The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-23
NEWS SUMMARY.
EX TELEGRAPH.

The .t,am sloop. Of war Colorado went
I'm to the Battery, New York, Monday
1nJ started on trial trip yesterday,
'T..r which she will start for China.
Tho postoffice at Jackson Station, on
.b. philadelphia and Erie railroad, II
'"Hss east of Erie, Pennsylvania, was
-, ,' M, Il snl $40 in ten and twelve
I,Hr stam,s and 500 in gresnbacks'
stolen.
Mr. Yerplsnck's funeral took place
f. nm Trinity Church, New York, Mon
J,v .feIn1on, where the services were
SCIdacted by Bishop Potter and Rectors
NV and Vinton. The remains were
,akeo to Fishkili for inteiment.
The Republican Convention held at
Napoleon, Ohio, yesterday nominated
+ d Peck, of Wood comfy, for Repre-
s,n.a i've in Congress from The Tenth
Dsr.ct to fill the vacancy caused by
the teIth of Hon. T. II. Hoag.
There was large assemblage of Free
and Accepted MasoDs in the rooms OF
W,nr l. DIE No pa, New York city, on
N,nd.v evening. The meeting was
Tedto vush forward the movement to
hmld The new Masonic Temple in that
city.
4 terrible explosion occurred Monday
nirbt at the cOlliery Of w. g. Anden.
red, m the Schuylkill county, Pennsyl-
yau,a. miuiug region. A large boiler
at.a,h-d to mine blew up, killing sew
rral men and badly wounding q number
of others. The engine house was blown
10 atoms.
Tn. funeral services of the late
G,,rae Wakeman were performed at
Home Chapel, lllth street, New York,
Monday. il the presence of large con-
c,rr,e of journalists and personal
FIJI nIs. An adde's WAS delivered by
Henry Ward Betchec.
The steamer Durfce, burned at New
Orleans. Monday, was owned by CGas.
H. Durfec, of l. L,aveuwOrth, Kansas, and
valued at S25, 900; insured m Pittsburgh
offices "a follows: Boatmau's, $4,000;
Eureka $1,000: Peoples, 1898, Pitts
bursh, S3333; Allegheny, S335O.
The last deposit of $1,000 each by the
pp,;l. SIS Jer Mace and Tom Allen, as |
prants for victory Of heavy weights in
the cprize ring, was made Monday in New
York city. There now seems proba- |
Lility that the fight will occur Oh the
lCth Of May next, IN or near New Or-
leans.
4 largely attended meeting of co., |
Or,a citizens was held in Newark, n. j
20 listen to addresses by prominent
speakers on the subject of the passage
of the Fifteenth. Amendment, aud to
make arrangements for celebrating the
forthcoming presidential proclamation
Announcing its adoption.
The subscriptions for the family Of
the late Mr.. Stanton now amount to
Sl5O,OOO. OF that sum S55, 900 is contrib
uted by New York, So, 900 by Pennsyl- |
yania, S25 900 by persons in Boston and
Sl5 900 bv persons in Washington.
There appears to be considerable differ
erce of opinion among the trustees as to |
the manner in which the money should |
be invested.
There appears to be no truth in the
STOW that the removal of General Jones,
Postmaster at New York, is contem-
plated by the President. So far as can |
be ascertaiDed in official quarters, the
administration of the Postotice by |
General Jones has given great satisfdc-
tion, and no complaints against him
have been made, save such as have been
prompted by disappointed jobbers and
Office seekers.
A special SAYS that Miss Florence, who
suad General Bntler for the recovery of
the Jewel hilted swords belonging to the
late General Twiggs, seized by Butler
WREN in command at New Orleans, was
a. the Treasury Department on Satur-
day TO request that these articles be re-
turned to her. She was not gratitied in |
her request, the Secretary refusing TO let
them 60 cut of his possession pending
the determination Of the suite.
Associate Justice Strong has been as
signed to the Third Judicial District,
embracing Peunsy New York and
Delaware. Associate Justice Bradley |
will be assigned 10 the Fifth Judicial
District, comprising the States of Gsor-
gs, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas. This district has
been for some time past attached to the
Sixth District, to which Judge Swayne
u1o recently Debn Eeaeo'Buou'
bill has passed the House giving the
political party 10 q minority in any cleo
tiou precinct in Ohio, representative
among the Judges of election. A bill
passed the Senate to make the penalty |
for horse stealing from one to three
years IN the penitentiary, instead Of
from three to fifteen, as now. Also,
g. ha IL
verslty at Cincinnati. A bill was in
tToduced to abolish the office OF Comp |
troller of the Treasury.
District Attorney Pierrepont, of New
York, on Monday, received a telegram
from responsible correspondent in
Canada announcing that the Court had
ordered r. B. Caldwell, who is charged
with being one Of Blatchford's accompli-
ces 10 the drawback frauds, is to be de-
livered up to the United States authori-
ties. Judge Pierrepont, however, has
received this news so often that he does
not put any faith in il, nor does he expect
that Caldwell will be actually extradit-
ed so long as he has dollar LETT for the
Canadian lawyers to fleece him out sf.
About o'clock yesterday morning a
nre was discovered In large nVe STORY
brick building, Nos. 63, 90 and 67,
Crosby street, New York, works Of the
New York Hydraulic Machine Company.
The structure together with four story
brick tenement house in the rear of POE,
Elm street, was soon wrapped in flames,
as we'll as q frame house in the rear Of a
brick dwelling, corner of Spring and
Crosby street, was much damaged by
water. John Lawrence, carriage maker,
occupied No. 81, Crosby street, was
damaged by water principally; the
second floor Of the factory building oc-
cupied by NJ. Schottenfels, manufactu-l
rer OF tobacco and Nos. "a and 76, were,
J much damaged; loss fully s2oc, 900; about,
half insured