The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-14
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Mccormick bssBeen elected to Con-
gress from Arizona.
Samuel Hall, a well known ship
builder, died at Boston, yesterday.
The official majority Of j. Archer
over Wrightson in the Sixth Kentucky
District is 1862.
Kenton county Kentucky hasincreas-
ed its population during the last decade
forty-fve per cent
1t is again announced that John
Collyer will accept the Billy Edwards
challenge for a prize fight.
Willie Waddell, aged IA, while gin
ming cotton near Memphis, Tenn, Fri
day, was caught in the gin and literally
torn to pieces.
Indictments have been found in the
United States Court at Memphis against
persons holding Office contrary to the
Fourteenth Amendment.
The New York Tribune, upon the as
surance of Collector Murphy, says there
is no foundation whatever for the re-
port Of his intention to soon resign.
The Memphis Acalanches Humboldt,
Tennessee, special, says: S. R. HALEY,
an old citizen, was crushed to death be-
tween the cars and platform, Friday
evening.
A San Francisco dispatch Of Satur-
day says: Over $4,000 Of the Verdi
robbery have been recovered. Stage
robberies are also daily occurrence in
California and Nevada
The steamer City of Port-au-Prince,
from New York for Port-au-Prince, is
long overdue at the latter port Mr..
Bassett, the new colored Minister to
Haytl, was a passenger
is reported that the Chief Justice
ship Of the United States Court of
Claims, a life position, recently resigned
by judy Casey. will be rendered to
Senator Williams, OF Oregon.
Last Friday the boiler in Farmers
sawmill, in Cashama county, Mlssis-
sippi, exploded, killing the engineer,
Oliver Grant, and Edwards, the sawyer,
and badly scalding several other at
taches.
The construction train on the Mo-
bile d Ohio Railroad, exploded at water
station South Of Memphis, Friday even
ing, and was completely demolished.
\ negro fireman was killed and Dennis
Mack, engineer, seriously injured.
Governor Holden of North Carolina,
has at last issued a proclamation re-
voking his former proclamations Of
March Tth and July Sth, 1870, declar-
ing the counties Of Alamance and
Caswell 20 be in state OF insurrecton.
General Schenck, who has been con-
fined to his room since his arrival in
New York, by painful carbuncle on
the face and compelled to deny himself
to nearly all his friends is promised by
his surgeon that in five or six days
more he may be able to get out again.
Judge Blatchford of New York, on
Saturday, under the operation Of writ
OF kaJsas corpus discharged as a minor a
youth who had enlisted in the navy in
April, 1869, at the age Of eighteen years
and six months. This is against any
previons understanding Of the law on
this subject
The rumor that a new Collector Of
Customs, at New York, is soon to be ap-
pointed, was contradicted by Mr.. Muir
ply. Saturday, but it is as explicitly AS
serted by parties supposed to be well in
formed, accompanied by further state
ment, that Judge Robertson, OF West
chester county, will be Mr. Murphy's
successor.
The Cabinet remained in session an
unusually long time Saturday. Every
body concluded that the impending
bureau changes and.appointments were
the subject of discussion. 1t transplred,
however, that nothing of the sort was
considered other questions monopO-
lizing their meeting but just what this
was has not become known.
Adyices from San Domingo to the
ID inst. state that the question Of an
nexation to the German Confederation is
still being canvassed, and it is reported
that negotiations are going on, but no
official steps will be taken until the
United States declares its abandonment
OF the proposition of annexation. Pres
iient Baez is not dead, as has been
reported.
Last night the Mutual Club OF New
York city, the champion club of the
United States, were to start for New
Orleans direct, to play a series OF
matches with the Robert E. Lee Club Of
New Orleans, the champions of the
South, Lone Star and Southern clubs.
their first game will be on the 18th or
20th inst. The Mutuals will return
early in December.
\ fire broke out at . o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the Home for Orphans
, (Catholic) in Plum street, Cincinnati, in
charge OF the Franciscas brothers Gre
ated considerable anxiety both for the
safety Of the inmates, and OF the build
lngs and children. One hundred and
fourteen inmates were removed without
any one being hurt. The flames were
extinguished without grevious loss save
by water. The damage was about
$1,000
The Universalists of Cincinnati con-
tinued their centennial services through
yesterday. An able discourse was de-
! livered by Rev. Asa SAKE, General Secre-
tary of the General Convention Of Uni
vcrsalists, yesterday morning, after
which $1,000 were raised for Buchtel
College, to be erected under the auspices
Of this denomination at Akron, Ohio.
The amount will be increased to about
$4,000 4 liberal response from the