The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-10-18


The fourth reunion Of the Society oi
the Army and Navy Of the Gull takes
place at Apollo Hall this afternoon.
The entertainment will be closed by a
banquet at the Metropolitan Hotel
this evening, when General P. II. Sher>
idan will preside.
+ The Tammany Hall city and county
Convention met yesterday and COM
Pleted its city and county ticket.
| Greeley. s-.-
In reply to repeated requests of the
committee to take the field again, Mr..
Greeley announces that be cannot,
owing 10 the serious illness of bis wife.
1t is possible, however. if she improves
that ne may resume next week.
Yale Boat Club. s
The Worlds special from New Haven
says at the annual fall race of the Yale
Boat Club at Lake Salentinast, yester-
day, the Freshmen won the barge race,
the Seniors the shell race and j. w.
Smith the scull race for the Southwyck
cup, value $500.
cigar Makers StriKe. ..-
The Spanish and Cuban cigar maker
Of this city and Brooklyn have organ
lied a strike demanding an increase Of
from one to Ave dollars per thousand
cigars. A committee was appointed
to wait on the manufacturers, a major
ity of whom oppose the demand. A
large mass meeting Of strikers was held
Yesterday, when it was determined to
continue the strike till the employers
yielded.
Disturbances ON the Rio Grande.
A Herald Washington special says:
The report OF the American Commis-
sioners appointed to investigate the dis
turbances on the Rio Grande will show
Mexico to be really the aggressor. The
Mexicaus claim the trouble arises SIM
ply from the unorganized condition Of
society on the frontier, and that
marauding going on under American
leadership is not unfrequent. They
also charge that the United States Com
missioners have been bribed to make q
case against the Mexicans.
Church Burned.
St Andrews Church at Richmond
Village, Staten Island, caught fire from
q detective fue and was totally de-
stroyed with portion Of the furniture.
Loss on building 10000, fully insured,
James Anthony Froude
delivered his first lecture in the United
States last night before large audience
in the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton Hall Mr.. Froude spoke from
manuscript in an earnest tors and man
n.r tur an hour and half. The subject
WAS the connection between England
and Ireland, and was handled in such
mastery manner as to eleclt frequent
applause. The lecturer pleaded the
wrongs Of Ireland and extenuatlon
ON behalf of bis own country. de
addressed himself to the audience as
arbtrators.
new
1t is rumored that J. G. Bennett IN
tends starting a large German daily
paper. . =.
1t is reported here that Burroughs,
formerly OF the Continental Hotel, Long
Branch, ard lately Of the Maison Do
rec of this city, has borrowed all the
money he could and left for Europe.
II is surmised that he followed Ella
Wesner, the actress, who left for Eu-
rome with Josie Mansfield.
Arrival OF European Exiles.
Exiles from Alsace and Lorraine are
arriving in considerable numbers, this
week. Parties of these emigrants have
been transported to Ohio, Illinois, Con-
nec,icut and other States. Those who
are destitute are maintained by the So
ciety of Alsatiaps Of this city.
The Ring Cases.
The Graod Jury of the Court OF Oyer
and Terminer brought in two indict-
ments against members Of the ring to-
day. The names of the parties have
not vet been given. A further arsu-
ment took place, to-day, in the Oyer
and Terminer Court, on a motion TO
oussb the indictments against Tweed.
The court reserved it's decision and ad-
journed.
The Vienna Exhibition.
General Van Buren, United States
Commissioner for the Vienna Exhlbi-
ton Of 1873, delivered an address before
the American Institute. this afternoon
describing its objects, progress and ad-
vantages to large audience.
Ci.y Politics.
A City Convention of Jetfersonian
Democrats met at noon, to-day, and
nominated a city ticket.
Placed On TRIAL.
Mark Flanagan was placed on trial
to-day in the Court Of General Sessions
,or III. murder Of his wife, on the 10Th
Of August, at 4o5 East Seventeenth
street ...
The Committee OF seventy
have issued . notice that on or before
Tuesday, October %, theywill announce
N. names of the candidates iudorsed
and supported by them for Mayor ana
the other city offices.
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