The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-16
,t'heeliag Register.
saturday, October i6'
NEWS SUMMARY.
HY TELEGRAPH.

Cold closed in New York on yesterda!
at l3us.
C,utain Godfrey, proprietor of tn,
p,,rIe House, Mobile, died on Thurs
day.
1,bo Ncsmith, formerly Lieutenant
CSrernor of Massachusetts,, died al
I0well Yesterday, aged 76.
coyerror Hoffman, of New York, hal
f,sd the 18th of November as the day o.
thanks giving and prayer.
Nr. simpson, President of the Board
ofPetnrn Judges of Philadelphia, is moi
w. scriously injured as at first reported
He was about yesterday.
Tro thousand dollars in premiums
rcrs awarded at the Staunton, Va.
Fsir, on Thursday. Among the premi'
nm, was one TO Benjamin Smith, a
nr,,ro, for the best specimen of barrels
Chicago dispatch says Admiral
Varrarut was much easier last evening
and there are now renewed hopes of his
Tscovery. His strong will will sustain
him in his severe sickness but his bodily
strength is very small.
Orders have passed the Boston Com.
mon CcuAcil 10 purchase the property
and franchises of the East Boston Ferry
Company for S275,000, and to widen
Hanover stree, between Blackstone
and Commercial streets, at an expense
of $4,000.
In a recent case in the United States
District Court of Baltimore, which has
Lsen appealed to the Supreme Court, it
wa, shown that that the three national
hanks of Baltimore have been lending
q, birh as eighty per cent. of their cap
ital stock for speculative purposes.
Private letters from Havana to New
York report that on the 9th instant a
hattie vas fought near Guaimaro, be-
tWarn the Spanish forces under Valma-
.sda and two divisions ef the insurgents
nnI-r Jourdan and Guesada, which,
after seven hours of severe fighting,
,ssult,d in the defeat of the Spanish.
losses on both sides heavy. The Span
ish papers are silent in regard to this.
4 dispatch from Worcester, Massa-
cbnseIts, dated yesterday, says: JOS.
Walking, suspected of having attempt
ed the assassination of DR.. Cowles and
Others. at SaxOnville a few nights ago,
was arres ed in this city on Wednesday.
4 reward of $500 has been offered by the
Farr1ingwrll authorities for his appre-
bension II has been ascertained that
the alleged assassin was in this city at
work on the day previous TO the night
Ou which the murders were attempted,
and the next morning at the usual hour.
A special to the Memphis Aralanche
from Little Rock, Arkansas, says: The
State Fair is passing off smoothly. The
liberal Republican State Convention ad-
iourued last night. There was a grand
attendance and perfect harmony. The
most liberal aud Conservative platform
was adopted, endorsing universal SUI
frage and a general reform in the pres
ent State government, and the action
is to be referred to the people for en-
dorsement. The liberal newspaper has
been sold out and has suspended publ
cation.
George Deiss, clerk in the Prothonota
Ties Common Pleas office, Philadelphia
was arrested Thursday night by Lieu
tenant Killacky, of the Mayors office
without warrant, and locked up in
cell, where he was kept all night
While in custody the key cf his office
was taken from him and the police en-
tered the office which yesterday morning
bore evidence of having been ransacked'
Deiss was released yesterday morning
when lie made complaint before Judge
Allison, who had Killacky arrested and
held him in $1,000 bail 10 answer the
charge He was reprimanded by the
Judge in the severest terms. His only
excuse was that he arrested Deiss as q
suspicious character.