The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-14
Indians Giving Trouble.

SALT LAKE, September IA dis
patch from North Platte, Nebraska, says:
During the past few days horses to the
number of ten have mysteriously disap-
peared between this place and Willow
Island. Sheriff Struther, while out in
pursuit to-day, saw Indians running off
stock one mile east of Brady Island.
Western Union Telegraph rRepairer
Baker also states that SIX Sioux Indians
crossed the railroad, going north, about
II A. NJ, within a quarter of mile Of
where he was at lwork Section men
east Of Brady report some firing was dis
tinctly heard around the curve. The
p. NJ. train ran over an unknown man
in the vicinity of where the firing was
heard. On the train being stopped, the
BODY was found to be cold, with bullet
hole in the back. Section men west of
Brady also report seeing ten Indians, and
came into the station.
Appointments. Iap4ar
WAsHINGToN, September 12.-Alvah
S. Shelton has been appointed guager
for the Ninth Ohio district, and Mel e..
Wilson for the Third Iowa district!
son OF fMendeIssohn" NJ Kills Himself.
! NEW YORK, September l2.-Julius
Mendelssohn. convicted yesterday of
forgery, killed himself to-day, by poison,
! in the tOmbs. His claim Of being Il son
Of the great composer, was generally
looked upon :. hs fictitious. His right
name was thought to be Julius Lesser.
Rank Statement.
Loans, increase; 81, ,7s2, 800; specie, in
crease, 1911 800; legal tenders, decrease,
S27S.SO0; deposits, increase, s3l3G,5OO;
circulation, decrease, $50. reserve,
decrease $9l 1875.
Reward for YadshilI Robbers.
ST. LOUIS, September Postmaster
General, Jewell, advertiseS through the
papers here to-day, Il reward Of $4,000 for
the arrest of the parties who committed
what is known rs the IadS Hill robbery
in this State, on the 3lSt Of June last.
Another Fraud.
New YORK, September l2.-Lrwis ID.
! French. Secretary of the Palsadr In
,urance company, Jersey City, arrested
ON charge of fraud, has been committed
il default of 5000 bail. This is the
company of which Sacia, implicated in II
recent fraud,lis said to be president.
! Eight W.. Ten Hours.
The mason4. bricklayrra, hodcarrirrs
| and helpers in jersey CITY, Hudson and
| Hoboken abandoned the eight hour rule,
and it is announced that all are working
ten hours day without an. incrcaSoof
wages. 4
The President Weary or His Long
Stay at the Capital.
! WASHINGToN, September l2-Thr
President will leave for st. Louis Tues
| day next.
Attorney General Williams has given
an opinion that the /. :. troops can be-
! used to remove the outlaws and all un-
authorized persons from the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe reservation.
Texas Editorial xcu rsiOnisis.
MEMPHIS, September I3.-The Texas
! Editorial EIcurSionist. arrived here
early this morning and were dinrd at the
Peabody by the Chamber of Commerce.
They leave this morning for Lookout
| Mountain. thence to Richmond. Norfolk.
! Baltimore and New York. The party
numbers about thirty members, among
| whom are the following members: Gen.
A. B. Norton; Gen. Robinson, Chief of
Bureau Immigration; Cob Elliot, Ga
,ette; Geo. A, Cutler, Dallas Com,aer-
cial; Maj. Paddock, Fort Worth De"o-
| crst, and President of the Association;
Capt Breeding, Judge Thurman, {. X.
Baker, Dennison Trmos, and other.
Chief Of Chicago Fire Department.
New YORK, September l3.-A com
, miitce of the City Council of Chicago
has rendered to General Shalcr, president
of the New York city fire department.
the office of chief of the Chicago fire de-
partment: 1t rs stated on good authority
that Shalcr has accepted, tn assume the
office the first of January next.
Secret Service Division.
WASHINGTON, September l3.-The
resignation Of Colonel Whitley, chief Of
the secret service division, will take effect
on the both. In order to give him an
opportunity to close his business, 4. b.
Benson, of Pennsylvania, has been np-
pointed acting chief.
Republican Nominations.
COLUMBIA, s. C., September l@.-Thr
Republican Convention nominated ID. Ii.
Chamberlain for Governor and K. II.
Gleavcs, the present incumbent, for
Lieutenant Governor. K. b. Elliott WAS
chosen n Chairman Of the Executive
! Committee. An Independent Rcpubii-
can Convention will be called, rs many
delegates ar" dissatisfied, and other NOM
nations will be- made.
Beecher Gives Another Sermon.
TWIN MoUSTAIN HoUSE, E,Scptcmbcr IL.
-Bccchcr preached to-day to an audience
like that of last Sunday. taking for his
text GalationS NN chapter, l3-ls verses:
For brethren, yc have been called unto
| liberty, only not liberty for an occasion
to the flesh, &c" Bcechc1 has seldom
preached with more vigor, or delivered II
more effective discourse. His subject, TO