The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-29
TrTEGRAPHIC SUMMARY,


10 Masonic body in the West, died last
tuesday in Covington.
The Third District Republican Con-
...,on. at Manchester, n. H.. yestcr-
~, renominated A. F. Stevens for
rrnsrtss on the second ballot.
15hn Downs formerly deputy sheriff,
.,Ymi.ted suicide at Memphis, Tennes-
.ss Tuesday night 10y taking strychnine.
Poverty is said to be the cause.
The funeral of the late Rev. Albert
q,-ac> took place yesterday afternoon,
.,,m his late residence in Philadelphia,
There was q large attendance of cler,
..nen and friends OF the deceased.
Elrid.e Jefferson Cutler, a professor
molerD languages in the Harvard
University, died on Tuesday morning
r. bad been confined to his room about
... weeks, with an atiliction of the
Brown varieties ON Jefferson street,
vrmrlis. Tennessee, was burned early
Yesterday morning. The building,
rrrI.obe-, scenery, &c, were entirely
a,.-5yel Itis supposed that the fire
vas accidental.
rl-, Morrell, OF New York, yester-
e.. denied. with costs, the motion OF
,as ornsel Of the Anneke JAMS heirs
a8, al should be paid their costs ont
- the Trinity Church fund, in the
hand. Of General John A, Dix,
Robert Alexander was killed by
james Wickersham, at Harrodsburg,
Kentucky, Saturday WicEersham,
Wien pursued by the officers, offered
-,,.,,auce and was shot several times
sni dangerously wounded.
On Tuesday night the extensive paper
machinery works formerly owned by
I'm 1. Severns and the boiler works
and he5ldwelI, the two buildings cover
.onny. in acre of ground, at New
ness in tbo, o., were destroyed by fire.
g-rred $4,000.
Iayi,es f,yh Fort Smith, Ark, say
the brick-5Iock in that city known as
g.Hcer, quarters was burned on the Goth
m,, 1t was occupied by Major THE
ag,d,. commandant of the post, with
hi, family and the families of several
.n-r officers. Loss, $4,000.
jonathan CrandaIl, a bank watch
man at Westerly, Rhode Island, was
,proached by two suspicious looking
.-an,crs slerday morning when one
ss,hem shot him through the head. A
...o' burglars tools was found under
.r platform Of the depot
Tie President has remitted the fine
.: $3j.ODo imposed upon Dexter Deyer
Lite cashier Of the Newtonville, Massa-
.44l,e,t-, bank for participation in the
#muu- State street irregularities. Deyer
lawn, served six months sentence III
.le Deiuam Jail.
General Schenck will resign his pres
r,. seat in Congress about the 10th OF
'sa ary and has taken passage for Eng.
a.j 90 the 18th. No election TO fill
m--.9r, vacation is likely to be ordered.
q vii. not return home before sailing.
D., lau-ltcr Miss Sallie, will accom-
paay linn. the other two following in
April Nr Moran, Secretary Of Lega-
-oa e.. London. will remain at London.
Tie report Of Auditor Bell ON canal
s'o.~ which i nearly ready for the
pee, and which will be presented TO
..e New York Legislature on Tuesday
aaNt vii he unusually interesting.
Il. show, that the change in the canal
ua.a.rment inaugurated this year hy
.4e Last legislature has proved an utter
@.,1rr and that even the sinking fund
D = - to lie drawn upon to meet the
l,h&ucics - the earnings.
On Tuesday cNSning the magnificent
dwelling Of GeneraNSLcClellan, at Slew
oYvn Park, Orange county New York,
wa. totally destroyed by fire 1t was
,oc Of the most elegant and no ID resi-.
5oo,. in that vicinity, and was alued
a, aoy thousand dollars. 1t origiaally
h.Iong.d to General Marcy, Fatheaa-in,
law of General Mcclellan. IsSb;atter
wa. not occupying ths- deit be
inc it. charge OF a - r.
A billiard ~
shin .1t Association of America.
CENTRAL OFFICE, ST. LOUIS, MO.
Date Of Organization, June IS, 1868.
t.>-nt Annual Premium In
2,lS9OO7 20
fu.>rut ASSelS...................... 2,lggS&
HH.u' Insured l,l2ie nm
.ANES III. BRlIION, Preside ~, 80
". 3D. B""GH. Vice t'~o-sd~. oI DIoiI' a"o
dudley Cavanaugh for Rudolph Dion
played first without scoring. and Ru
.'.ph followed making a run Of 5lj
points
Railroad Accident.
CLEVELAND, December 2S.-Thc At
an.r and Great Western mail trar
"wd west tins morning ran off the
'-Ir, about five miles west OF Mead
Vile. near Sutton's. The hind 'car
n.ru was filled with emigrants, wa:
H-oNn down an embankment Of thirty