The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-22
,t'hrelina Register.
friday. --..-October 22.
NEWS SUMMARY.
.Y TELEGRAPH.

GoId closed in New York yesterday al
1896.
RI. Erir difficulty is not fully adjust
! ana the men have not resumed work
yet
Tn, Walpole aud Westminster bridge
ocross the Connecticut river was carried
aw,y Wednesday night.
The tobacco factory of Mr.. Dickson at
Hannibal, Missouri, was burned Tues
iay night Loss $50, 900.
TIL. State Convention of the Young
Mn, Christian Association of Maine
met at Bangor on Wednesday aud will
adjourn to-day.
L.bn Real, a condemned murderer of
Nsv York. is said to have been riding
ohont the CITY lately nfettered, except
Sy the company of a deputy sheriff.
The trial of Morrow and Dougherty,
charged with attempted assassination
of Brooks, commenced yesterday morn
inc before Judge Ludlow at Philadel-
phla.
King. the bond robber, who stole
sJ3l 600 from the Office of Cumberling
4 Pine. vas sentenced to Sing Sing for
fopr wears. He escaped from prison and
is now in New York.
Tie Convention of the Tennessee Leg
isIature voted four times yesterday. The
last vote stood johnson, AZ; Etheridge,
n. scattering, "a. johnson wanted
n alapf him
Detroit dispatch says: A steam saw
mill and the adjoining carpenter and
blacksmith shops of Ryerson & Johnson
were burned at Muskegon, Wednesday.
Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Mayor Hall replies TO Horace Greeley's
recent denunciaion by offering to
n,ovr him mOnOmaniac before a COM
mission of luuacy, aud challenging him
toa discussion on the stump in the
rural portions of the State.
The Herald mentions rumOrs in Wash
ington # a decided Senatorial opposi-
ti0n 10 confirming Robeson as Secretary
Of the Navy. 1t is held that Pennsyl-
yania deserves place in the Cabinet,
and New Jersey does not. Senator
Drake Of Missouri, who aspires to the
chairmaushlp Of the committee on
Naval Affairs is personally opposed to
Porter. aud Is "a consequence to Kobe
son.
Ac0uygutiou of influential merchants
frorp yarioas parts of the State who are
interested in honest canal management,
Tnl nd
formed an organization. A plan was
adopted which has a view to the i'm
proyemen5 Of the canal system, with
checks upon swindlers, thieves, con-
tractors and the ring generally.
4 dispatch from St. Louis, yestasday,
s.vs The National Capital Convention
has been engaged all the morning in
discussing lengthy series of resoiu-
tions reported by the committee on
Resolutions. A few verbal amendments
have been made, and the platform will
probably be adopted before adjourn
ment. This afternoon the delegates
will visit tie suburbs and all places OF
note in and around the city: and hold
another session tonight
Advices by mail from Rio JaneirO up
to Sept. 23l have been received in New
York. LOPEZ is known to have secured
another strong position in the noun
tainS and the end of the war is as far
off as ever. The allied provisional
government at AScunsiOn is q great eX-
peuse and it is estimated that Brazil has
expended four times her annual revenue.
Some excitement was created in BuenOs
Avrps by President Sarmiento's veto of
the intervention bill, the veto being
comparatively unknown in the politics
OF that country.
Father Hyacinthe remains very quiet.
He passes most of his time in quiet med
uauon and Stgdy, and is in receipt
OF numerous letters from all parts of the
country. which he makes a point OF
reading and answering. At noon yes
trfdly he received visit from two old
European friends, residents of New
York Subsequently, with companion,
he went out for walk, passing up
Broadway aud promenading the 10Th
Ayenur. He strenuously objected to
public reception, which, it is rumored,
the Boston clergyman will again urge
upon him.
Ia Judge Bedford's Court in New
York, Wednesday, two boys, Michael
kavanaugh and Joseph White, were ar
raigned for stealing lady's watch in
the street. John wilkins, boy of
sxtee2, was called as a witness, but
positively refused TO take the oath,
stating that the young highwaymen
companions had threatened him with
personal violence if he testified, and his
elder brother had advised him not to do
SO. No urging conld persuade the boy
to give his testimony, and finally he
was allowed to go home, after promis'