The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-19
The Grand Jury at St: Louis, Mo,

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sisky, City Treasurer of St Louis. Two
of the indictments for grand larceny,
one for forgery and one for false pre-
tense.
Advices from the counties Of Wood
ford, Stark, Fulton, Farwell Knox
Peoria, Henry, La Sale and Grundy.
Illinois, say that the prospect of crops
was never better, everything fully three
weeks ahead 4 large breadth of corn
has been planted and most Of it is al
ready up and some nearly ready for
cultivation.
The committee on Finance in the
Massachusetts, Legislature, to which
was referred the bill for granting State
aid to the Hartford and Erie company,
have reported against the bill, and re,
commend the passage of the bill pre-
sented TO the House by the minority of
the committee in the recent hearing on
the subject. The committee speak Of
the road as hopeless condition, the
only way ont of which is through bank
ruptcy.
A fire broke out about midnight
Tuesday night in the boiler room Of
the Van Tuyl Charcoal Grinding Com
pany's building at No 2T3 Cherry
street. New York. The building, a
four story brick, extending through to
Water street, was used by the company
as a foundry, facing the mill, and was
filed with machinery to the value of
$4,000 and with stock of the value of
So, 900. The machinery and stock
were totally DESTROYED and the build
ing was badly damaged Total insu.
rance S35, 900.
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Tuesday
evening, Mrs. Elizabeth Hatch called
on Miss Jessie Bush and requested to
see her privately. They entered 4
room, when Mrs. Hatch turned the
key in the door, drew a pistol and shot
Mis- Bush through the lung, inhicting
wound from which she can't recover.
Mrs. Hatch Immediately ran from the
house. cxclaiming. Send the doctor
quick; | did not intend to kill her, but
myself. She gave herself up. Both
women were of impure character and
the quarrel arose from jealousy of a
plramor.
At n meeting Of the United States
Indian Commission at New York, yes.
terday, letters were read from Secretary
Cox endorsing their policy, and from
General Sherman disappearing such
meetings, and saying that the real ques-
ton could only be discussed where the
Indians are, and ii they would adjourn
to Fort Sully or Fort Rice he would be
strongly inclined % attend the meeting.
The latter occasionei much indignation,
being regarded a. sneer at the com
mission. A committee was appointed
to prepare a specific plan of treatment
of the question for the present action Of
Congress.
Mrs. f. c. Stanton delivered an adj
dress at Apollo Hall, New York, Tues
day, before large gathering of ladies,
in which she ventilated very fully her
views of the Mcfarland case Eleanor
Kirk read a petition to Governor lloff-
man asking him to have Mcfarland
caught and placed in a lunatic asylum.
The meeting adopted with enthusiasm
Sorosis resolutions rendering sympathy
to Mrs. Mcfarland and approving the
conduct of the late 4. D. Richardson.
Miss Anthony, Mrs. Robert Dale Owen,
Miss Phobe Cozzens and Miss Catherine
Beecher also made speeches. The latter
advocated the legal separation rather
than the divorce Of unhappily married
people in order to preventa man who
has destroyed the happiness of one wo-
man from ever having an opportunity
TO repeat such conduct.