The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-31
ID DeesNt.E;sTIc ca NEWS.
sevsrss jSSS ON the Lakes.


been outside, but several disasters are
already reported, among which are the
schooner Thomas Mott, ashore and q
total loss, at Luddington, Lake Michigan
the schooner Thos. P. Sheldon, ashore
and full Of water at Clay Banks, Lake
Erie; the schooner Queen City, ashore on
Point Pelee reef. These vessels are all
loaded with wheat. .r....,
Defamation OF Character.
NEw EYoRK, ! October .29.-Albert
Cringo, indicted in the Supreme Court
ofthe District OF. Columbia, for consplra-
cy to dsfame the character of, Columbus
Alexander, resisted through thel counsel
his return to Washington. The came be-
fore Judge Blatchford, of the U. S. Dis
trict Court, on the application for war
rant for the removal of Cringe to Wash
ington, amp the Judge decides, ~ think
this proper cause for warrants of reno
val" q,
Woods in Flames.
CINCINNATI, October 30.-A Gazette
special from Hartford City, Indiana,
says: 'There is a terrible fire raging in
the woods just south of here, fully four
miles in length and heavy wind blow
ing it along the track ofthe Fort Wayne,
Marietta and Centre Railroad, and
threatening the track and bridges with
destruction"
A Dayton special to the same paper
says: "The woods and fields between
Union City and Greenville and Dodson
and Greenville are on fire in many
places, hundreds of acres being covered
with flames. In the forests the aancs
have climbed to the tops Of the ,talbest
trees and present terribly; grand spec,
tacle at night" Forest fires are also rag
ing in the vicinity Of Oxford; LoganS
Crestline, New Lexington, Cambridge,
Kenton, Ironton, Be.lefontaine and
Delaware, Ohio, Rushyille, Indiana and
Russell, Kentucky. There is great scar
city of water at all these points. -.
Forest fires are raging from Bsinbridge
to Bonneville. Ross county, Ohio, n dis
tance of sir miles. A Gazette special re-
ports them bad on the Cleveland, Sam
dusky and Columbus railroad. being
worse at Canton forest, Bellefontaine and
'Urbana. High winds tonight increases
the devastation and danger.
Texas Appointments.
WASHINGTON, October 30.-Thos. p.
Ochiltree has been suspended from the
office of Marshal of the Eastern district
of Texas, and Lemuel D. Evans appoint
ed in his place. Evans was formerly a
Judge in Texas and an ex-member of
Congress.
Sidney p. Gambia has been appointed
postmaster at San Antonio, Texas; jacob
G. Otis is appointed postmaster at Glen
wood, Iowa, vice Newell suspended.
The Louisiana Prisoners.
New ORLEANS. October 30.-Five
hundred real estate owners of the parish
of st. Martin, just arrived to offer them
selves as bondsmen for the seven st. Mar
tinsville prisoners. DOrcourt Dugas and
+. FARO Sinia, of that Parish, were arrest
cd yesterday.
4 squad of cavalry passed through
here last night 10 arrest Agricole Gree
omberg, of st. Mary's Parish, and Dr.
GAY, of Iberia. They have just returned
with DR.. Gay, Greeomberg, hearing of
their coming, put out. 1t is rumored that
many arrests are to be made here to-day
Railroad Conductors' Convention.
ST. LOUIS, October 30.-The Railroad
Conductors Convention this morning
continued the discussion of the Constitu-
ton and Bylaws, adopted both, and
are now electing officers for the ensuing
wear. What is known as the disability
clause. and which has been the most inn
portant matter before the Convention,
was adopted in such form as to allow
the members to insure against death or
disability, or both, as they may select,
but the insurance against one does not
cover the other.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President, j. w. Seymour; first Vice
President, NJ. S. jay; second, John L.
Blood; Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph
Culbertson; Executive Committee, John
W. Moore, K. J. Snivcly and John
Dskin.
The next session will be held at New
York at the call Of the President.
After the passage of the usual resolu-
tions the convention adjourned.
About 100 members will start to-mor-
row on an excursion to Denver, Colorado,
the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Pacific
railroads having rendered train OF cars
for that purpose.
The general freight agents have been
spending the day in drive around town
and visit to points in the suburbs.
Most Of them leave for home tonight.
A boiler in the Vulcan Iron Works,
South 81. Louis, exploded to-day about
noon, badly scalding three men and
lightly injuring several Others.
salt Lake News.
SALT LAKE October S0.-The Union
Pacific Express, westward, was nne
hours late arriving at Ogden last night;
and reported ten inches snow on the road
between Ogden and Evanston.
The Grand Jury has adjourned for
three weeks from Monday, but the com.
missioners from that body will, in the
meantime, examine the city and terrific
rial prisons, and investigate the city,
county and territorial accounts in regard
to the article which appeared in the Salt
Lake Herald of October 18th, in connec-
tion with An article copied from the Nlr-
pinia Independent charging Judge Nc
Kean with appropriating the Silver
Shield and other mines. The Grand
Jury will make report that they mao
examined into the matters referred to in
the special charge relating to the libel
lous allegations in the Herald of the 18TH
inst, and find that the allegations SO
made are utterly grcundless; that the
evidence addueed before the Grand Jury
npon this special matter was uniformity
on the indications Of the honesty, integ-
rity and impartiality Of the Chief JUS
tice; that while they condemn the attack
on the Chief Justice, yet the freedom OF
the press is so essential 10 the general
welfare that they do not deem it advisa-
hle At this time to indict the editors Of
that paper. 81 L. ...-C-
Ocean Steamers
uoxnoS October 30.-The steamships