The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Petitions are in circulation at CIncin'
natl for the abolition of the RANKING
privilege.
Nav Years vas celebrated in the
u,usl style in New York city. Business
was entirely suspended.
Thompson Eeaye, one of to Oldest
merchant, aBd prominent citizens oil
Cincinnati, Cied on Saturday evening
aged 20.
The 1ou1ius and saw mills Of Fereha
4 Oreriu. at Glen wSOd, Schuyler coun-
ty, Mo, burned Thursday last. Loss
over s2O, 900; no insurance.
The religious excitement continues
uuabated in Cincinnati, large numbers
rising for prayers in the meetings OF
Rev. Ii Payson Hammond, Young Mems
Christian Association, and other
churches.
Under the new law the metropolitan
police force of Memphis ceases TO exist
on the 5.b. Mayor Leftwish has ap-
- oinjtsd 100 special policemen to pre-
q order at the polls of the munlc'
election the following day, which
.misss TO be very exciting one,
2eceipts of leaf tobacco in Cincinnati
the year ending December 3lst, were
.4.-4s hhds; sales at public warehouse,
373S3 hhds and l69S cases; sales at pri-
yatel warehouses not embraced in this
statement; va ue of tobacco sold, 81 ,OOO,-
900; increase over previous year, S5OO,-
900. Cincinnati is now the largest to-
basco market in the United States and
receives q greater variety than any
market in the West.
The tobacco factory Of Toady. Walker
& Co., in tie ChOctsv Nation, was
seized on Friday last by orders from
Washington, and the contents moved TO
Fora Smith. The seizure was made IN
/, der the new ruling instructions from
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Heretofore the ruling has been that all
man ufactpring establishments In the
Iudtan country were exempt from tax
alton. Bpstwick Ryan, who is largely
inteEes ell in the factory, will bring the
before the courts for decision. Ii
ders'ood that the instructions were
seiziug all factories in the Indian
rtry. If so, it includes that of E.
jOudinal & Co., at Boudyyille, Cser'
&c Nation.
he Ohio General Assembly meets
Columbus, this morning. The
,uses Of the Republican and
'ocrstc members were held en- Sat
night. The Republicans nomi'
Il. d. Woodwork, of Mahoning
resident pro TEN, Enos Hall, oi
InT
# Wood, for Sergeant-at-Arms,
senate; also K b. Dennis, OF
.loga, for Speaker, B. J. Loomis, OF
.anklin, for Clerk, and S. +. Kerr, OF
Fayette, for Sergeant alarms, Of the
House. The Democratic caucus ad
journed until this morning without
making any nominations. The reform
members from Hamilton county, who
the balance power, refused TO enter
either caucus. 1t is uncertain whether
Republican or Democratic officers will
'" elected to-day.
A Cincinnati dispatch of yesterday
says: General Stephen j. McGroarty
died suddenly at his residence on Col
lege Hill this morning at six o'clock
lie VAS at the Catholic Church yester'
day morning, and received friends IN
the afternoon. He was unwell during
the night, and refused to send for d
phyaician till four hours before bis
death. He was a gallant and efficient
officer; entered the 10Th Ohio Infantry
as Cap ain at the beginning of the var
was subsequently Liesteuant Colonel
and Colonel of the same regiment, and
afterwards commanded the sd Ohio.
Subsequently be was brevetted a Briga.
dier General and was shot through the
sight lung, which is supposed finally to
have caused his death. He lost his left
arm during the war, from which he
suffered four amputations, the last one
few months ago. He was appointed
Collector of the Second Ohio District by
johnson, and was elected clerk of thi,
county last October on the citizens
Democratic ticket.