The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-31
NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH.

The Albany, New York, shoemakers
belonging to the st. Crispln Society are
on q strike.
Orders were received at the Charles
town, Mass navy yard, Saturday, lor
the discharge Of thirteen hundred men
in the naval ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
James X. Henry has sued the Chicago
city raIlway-damsges S25, ,OOO-for
eigctiug hun from the cars in violent
manner after he had paid his fare.
Prince Arthur was expected to arrive
in New York from Washington Satur-
dav. Arrangements were made to en-
tertan the party at private apartments
The Board of Directors of the Union
Theo ogical Seminary, New York, have
purchased plat Of ground coatiguous,
and propose To erect new building Tor
the Seminary.
About 100 men, employed in the
philadelphia navy yard, have received
notice of their discharge, to take effect
to-day, in the construction and steam
engineering departments.
The Ohio Senate on Saturday passed
bull repeating the law of the late gen
eral assembly, which prohibited the
soldiers at the National Asylum at Day
ton, from voting.
William H. Keith, prominent in the
coal interest and President of the Pitts
burgh Gas Coal Company, died IN
Cleveland, Ohio, Friday night, from in
iuries received by a runaway.
Following the example of Philadel-
phia and Cincinnati, all day prayer
meetings will commence at Farwell
Hall, Chicago, to-day. They will COM
mence at Q A. n aad close at Z. n.
A portion of the delegates to the
workingmen's assembly at Albany, New
York, held o meeting and resolved co
fern a labor reform party. Measures
were taken to organize a party union
in every ward and district in the State
The calendar of the House of Repre-
srn,atives shows that during the pres
ent session 9S5 bills have been intro
duccd in that body and 30 or 40 joint
resolutions. TIE SerGte calendar ex-
hibits a prCpOrtiOnate number OF bills.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell one million of gold each
week during the month OF February
and to purchase one million bonds on
each alternate week on account of the
sinking fund.
The delegates from the variohs base
bali clubs throughout the country met
nj Tammany Hall, New York, Friday
evening, to effect permanent organiza-
tion of the National Association of the
junior base ball clubs.
Several thousand cases are pending
before the Court of Claims, Washing
ton CITY, in connection with the extra
nav of the officers of the Government.
They are of such character that dis
cuSsion in several of them will settle
all others.
The Cuban Charitable Aid Society
has published an address to the people
of the United States, asking for dona-
tior, as it is their purpose should an in
scrutsble Providence decree the sinking
OF the Cuban people into despOtlsm, to
project charity for these ruined pa
triOts.
The County Solicitor Of Hamilton
county, Ohio, has given an opinion to
the County Commissioners that they
have no authority to appoint county
clerk in place of General McGroarty,
elected last fall, but who died before
the lime to enter upon his duties. This
lsaves the present incumbent in Office
until after the October election.
The remains of Generals Rousseau
aud Watkins reached Louisville, KY,
Saturday morning, and were conveyed
to the Court House under military es-
cert. They lay in state until yesterday
afternoon, when they were inferred
with civic and military honors. Efforts
are now making to erect monument
to ROusseau's memory,
Joseph II. Martin has commenced suit
against F.N. Hamlin, a we'll known dry
pat at $40 O00-for false imprisonment.
Martin visited an employe IN the store,
and while passing out of the store with
a valise in bis hand, was arrested and
confined, without a warrant, on the
suppOsitisn that be had stolen goods in
the valise.
Mexican advices via Colima state that
pronunclamentO was issued in Los
Louis Potosi on December 30th, declar-
ing the independence of that State on
the grounds OF the repeated violations
of the national constitution by Juarcz.
There was proclamation, numerously
signed by leading military and civil
citizens, received with great favor by
all classes
Jay Gould, President of the Erie
Railroad Company, has issued o circu-
lar, saying that hereafter there will be
kept in the general office careful and
complete record of all the employees OF
the company, with the date on which
each entered the service and the posi-
tion first engaged and the date of any
promotion or chasge, together with a
memorandum of any special service
meritorioug or otherwise, performed
for the purpose of laying the founda
ton Of any intelligent system of promo
ton in each department.
4 special Alabama dispatch to Wash.
ington says; After the swearing in oi
the members of the House on Thursday
the House proceeded to the election OF
Clerk and Messenger. Newton, Re
publican, was elected Clerk by % ma.
jorlty; Bently, colored, elected Messen.
ger By 10 majority, and Lsnebergel
Dosrkeeper by 8 majority. There was
much confusion in the House during
the session Mr.. Bryant called Mr.
Tweedy, his colleague from Richmond
miserable liar. After adjournment
Tweedy demanded aretraction, but was
refused. Tweedy then struck him with
rattan. Bryant returned the blows
but finally ran into the House fol-
refuge. The Republicans held y very
large mass meeting on Friday night
and great enthusiasm was manifestsd