The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-13
at'heeline Reeister.
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.
.oli closed in New York Yesterday

liei Yesterday ol heaft disease.
The board for the revision of the ar
rIlrrv tactics of the United States is in
session at Fortress Monroe.
a the billiard tournament at San
Francisco. Wednesday, Kalding beat
Matt and Wright beat McClery.
A. Cincinnati Yesterday there was Is
ice, E inches of water in the Ohio
Weather cloudy; thermometer az.
4 terrible accident occurred on the
Missouri Pacific railroad yesterday
morning. Sixteen persons were killed
and twenty wounded.
Rev. :. W. Fisher formerly Presi-
dent Of Hamilton College, Utica, y. Y,
wa- struck with apoplexy Yesterday,
hut hi, recovery Is hoped for.
The Massachusetts, Lodge of Masons
Of which Gen. Joseph Warren was the
,ir,, Grand Master, celebrated its Tooth
anniversary Yesterday.
Peter Gcib, shoemaker, Yesterday
morning committed suicide at Colum-
bus, Ohio, 10y hanging in his room at
the Franklin House.
Private telrgrams state that the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company has
leased the Ohio and Mississippi road on
terms favorable to the latter.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
California have resolved to establish an
old Fellows college and home, and
have appointed committee to take the
necessary steps to carry out the same.
Memorial service in commemoration
Of the lives of Rev Dr.. John McClin-
tock, Bishop Edward Thompson and
Bishop Calvin Kingsley, were held
Wednesday night in the Music Hall at
Boston.
Bishops Jones and Harris, of the
Northern Church, took leave Of the
Methodist Conference at Memphis yes
terday. The speeches Of these gentle
men were full of kindliest expression.
The business done was formal, and ef'
itcted no question Of great public in,
lereSt.
Senator Revels, OF Mississippi, lee,
mred at Cooper Institute, New York,
Wednesday evening, on the tendencies
OF the age. He claimed that the
course of events in this country was
toward liberty of thought and Of action,
in which caste. color of skin and aristo-
cratic blood would have no part
Detective Dunn, Wednesday, took
before Justice Bowling at the Tombs,
New York, Gilbert w. Thompson, EX-
change Place broker, arrested on
the charge of stealing $1,000 worth OF
Kansas Pacific Railroad bonds, belong
ins to Dabney, Morgan d Co, OF 35,
Exchange Place, on April l.. No aff-
dayits were made and the prisoner was
committed to wait examination.
The Grand Lodge l. o. O. f., in ses-
sion at Columbus, Ohio, adjourned last
night after the installation of the fol-
lowing officers: II. NJ. G. NJ, Horace
Y. Beebe: r. w. D. G. NJ, James \.
Armstrong: X. W. q. W, Alexis
Kceler: Il. ". q. :, Williams C.. Carl F.;
L. W. q. T.. George D. Winehall X.
W. q. r., John W Carter. The sub
irc; Of the Orphans Home was dis
cu~,rd at some length. The Grand
Lodge agreed to appropriate $1,000 for
the Home, provided subordinate lodges
appropriate $4,000, thus making the
fund ior the Home $4,000.
4 Havana correspondent, speaking
OF the execution of GercOuria, SAYS
The I'D gentlemen was not moved toy
the difficulties of his position and met
it with fortitude ard compOsurc. lie
was moi given the opportunity to make
an ante mor'aa address. but still man
a.cI to shout, Viva Cuba, the beat
ins OF drums prev cmting anything which
lac said from being heard. He wanted
,o hc shot and not garroted, but the
>Ianiaris would not consent to this,
hcin, bent upon his suffering the same
kind of death a. his old friend and com
panion in arms, General MacresSo, suf-
Tered. The directors of Banco and
Panal have Just resolved upon donating
800 to the two sailors OF the Isabella
Cattelica who captured General Ger
couria.
Public interest in the Mcfarland case
had not subSided in New York on
Wednesday, and thousands of people
were engaged in reading the long evil
dencc published in the papers 10y Mrs.
McFarland-Richardson. The late pris-
oner travelled about the city freely, and
passed two or three hours i'll close con-
ference with his counsel at the office OF
Gerry. He was visited by reporter
and made some interesting statements
aLout his present feelings and future III
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