The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-03
NEW YORK.
observations Of the Transit Of vsna,

Nsw YORK, June 2.-Tbe United
States war vessel Gettysburg arrived at
the navy yard Yesterday With instru-
uents and appliances for the scientific
corps engaged to make observations OF
the transit of Venus. Everything wa
speedily transferred to the Swatora.
The stores contain five sets OF houses
and tents besides scientific instruments,
which include FIVE splendid clocks. each
worth nearly 81 400. The value Of the
material is eaid to be about $50, 600.
The officers of the Swatora laugh at the
scientific gentlemen, who among the
outfit tor the expedition have supplied
sectional houses for Chabortown. q
place OF SO. 900 Inhabitants. The scien'
tific party, numbering twenty-six, are
ordered on board the Swstora Wednei-
day.
The Accident 20 Am srIcan Students
IN Switzerland.
Private letters to the friends of the
American students drowned at Lam
same, Switzerland, give some details
of the accident. One OF the Crane
brothers was found sitting upright in
the boat, nearly submerged, wrapped in
the ssil, and frozen stiff. bis hands
clutching the sides OF the beat 80 hard
that the skin was torn from bis fingers.
The two days intervening between
the departure OF the boys and the disc
covery OF this body had been stormy
and cold 1t is supposed that the boys
discovered the approach OF the storm,
and on attempting to lower the sail
the smaller OF the Crane brothers fell
overheard, and that William Wood
bury, who was an excellent swimmer,
sprsng, overheard to save him, but that
both were drowned. The remaining
boy, it is supposed, wrapped himself in
the sail for protection, but became
dreuched and troze to death in the long
continued storm.
Roehefort.
Rochefort has declined the banquet
and consented to deliver 8 lecture on
Friday evening in the Academy o.
Music, taking for his subject, "Frabce
from tae Overthrow OF the Empire 10
the Present Time" the proceeds TO be
applied to the relief OF the exiles at
New Catalonia, their destitute wive.
and children and widows aud the child
rem OF Communists killed during the
war.
Anti-TempeIance.
The United States Brewers Associa'
ton to meet in Boston Thursday, will
endeavor to form an snti.temperance
party, the initial work thus far being
the organization OF Leagues OF Freedom
throughout the country. An address
is promulgated in which the necessity
for opposition to the temperance move.
ment, especially that which takes th'
form OF the women's crusade, is vehe-
mently urged.
Charles Calender, ex-Bsuk E1ami-
ner, has given bail in SIS 900 to appear
for his third trial when called upon.
The President.
President Grant, accompanied by
Secretaries Fish and Robeson, and
General Bsbcock, arrived this morn
ing for the purpose Of attending tae GER
emonies of LAYING the corner stone o
the Museum OF Natural History in Cen'
trail Park.
Horrible Murder by an Insane We
Soon after the family of Michae
Devine, Of No. 35 North Eighth street
BrookIyo, consisting OF himself, wit
and three children, aged 7, 4, and
years, arose this morning, the Wit
stepped behind her husband and strucl
him on the head with a cooper adze
He wrested the weapon from her ant
ran 10 the station house to have hi
wounds dressed. Officers were sent Il
secure the woman, and on arriving q
the residence they found the childrel
living on the floor dead. and their head
beaten to q jelly with flat iron. Tn,
woman being asked why she had killed
the children, answered tha, she wa
going to Heaven and wanted them t.
70 before. The fathers wounds ar
thought fatal. Devine is cooper ant
has been on a strike for week past
and thinks that led to his wi!e's insan
ity.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Michael Deviue, the husband o! th'
murderess, is 8 cooper who has bee
ON a strike with his Union for the pa,
six or eight weeks. The deprivation
that this necessitated in the family wer
the cause OF numerous contentious be
tween husband and vile, aud, it is be
li.yed. in the end resulted in the over
turning OF her mind. The woman va
in the lunatic asylum about year agt
but when she was released
was thought she was completely curec
Deyiue would doubtless have returne
10 work bad be not feared the UnioI
The scene in the room alter the TRACED
begears description, the nurdere
children were lying side by aide, th
blood aud brains slowly exudipg froI
| their skulls. The bed clothes vel
soaked and heavy with the sickenin
s,aiu. The body OF little Tim, tt
baby, was not go badly manglsd I
we're the bodies OF the older children
From the terrible wounds found
Maggie's face and skull it is evide'
the mother must have pounded Il
child's head With q fat iron for sewers
minutes. Jennie, the toar year o'
bow is alec horribly mutilste
Mrs. Deviue expresses no remorse, DO
not cry, and says the children are be
ter dead than alive. In answer
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