The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

season at Cincinnati.
The United States lsding sloop Sara
toga is being fitted out for duty in Sa-
mana bay.
Deery won tie championship and
$1,000 at billiards in San Francisco on
Saturday, Deery scoring 1900 to Dion's
l4S6.
A fire occurred in Rochester Saturday
morning, damaging Ellis IL Hazeltlnes
-four mill, NOrthwater street, to the ex-
ten t of SIS 900. Insured,
It is announced that Tom Allen ac-
cents Jem Maco's challenge to fight him
in Canada or Louisiana and is waiting
for the articles of agreement promised
by Mace.
The Kentucky House of Delegates,
on Saturday. passed resolutions honor.
ing the memory of General Jackson and
commemorative of the battle OF New
Orleans.
Saturday morning Judge Cardoza re-
fused the notifications in tho case
given Friday for returning the child
Corrinua Lewis to the custody of her
mother.
The iron.clad Roanoke, which was
10 have been stationed in New ferk
Bay as guard ship during the Spanish
excitement, has but few men at work on
board.
The United States steamer Albany,
whose connection with the Samlus Bay
e1pedition rendered her famous for a
brief period, is now being dismantled
and will probably go out of commission
Saturday was the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans. In honor OF the
event flags were displayed from the tops
of many public and private houses and
from the mssts Of the shipping at New
York.
The striking operators at Cincinnati
still hold out. The office is fully sup
piled with operators, and DO business
will be refused this week except for
Offices in the South, whore operators
cannot be had.
The Times says Saturday morning that
body of men numbering fifty at pres
eut enlisted, efficered and organized IN
this city, are awaiting the orders of the
Cuban Junta to depart for Cuba which
they will do within a week.
A meeting of the managers of the
Manhattan Club of New York was held
on Friday evening at the Club House,
10 Fifth avenue, for the purpose of
taking official notice of the alleged as
sault made by Bsteman upon Causton
on New Years Eve. The mesting re-
suited in the expulsion OF Bateman
from the club.
The New York NelCs says: A divorce
suit which promises rich developments,
il is reported is about TO be commenced
in the courts of New jersey. The par
ties are rather aged and well>knOwR
mana director and efficer Of the Erie
Railroad Company, reported worth mil.
lions, and his wife, . young woman OF
TWENTY-FIVE years, a descendant OF q
wealthy Dutch family Of Bergen.
Gustave Fischer, High Sheriff Of Cook
county, Illinois, left fer parts unknown
on the 18th of December. He took with
him O favorite son sbsnt four years OF
age and between $500 and 100000,
borrowed few days before. He also
drew about $1,000 in fees due his office
and neglected to pay over the share due
his deputies. Nothing has been heard
of him since the night he left.
RIB. Caldwell was discharged Friday
at Moutrael on q writ of hdbeGs corpus,
upon the ground that Judge COwson
had no right TO cause his arrest in the
province of Ontario. He was immediate
ly rearrested on another and distinct
charge of forgery, aud it 10 not at all
likely that he will succeed in escaping z
the vigilance of the United States Off
GERS, who are determined to bring him
10 Justice.
The United Stat sloop fsntic is be-
ing fitted out in tue most complete
manner with sounding apparel and ne.
cesssry material for running q line OF
deep sea sounding for a submarine tele-
graph cable, which is to coast the West
India Islands with South America on
the western coast, and which in time
will have a branch to Aspinwall and
thence to Panama down the west coast
of South America.
The message of the Governor of Mas
saehusetts was sent to the Legislature
$50, an increase of over s., ,000, 900 during
the year. The Governor doubts the
eIpediency Of lending Safe aid to
projects that are pressed on tho Legis-
lature. The expenses Of the State for
the year will be S, SOC, 900; receipts. not
from taxes, 3,000, 900. In regard to the
sale of liquor, the Governor say. the
people of the State will not submit pa
tisntly to . restoration of the open bar
New York Times Paris dispatch
says that the privilege has Just been
granted to an American company By
the Portuguese Government to land and
operate a cable on the Azores, to be
laid from New York to the Azores
thence to England near Brighton, and
thence by two lateral lines to FrsncS
near Havre, aud Holland near the
Hague. This company promises cheaper
rates than most of the existing lines.
part of the stock is paid up in full, and
the rest will only be issued as required
In process OF construction. The cable
will probably be laid during the present
year.
On Saturday night q colored man, fol
whom ticket bad been purchased by
white man, applied for admission to the
dress circle of the Academy of Music
at Charleston, South Carolina, and wa,
refused admission by Manager John T
Ford, Of Baltimore, the lessee. Anpthel
colorsd man applied for . ticket for .
reserved seat and was also refused. Thi,
merning warrants were issued upon tn,
sfhdavit Of the two colored men, anG
Mr. Ford was arrested at the Academy OF
the charge Of violating the State Law
earrying ont the provisions of the civi
rights bill. He gave bail to appear q
sne next term Of the Court Of Genera
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