The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.


The Mississippi river is open as high
nm as Dubuque and boats are running
to that point.
Reuben B. Russell, q we'll known live
stock dea'e accidentally shot and kill
ed himself while out hunting. near
Bellevue, Ohio, Tuesday.
Appointment shipping aud commission
house OF Philadelphia, suspended yes
t,rEav, causing much surprise. They
have large connections in New York
and the South.
4 cable dispatch announcing the
death Of Sg,smspd U. Horstman, of
Pbiladelphia, in Rome, of mslarious
fever. has been Rreeeived. His daughter
di,dtbe'e last~-~eek.
Tweed's charter bill passed the New
York Assembly yesterday morning-1l6
toj. The excl ement was uuprecedent-
ed Great crowds of politicians from
New York were pTe.ent.
James Fisk, jr., was defeated in his
aspirations to become Coloael of a
militia regiment Tuesday evening. The
officers Of the Ninth regiment elected
Colonel Braint.
The New York Tribune of yesterday
snuounced that the. Presidents procla-
marion declaring the adoption of the
fifteenth amendment would be promul-
gated on yesterday afternoon.
A mas, meeting was held last night
in Cooper Institute, New York, to con-
slider the school question irrespective
of party or religion. Its aim is to or
game an opposition to the apprOpria'
ton of public money for the support of
church aud sectarian schools.
Saunders D. Bruce and Hamilton
Busby, of the Turf, Field and Farm,
were srraigued before Judge Bedford,
in the Court of General SESSIONS, New
YtrS, Tn, sday, on the charge OF libel,
preferred by George Wilkes, of Uilkes'
SPIRIT The def. ndants pleaded not
guilty. No spec fled day has been fixed
for the trial.
Theodore Tilton, of New York, is out
in card i'll which he pIoclaims him.
self commits ,ioned 10 procure the name
aud address of every person in the
Uuited States who takes friendly in
terest in women enfranchisement. He
says the purpose of the registration is
to know to whom to send important
documents, and friends of the cause are
requested 10 send in their names at
once.
special from Springfield, Mo-, to the
st. Louis Republican says: We have
lust received advices from Gainesville,
Trxas, dated March 5, of an extensive
raid of COmanche Indians. Over forty
families have been massacred in West
ern Texas 1t is reported also that sew
eTal hundred horses were captured and
several houses burned. 1t is believed
that the commander at Fort Sill, if so
disposed, could have prevented part i {
not all the massacres. Over seventy of
the horses are reported near there in
possession of the Penn Quaker tribe.
ASan Francisco dispatch Of yesterday
says: A special meeting of the Board
OF Sup rvisOrs was held today for the
purpose of adopting resolutions of re-
sp,ct to the memory of General Thomas
aud expressing sympathy for the FIRMLY.
The members resolved to wear the usual
badge of mourning for thirty days. The
funeral services were conducted at the
Lick House this afternoon, the family
and few friends being present, Mrs.
Thomas declining an ostentatious dis
play. The body will be sent East to-
morrow morning. The flag of the Brit
i,h irOn-clad Jealous, Admiral FOrguhar,
was displayed at half mast yesterday
in respect to the deceased
General John H. Martindale has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an ora
ton before the Society of the Army of
the Potomac a. Philadelphia on the 9th
Of April. Letters; have been received
by the corresponding secretary of the
Society from the President, Secretary
Belknap and General Sherman, an-
nOuucing their acceptance eofinvitations
TO be present at the reunion and banquet
in Philadelphia and take part in the
exercises. The Society will meet in the
Academy of Music at l o'clock and tho
banquet will take place at s o'clock in
the evening at the Continental Hotel.
Members Of the Society attending the
reunion will, upon proper Identification,
receive transportation at half the usual
rates upon almost all of the northern
and western roads.
A meeting OF officers and soldiers of
the Army of the Cumberland, and others,
was held at the Sherman House, in
Chicago, yesterday, to take action in
reference to the death of General Thom
as. Several hundred came together to
respond to the call, most of whom had
served with the gallant veteran. Lieu
tenant General Sheridan was chosen
chairman. A committee, appointed for
thspurpose, briefly reported resolutions,
which were adopted General Sheridan
said he presumed the remains of General
Thomas would pass through that city
on their way East; and a committee,
with General Sheridan at the head, was
appointed to prepare to do the honors.
Should such be the fact, the committee
will proceed to Omaha to meet the re-
mains when they arrive there, and es-
cort them to Chicago.
The Blue Earth City, Minnesota, Post
OF the Goth gives the details of the
freezing to death, in the town of Zely,
Blue Earth county, of the wife and
three children of Mr.. A. L. Bates. Mr..
Bates lived on the prsiries, some dis
lance from any other hosse. During a
heTce storm his house was burned to the
ground, and before assistance could be
obtained to remove the family they
perished with the cold. Mr.. Bates re-
turned with assistance, but not before
his wife breathed her last. The same
paper gives an account Of the freezing
10 death, during the same storm, of two
brothers named Colman, living at Lake
Bell, Martin county, Minnesota; of
German named Dunhardt and a Nor
weigisn, name unknown, at Spencer,
Clay county, Iowa; of three other men,
names unknown, at Cherokee, Iowa,
and another at Heyron Lake Jackson