The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-08
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NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed IN Ne" iork os'uruSy
at 1861,
T,are were some shocks of earthquake
.. gesldsburg, California, Friday.
The deserters confined in the barracks
-. Omaha knocked down the guard, on
Thursday night, and escaped.
oj. Tufts. a we'll known machinist,
,;oS .udaeniy in Boston, Friday night,
"f heart disease, aged 90.
scouting party left Fort Saunders
- Thursday to scout for Indians that
have recently committed depredations
in that vicinity.
covernor Stafford, of Arizona, has is
oS nroclamation for volunteers for
So SuIi,n warfare to be armed and equip
ned by the Territory.
FIRE Friday night on Paden street,
Harrisburg, Pa, near the river bank,
,asrlted in the total destruction OF hve
Tnsiness houses and contents. Loss
from 5000 to $40, 900.
The St. Louis Republican gives the
following as the completion of the State
constitutional Convention OF Illinois,
=, shown by the returns from thatState:
Psnpblicans, AZ; Democrats 40; Con-
.ervatiges, ,; Independent, l.
Rem Crissey, a worthless fellow, en-
,grrd the house of Mrs. Dodge, III Ste
nbsptowu, n. Y, Friday, and undertook
- rayi,h her, when she seized an axe
and split his head open. He died In
dantly.
The ballot-bexes of district of the
DIST ward of Brooklyn, New York, which
for alleged irregularities were seized by
N. police on Tuesday, were on Friday,
tLrough a mandamus of the Supreme
Coprt' delivered to the Inspectors Of
Election and the votes counted.
Mrs. solomon and her son, living
obopt eight miles from Charlottesville,
Va were brutally murdered Friday
nigbt They were found Saturday morn
in2 with their heads split open. No ar
rests have yet been made.
,pecial dispatch to the New York
Herald from the city of Mexico, via Ha-
yapa states that the great exposure
and change of air has caused Mr.. Sew
ard 10 fsil i'll, and consequently he is
not expected 70 reach the capital until
the latter part Of November.
TIE resignation Of Mr.. McElrath, ap-
prsis-r of merchandise at the port of
New York, was accepted Saturday by
Secretary Boutwell,, to take effect on
al
assistant appraiser, has been appointed
appraiser to succeed him.
A Detroit dispatch of Saturday says:
The schooner Gerrit Smith, of Oswego,
bound up with railroad iron, IS ashore
at Roudeau. The schooner Metropolis,
of Chicago, is also ashore at the same
place. The gale still continues and nu-
merOus marine disasters may be antlcl- |
PateG.
The Rochester, \. Y, theatre caught
fire in the green room, Saturday morn
ing, and burned to the ground. Several
stores adjoining were damaged. The
total loss is about $4,000. Thomas Carr,
manager of the theatre, lost all his
property and barely escaped with his
life. Davenport lost part of his ward
robe
At meeting held at the Central Con-
gregatODal Church, New York, Friday
evening, Hon. William Clatln, Governor
of Massachusetts,, was elected President, |
aud Senators Wilson and Buckingham |
and Hon. 5. ID. Hastings, of Wisconsin,
Vice Presidents of the Evangelical Ad
yeTtIslng Association. All these gentle
men are life members Of that Assocla-
ten.
Friday night an unexpected raid was
made In Boston by the State constables
upon the lager beer saloons, eight or
teu being visited and the stock seized.
lhe sudden enforcement of the pro-
hlOltory aw after an election generally
CONSIDERED adverse TO prohibition, quite
OeWI.derS the German citizens and the
people generally.
. The Lake National Bank, at Wolften,
\. II was broken open Friday night
aud robbed of all its valuable contents,
IncIldng money, notes, bonds and pri-
Vste deposits. Loss large. The bank
was organized in May, 1867. It's capi-
tai was SIS 900, and it had a consider
able surplus. The losses will fall heav-
Iiy upon private depOsitors.
destructive fire occurred at Kent,
ONO, at , o'clock Saturday msrning,
totally destroying the business houses
OF y. c. 4 u. Davis, jewellers, the
Morrill, block, Mrs. II. p. Gelley's mil
hnery store, J. Bethel, stores and tin
ware, Ray x Ward, dry goods. Nearly
al the goods we're saved. The total
loss on buildings was about $4,000;
quite fully covered by insurance.