The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-09
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at ll3s.
The Council of the Episcopal Church
of Nebraska met at Omaha, We'd
nesGay.
The Democrats in the First Michigan
District have nominated y. B. Eldridge
for Congress.
A great gale on Sunday occasioned
many wrecks and considerable loss OF
life in the Northeast.
"A new rich silver mine is reported to
have been discovered in Rush Valley,
fifty miles west Of Salt Lake
The New York State Council of
temperance men recommend cordial
support to the Republican ticket.
The steamship Herman will sail for
Europe with the same cargo she had
on board when the war commenced
A party of about sixty dissatisfied
Mormons took passage on steamer at
Omaha, for st. Joseph, Wednesday
afternoon.
A shooting atfray is reported at Santa
Fe between General II. Heath and Mr..
Sullivan, editor of the Post. Nobody
was injured.
The French Patriotic Society have
issued an address to their countrymen,
in Cincinnati, expressing sympathy for
the new republic.
The Republicans of New Jersey have
nominated for Congress from the First
District, John w. Hazelton; Third
District, Robert Rushing.
The Republicans re-nominated Will
liam L. Stoughton for Congress in the
Second Michigan District. The Dem
ocrats nominated Mayor Ryder.
Rear Admiral Rowan has been APP
pointed Vice Admiral. Acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury Richardson is now
acting as Attorney General.
General J. NJ. Rusk, of Viroqua, was
Yesterday nominated for Congress by
the Republican Congressional Conven-
ton of the Sixth District Of Wisconsin
Chartering business at New York
Wednesday, was extremely quiet, and
rates for almost all kinds of tonnage
favored shippers. The only oil charter
was a bark to Sitter, with 800 barrels
OF petroleum.
Generals Sherman and Schofeld and
stats, Admirals Turner and Tarquaher,
of Her Majesty S iron-clad Jealous,
Governor aaight and many other prom
inent personages will participate in the
pioneer celebration of the anniversary
of the admission of California into the
Union TODAY at San Francisco.
At the Massachusetts, State Labor
Reform Convention at Worcester, yes
terday, the following ticket was nom-
mated: Governor, Wendell Philips,
of Boston; Lieutenant Governor, James
Chattaway, of Springfield; Secretary
of State, Stillman B. Pratt, Of Boston /;
Attorney General, Charles Cornby, OF
Lowell: State Treasurer, n w Stod-
dard, OF North Bridgewater.
Yesterday an excursion from Long
Branch while crossing foot bridge at
Tones, y. Y, the floor gave way pre-,
cipitating over one hundred persons
into twenty feet Of water; eight were
drowned. Their names are Mrs. Sid
new Throckmorton, Peter Rowland
Mary E. Stoyles, Maria Martin, Helen
Lane. Ella Naples, James Martin and
Alfaretta Martin. The party returned
at one o'clock to Long Branch.
A sad railroad casualty happened or
the Erie, at Middletown last Wednes
day evening. Two coal trains were
standing on the eastward bound track
waiting for orders, when another Goa
train ran into the rear train, and plung
ing this into the forward trains caboose
which was slightly broken. Th'
caboose OF the rear train projected upoI
the two forward cars, and all were badl..
damaged, The engine was throw
I from the track and trucks, and tn
forward part was seriously broken
Tn. eastward bound track was blocke'
for nine hours. No one was injured.