The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-10
NEW YORK.
A Fine Church.

NEW YORK, June 9.-The corner
stone Of the new Episcopal Church Of
Holy Trinity, at 42nd street and Madi-
con avenue, was laid yesterday evening,
with appropriate ceremonies, IN the
presence Of a large concourse Of peoples
by Right Rev. B. B. Smith, presiding
Bishop of the House Of Bishops. assist
ed by Rev. Dr.. Stephen Tying, Jr., and
q number Of other prominent clergymen.
DR.. Tying is to be rector Of the church.
The stone work will cost one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, and the
timber work about sixty-two thousand
dollars. The church will have a seat
ing capacity of twenty-five hundred.
Mrs. Woodruff.
At midnight last night, Mrs. Wood
hull was reported easy and had obtain
ed some sleep. The physicians no"
have hopes that she will recover, al
though any sudden shock at this time
may prove fatal.
The Herald publishes a lengthy edi'
itorial this morning denouncing the
Auglo-American Telegraph company
and its extortions, as exposed In Gen.
Schenck's letter to the Secretary OF
State, published yesterday. The Herald
takes very strong grounds on the mat
ter and saws properly the telegraph
monopolies by land and sea should be
under government control or direction
and sooner or later must be. There ls
no other remedy.
The Evangelical Alliance.
A meeting OF the Evangelical AL
lance was held here yesterday for the
purpose OF per!ecting arrangements Tor
a conference OF the Alliance to be held
here on October 22d. Rev. John Hall
recounted the advantage to be derived
from personal contact with distinguish
ed European divines. The expenses OF
fifty of these visitors would need to be
paid, and for this some $4,000 would
be necessary, of which SIS, 900 had al
ready been raised.
The Mormon Missionaries.
Among the passengers arriving from
Europe yesterday. were a large number
Of Mormon diguitaries, who left Salt
Lake city last October. aud have since
visited most places Of interest in Eu.
rope and Asia. George A. Smith and
Lorenzo Sword are among the number.
They have succeeded in making large
OF converts to Mormonlsm.
Thirty or forty British mormons will
arrive to morrow or Wedne esday; in
July about the came number OF Swiss
will arrive, and same number Of Scam
dinavians about a week later.
Labor Reform.
The labor agitations for the present
at l.sst, have nearly died out. The
iron moulders and bakers are reorgan-
izing, but are determined to defer any
aggressive movement until next fall.
The carpenters eight hour strike has
not resulted in anything and is still un-
decided. Members OF the furniture
manufacturing trade also are reorgan-
iziug and preparing to send delegates
to a convention to be held in Cincinnati
early next month to effect national
organization.
An Embszz!er.
Joseph D. Husband WAS arrested
to-day and held in ten thousand dol-
lars bail on an order OF arrest issued in
a civil suit against him by B. F. Bab-
bit manufacture of soap in this city,
who charges him with embezzling
s23 600 while acting as his agent In
St. Louis.
The Late Fire.
Fire Marshal Mcpherson made
preliminary investigation into the origin
OF the fire on Sullivan street, yesterday
morning, during which it was ascertain
ed that that the total insurance OF the
Pie company is seventy thousand dol
lsrs, about equally divided in twenty
city companies. The building had been
previously y occupied as an oil refinery,
and as the floors and beams were satu-
,,ol Nth iii md crease the fire made