The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Cold closed in New York yesterday at
l2Ui.
In,tice Bonthsu has sued the Chicago
Past for libel. Damages $50, ,OOO.
The Indians are making preparations
for grand raid on the people of the far
West.
There were C57 emigrants landed at
Nsw York since January both. making
a total of asa who have arrived since
the lst ult.
The safe of the American Merchants
Tpion Express Company, at Daring
ION. Wis, was broken open Tuesday
night and s27OO stolen therefrom.
Ex-Governor Allen Trimble died at
hi, residences at Hiiisboro, Ohio, yester-
Jay morning. He was in his S7th year.
lie resided in Hlllsboro since 1905.
Jc,enh H. Morton got verdict OF
5000 for falsy Imprisonment against r.
II H,u.5n, the we'll known Chicago
div goods dealer. He claimed QUO
Brooks of the Philadelphia Revenue
ollie. together with Supervisors Dwyer
md Clark, have been inspecting the
.,,urlur IN tho first and second Ohio
dlstuc;-.
The Ohio House of Representatives
spent all day, yesterday, considering
,uc Villains county contested election
ci.e. Bl,keslee, Republican, will prob
ably get the seat.
Ia the Kansas Senate, Wednesday,
the memorial asking Congress To sub
mt the Sixteenth Amendment TO the
various ) aies was tabled by the casting
vote of the Lieutenant Governor.
Tae s,oue masous, lately employed on
IN. new Hudson river railroad depot,
Nv York, are still on strike. The
.tlikns number 10 men. Commodore
Vanderbilt wants them to work for
$500 per day Instead of S4.5O.
The Labor Reform members of the
Massachusetts Legislature have united
~ resolution 10 contine themselves In
rhr Legislature solely to matters per-
tanning TO labor reform, and not to be-
come involved as party IN the question
Of womas sutfrage or other doubtful
measures.
Charles Thomas, liViag eight or ten
miss from Floyd Court House, Virginia,
VAS farcibly taken from his home on
Wednesday night and numerically
whipped 6y gang of disguised men.
l. is alleged that he informed on several
ru.c't whisky establishments i'll that
ha at 10
81. Ramcs, agent of the Cuban Junta,
las received a dispath confirming the
the report that three hundred and ten
Jcrsons had been killed and wounded
ny the Spaniards in Havana in the
,umult growing out of the Castanon
affair. AT latest accounts the carnage
had not ceased. The Cubans seem to
have been murdered without any re-
.prct to persons.
i Key West dispatch gives the fol-
lowing IN relation TO the shooting of
Cl>tIuon: The duel between Castanon
aud Reyes, editor of the RepubtcdRO,
dd not take place because the author
lti,s interfered. Another Cuban chal-
.rd Cas,aunn, but the latter would
Nos accept. The Cuban then insulted
canon, who fired shot at him. In
tea ling the fire Castanon was
ed. Another Cuban and Spaniard
"no were present exchanged shots and
we're both slightly wounded.
There was great fire at Towanda,
Bradford county, Pennsylvania, on last
Saturday, evening, entailing a loss of
S!jD,OJO. The chief sufferers, who were
manly insured, are Powell & Co., dry
goods; +. j. Campbell, boots and shoes;
Tracy & Moore, dry goods; Penn d Nye,
railroad office, Young Mems Christian
ASSOCIATION Rooms; Penibacker, tailor;
II IS Opham, dress. maker; Miss Griffin,
miliuer. adding Russell Il Co, agricul-
iuyal Implements. Many of the sur
rounding buildings were damaged.