The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

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ed yesterday.
Parties at ST. CloEd, Mimi, from Penn
bina and Fort Garry, report the situa'
tion about the same.
The Bricklayers' National Conven-
ton, in session at Chicago, did nothing
ofimportance yesterday.
Thursday night, Jackson E. Schultz
was chosen President of the Union
League Club of New York.
The steamships Nevada and Nebraska
were purchased by w. IL. Webb OF the
msrtgle Gould and Curry.
The rain the past few days revived
the hopes of larger agricultural yield
the present year than ever before.
Frank w. Ward, of Wytheville, Vir.
ginia, took passage on the Contlnetal
and died on board at Memphis aud was
buried.
Both Houses of the Minnesota Legis.
lature have ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment. The vote in the House
was - to 10.
The Freight Agents Association at
Memphis, Tennessee, has "busted" In
consequence of the steam agents cutting
down rates.
The Jewish citizens of San Fra ncisco
have decided to erect an orphan asylum
and a home for the aged and ihhrm
Israelites of that city.
1t is announced that General Stewart
L. Woodford, formerly lieutenant-gov-
ernor of New York, will take editorial
charge of the Brooklyn Union.
The store of Mr.. Van Velzer, at Re-
ponset, was broken open Thursday
night, the safe blown open with gun
powder and $1,000 stolen. There is no
trace Of the burglars.
Suit has been instituted in the Circuit
Court at Memphis, Tennessee, by the
Memphis Gas Company against Thomas
Swan Dean, of Cincinnati, and his
securities for 100000.
The Court of Common Pleas at Louis
vile has awarded five thousand dollars
to K. J.Elliott in suit against the city
for completing the city charter, which
work had been accepted but payment re-
fused.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard authorities
are engaged in completing preparations
fer the Darieu expedition. The gun
boat Nepsic, with Lientenant Thomas
o. Selfridge commanding the expedi-
tiOn, is off the battery ready for sea.
Deery declines Dion's challenge to
play for wager, on the ground of the
Injustice to other contestants for the
champion cue, and that he is liable to
be called East at any moment to play
his competitor, Rudolph, of Chicago.
The Memphis Ardlanche's Little Rock
special says: The trouble between the
boards of directors of the Memphis &
Little Rock railroad has been settled.
Both boards will unite in forming and
pushing it forward to the completion of
the road.
A New York dispatch says: 1t is sup
posed that the notorious Cooke has
been quietly conveyed to an insane
asylum. His family has left the parsOn-
age. Miss johnson is now quite i'll, and
the principal characters of this painful
scandal have disappeared from view.
Excellent authority says the Pull
man Palace Car Company have pur-
chased the entire interest of the Central
transportation Company, representing
the silver palace sleeping cars running
between Chicago and New York ria
Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne road and
connecting roads.
The Tammany Reform Protection and
Benevolent Association is the name of a
new organization projected by jacob
Cohen and several other citizens of New
York, for etfecting reform in the poll
tics of the city. Meetings were held in
different parts of the city Thursday
evening and active steps taken towards
the completion of their organization.
Benevolence and reform are their ob-
jects.
Information has been received ct
Louisville Of the murder, few nights
ago, near Lishton, north Alabama, OF
Granville A. Pillow and William Pill.
low, nephews of General Pillow, by a
band of men masked, who rode up to
the door and called for Granville and
shot him when he appeared. William
ran to his brothers assistance and was
shot aud killed and the maskers escaped
leaving no clue by which to trace them.
Plymouth Church voted Thursday
night to increase the salary of lis
preacher, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, to
twenty thousand dollars. In the course
of the discussion among the leading
members the idea was thrown out that
this increase is made in consideration
of Mr.. Beecher's advancing years and
the circumstance that it is his inten
tion ere long to retire from the public
ministry. A member hoped that next
year his salary would be fifty thousand
dollars.
The amount subscribed to the Stan
ton Relief Fund, in New York city, il
$4,000. Collector Grinnell's list con
tains the names of twenty-three gentle
men, who have given enc thousand dol
lars, with several who have subscribed
hVe hundred dollars apiece. A. T
Stewards list is not quite so heavy. Ii
Boston sixteen thousand dollars have
been raised, and in Philadelphia twenty
thousand dollars, making total il
Sese three cities of about $50 900. Tb,
remaining Sl4, 600 will probably be made
up in the West.
8 Tha jury in the case of DR.. Strstford
on trial for murder in producing absr
tion on girl named Theodosie Patter
son, on Thursday night brought in
verdict OF not guilty. On the announce
ment OF the verdict the crowd in at
tendance broke out in vociferous an
plause, which teok the Court some tim,
70 suppress. When he was DISCHARGES
several of the jurymen leaped over th,
SUNG TO shake his hand. His wife
rbS o wa. was present, INDUCED in tears