The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-06
st'heeling gsgister.
observation-disclosures 6.
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed in New York yesterda
at l3O.
Governor Blaisdell of Nevada, and
csseral Frisby, U. S. A., left Omaha on
Sunday.
General George H. Thomas and party
lived at Omaha from the West and
or via the c. & n. W. r. r. fer Chicago
on Monday.
The Ohio Medical College at Cincin-
,,ti commenced its winter session Mon
4ar 5a night. The Miami Medical Col.
Irre commenced last night.
man named Davis was shot on
vnnday afternoon at Omaha by q Major
Rndis. father of little girl six years
old whom Davis tried to rape.
Horace Greeley, in the New York
Tr;buus, saws he cannot accept the Vir-
INA Senatorship. and asks the press to
forbear FROM naming him as a candidate
for any olilce'
In the case of George Snyder RS. the
Dronrietor. of the Baltimore 4merican,
far slO. 900 damages for alleged libel, the
;nrv Yesterday morning, rendered a
verdict for the plaintiff, awarding $3.50
damages. ....
Garrett Bolry, the mate of the steam
or Flirt, against whom Frank Mooney
had entered criminal suit at st. Louis,
in the United States Court, was exam
med Monday by U. S. Commissioner
Eaton and discharged.
Accounts from various points in New
England, New York, Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Maryland, all give details
of damage to railroads and places on the
hanks of rivers from the flood. Very
few fatal, but great quantities OF proper
ty destroyed.
A special from Omaha says that about
seven o'clock Monday evening the
Union Pacific railroad carpenter shop
and car shop, the latter a fine brick
structure, were burned to the ground.
Loss about $4,000. Many of the work
men lost valuable tools.
The New Haven, Connecticut, town
election on Monday resulted In the par
tial success of the citizens and tax
psyers' ticket. OF the seven Selectmen
but TWO on the Democratic ticket are
elected. The Town Clerk. Treasurer
and Collector are Democrats.
The prize fight for light weight cham
piopship between Sam Collyer and
Charley Daugherty did not take place
Yesterday. The parties met at James
town Island, Va but Daugherty being
two pounds and half over weight for
feited the money. About thirty persons
were present.
A great independence meeting was
held at Waterloo, Canada, on Saturday.
II was presided over by Mr.. Parmlee
Warden, of that county. Hon. John
Young, L. S. Huntington and Mr.. La
Fawne spoke in favor of independence,
and b. Chsmberlin and j. b. Fay
against it.
The New York Tribune prints an alleged
authentic statement of the views OF the
President on tn he Euterpe case, that all
parties have a right to purchase or snip
arms. The Governmet can only eeel
bound to prevent the overt act OF send
ing ont an armed vessel to make war
upon peaceable nation.
A telegram from Fort Benton an
nounces the arrival of party from the
mines in the British possessions. They
report the mines very rich, but the In
dians very troublesome. They found
the remains of three emigrant wagons
captured by the Blackfeet last year,
together with the remains of woman
and her children murdered by them.
Major General Schofild and several of
his staff arrived at st. Louis, on Mon
day, from Fort L avenworth, and estab-
hshed his new headquarters at the cor
ner Of Warrington Avenue and Fourth
street. The Board, consisting of Gen.
eral SChofrld, General Potter, General
Merritt aud Major Van Voost, met to
revise the artillery, cavalry and infan-
try tactics aud make them conform as
near as practicable with each other.
They held session yesterday and will
progress with their work as rapidly as
possible