The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-26
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELRG GRAPH.

cold closed in New York yesterday
A. ii0t.
ia East uIVrI, Yesterday, the steam
boat NOrwalk cOllided with a tug-boat
The NYrwaik waysRnk, No lives lost
The steamship Rnssia eoll:ded with
and sunk the Austrian ship Figier IN
New York harhoS yesterday. No lives
lost.
Tn, establishment Of Miller Il Co.,
ma sterS, at Cleveland, OHIO, was de-
srroyed 10y fire Tuesday night. Loss
$4,000.
4 lake tunuel for pure water, similar
IN ,bs Chicago tunnel, will be commenc-
"a at Cleveland Immediately Ii will
cost 100000. ~
Tne boiler OF tie steam tug William
Park, exploded at the foot OF wall
street, New York, Yesterday. -Four men
were badly burned.
The r. W. Grand Lodge, L. .. q II
- hrlCrrg lis annual session at Oswego,
\ Y Every State and Territory and
the Province Of Canada are repre-
seuted.
The Rhode Island General Assembly
met at Providence yesterday hon.
B,n 7. Alnrs. OF Providence, was elected
Speaker OF The House. The votes ior
State officers were counted ana the ne"
officers sw5rn IN.
The running races on the Buckeye
course at Cincinnati commenced yester-
day. Sixty noted horses are on the
grounds. The track IS in fine condl.
tiou, the weather fine and thousands OF
visitors are 10 Attendance.
News has been received from EuclGlre,
Wis, to the effect that 80 buildings were
destroyed by fire on Sunday morning.
The ire broke ont in the Chandler
House, consuming that and the biocks
on both sides to the POstOifice.
Mr.. b. II. Vanaukeu, President Of the
Durango Silver Mining Company, at
tempted 10 commit suicide at New York
Yesterday, by eating his throat with :
razor. His recovery Is pronounced
hopeless. No motive il assigned for the
rash act
Several letter bexos in the Boston
po,toffice were found broken open yes
;erday morning, and robbed of their
contents. Among other losses, the Sut-
folk Bank missed letters containing
SI5O.OOU In checks. They were after
ward found in cellar way and returned
10 the bank.
The American Unitarian Society met
at Boston Yesterday and elected TAOs.
d. Elliot. of New Bedford, President,
aud Henry Ridder, of Boston, and Seth
Padelfurd, of Providence, Vice Presl-
dents. Receipts of the year sos, $40
SiZty-uinc societies have been aided
JurinC The year
An explosion aU the oil works Of
Weeks \ Co., Balls Ferry, y. j., on
Monday afternoon, blew ths roof OF the
building. injured twenty men, and set
ire 20 all the neighboring houses with
ir m acre. Payne, Kelly ~ Co.'S car
r!ago factory was also burned. Fire
was stiH raging yesterday morning.
Ine New Eugiluu branch OF the
american Tract Society met AZ Boston
Yesterday The annual report shows
thr rrcc.p,, tu bee S2S AL, while New
England has also contributed $50. eco to
tle New York Society. Thirteen col
uDrtcurs have been employed and
I&-a uu1 ppge- of religious reading cir
rU't'r&.
A con vtpgie of the New England Re
form League was held i'll Boston yester-
day, T.. ". Haywood, Of Worcester, IN
the chair. Resolutions against the
monopoly of gold aud silver by the
Government. urging the aholishment OF
National Bauk- and the substitution
af Treasury certificates Oi service for
che present Government currency, con.
dcmuiug thc Massachusetts Legislature
Tor refusing so repeal rhy interest law,
and the Governor of Connecticut for
>.sklD, ro h5y. lhr rate of interest
rI-,A ro per rrn.. urging the organi-
.nI.ra .. leagues throughout New Eng
n-l md also sH. Oh. establishment of
'rs. -uA,ir markets, were adopted.
..,.-.' addresses were made in further
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