The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-11
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

pNSsc " Ohio auJOufheu yesterday
The Democratic members Of the New
Hampshire Legislature have nominated
Henry Bingham for United States
Senator.
The meeting of the National Photo
graphic Association at Cleveland, Ohio
which adjourned Yesterday, was a com,
plete success.
A letter from Sherman Thurston to
the st. Louis Times charges Tom Allen
with throwing off the fight with Mace,
and cites various incidents which oc-
Cured on the ground, and remarks
made before and after the mill to prove
his statements.
A st. Louis dispatch of yesterday
says: The railroad excursionists left
for home this morning, the Louisville
party going via Chicago. The South
ern Hotel gave them a banquet last
night, which was fully attended and
much enjoyed.
The propeller City of New York, OF
the Northern Transportation Company S
line, from Chicago to Ogdensburg with
freight and passengers, broke her piston
rod on Lake Ontario, Thursday. After
drifting six hours she was towed into
the Genesee river.
The St Paul Press Pembine CORE
spondent of the Both ult says the In
dams are concentrating in the vicinity
Of Lake of the Woods with the purpose
of giving fight TO the Canadians when
they penetrate the swamps. Riels
picket line extends from Lake Of the
Woods to the Pembine Mountain.
The stock men are watching the fight
of the New York roads in cutting under
on freights. Yesterday the bills over
the New York Central showed So per
car from Buffalo and the Erie gives
notice that $40is its price. The Central
will doubtless fall to that, if not below.
The fight is expected to be heavy.
A large fire occurred yesterday morn
ing in Montreal, Canada, in the ware
house company building. Over 10000
barrels of flour, 100000 bushels Of grain
and large quantity of sugar were de-
stroyed. The loss was covered by insur-
ance. The company have $4,000 in
surance on the building in the Royal
Insurance Company.
The International Typographical
Union in session at Cincinnati, Ohio,
Yesterday adopted resolution against
indscriminate whitewashing, and ask
ing subordinate Unions to exercise more
care in admitting members to the Union.
1t expressed an opinion favorable to a
Typographical Insurance Company.
but referred the subject to the subordi-
nate Unions for consideration.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Journal says
that Geo. II. Smith, a pretended part
ner in the wholesale liquor business,
absconded on Tuesday night. 1t is said
that Smith recently bought largely Of
Eastern houses on credit and sold to
country dealers for cash. 1t is sup
posed lie took some seventy-fve thou
sand dollars, besides leaving a number
of Kansas City creditors in the lurch.
The accident on the Rutland, Yer
mont, railroad is worse than at first re-
ported. Only one man out OF twenty
five escaped injury Three were killed
outright, as previously reported, and
two of the wounded, Douglas Flint, Of
New York City, and President OF the
Boston, Saratoga d Western railroad,
and A. X. Field, of Greenfield, Massa-
chusetts, and Civil Engineer OF the
Greenfield ~ Hoosic Tunnel railroad,
have since died. W. II. Emerson, of
the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Canal
Line, and several others are horribly
scalded, the flesh on their limbs being
literally cooked to the bone and fall
ing off.
The body of Charles H. H. Hunt, an
old, well known and highly respected
citizen of Chicago was found at an
early hour yesterday morning, floating
in the slip between the Illinois Central
railroad elevators at the foot of South
Water street Mr.. Hunt was of the
firm of Hunt & Goodwin, agents of the
lFtna Insurance Company. For three
wears he had suffered from an atfiiction
of the ewes, which rendered him at
times nearly blind. Thursday evening
about : o'clock he left a friend and
started for his home. 1t is supposed
he was seized with sudden blindness,
missed his way and fell into the slip,
where his body was found. He leaves
a wife and two children and hand
some estaee.
The American Institute of HomGopa-
thy re-assembled at 9 o'clock yesterday
at Chicago. The committee of Ar
rangements was announced for the year
1871. DR.. T. P. Wilson, of Cleveland,
was appointed orator for the current
wear, and DR. G. B. Bebee, of Chicago,
alternate. DR.. Dunbane, Of New York,
read report from the committee on
Medical Colleges, which urged higher
standard of medical education and
called upon the Institute to insist upon
this course. After discussion the report
was accepted. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, D. H. Reckwith, of Cleveland :;
Vice President, J. T. Temple, of St.
Louis; Secretary, r. Ludlow, of Chi
cago; Provisional Secretary, T. c. Dun
can, of Chicago; Treasurer, f. W. Kel-
logg, of New York; Board of Censors,
F. X. McMann, of Baltimore; L. E.
Ober, of La Crosse; l.. D. Bebee, OF
Chicago: r. J. McMatchy, of Philadel'
phia, and T. P. Wilson, of Cleveland.
Adjourned to meet in Philadelphia on
the first Tuesday in June, 1871.