The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-07
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

Gold closed in New York, Yesterday,
~ lll:@ll2.
Herchel V. johnson, Of Georgia, was
limited TO the bar Of the Supreme
r'ourt on Monday.
AtSt. Johns, y. B., the smallpox is
.,.eadirg rapidly andappesrs peculiarly
.,.,,ctious, but is not vet very fatal.
\ company has been formed to con-
-,ruct a railroad from Fredericton,
y. B, to the river Du Loup'
II understood that the decision OF
me Ecclesiastical Court in the CLANCY
case. at Chicago, will be rendered to-
LAY.
A kerosene lamp exploded Sunday
night at the residence Of Dennis Hickey,
in Brooklyn. Three persons were Sc
yerely and one fatally injured.
Mrs. Mills has brought still another
-utagainst Rev. Knapp, at Chicago, be-
ing the third one; this time for breach
Of promise. She claims $4,000,
\ fire occurred between two and three
clock Monday morning at WIN. Du-
.ans house in Grand street, Brooklyn.
The flames spread TO three adjoining
aouses. DESTROYING them all. Loss
$1,000.
Four tenement houses al Beloit, Wis
.5n,;n, owned by B. Brown, were
turned on Sunday morning. Insured
,or $4,000. Nineteen families occupied
The houses. Supposed To BE- the work
OF an incendiary.
The United Stats Supreme Coar, has
niH.med the right Of the State of Mass
arhu etts to impose tax OF 4per cent.
N all premiums paid to insurance com.
tsnes incorporated under the laws "'
'oreign countries.
The majority OF the subcommittee OF
he House Military committee which
recently visited West Point to examine
,nro the causes Of troubles among the
cadets, recommend the dismissal Of the
rntire first class except four. and cen
-ure the ofticers
On Saturday morning Martha hr'ea-
senheeper, l. years old, employed IN
Beckett " Lsuries paper mill, at
Hamilton. 0, fell through trap door
IN the third floor into the hopper used
.or grinding rags, and before the mill
roulA bc stopped she was literally torn
n !i"re-
\ iisratrh from Havana >ays. II
= officially announced that an engage
:nca, took place at Najoza. San Ger
mimo and s,venty-nine insurgents were
ailled and fifteen taken prisoners. The
~paniaris had two killed and eleven
xounled. Five hundred persons idea,
hei with the Republic surrenderc!
,~aru,lv.
!ho hoiy g; an unkmo"n man was
.an.i early la, Sunday morning on one
.. the railroad tracks near the depot,
rylc.lo. -. In his pocket was 4 dFo-
,,-. pa. made out in the name at
Kelley. and dated at Chicago, February
n lie was seen on Saturday evening
"a -,a,c Of intoxica,ion, and is up.
YD,e! TO have been run over hy an en-
,rc while in that condition.
john FoLiu, notorious rough nj
Philadelphia, has been held in $500
tail To- keep the peace Tor threatening
., Lii che r.poHers OF the city press,
,Ho had published details OF bar.room
i,A: 10 which Fobin was participant
Ic-,r-iay lie reporters received notices
.um a gang of roughs, including the
.otorous iherl Fobin and Lister Smith,
nat they would be shot on sight If they
,,r0Sei their tioings in the public press.
considerable interest has been pro
......i in religious circles, in Cincinnati,
.,-l the opening Of the Young Men
N,rcaptile Library Sunday afternoons.
"a SuGiav Rev. +. W. Brouns, a promi-
arnt PRESBYTERIAN clergyman. took
.-ound against it in the pulpit, and yes
.riav the. Presbyterian Ministerial As
-o,ia,ion of this city adopted a paper de-
,'oring the prevalence of Sabbath desc
atom. The meeting was 3 large ore
4 "A blt one dissenting voice.
ghe inner given TO Gen. Pieasanton
pclmonicoS :, in New York, on Sa;ur-
4 .,y night, was a grand and enthusiastic
,'F,ir. Brief speeches were made by
vm. f. Dodge, who presided, Horace
d ',r.r'ry, G. 7. Hulburd, Edward Pierre
ut, {. VI. Dcpew, President Barnard,
.. Eorl!ard John. c. Hamilton and
.ihef- Gen. Pleasanton responded
with much feeling 70 the hearty tribute
So paid hy the company to MS fidelity and
e efficiency, alike as soldier and civilian.
Some members OF the Influential
Order Of Independent Eree Sons OF
!.-ael, Of Phl,9 t".gh'a. lave :or some
,;me enfcavorei 10 improve the
principles OF the organization by the
adoption ri an endowment plan Tor the
q nentit OF the widows Of deceased
brethren. This has been opposed b!
S New York Lodges of the orier, and the
S dispute eliminated IN ten Lodges o.
Philaielphia breaking off from th'
New York Order, and forming a new
organization, in which they are Joined