The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-10

OF Henry Rodgers was taken from. tne
vault in Calvary cemetery and buried.
Rodgers friends and companions had
purchased q grave for him. The body
before being inferred was taken to
Mortuary Church, where the services OF
the dead were performed by the resi-
dent chaplain, and thence to the grave.
Rodgers friends intend to erect q mar
BILE shaft over his grave. No inscription.
except the name Henry Rodgers, will
be marked on it.
The express" Fire.
Five minutes after the alarm sounded
for fire at lG45 last night at No. l3
Park Row, in the building occupied by
the New York Evening Erpress, a stream
of water was plying upon the building
and firemen were at work. The fire,
which at first was supposed to be slight,
rapidly gained headway. At II o'clock
the flames and dense masses OF smoke
burst from the windows OF the fourth
story. A second alarm was then SCUM
ded, but Notwithstanding the efforts OF
a large number OF fremen the flames
continued to spread. The ground hoor
was occupied as an oyster and billiard
saloon, and everything the saloon
contained was drenched with water.
From the fourth floor the fire extended
to the gable and penetrated the root.
A halt hour later the fire broke out in
the fourth floor, and a library OF books,
one of the finest in the country, was
destroyed. In the composing rooms on
the fourth floor a quantity of type
was destroyed. The position of the
building rendered the work OF the
firemen difficult. The second, third
and part of the fourth floor, occu-
pied by w. II. Geder, paper dealer and
printer, was considerably damaged. AT
il:3O, when the fremen found their
efforts to extinguish the fire from the
inside of the building futile, the extern
sion ladder was brought into requlsition,
and two or three streams brought to
bear on the ouNle, which checked the
flames in the direction OF the hotel. At
1890 the fire was completely under
control The loss, as near as could be
ascertained, is as follows; Brooks, $4O.'
900; Gelder, $4,000; the proprletors
OF the oyster aud billiard saloon, $1,000;
insurance not ascertained.
City Hall 10 be Enlarged.
The Joint Committee OF the Com
mon Council on Public Buildings has
decided to report to the Board of Alder
men and Assistant Aldermen, recon-
mending the City Hall to be enlarged
by the addition OF another story in the
Mansard style to afford Accommodations
which are necessary to facilitate the
transaction Of public business and to
connect more closely the offices OF the
different municipal departments.
Thirteen Veterans
of the war of 1912, visited the Pension
Bureau, in the Custom House on Sat-
urday, for the purpose Of receiving
their pension money. Their names
and ages are as follows: j. P. Simpson,
age IS; J. C. Verland, sc; Charles Oak
ley, SO; Edward Dennison, 50; Isaac W.
Broggs. IS; G. w. KENNEL, 7S; William
Trosy, II; Isaac Phife, II; Thomas
Wac, 80; John Allen, 72; William B.
Satonet, so; Edward Eghert, u and
William Duveny, IS.
Crew OF the Patriot.
The steamship Frizia, which arrived
from Hamburg on Saturday, brought
the entire crew Of the Plymouth schoon.
er Patriot, who were rescued from that
vessel The wreck was discovered by
the steamers officers on October 24th
dismasted and tossed about by the
waves, and a lifeboat, under command
of Officer Beer, was sent to secure the
crew OF the schooner. After danger
ou, and laborious pull OF half a mile the
crew reached the Patriot. The crew,
one by one, succeeded in dropping safely
into the lifeboat and were safely taken
on board the Frizia. The names OF the
rescued crew are James Higgens, Cap
tain; William Richards, Mate; John
Geary, seaman; John Henley, seaman
Henry Skilton, seaman; William Ded-
dape, seaman; William Weeks, cook;
Edward Bell, boy. The Patriot was
loaded with coal, and was bound from
Cardiff to Lisbon.
Directors Elected.
At meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
road Company, held this morning, the
following were elected as Board Of
Directors for the ensuing wear: General
George B. Mcclellan, w. w. McFar-
land, Lloyd Aspinwsll, A. Bran, S.
Hewitt, L. Wells, Edward Cooper, Jas |
B. Hodgeson, Jas. Fay, Of New York
George Wright, John Todd, II. B. Par.
sons and Robert Hitchcock, Of Cleve-
land, and G. Ross, OF Camdenport.
Murder Trials.
the trial OF Chapin McGulre, charged
with the killing of Qlaill, was set down
for Wednesday next.
Arthur Quinn, charged with the mur.
der of Martin Stamford, was arraigned
for trial 10 the Court Of Oyer and Ter
miner this afternoon. Stamford died
from wounds inflicted by Quinn on the
18th of August last. Quinn was con.
victed OF murder in the second degree
and sentenced to the State prison for
fifteen years at hard labor.
James C. King was arraigned in the
Court of Oyer and Terminer to-day for
the murder Of O'Neil, and plead not
guilty. The case was allowed to stand
over for one day, his counsel having