The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-24
ORIEF TELEGRAMS.

Gold closed in New York, Saturday
at ll0s.
Tracy, the murderer of w. H. May
was arrested last night in st. Louis.
Dennis Donovan, of Newark, Ohio
was run over by a railroad train neal
Columbus Friday night and killed.
1t is said that Mr.. Griswold, Presi
dent OF the Ohio and Mississippi Rail
road, will resign the presidency on the
10th of May.
President Grant was expected il
indianapolis at ?. NJ. Saturday. He
was to have been rendered formal re
ception at the Academy OF Music.
A match between the White Stock.
ings, of Chicago, and the Atlantics, oI
St. Louis, resulted in the following
score: White Stockings, 2S Allan,
tics, 5.
A fire at Greenville, Ohio, Saturday
night, destroyed Todd e. Snyders livery
stable, George Stevens livery stable and
Blackman's grocery. Loss $4,000 ;
small insurance in Cincinnati COM
panies.
The recent heavy rains have 80 swol-
len the streams on the upper Mississippi
river that a flood is imminent. The
river raised fourteen inches Saturday
and is still rising.
Miss Ella Knapp was accidently
killed at Clifton, near Prescott, Wiscon-
sin, few days since by knocking down
a loaded gun behind door which was
discharged, killing her instantly.
Track laying on the Northern Pacific
Railroad westward through Minnesota,
is now progressing at the rate of a mile
a day. Three thousand men are at
work.
A fire at Sedalia, No, Saturday,
destroyed property to the value of $500
OOG insured for $4,000 The greater
part Of the business portion of the city
is in ruins.
Ellen Revelle, wife of William
Revelle, committed suicide in
Brooklyn, by taking arsenic on Satur-
day. Her husband is short hand re-
porter in the United States Courts in
New York City.
In the United States Court in Gin
cinnati, in the suit Of the United States
against Jos. M. Turner on a distiller's
bond, the jury rendered a verdict in
favor Of the Government for the sum of
S700 The case has been before the
court for the last.five years.
Returns have been received from 90
counties in Kentucky as to choice for
Governor. J. q A. King, John T.
Brown, II. II. Leslie and Thomas L.
Jones all have about the same number
Of delegates in their favor. There are
ten other candidates in the field.
Two men, named Michael German
and Robert Detist, were killed near
West Chester, Pa, while standing un-
der a tree during the thunder storm
Friday afternoon. They had sought
shelter there from the rain and the tree
was struck by lightning and both OF
them were instantly killed.
During the gale on Friday evening
the unfinished building in Hudson ave
nue., Jersey City, was blown over. In
alling it crushed the frame building
adjoining belonging to Mrs. Egan, who
was injured so severely that she cannot
recover. She was only, after much diff
fculty, released from her position.
Senator Harpending died at Congress
Hall, in Albany, y. Y, at one o'clock
Yesterday morning. He had been in
a very low condition since the previous
evening, when a relapse occurred from
which be died. The flags are half
mast on the Capitol and other public
buildings in token Of respect to the de-
ceased. q.
In the L. s. Court at Milwaukee,
Judge DrummoDd ordered decree of
forfeiture to be entered against the
bark May Merritt, an under-graded
vessel, for violation of the navigation
laws in carrying a cargo from a Cana.
dian to an American port. The bark
arrived here about the time the decis-
ion was rendered. rr
The tobacco factory of White d
Erickson, and also the drug house Of
W. c. Woodson, on Ninth street, St.
Louis, was totally destroyed BY fire
Saturday night about twelve o'clock
Loss Of White & Erickson estimated
between $4,000 and 100000; insured
for $4,000. W. C.. Woodson's total
loss $4,000 to $4,000. Whitman
Bros. agricultural warehouse was
slig ghtly damaged also Johpson's board