The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-17
sorELER BOTTLE
The District at Last Properly
Represented,
Majority Unknown, butin the
Thousands.
Union Pacific Railroad.

Union Pacific Railroad.
WASHINGTON, October l6.-The acting
Secretary of the Interior to-day, received
the report of Jas. Moore, of New Jersey;
John l.. Merriam, of Minnesota; and
John S. Delano, of Ohio, Commissioners
appointed to examine whether the def
| ciencies in the construction Of the Union
railway, is reported by the commission
crs of eminent citizens appointed by
Secretary Cox. under an act of Congress
April 10, 1869, have been supplied AMI
the road completed as required by said
report. The present Commissioners en-
animation commenced on the 18th of
September and completed on the 9th inst,
and they claim have made it thoroughly
and in detail. The find from
personal examination, and from the data
! furnished BY the company, that the cX-
penditurc required by the former Com
mission in finishing bridges, in replacing
high trrstles by filing with earth, &c.,
were finally completed in the month of
September, 1874, and have therefore de-
cidcd that the road AS built is first elias,
railroad, fully complying with its
its charter and with the re-
quirements of law and in accordance
with the instructions Of the department
furnished them. The report is signed BY
all three of the commi>-
sioners. 1t will require the approval
OK the President and the formal accept
ancc of the road as q completed
structure before the patent will issue for
the an | grant. -.
The Supreme Court to-day advanced
the Union Pacific Railroad tax cases on
the docket, and set them for argument on
the second Monday in December
An adjourned meeting Of the bar of
the L. 5. Supreme Court was held to-day,
Judge Campbell presiding. A series of
resolutions were adopted in testimony
of their great affection and cs-
TEEN for Judge Benjamin Robbins
Curtis in life and their sense of great
loss which courts and the bar of the
whole country at large suffer. In his
death they commemorate his fidelity to
society, to government, to religion and
to truth. all these traits rs rule of his
life. The bar present him to living law
ycrs, and to their succeeding generations
for their sincercst homage.
The resolutions having been agreed TO,
! Attorney General Williams was request
ed to present them to the Supreme Court,
and to move they be entered upon it.,
minutes, and the chairman Of the meet
ing was requested to forward copy to
the family of the deceased. '.
RcvcrGy johnson and others delivered
culogics.
Y.M.C. A. Convention.
New ALBANY, October lG.-Thc fifth
annual Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Indiana met in
this city this morning. The following
officers were elected:
President, l.. W. Munhall, of Indiana
napOlis; Vivc-Presidents, j. il. IL. Sam
mis-, of Logansport, and Captain Th"o.
Mccoy, of Jetfcrsonvillc; Secretary, :.
W. Black. of Hanover College.
The attendance is quite large and tho
spirit excellent. Sixteen associations
have been organized during the past
year. Fourtecn.hundred and nineiy-four
conversions have been reported. There
are eleven hundred and nineteen menu
bcrs in the State. Five thousand four
hundred and fortv-six dollars have been
expended during the year. \ number OF
visiting brethren are present from IA
distance. The convention will hold over
Sunday. - '-.
Comparative Cot ton Statement.
Net receipts at all l. :. ports for the
week, l2I,l1j bale: last year, IS IJ@
bales; total to date 372,l45 bales; last
wear, 27l.G7j bales. Exports for the
week, Is, 80 bales; last year. 50 i6? bales;
total to date, 97,239 bales; last year,
%. .0SS bales Stock ut ALI I. :. ports.
2Gs, 297 bales; last year, lb9,6G9 bales:
stock At all interior towns, -, 445 bales;
last year, 4l,0l7; stock AT Liverpool,
$4,000 balc>; last year, jGI.Wn bales:
stock of American anoat for Great
Britain. 5000; last year, 1000.
Henderson. ny, Races.
EVANSVILLE. October B.--Thc Hem
derson. Nv, races were postponed till to-
morrow on account OF the weather and
track, which will BE- tho largest day Of
| the meeting, seven races, 10 take place.
The free to all trOt, for purse of 500;
running mile heats for ail-ages, for II
purse of $500; trot for four year olds, for
a purse of $500; trot for stations, for II
| purse OF 500; running race tw" mile
/ heats. for a purse of 500, and two conso-
! lstion purses for running and trotting.
/ The r.. g. Nnrshatl Of Alabama stii
Arresting.
I The Attorney General is in receipt of
/ telegram from the Marshall of Alabama
stating that ~ additional arrests have
been made in Sumpter county, Of per-
sons committing Ku-Klux outrges
and stopping Z ys-MailI2 &, 81 y u
Arrival OF President Garrett.
| BALTIMORE, October l6.-Among the
passengers on the steamer Braunchwcig
from Europe to-day. was John W. Gar
ret, President q ef the Baltimore Il Obio
Railroad, who has been absent in Eu
rope the past year.
Menphis Exposition
MEMPHIS, October l6.-The Exposi-
ton building was thronged tonight by
the beauty, fashion, grace and elecHpce
Of the city and country. 1t is esapated
that more than 1909 persons visited the
bailding during the evening. The dis
play is much more numerous and sttrsc-
! tive than last evening. 4 promenade
concert was given by the celebrated
Memphis brass band which discoursed
the choicest music. Strangers continue
| to arrive daily. The Exposition was q
' perfect success. .f.