The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-15
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;"S Loss $4,000; insured LOT s2''oOo'
,,-,. boot store and Lauerbach's
an a store, Baltimore, Md were burn
nGtt%Iid Fridsy 3 night. Loss $4,000; insured
r.. Fall racing at Baltimore was con-
,Na Friday by trot between Dobb's
e.uu'" uond Jobnson's Pstchen, Jr., mile
,s pot he hest . in 3, for $1,000. Dot won.
Best time 234.
,v.v York dispatch says: Caldwell,
.E,is = the alleged accomplice Of Blatch-
Nuy - tbe drawback Custom House
ioiu us. has absconded. Warrants are
;.sued for both.
n;.trict Attorney Morris, of Brooklyn,
amsss of evidence in his possession
nIotion 10 the late election frauds,
m,;oI ~ be will present before the grand
inry by the 22d inst
.a medical lecture in the Pennsyl-
-. bnspital. in Philadelphia, Satur-
Sou ,r morning, q class of thirty-nine
lies we're present, with one hundred
.ri forty male students.
r3uard B. Ketchum was, on Saturday,
r-,borred from Sing Sing, the terh
sb;s Sentence, reduced by commuta-
w n eipht months for his uniformly
,,ol conduct, having expired.
Tho New York UOrld devotes a col
ann of editorial to Joseph MedilPs plan
o. sacuIing minority representation.
I..vs his scheme has the want of SIM
niritv and may prove practicable.
The tailors of Chicago inaugurated a
h-na, strike on Saturday morning in
nrr.nance of an agreement on Friday
p;gbt Some of the bosses yielded to
the .emand of the journeymen, and
their men continued at work.
The large frame building known as
the Republican Wigwam, corner Lake
and Market streets, Chicago, was
burned on Saturday evening. Loss
100000: insured for about S31 900. The
ire is supposed to have an incendiary
origin.
Rabbi Lilienthal, of Cincinnati, in
Saturdays services spoke against relig-
iOus Instruction in public schools as
incompatible with the genius of Ameri-
can institutions, and quoted decisions
Of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
courts declaring America not a Christ
ian country.
1t is stated that the Postmaster Gen
eral will soon issue an order prohibiting
the carrying through the mails OF
the circulars gotten up by swindling
firms for the purpose of defrauding the
public. Some twenty of these firms
are on the black list Of the Government
detectives.
Skeletons OF two children were found
in the fine Of tenement house in East
Twentv.eighth street, New York, Fri
dav. No one in the house seemed to
know ANYTHING about them, except to
have remarked some time ago of a very
disagreeable stencil which they were
unable to locate.
The Womans Council, which looks
to the moral reformation of society and
the elevation and education of women,
had meeting at New York on Saturday.
1t was proposed to establish branches in
all the large cities and that delegates be
sent to a General Parliament to meet at
New York at some future time, but no
action was taken.
Hayten advces state that the city of
NeTagOane was captured by the rebels
about the middle Of last month through
the treachery of General st. John, who
vas afterwards tried and executed. The
gnsbOat Algonquin had arrived from
New York, and was transferred to the
Hsytien navy. Alexander Tate had left
Tor Washington as Haytien Minister.
Relative to the stupendous drawback
frauds in the New York Custom House,
tle Sun calls for the removal of Col
Iector brinnell, he being perfectly hon
est but Incompetent to fill the position.
tsays the frauds of Blatchford were
orolghttO GrinnelPs notice three weeks
sgO, bnt he refused to listen to the
charge. Subsequently he gave Blatoh-
ford leave of absence, when he went to
canada and has since left for Europe.
The Erie strike continues. Rumor
says the rest of the brakesnen on the
Delaware division will join the four
gangs who struck Friday, and also that
all the Atlantic & Great Western brake
men are about to quit work. The Erie
company say every brakeman's positions
on the road is filled, and that they have
reserve for any emergency. Report
also says strike among the engineers
not Improbable in consequence of the
discharge of one of their number.
The new Chicago Stock Board organ
lzed Saturday afternoon and elected the
following officers: President, G. B.
Goodyear; Vice President, II. NJ. Thomp-
son; Secretary, A. S. Dalzell; Caller,
Colonel Charles A. Crane. Committees
were appointed by the Executive on
Membership and on Arbitration and
Appeals. The present mem bership n num-
Oers about seventy, composed mostly OF
bankers, brokers and rell estate dealers.
In the case of ex-Mayor Anth'Dy, OF
LeayenwOrth, Kansas, against General
ILomas Ewing for false arrest, the jury
on Saturday rendered a verdict for the
defendant. This was an actien for
81 goo damages based upon the arrest
OF Nr. Anthony while Mayor of that
city during the war by United States
detective, who took him to Missouri,
where he was discharged by General
Ewing, then in command of that Dis.
trict.
The Cuban Junta are Indignant at
captain Higgins of the Hornet, and,
although they are fitting out another
vessel, it is not probable that he will
oe placed in command of it. 1t is said
That a schooner laden with coal was
sent out from Florida to supply the
Hornet and was searching two days for
mat vessel at the time she ran into
wilmington. The Hornet was carrying
specie to pay the officers and seamen in
Cuoa at the time of her capture, and
sae saeo Is said to have cost the Junta
me examination in the case of Romey
q. a. NuIhgan, charged with completely
N she drawback frauds, commenced il
.eW York, Saturday, before Commits
oaeT ~ Osborne. The principal witnes!
was William J. Korn, who testified tc
;%uL,igan's "a knowledge of any concern
"a; ~ Ine matter in which Korn was at the
.,ihe an interested party, having re
Ce,yed Co as his share about $500, The
T1 Sse was adjourned to Fridav next
;'ancls a. Howard, the nerson ~
~ stated to have disco,-o.5b WV