The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-26
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY

The Red Stockings beat the Mutual
I to |, yesterday, at New York.
Governor Hoffman has issued a proC
lamation for thanksgiving on Novembe
9th.
The National Capital Conventio
commenced its session at Cincinnati yes
terdav.
The population OF Philadelphia, a
ascertained 10y a complete census, wa
6S7, 7,l79.
Another hurricane has visited Ke,
West Eleven vessels were wrecked il
the harbor
Official returns from all the Congress
sional Districts show Republican ma
jority OF 1923
The Chestnut Hill reservoir, at Bos
ton, has been completed. 1t cost s., $50,
O)0 Water was let into it Yesterday
General Custer, with part of the It'll
Cavalry, has been ordered from For
Hayes to Fort Leavenworth for winter
quarters.
Considerable shipments of arms have
recently been made from Fort Leaven
worth to the ordnance department al
New York.
\ Burglar was shot dead Monday
night by a trapgun, in attempting to
enter gunsmith shop in East Twenty
Third street, New York.
Arrangements have been made for
the erection of union railroad depot at
Kansas City, Missouri, five hundred by
one thousand feet in dimensions, and
to cost S7j0,00O.
The Exeter, y. H., machine shop and
foundry, near the railroad depot, were
destroyed 10y fire on Monday One or
two small buildings belonging to the
railroad company were also destroyed.
1t is reported that Gallagher, the pu-
gilist, is sick now, but that the final
deposit was made Monday night, and
the fight will come off Tuesday, Novem-
Der lst, according to the original agree
ment.
A young man from New York, name
not reported, committed suicide, Mon
day, at Kansas City, Missouri Among
his possessions was a letter from Mrs
Hewlett, of Lansing, Iowa, supposed to
I've a sister.
A trustworthy dispatch says that the
disposition of the English Cabinet is to
adjust the fishery question at issue in a
manner satisfactory TO our Government
and favorable to the claims Of their
own fishermen.
Lieutenant II. A. Smith, Quartermas-
ter Of the Seventh United States Cav
alrv. has been missing between two and
three weeks, and as he had considera-
bic money when last seen, it is sus-
pected that he has been foully dealt
with.
A fire in building at 20 Milk street,
Boston, yesterday morning, damaged
the property of the Lydeboro Glass Co.
to the amount of $1,000, and Lsthrop Il
Co. dry goods dealers, in the sum of
$1,000, together with other similar
losses.
The census Of St. Louis county, Mo,
outside OF the CITY, is Just completed
and numbers thirty-four thousand three
hundred and seventy-seven. The total
population OF the county is three hun.
dred and fortv-seven thousand three
hundred and forty.
The Convention of the Episcopal
clergymen Of the dioceses OF New York
meets at New York to-day to form an
ecclesiastical confederation, and the es-
tabHshment of Archbishop is mooted,
and the name Of Bishop Potter is proml-
nentlv mentioned in connection with
the dignity.
The purchases of5-20's for special and
sinking funds for the year ending June
80 were as follows: Coupon bonds,
SIS O63. 600 registered stock, S39,644,-
POO: premium paid on the same Sl6,-
7Sl. .55l. 70; accrued interest on the
same OF $l,425, ls3.49. \ total Of
1872. .S94, S04S9.
As the tidings of the recent disaster
at sea, caused by the terrible gale of a
few davs ago, come to hand, the list OF
lost vessels increases. Wehave already
recorded wrecks on the Florida coast,
including the New Orleans and New
York steamship Mariposa, which is
probably total loss.
The annual report OF Treasurer SPIN
ner will show for for 1870, as compared
with 1869, increased receipts OF S4S, ,263,-
32l. 80; decreased expenditures, So, l59,-
OSO. 90; total, S75,422, ,402 40; decreased
receipts, 4,345,3S9.4l; increased ex-
penditures, s., 342, ,992 70; total, $685.,
300 20; being clear gain by larger
collections and reduced expenditures Of
sos. 734, ,02020.
1t is understood that Akerman, At
tOrneN ueUtTdl vi buO ShiNCu IsoNSS'
arrived in New York city on Monday
evening, for the purpose Of consulting
with the District Attorney Noah Davis
and Marshal Sharpe, as to the meas
ures for the enforcement Of the election
laws. The Attorney General declares
that all the power OF Government will
be exerted in the enforcement Of the
law.
The National Executive Committee
of the Union League, met at Philadei'
phia, Yesterday. The monthly report
was read by the Secretary and 1t gave
encouraging statements and promise o.
Gaining Congressman in Kentucky
The action relative TO the investigation
OF certain irregularities in Arkansa:
and Missouri was deferred till the an
nual Council in December, and the Com
mittee adjourned till November.
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