The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-23
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY Telegraph.

on the public debt, which amounts to
about twenty.eight millions.
John Peck, OF Henry, Illinois, was
seriously injured by an accident on the
West Jersey railroad, yesterday.
Joseph Coyle, a fireman on the Nor
ris and Essex railroad, while oiling an
engine at Hoboken, was killed yesterday
by falling under the wheels.
A policeman named McTarran died
yesterday in Philadelphia, from the
effect OF wounds inflicted upon him by
a prisoner whom he arrested some time
since.
An affray occurred Wednesday even
ing in Ninth avenue, New York, during
which a German named Kable was as
saulted by Charles Saugweber with a
chair, fracturing his skull.
Michael Kenny engaged in hand to
hand fight with an unknown man last
night in New York, knocking him
down and breaking his neck. Kenny
was arrested.
An Ancient Forester's Secret Benevo-
lent Society, new to this country, but
over century old in England, held its
first annual reunion in New York on
Wednesday. Seventeen American soci-
eties were represented.
Last evening a pile of lumber in the
the yard of Haines Bros, in Eighteenth
street, New York, fell, crushing two
men named Thomas Carr and Bernard
Elliott. The former was instantly
killed and Elliott was seriously injured.
Four of the crew of the British bark,
who were held for extradition by the
United States Court at New York on
a charge OF mutiny, were sent home on
Wednesday on the steamer Caledonia,
for trial.
A motion to admit McGeehan to bail
was overruled by the Court at Lebanon,
Ohio, yesterday morning. Atfidavits
are prepared looking to another appli.
cation for a change of venue which will
be heard on July 9Th.
Prof. Doremus, VIM. Graham, DR..
Cornelius and NJ. OLeary have been
appointed on the Board Of Examiners
for the examination and licensing Of
druggists and their clerks, in the city OF
New York.
The proprietor Of the plymouth
pleasure resort, on the Potomac river,
near Washington, publishes notice
that the Glymouth will not be rented to
colored excursionists, nor will they be
allowed to land there.
Shortly after nine o'clock last evening
an explosion of oil occurred at the At
lantic.Oil Refinery at Point Breeze, Pa.
The tank in which the explosion oc-
Cured was filled with refined oil, all Of
which was consumed. Loss estimated
at $4,000.
Subscriptions to the new loan are
gradually falling off every day. Sec
retary Boutwell, will not change his
financial programme until he hears de-
finitetly from Judge Richardson in re.
gard to the views Of the European
bankers and tinanciers.
The Secretary Of the Democratic
COMMITTEE Of South Carolina was be-
fore the Ku-Klux committee yesterday.
He denies that the Council Of Safety
is a Ku-Klux organization, and says
the Ku-Klux began in 1868, though
they have existed in the form Of bush
whackers ever since the war
Yesterday morning, Henry Mozart
ney, a stone mason, was struck IN the
neck by falling smoke stack which was
being:placed in position at Diston's saw
factory, in Philadelphia, and died while
being removed to the hospital.
Mr.. Medill, of the Chicago Tribune
has accepted the appointment on the
Civil Service Commission. Nothing
has been heard from Mr.. Curtis, of New
York. nor Mr.. Walker, Of Georgia, bu:
it is supposed they would have declined
before now if they intended to at all.
The Commission is to convene week
from yesterday.
A recent dispatch to the Navy De-
partment regarding the Corean expedi-
ton was sent by telegraph from Hong
Kong, China, and cost the Government
a large sum Of money. The next news
is expected by the next regular mail
from China, by way OF San Francisco,
which will arrive in about one month.
Among the bidders for furnishing
granite for the exterior walls Of the
new State Department building at
Washington, are C.. F. Dixon, OF the
New York Granite Company and the
Dix Island Company, Of New York.
About 10000 cubic feet OF granite will
be required. The contract will amount
to $lS0,000.
S. w. E. Beckner, publisher Of a
Masonic paper in New York, called
the Corner Stone, was arrested to-day
ON a charge Of libel prepared by Josh.
Hart, manager of the Globe theatre, in
this city. The libel consisted in the
publication OF a statement that Hart
did not pay the actors. The prisoner
was released on his own recognizance
till his examination.
A man named Mathew Quinn, resid.
inc at Newark, was fatally injured at
Ciark's thread factory, New York, Wed.
pesday afternoon. He was looking up
the hatchway when a dummy, loaded
with cotton, came up from below and
caught his neck between it and the tim,
Der. The space was 30 small that II
was necessary to cut the dummy away
in order to liberate him.
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