The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-28
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aver, died in New York on Sunday.
Christian Schuethe was drowned
while bathing in the river at st. Louis,
Sunday.
Andrew Stafford, late male agent At
Baltimore, has been sentenced to three
wears Imprisonment; for<sembezzling let
terS
Johanna Sullivan and Hilbert Adams
attempted suicide at st. Louis, Sunday.
Neither succeeded ia getting out of the
body.
Draper Il Sons hosiery factory at
canton, Massachusetts,, was destroyed
hy fire on Sunday. Loss, $3O,OW: in
snred for $4,000
By q wind and hail rtr:m at McCOn-
uelsburg, Pa, Sunday, ajuSt one-half
of the Court House roof was torn of
and the new NJ. f. Church badly in
jnred.
Thos. McKuglin was shot in the right
side in a house on Hudson avenue,
Eew York, on SUNDAY. Thos. Kerri-
yan and two others were arrested for
committing the deed.
Harris Bailey, residing near Somer-
Vile, Tenn, poisoned himself and three
children on Saturday last by giving
them bed bug poison, thinking it was
whisky. The children all died. He
will probably recover.
4 dispatch from Denver says the last
pike in the Denver Pacific railroad was
driven nv Hon. John f. Vaus on Fri
.av last. The spike was solid silver
and was presented by citizen of
Georgetown, California.
The following gentlemen were elected
directors of the Michigan Central rail-
road Yesterday: James F. Fay, John
" Brooks, Nathaniel Thayer, Erastus
Corniug, George F. Talman, Moses Tay-
lor, Sidney Bartlett, John Jacob AStor
and II. II. Hunnewell,
General Kimball, Treasurer of the
state of Indiana, left indianapolis yes
rerday with checks on New York for
nearly half a million dollars This,
with the half million sent for the same
purpose a few days since, will almost
ifnot entirely, liquidatc the State debt.
Thomas Bennett Russ Wilson was
knocked off the top Of an excursion
train on the North Missouri railroad, a
few miles from St. Louis, on Sunday,
and instantly killed Jacob Keobler
vas also knocked off, but not danger
nuslv hurt. The accident occurred
while passing under bridge.
\ Herald London special says great
excitement prevails in Madrid in cOnse-
auence of the discovery of plot to
blow up the powder magazine OF the
Fortress of Gibraltar Feniamism is
supposed to be at the bottom Of the con-
-piracy The ring leader has been ar
rested The Cortes has closed for the
summer vacation.
James McManns quarreled with his
wife in New York, on Sunday. lie
chased her down stairs, and during her
fight he fired four shots at her. One
ii the bullets entered an opposite dwell
inc and took effect in the back OF Mrs.
Fitzgibbons, as she was lying in bed.
The wound was severe. The free
shooter was marched off to prison in
Brooklyn.
Sunday morning a German named
Daniel Litchen was stabbed by Thomas
Sheridan, a printer, on Thirty-seventh
street, New York. The assassination
was done in the street, and the mur-
dcred man walked sCme distance with
hia hands over his abdomen to keep
his intcstines back. lie was carried in
a diving condition to the hospital 10y the
police Sheridan was caught aud
locked up.
ON Saturday last two little girls were
found in race or sluice way, near
White river, at InpianapOlis, Indiana,
who, it was supposed, were accidentally
drowned. Further developments by the
cnroncr's jury reveals the horrible fact
that the elder Of the two had been ont
ragged and murdered, and the Youngest
was also murdered to prevent her Civ
ing information. There was only eigh-
rccn inches of water over them when
found. No arrests have been made, but
he police think they are on tn" track
Of the guilty parties.
\ number of tragclic- are reported
a
York city and suburbs on SUNDAY. The
most extraordinary wa 'hc fatal stab
hing of a Young FrcnCh.,'T named
.Ioiscant by a Jealous husband at IL
West Ninth street. The murderer,
Edmond jaime, had suspected his wife
Of infdelity, and at nine o clock Sunday
evening, meeting his supposed wrongcr,
ne plunged knife into his neck. Mrs.
Jaime was taken to the station-houSc
with her husband. She denies the al
legation against her fame
The Worlds Montreal special says
that great independence mass meeting
took place in Montreal on Saturday
night. In the course of a stirring
-peech, Hon. John Young said that the
time had now come when Canada should
EVER her connection with Great Britain
and become an independent nation. At
this announcement the greatest part OF
the vas, assembly cheered Justify. La
Flamme said that an appeal to England
Tor support in case OF invasion OF the
Dominion would lie futile. The present
imperial administration had deserted
hcr colonies and proved herself step
mother to those who had fostered the
deepest affection for her 1t was, there
lore, folly to think OF anything but indie
pendence. Other Speakers followed in
The same strain, and the meeting ad-
iourned to Tuesday. The independence
movement may be regarded as fully