The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-17
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Gold closed in New York Saturday
at ll0t.

Gold closed in New York Saturday
at ll0f.
The residence of Mrs. Donaldson was
burned at Carrollton, Ky., Friday night.
Loss 5000. No insurance.
General E. Dumont, recently appoint
ed Governor of Idaho, died at his resi-
dence near Indianapolis, Ind, ysster-
day morning.
Father Dilworth, q Catholic priest of
Milwaukee, is now on trial on the
charge Of bastardy. he was caught by
one Of his flock. There is much ex-
citement among the Catholics in con-
sequence.
David Fleming, aged seventy years,
accidentally fell from the third story
window OF his residence, 25S Nassau
street, Brooklyn, New York, yesterday
afternoon, receiving injuries from
which he died shortly afterward.
Timothy Harley was found dead Sat
urday morning in ditch on the In
dianapolis & Cincinnati railroad A
deep cut in the head leads to suspicion
Of murder. The matter is shrouded in
mystery.
Orpheus Hall, corner Court and Vine
streets, Cincinnati, was partially de-
stroyed by fire Saturday. The building
was owned by Schotler & Son and is
insured for $4,000 in the German,
Equitable and English companies,
which will more than cover the loss.
Saturday night all the barns belong.
ing to NJ. & K. G.. Stevens, of Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin, were burned, with
"a COWS, valued at $1,000, and 600
bushels of oats, 20 tons of hay, and a
quantity ofwheat, corn, &c. Partially
insured.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned
Saturday, in respect to the memory Of
President Lincoln, it being the anniver-
sary of his death. The Democrats
voted against the adjournment. The
warehouse bill and the bills regulating
the right and passage of railroad
freight were passed.
Three boys went rowing few days
ago on Lake Winnebago, and not re-
turning, search was made, supposing
them to be drowned. Saturday their
bodies were found on Rocky Island, in
the lake. 1t is supposed that they
had been wrecked, and, loosing their
boat, died Of hunger and exposure.
A robbery was committed at st.
townsville, New York. Saturday night.
Two stores were broken open and goods
to the amount OF $400 taken. Over one
hundred people turned out to search for
the burglars, they having been seen to
enter the woods. They have not been
found as yet and will probably escape.
Smith Bros, druggist, lose about 800
and A. Carroll, boot and shoe dealer,
about $500.
Three frame buildings in Ashland,
Ohio, owned by Andrew Moran, George
Drider and Mrs. Thomas Dougherty,
were destroyed by fire Friday night.
The fremen were promptly on the
ground, but the flames spread rapidly
until all efforts to save the building
proved unsuccessful. The cause Of the
fire is unknown. Loss about $1,000 part
ly insured.
On Saturday afternoon, just previous
to the sailing of the German steamship
Weiser, from New York, a policeman
arrested Ferdinand Steinmeter, fug-
tive from Philadelphia, who was about
to take passage to Bremen. Fred. Hen
ry, keeper Of a boarding house in Phil
adelphia, made affidavit that Steinme-
ter robbed his boarders and was about
to leave the country. The stolen prop
erty was found in the prisoner 8 trunk.
Henry started with the accused for
Philadelphia, but at the depot set Stein
meter adrift.
The steamer J. s. Dunham, while on
her way up the Arkansas river, from
New Orleans, struck snag at point
four miles below Little Rock, Saturday
sfternoouy snd soon after sunk in l3
feet OF water. She was loaded with
railroad iron, sugar, molasses, and mis-
cellaneous freight, valued at perhaps
100000. She was owned by the Mem
phis & Arkansas River Packet Com
pany, and was less than a year old, and
valued at 1000, and was insured for
$4,000 in Cincinnati Offices. No lives
were lost. The boat and cargo prove a
total loss.