The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-18
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st ll9s.
Over six thousand emigrants have ar
rived in New YORK sirce January
The funeral of John ]. Roe, at st
Louis. yesterday, was largely attended
The Pspuimalia railroad tunnel has
been excavatea TO point hali way Dc
tween Murray and Barclay streets, New
York.
The SCARLET fever is raging tearfully
IN Napoleon, Jackson county, Michigan
In single week Edward Miller lost
wife and five children by the disease.
In the New York Senate, yesterday, a
renort was made to enable the consoll-
J,tion of the American and foreign
BIbls Society with the Baptist Pub!ica-
tion Society.
Late adyices from Veuzuela state
that the rebels have captured several
towns. and that the Government troops
have been defeated in nearly every en-
gsgement.
Wednesday night the proprictors OF
the hotels of New York met to organize
an ice company in opposition to the
existing monopoly, and for the prott c.
tion of ice consumers in general.
The Union League Club celebrated
the anniversary of the battle OF Fort
Donelson at New York, Wednesday
night, with a ball. Nearly 1900 persons
we're present, and it was brilliant
affair
Ata meeting of the Board of Educa.
tion of New York, Wednesday, letter
was received from the trustees OF the
Seventh Ward recommending that the
ancient Irish language be taught IN the
public schools. The committee was re-
ferred to the committee on Studies.
The Nova Scotia Legislature opened
its session yesterday. The Lieutenant
Governor strongly recommends early
attention to the subject of immigration,
expresses qualification at the bounteous
harvest and the success of the fisheries,
A fight took place at Red Lake mines,
Miauesota, on Tuesday, between rough
named Mike O'Conner, alias Red Handed
Mike, and a gambler named McCarty,
in which the latter got the worst OF II
and retired but soon, returned with
revolver and shot O'Conner dead.
Columbus Delano, Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, arrived IN New YORK
Wednesday from Washington. He has
gone there expressly to investigate the
late wholesale seizures by Collector
Bailey, of the leading liquor merchants
in the Third District, which have not
yet been presented to the legal author.
tiles.
The only main building of Drawers
wooden works, Philadelphia, was de
stroyed, which diminishes the loss OF
the building and machinery from the
amount first stated. The building de-
strOyed was valued at 500, 200, stock
aud machinery 100000, and upon this
there was an insurance OF S224, ,OOO.
A boiler in the Union Railway Car
Works of II. NJ. Woodward, De Kalb
street, St Louis, in the extreme lower
part of the city, exploded with terrific
force about = o'clock yesterday, killing
Fred. Kerkin, Frank Collins, Paul DE
Bow, and the engineer, name not ascer-
tanned, and iajuring several. Hall
dozen by scalding or falling bricks or
timbers were also badly damaged.
The Erie Railway Company, James
Fisk, Jr, and others, have been sued
and eDioined in the Common Pleas in
regard to the twelve temptations now
being placed in the grand Opera House
Another action is pending in the Su-
preme Court before Judge Barnard, in
which the parties are reversed. The
arguments on the merits of the latter
clse are TO be heard on Friday.
The bill increasing the salaries of the
Supreme Judges of Ohio was indefinite
ly postponed in the House OF Repre-
sentatiYes yesterday. The bill prohlb'
itng members of the Legislature, State
officers and Judges from receiving rail.
road passes, was also defeated. A bill
has passed the House making q levy fol
State purposes for 1870 of four mills on
the dollar. This is one. half mill greater
than ever before.
In Patterson, New Jersey, the trial in
the suit of McGregor, against the Erie
Railway Company for alleged over
charges in freight, began on Thursday
The defendant argued that the com.
pany has hitherto been charged to pay
express companies more for freight loss
than its entire receipts from them, and
that its action in placing the handling
OF freights in the hands of one respon.
slble party was in self defense; and
that, consequently, there exists an en-
tire innocence of any intention to de-
fraud or extort, as alleged.
A special dispatch states that the sem
sation so long promised socially in the
marriage of Count Esterhazy, of the
Austrian Legation, TO Mrs. General
Griffin nee Carroll, is not, after all, to
he produced. The report that an en-.
gagement has existed between these
parties, and that Count Esterhazy had
procured special permission from the
Emperor OF Austria to contract an ALI
ance, proves TO be without foundation
as nothing of the kind has been contem
plated by either party.
A fire yesterday morning totally de
stroyed tie extensive woolen mills o.
John p. Bruner, on Hamilton street
Philadelphia. The mills extended ovel
whole block, between Twenty-thirG
and Twenty-fonrth streets, valued al
TOOOOQ, and had stock on hand valued
at S75,O00. Seven buudred hands were
employed in the mills. The total in
suranoe on the mills, machinery and
stock is abon:c s450,0O0 The origin o
the fire was first thought to be from al
explosion of boiler and was attended
with loss of life.