The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-30
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York yesleria,
at ll4S.
General Sherman will join in thu
decoration ceremonies at Dayton, OHIO
to-day
Homer Lane won $1,000 and the
championship at the wrestling match a
Buffalo, " Y, Friday night
The Novelty Iron Works Of New
York was sold at auction on Saturday
subject TO mortgage Of S250,WO fOl
$I55,000.
The model and equestrian statue o
Gen. LYON, by John w. Mcdonald, o.
New York, has been placed on e1hibi
ton at st. Louis and visited by numer
ouS citizens
The book keeper of Barnum Bros, oI
ST. Louis, Mo, absconded some days
ago, having forged and altered checks
amounting to about tour thousand
dollars.
The steamer Queen, from Liverpool
arrived at New York, on Saturday,
with l522 passengers on board, said 10
he the largest number ever brought on
one vessel
The bridge over White Water river.
on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st.
Louis railroad, was burned OH Friday
night at - O'Clock. II will br rebuilt
Immediately
Mike McCoole and Tom Allen signed
articles of agreement at 81. Louis, Sat
urday afternoon, for fight for $500 Il
side, to take place September 18th.
within fifty miles OF 81. Louis.
There was a good deal of rowdyism
and pistol firing at Richmond, Va, on
Friday night In one of the atfrays
Policeman Ellington was shot and NOR
tally wounded and Ex-Policeman Ken
nedy badly wounded
\ st. Johns. Canada, dispatch Of
yesterday says: \ party OF drunken
Canadians esterday tore down the
United States flag from the American
consul'S Office. The outrage WAS deeply
regretted by the citizens,
Isaac IIockaday, travelling agent tor
several wholesale houses in 81. Louis,
Mo. who was reported killed in Texas
few weeks ago proves to be a default
cr Tor about forty thousand dollars.
The story of his death was fabrication.
Another fearful accident occurred at
the American tunnel, Georgetown,
Colorado, about : o'clock Friday even
ing, hy the premature explosion of the
blast, killing one man named James
Roberts. and trighttully womdims an
other
The boat race al Annapolis, Md, Oh
Friday, resulted as follows: Nidship-.
man, 20 minutes - seconds; Quaker
CITY. % minutes ~! seconds. Mid
shipman took 43 strokes per minute,
and Quaker City IS. The race was
pulled with IN east wind, rain and
rough water
The filling of the caisSon under the
eastern pier OF the bridge at 81. Louis,
with concrete, was finished on Friday,
and the masonry on the upper part of
the pier will he resumed a. soon - the
granite, now on the way, arrives The
caiSson for the eastern abutment will hc
completed and placed in position in a
few davS.
At Dayton, Ohio, between one and
two o'clock Yesterday morning, Mrs
Fred. MTllcr German woman, and
fivechildrcm from eleven to two years old
were Suflocatcd and an infant badly
burned Mrs. Mwler was barely
alive when rescued, hut soon died. The
babe will recover. The fire was the
result of carelesSness. The damage Is
about 81 600.
The SYNOD of the Reformed Presby-
terian Church, in New York, on Satur-
dav, was occupied in revising lis new
covenant 1t denounces Atheists, be-
walls the prevalence OF crime, asserts
that PresbYterlanISm L. the only Ill
vinelv instituted form of church gov
ernment, discontenanCeS secret orders,
condemns Popery and Spiritualism and
conforms its belief to the Westminster
catcchism.
The PRESBYTERIAN social reunion in
Philadelphia on Friday evening was
successful and well managed, and the
occasion was much enioycd 10y all. The
building was Handsomely decorated and
on the stage was magnificent floral
garden. Scriptural addresses were
made by Governor Gcary, Mayor Fox.
Rev. Messrs. Arnold, of Scotland, Ed
munds, ofI.ondon. Adams, otNcw \ ork,
Clark. of Buffalo, Crosby, of Boston,
and others. Rev. Mr. Johnson pre-
sided. George II. Stuart read tele-
gram from Edinburgh stating that the
Assembly there had agreed on basis
of the Westminster confession.