The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-14
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WHEELING REGISTER.
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Union Line, office n northwest cor.
of Main and 18th Sta.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
NewsItems.
NEW YORK, September l2-Jonas
Sonnebotn x Co., Of l26 Pearl street, an
exporting house, that suspended
nearly three weeks ago, announce they
are able to pay only 30 cents on the 81.
Nearly all the creditors are foreign
bankers. Sonneborne has been arrested
and admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000
on II charge of obtaining bills of Er-
change from the bank of British
North America, furnishing Ms security,
property which had been transferred.
.Racco Frede ncO, was found dead in the
streets of Flushing, Long Island, Thurs
day evening, and Nincenzic Inomarate
has been arrested rs the murderer
Julius L. McndclShOn. who claims TO
be the son of the great composer, has
been convicted of forgery, and sentenced
to the State prison for five year.
ADoubIe killing.
ST. Louis, September IA Le1ing-
ton, Mo-, special to the Evening D.patct
SAYS: that II shooting atiray occurred there
this afternoon, between Deputy City
Marshal l.. A. Kane and Deputy Sheriff
Eugene Ewing, in which Kane was killed
aad Ewing m"rtally wounded. The affair
grow out Of an old teud.
CLEVELAND, o., September l2.-Th"
Cleveland Dryer Company's works, On
the c.. C., c u |. railroad near this city,
were destroyed by fire last night. Loss
$1,000; insured for $4,000 in Cleveland
companies.
The steam SAW mill and cheese box
factory of Calvin Gilbert ut Salem, Ohio,
was destroyed by fire yesterday after
noon. Loss $4,000; no insurance.
Northern Ohio Fair.
The fifth annual tair of the Northern
Ohio Association promises to eclips" any
of its predecessors. The entries up 10
the present time show marked increase
over any former exhibition. The entries
for the running, pacing and trotting
races embrace seventy of the best horses
in the West. The annual address will be
delivered on Thursday by j. Fl. Klippart,
Esq, secretary of the Ohio State Board
of Agriculture. The fair will commence
Monday. September H..
Louisville Exposition.
LOUISVILLE, September 12.-Thc
Louisville Exposition closed its second
week Tonight with unprecedented sue
cess. The aggregate attendance was one
hundred thousand, and every day has
shown an increase over the preceding
one. The Art Department is pre-
nounced the finest ever seen in the W est,
and is throngcd ut all hours with admir-
ing visitors. The Natural History de-
partmcnt is pronounced one of the lnrg-
est and most valuable to science in the
United States Every day novelties are
being added, and the general display of
arts. inventions, manufacturers and min
cral products are now complete. The
Louisville & Nashville railroad brought
up to-nay 400 visitors to the Exposition.
Lightning Trains.
The Louisville " Nashville Railroad
to-day commenced running lightning cX-
press trains to Nashville, Memphis and
New Orleans, leaving ut ten 4. H., and
making close connection with trains
from the North, and will shorten the
time between the Eastern and Southern
cities eleven hours.
KIux! Ku KIux!!
MEMPHIS, September l2.-Thc cxami-
E, IL II ll,.,.l L. l,, from a. ia
son county was postponed until Monday.
Among the prisoners are j. /. Hale, who
had IL row with some negroes at barbe-
cue about paving for shoat H. had
bought, and:MoEroc Morgan and j. F.
Warner, two young men who were fired
upon by negroes near PicketSville which
led to the arrest Of the negroes VINO were
taken from the Trenton Jail.
An .1raiaHche reporter had an inter-
view with Dug Jamison, negro who es-
capped from the mob. He admits being
present when Morgan and Warner We're
fired upon, and that the negroes had aS-
scmhcd for the purpose of killing n col
orcd man named Butler and whipping
another, but that he WAS there in the in
trrcSt of peace. He WAS reticent in re-
gard To- his being taken from Jail. He
says hrcScaprd by jumping into the creek
and that Nelson McGer also escaped.
The Safe Burglary Case.
WASHINGr"N, September l2.-To-dav
the grand jury tnrncd over To Mr.. Rid
die, special prosecuting attorney in In"
safe burglary case, eleven prrscntments,
charging in general terms conspiracy;
and il was reported this morning that tn"
following persons are named in them:
+. 4. Sawyer, late in charge ofthc secret
service; Nrttlcship, CAM and Shaler, of
the secret service; Assistant District At
tornrv Hazleton; Thomas Somcrvillc, of
New Cork; A. b. Williams, Mitchell
Hays and William Benton. lt..is proba-
blc that Riddle will prepare indictments
at once, and that they will be submitted
to the grand jury early in the week.
Suit Against James Watson Webb.
New YORK, September IA suit
haJbeen begun bv the Government IN
the L. :. District Court, against e1-mln-
istcr James Watson Webb, to recover
the amsunt due the Brazilian govern
ment. on claim paid him for the United
States. in the matter Of the alleged ille-
cal condemnation of an American YES
sci.
Sale OF IrOn-(lads.
NEW ORLEANS, September l2.-The
iron-clads sold to-day by the Government
we're the following: Elijah. $4,000:
Umpquah. $500; Winnebago. $3.50;
purthascd by Nathaniel Mckay, Boston.
lvis, $1,4O0; Yuma. $l0,07j; purchased
By Thomas Allen. Of Pittsburgh. Ka-
math, S7,4OO; Kawaydin, $3.50; pur-
chased by Sheckle, Harris X Co., Of St.