The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-28
NEW YORK.
Noted BruIsers Arrested.

New YORK, July 26.-George Sed.
dons, who went to Rockaway early thi;
morning to have prize fight with Ar
thur Chambers, was arrested and sem
TO Brooklyn. George Leese and Johnny
Murphy, his supposed seconds, were
also arrested, together with number
OF admirers OF the manly art. Cham
bers at the time the arrests were made
mad not made his appearance near the
battle ground, but was supposed to be
on his way in q steamer.
News Items.
A Baltimore special says that the fire
in several portions Of the burned dis
trict, swept radidly through the roofs
and lef. the lower portion Of whole
rows scarcely damaged. This seems to
be caused by the large number of shin
gle roofs, which were go exceedingly
dry as to burn like grass. In this way
the fire actually crossed over the streets
in which the engines continued to work,
and left a portion of the fire brigade in
the very centre Of the burnt blocks.
The water was so nearly exhausted be-
fore the fire was under control as 10
make it necessary to dam up the cutters,
and so supply some OF The FIRE engines.
The casualties were OF no importance,
except the case of sister Rinaldi, nun
in the Convent of st. Alphonsus'
Church, who died from fright.
Mr.. Coonin, Chief OF the Washing
ton FIRE department. WAS hurt by beiog
run against by a wagon. but his injuries
are rot considered serious.
Two firemen were injured by the ex-
plosion OF a steamer, but they will prob.
ably recover.
Judge McCue said Yesterday OF the
Brooklyn Trust Company that state
meut o, it's condition is being prepared
for the public and would be ready this
morning, and that it would furnish ex-
cellent SUNDAY reading. 1t is ssid the
statement will show q deficit of not
over two hundred and Twenty-Five
Thousand dollars, all OF which will be
made up by the stockholders if it is not
advanced from the estate Of the late
President Mills.
The umpire in the college regatta at
Springfield says that owing to the fact
that only six Of the eleven judges have
seen fit to make q report, viz: The
judge OF Yale, Wesleyan. Harvard,
Amherst, Columbia and Dartmouth,
be shall refuse to award any other po-
-itions than those awarded Yale fret,
Wesleyan second, aid Harvard third,
the honor of the fourth place being
claimed by thei judges for Amherst,
Columbia aud Dartmouth. respectively.
/ shall be obliged to leave them to
fight it out on that line il it takes US
all summer" The umpire adds thst
an apology is due to the public from
some one for keeping the ten thousand
spectators awaiting for two hours after
the time appointed for the start.
Three OF the six negroes said to be
concerned in the murder of Della Cor.
coran on Sunday night last, have been
arrested. The woman was first outrag-
ed and then murdered and her body
thrown into the Hudson river opposite
Yonkers.
vande<bilt.
It is rumored up town that Como
dore Vanderbilt has purchased the new
Manhatten market, an immense new
structure at the foot OF 34th street
North river, intending to transform it
into . freight depot.
Arrested.
A special to the World from Salt
Lake city, says the sheriff Of Utah
county arrested Mormon near Provo
one Of the Bender family. whose afro.
cious crimes aud murders created q
sensation some time since. -
The yellow fever at quarantine hst
entirely disappeared. No new cases.
New Steamship Company.
The new German steamship Com.
paDy, to be known as the German
Trans. Atlantic Steam Navigation Com.
psny, or Ogle Line, is about to com
mence operations shortly. The cspi
tai will be $l0,000.000. Eight new