The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-23
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

The weather in New York city yes.
rerdav morning was clear and exceed,
ngly cold.
1t is reported that Baude has been
appointed to represent France at the
Black Sea Conference in London.
Wilder D Foster was yesterday nomi.
mated 10y the Republicans for Repre-.
sentative in Congress from the Detroit,
Michigan, District
The boiler in the saw mill Of IL w.
Shackley N Co, Decatur, Ill.,, ex-
ploded Yesterday, wounding seven or
eight persons, two or three suppos cd
,atallv.
Two hundred and fifty men employed
m the Steam Engineering Bureau at
the Brooklyn navy yard since the first
Of the year, have been discharged. The
men were on halt time previous to
their discharge.
\ convention OF delegates represent
ing the colored people OF Tennessee met
in Nashville, Tenn, yesterday. The
object is to obtain information relative
to the mental, moral and pecuniary
condition Of the race in that State, and
TO take steps tor their improvement.
A lire at Petersburg, Va, Tuesday
night destroyed two buildings, oc-
cupied bv S. I. Moores, furniture dealer,
and r. A. Martin Il Co, commission
merchants. The latter contained 500
bales cotton, of which 800 were de-
stroved Loss 5000 insurance $4,000.
Yesterday morning seven fremen on
the steamship Ismalia, at pier I'D, North
river, New York, were sutfocated 5y
burning of charcoal in close room.
Five OF them died; the others were
taken to the hospital There are little
hopes Of their recovery All natives
of Scotland.
The steamship Vile de Paris lett
New York on the 2lst OF last month
Tor Bordeaux, and as yet we have had
no news Of her arrival there Possibly,
in the confusion caused by the recent
important military and civil events IN
that part OF France, particularly Bor-
deaux, the telegraphing of her arrival
has been neglected.
A dispatch from Akron, Ohio, says
Quite a number of delegates have al
ready arrived to attend the Ohio State
Editorial Convention, to be held here
tomorrow aud Friday Preparations
are complete for the entertainment OF a
large number Of editors expected. No
pains or expense will be spared to make
1t pleasant for all who may come.
On Monday evening a couple were
married at the house Of Mordecal
Kelly, near Monroe, Wis. After they
retired party, mostly relatives Of the
bride, assembled for charivari. Mr.
Kelly, hearing the confusion, took ar
old unused gun and snapped it at the
crowd. The charge exploded, killing
young man. brother Of the bride, and
wounding two others. Mr.. Kelly
went 10 Monroe and gave himself up
He claims that he did not know the
gun was loaded.
The St. Louis RrprJiicm has spe
cial from Denver, Colorado, dated the
2lst, which SAYS: a box marked r. T.
Cross. Newton Corner, Massachusetts,,
was left at Wells Il Cos Express office
last night to 90 East by the kansa:
Pacific train. Suspicion was in some
wav aroused and upon examination
F. c. Cross himself, young man
who has resided here some time. was
found inside He had pistol and tool
with him, and the box had trap door
\ heavy shipment of gold was to &c
East bv the same train. Cross was ar
rested and placed in Jail.
The Secretary OF the Fieres de La
RepuLlique Universaille, in Cincinnati
has received letter from the President
IN Hungary ordering him to hold his
commanderv in readiness tor immediate
action. Orders NAV arrive by next mail
The society numbers nearly 1000 IN
the United States. Louis Blance Kos
saith and Giuseppe Mazzini are leading
members. Their headquarters in Lon
don is in Leicester square, with branches
in Vienna, Berlin, Paris. Naples and
Florence. The President for the United
States is said to be i'll in New Orleans
1t is reported that all dispatches are sent
in cipher.
The will Of Louis Barnard, who died
of pneumonia at St. Vincents hospital
on Monday last, bequeaths to the
American Society for the prevention Of
cruelty to animals in the city of New
York, one hundred thousand dollars in
bonds and real estate. The deceased
had lived for years in low tenement
house in Wooster street, in all the
saua o. and wretchedness Of the mes
affect poverty. His gift to the society
comes with three others, two Of them
from Quakers, amounting to two hun
drei thousand dollars, which, with the
hundred thousand pledged by President
Bcrsh, places the Society upon a per-
manent basis.