The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed IN Now io. SeVoiu"J
at 1918.
Six new cases Of small pox and ten
deaths were reported in New York on
Wednesday.
The OAio Dairymen's Association
commenced its sixth annual meeting at
Wellington yesterday.
The Erie strike is about over. The
strikers have failed, and numbers are
beginning to get back to their work.
Donald Campbell, aged twenty years,
was killed by blast in the mines, near
Galens, on Tuesday, which exploded
prematurtiy.
The negro citizens of New York are
making arrangements to hold u grand
celebration Of the ratification OF the
fifteenth amendment.
The meeting called on Wednesday
night at the fremont House, Chicago,
TO form u vigilance comnlttee, was
turned into q broad farce by those who
responded to the call, aud adjourned
without accomplishing anything.
The lottery litigation business, in.
volyiug John MOrIissey, Benjamin
Wood, John Asderson, Simmonds and
Others, was up on argument before
Judge Cardoza, of New York, Wodnes.
day, but without reaching CONCLUSION
The 36th national anti-slavery fiscal ,
Wednesday evening, in the Horticnl.
tural ball, Boston, attracted many well
known leaders of the cause. The time
was mainly devoted to social converse,
closing with the speech of Wendell
Phillips.
Col. Djghy, of the English army, was
married Yesterday morning at Cincin-
natl t. Miss Lille, daughter OF w. ..
Groesbeck. The ceremonies took place
at Groesbeck's residence, Bishop Rose
Grams, Catholic, and McIlvain, Episco-
pal, officiating.
The trial Of the Wild and Bruce libel
case commenced before Judge Bedford
in the Court of General Sessions, Now
York, on Wednesday. Testimony was
given by Recorder Hackett, Police JUS
tice Dowling and others concerning the
alleged libel.
The marriage certificate Of Albert d.
Richardson and Abby Sage has myste.
riously disappeared from the office OF
Vital Statistics, New York, where 1t was
filed on Saturday. 1t will be replaced
by duplicate to be obtained from the
officiating clergyman.
In the Morgue, New York, on Wed
..esday afternoon, the body OF Captain
John Alexander, formerly of New Or
leaas, supposed to have been murdered,
was examined by Coroner Flynn and
DR.. Doromus. DR.. Deromus took charge
of the stomach for chemical analysis.
Nobody yet knows what has become OF
Alexander's SG0000, and :he mystery
deepens.
Francis p. Mills, an engineer, charged
with having attempted the murder of
his wife, Catherine Mills, of Gowanis,
on the 10th inst, was on Wednesday
taken before Justice Delmar, of New
York, and after the examination OF a
number Of witnesses, was committed to
await the action of the jury. His wife,
who refused to testify against him, was
committed for contempt of court.
The funeral rites Of Henry Plocide, a
veteran Colonial, were celebrated at
the Old street Presbyterian edifice, New
York, yesterday, the building being
thronged with mourners. Rev. L. ID.
Dix officiated. The services were very
impressive. Among the pall-beaIers
were Messrs. S. L. NJ. Banton, ThurlOw
Weed. P. S. Ruggles and Lester Wal
lack. The remains were taken TO Green
wood.
Mrs. Hawai-, Of Divinda, 10 Daviess
county, Illinois, recently became insane
on religious matters. Tuesday morn
ing, in the absence Of her husband, she
obtained q razor and attempted to cut
her throat, when her daughter, aged
twelve years, snstched it from her and
ian toward an clubhouse to hide it. The
mother overlook the dasghter and after
struggle regsined the razor and was
about to draw it across her throat
second time when another daughter ol
fifteen years placed her hand there and
received terrible cash. The mother
then succeeded in cutting her throat
from ear to ear, dying Immediately.