The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-10
ae'heslina Register.
Wednesday November lo'
NEWS SUMMARY.
RN TELEGRAPH.

,tsd near Philadelphia, was opeheu Jes
IeTday.
T,s fishing smack General Sheridan
~t;cb left Milwaukee Saturday, was
hrongbt back water logged. Captain
Matthew Sullivan and three hshermei
perished.
hill passed the Tennessee Senate
.A+ardov TO amend the constitution SO
20 rpdnce the number of members to
"5 hnt the Hsuse did not act on the
amendment.
The barGue Chenango, with a cargo
of coaI ran ashore near Port Austin,
LAX. Huron. Assistance was sent from
Detroit, Michigan.
Io.f,h Little Pike, who murdered
Thomas Brown and wife, two aged per-
.on. at Hampton Falls in May, 1865,
was hanged yesterday.
At Boston. yesterday, a walking
match. 20 miles, for 500, was won by
McEttrick against Oddly. lime three
hours aud Gf,y. eight minutes.
The National Bank in Portland,
Conn. was entered by burglars Monday
riCbt whose only reward was few
revenue stamps aud two REVIEWERS
shepherd Clifford, an employe of the
N,cbigan Southern railroad was run
over by freight car Monday, and so
badly injured that he will probably die.
In DAYTON, on Monday, w. S. Hatfield,
cbarged with cOunterfeiting revenue
stamp, WAS held in one thousand dol
Iars bail to appear before the United
States Court.
In Oswego, New York, yesterday,
SbeDberd's boarding house, on Schuyler
street was burned with barn adjOin-
ing and four horses. James Shepherd
was burDed iDshe house. Loss 5000.
The trial of Daniel Walsh, of Chi
caUo. for the murder of his wife was
finished in the Superior Court of that
city, Monday evening, with verdict OF
guilty. bis punishment to be hanging.
Collector Moore, of Philadelphia, on
Monday seized the rebel ram Atlanta,
which has been undergoing alterations
for some months past. 1t is charged
that she is intended for the use Of the
Cubaus
The steamer Her Majesty, plying be-
tween Nova Scotia and Lake Ontario,
went ashore while heading for the
point of the Gulf of st. Lawrence, in
the fog. The vessel and cargo is a
total loss.
A dispatch from Troy, dated Novem-
Der ssh, says General Wool was not as
comfortable Sunday night as he had
been during she preceding ferty-eight
hours. He takes scarcely any nourlsh-
ment and is very weak.
The vote on adopting the new cOnstab'
ulary act in New Hampshire is very
liSht, and it will be defeated by large
majority. Probably not over $4,000
votes were cast. Manchester, Dover
aud other populOus towns have given
large maiorities against the project.
Sunday evening a party Of 100 men
came to Richmond, Ky, jail, and took
out man named Sweeney, the author
of five murders, and hung him in the
court house yard, with placard on his
back not to cut him down until seven
o'clock Monday evening. The crowd
then dispersed.
The trustees of Peabody Institute at
Beverly, Mass, have directed that the
building be closed until the remains OF
Mr Peabody arrive, and the Institute
will Oe appropriately draped and other
arrangements made for the funeral.
The remains are expected early in
December 10y the steamer Scotia.
4 Louisville dispatch, dated yester-
day, says: At eight o'clock on Monday
night, as the express train from Nash
vile was leaving Bacon Creek Station,
Milton Cochran, brakesman, was shot
and Instantly killed, by man supposed
10 have been concealed behind q wood
pile Cause of the murder is eonjec-
tural.
A Cincinnati dispatch of yesterday
says Large numbers are arriving to
witness the McCoOle-Allen mill. The
stakes have been withdrawn and the
fight declared off this afternoon. Pugil-
lists are loud in the censure of McCoOle,
certainly shows captiOusness aboat the
final stake holders in refusing TO accept
any hut Murray, who absolutely de-
clIned TO act.
4 Port Jervis special says that Gould
and Rucker are here, and are not EN-.
pioying any of the old brakemen. The
yards here are full Of freight, and but
little going ont. IL Is SAID that on the
Delaware division they are waiting to
hear from men on the Eastern division.
and will also stop work. Everything
IS conducted quietly The two hundred
men who arrived from Jersey City have
mostly returned, not seeming to like the
state OF affairs.
The Erie railway company yesterday
afternoon notified the Stock Exchange
that at the expiration of thirty days five
millions of convertible bonds will be
issued. These bonds are known as the
narrow gauge sinking fund bonds and
are To be issued for the purpose of laying
= third rail on the entire road in con
tOrmity with au agreement made with
the Lake Shore company some tim,
since. This announcement created some
surprise on the Stock Exchange ant
caused decline on Vanderbilt stocks
being looked upon as creating addition
al rivalry between the Erie and New
York Central roads.
4 Cleveland dispatch of YESTERDAY
says: Considerable excitement wa
created among railroad men here to-da,
by the presence of Jay Gould and Nc
Henry and number of others interest
ed in the Erie and Atlantic & Grea
Western roads. Negotiations have beer
carried on all day and although the,
have been private yet enough is know
10 Justify the statement that they hav
been of highly belligerent character
II Is understood that McHenry is her
tocommence legal proceedings TO obtair
possession of the Atlantic x Great West
ern road owing to the failure of the Fri
10 comply with the terms of the leas
and heavy damages are involved.
was given out last night that Gould an,
ms EVie friends had failed to satisfy th,
English stockholders or to effect a com
promise with McHenry and TO-DAY tn,
latter will commence legal proceeding
II Is asserted that Gould and Fist -,
badly hurt by the pnld s,,., =