning,
I,.e Alaska adriCes mention rich
E.,,yeries of gold in the Southern part
ai,hat territory. ProspectOrs say they
n, make twenty dollars per day.
The California election returns con-
,irrs favorable to the Democrats. The
.isc,ion of Crockett and Wallace, Dem
ocr,f. 70 the Supreme Bench is cOnced-
Ell.
An rarthouake shock was felt early
Yesterday morning at ROckland, Aa-
,p,ta and otker points in Maine. Build
sng. Nrlr shaken but no damage was
done.
II. Unice, the we'll known temper
aDce lecturer, was found dead in bed
yesterda, morning, in Boston. He is
.7nposed 10 have taken an overdose of
opium.
Fort Benton, Montana, telegram on
tices the arrival Of party OF miners
from point 42j miles north of there.
They were forced TO leave on account of
the BlackfDot Indians.
A Rock Island dispatch says the Rod
imam House in that city was totally de-
strOyed BY lire early yesterday morning.
The hous- aud furniture was valued at
100000; insured for $4,000.
Portau Prince dates of the 5th state
thai q hight occurred between the steam
ers Sindve aud Potion, and the rebel
steamers Quaker City and Florida, re-
sl.'in. in the defeat of the latter two.
Tie SdIuave was badly damaged.
4 Wilmington dispatch of yesterday
SAWS: The trial of the officers of the
steamer Cuba was continued before the
Uaited States Commissioner to day, and
he Court adjourned until tomorrow.
Tie only witness yet examined is Cor
don, who said he belonged to the United
States detective fierce. The defense ex-
pect to be able to invaiidate his testi-
mouy. The tlial may consume several
DAYS. The sailors and marines of the
Cuba have been quarteTed at the Sea-
mems Home by their officers, and show
no disposition 10 leave. They have
generally contacted themselves in an
orderly manner.
4 Louisville dispatch Of yesterday
says: Some time during the month of
September the Peoples Bank of Ken
tucky missed seven thousand dollars of
irs notes Every effort made 20 ferret
the ema'tyr ont was without success un-
tl to-day when man named Meador
appeared at tie counter with S2i0 of
the notes, which he desired exchanged.
Suspicion was Immediately aroused, the
police We're sent for, and Meador and
n
blaEenshlp We're arrested. Upon eX-
snllnlng their persons twenty five hun
area dollars Of the missing notes were
recovered
A New Orleans dispatch dated yester-
DAY SAYS: Judge Abel to.day called the
grand Jlry together and delivered
cN'iGg to them urging them to stop if
possible one of the most daring and sue.
Cessiul frauds yet perpetrated upon the
state treasurer, and this accomplished
ny Wholesale perjury, subornation of
perjury and he believed by the compli-
citY OF officials. He alluded to the
h.Se, corrupt and fraudulent obtaining
OF warrants upon the State Treasurer
Oy virtue of an act of the General AS
sembIy, approved in 1868, for the relief
OF veterans who served under Jackson
In The battle of New Orleans.
Mr.. Dunlevy, of Chicago, now in New
loTk, makes a public statement that in
sixty days the New York Central, Hud-
son, Lake Shore, Northwestern, st.
raul and Rock Island railroads will be
one line of railway, consolidated on a
OASIS of eight per cent. net earnings.
ms consolidation line will lease per-
petually the Harlem and Erie roads
Tue Erie at per cent. on one million
Uo,arS and the Harlem at 8 per cent. on
I'''en millions. The Erie guage will
oe narrowed at once to the guage of
o'ner lines of her connections; also the
Mlantic X Great Western and Ohio &
mississippi. The New York Central will
yytT put into the consolidation at 240; the
hudson at 200; Lake Shore at l20; Rock
E'and at l75; Northwestern at par; and
>. Paul at par.
\ Washington dispatch of yesterday
sI!, General Kryzanowski, Supervisor
u Georgia and Florida, reports, under
yt'7r Ta'7r of October -, that Jackson and
"a>hlngton counties, in Florida, are
-4Ner the control of an armed mob
Na.Gh has risen to prevent the execution
VI the revenue law. The leader of this
,uOO IS one James p. Coker, whe is rep
-ssented to be wealthy and influential
uan' lie has threatened the assistant
assessor, Mr.. Law, of Mariana, with
PERSONAL violence and has challenged
.Iu .l 10 light, and that officer writes to
,Is Supervisor that he can only canvass
I's district at the hazard of his life
;a,'essor Wilson writes corroborating
Ms assistants statements. The Collect.
u U' Customs at Jacksonville, Florida
"a. "a Docking, writes to the Supervisor
We, va the State Tax Collector and hi,
W. W. had been brutally murdered il
tba. tb".niIngton county, adjoining Jackson
Jaa, a"l there had been seven murders il
,bS baCHSon county since the Sd inst. anG
"epgty collector and assistant asses
ms. ,s oi Internal Revenue are in immi
tu! danger. The heSupervisor has called