The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-28
BY YTELEGRAPH.
Exclusively for the Register.
By the Pacidc and Atlantic Line.
O6Ilce, lIO Main street.
NEW YORK.
Beaten.

aid, two notorious roughs. Ballard was
taken 10 the hospital in dying con-
dilion and his assailants locked up.
Mardered.
Bridget Glow, residing at Forty-third
street, died yesterday in a mysterious
manner. The police were notified OF
it aud il was found that she had been
beaten by her husband, who has since
been arrested on charge OF murder.
stabbed.
Peter Ward this morning stabbed
Thos. Kelskeagan in the throat, infiIct-
ing, it is thought, mortal wound.
Shot.
A boy named James Csrrigsn fired a
pistol at John Hart, another boy. in the
office OF the Evening Express. The
wound will prove fatal
Fatally Injured.
Stephen Sleek, q tailor, was faially
injured to day by falling out o. ;lird
story window al 630 South street.
Fatal Accident.
John Leonard, a porter at Latham
Brothers. Reekman street, fell down an
elevator this morning and was instantly
killed.
Tugboat sunk.
The tugboat Alice Baker sunk at her
moorings. Pier 30, at three o'clock this
morning A man and boy, who are
believed to have been the only persons
on board, escaped.
Sold at Auction.
The mining property of the Centenary
Silver Mining Company, of Nevada,
was sold at auction to-day for $500.
The Staten Island Railroad aud Steam.
boat Csmpanys property was sold at
auction to-day. The steamer Westtield
brought SAG, ,OC0, and the balance OF the
property, consisting OF real estate, sta
tiops, railroad tracks, &c. was pur-
chased by George Law for 100000.
Sailed.
The ship Canada sailed from this port
to Callao to-day, with the following
cargo: One iron church, in sections,
weighing 800 tons; twenty-six Corinth
ian columns, one gothic church steeple,
one namar altar OF three tons weight,
and other appurtenances.
Police Arrested for Burglary.
Police Officers Aiken and Carmady
were arrested to-day, charged with
burglary. Aiken was caught in the
act, having full set Of burglars tools
in his possession. Aiken confessed to
having committed seventeen burglaries
since joining the force in January, but
exonerated Carmady. These were
mostly committed in the Eighteenth
ward and have been the cause OF much
anxiety to the police. 1t is estimate !
that upwards of $4,000 worth has
been burglarized by Aiken. Carmady
WAS released.
woodhuIl & CIafiIn
were before the Court oil Common Pleas
to-day as judgment debtors. Mrs.
Woodruff testified that Woodruff &
Clafiin's Weekly died two months ago
for want OF support; that she wrote
book on the tendencies and principles Of
the Government, but when it was pub
lished il was sold at auction and she has
not one copy left; that the furniture in
the office in Broad street is borrowed,
and that the very clothes on her back
do not belong to her. A suit has been
commenced by them against the pro-
prietor of the Gilsey House for refusing
them board
A Method In His Madness.
julius F. Chambers, reporter be-
belonging to the Tribune, was in
carcerated in Bloomingdale Asylum
upon the certificate Of three respectable
physicisns, who declared him insane.
His friends paid three hundred dollars
to place him there. 1t trsnspired in
court to-day that be had been detailed
to write up the institution. His dis
charge on writ OF habeas corpus has been
effected and be will give to The public
the particulars Of his stay in that lnsti-
tuition.
Bet Taken.
The ten thousand dollar bet adver-
tised for some time in the Daily Nsacs,
wagering that Greeley would be elected
in November next, was taken at Sara
toga by Joseph Morheimer on behalf
OF some four or five gentlemen. One
thousand dollars forfeit has been
placed in the hands of John Morrissey,
and the remainder is to be pu: up the
day before the Maine election.
Dr.. Francisco Duenuas.
ex.Presideut of San Salvador who was
seized with q severe attack Of the ma
larial fever, is better today, and hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Japanese visitors.
The Mayor OF Yeddo, accompanied
by an interpreter, visited the City Hall
to-day, and was received by Mayor
Hall. who entertained him iu short
conversation. Subsequently the visitor
was Introduced to several Aldermen,
and the entire party Was entertained at
a lunch. The Japanese will leave for
Europe tomorrow.
The tug boat George Wood, while
lying at Commercial wharf Brooklyn,
sunk this morning. carrying with it
Richard Tenyk ke, . colored cook. who
was asleep in the cabin. Two deck
hands who were asleep on deck escaped.
The vessel was valued at SIS, 900.
The Stratg ghts-Insiracting for Chas.
A meeting Of the Apollo Hall De-
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