The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-06
Omaha Items.

! Conference closed here to-day. Bishop
Bowman, who presided for Sterling, il
| i'll to-day.
Mrs. 0. P. Hartford, wife of a wei
known citizen, died to-day.
! Judge Fkld and party and Jane
Gamble, GSeral Superintendent Of the
Western Uhion Telegraph Company a
San Franciseo, passed here, east bound, to
day.
Peter McCathcran shot and instantly
/ killed Il man named Fawnce at Lone
Tree, Nebraska. Saturday evening. Nc
Catheran was lodged in Jail.
Convention OF Firemen.
ST. LouIs.- October 5.-The Second
Annual Convention ofthe chiefengineerS
of the fire departments Of the various
cities of the Union met in the Mercan-
tile Library Hall to-day, and was called
to order by President Domrell, Of Boston,
who extended hearty welcome to the
delegates.
\ committee of five was appointed to
select officers for the Convention, who,
after brief consultation, reported III.
Clay Sexton, of st. Louis, Prcsi-
dent, with seventeen Vice Presidents;
Ii. II. Raymond, of Cambridge Mass,
Recording Secretary; VI. Chase, of
Bloomington, Illinois, Corresponding
Secretary; three Assistant Secretaries.
and Thos. F. NevinS, of Brooklyn, New
York, Treasurer. The report was
adopted.
President Sexton took the Chair, and
returned thanks for the honor.
A committee was then appointed on
Order of Business. and the Convention
adjourned until tomorrow to give the
committee time to report.
Agricultural Fair.
The Fourteenth Annual Fair of the
st. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, opened to-day at the extcn-
sive and highly improved grounds four
miles from the city. The weather was
very fine and the attendance unusually
large for the opening day. According
To a custom established several wears ago,
all children il the city
under twelve years of age admitted
free. under standing invitation of the
Association, and over twenty thousand
little pcople were present. Several depart
mrnts are incomplete to-day, but every
thing is being rrpidly arranged and all
CLASSES will be- larger and much finer than
ever before. This is notably so in stock,
machinery and agricultural implement
departments, all of which are overflow
inr. and AN extensive addition to the
former buildings had to BE- made. The
premiums for trotting and running races,
amount to over $1,000, and will be- com
prted for by some Of the finest trOtterS and
thoruughhrcdS in the country. The num-
Der of entries thus far made, reaches
nearly 5000, against about 1000 last year.
Forger at Large.
KINGSTON. y. V, October "a man
giving the maine of Charles K. Ballard,
of New York city, to-day called at the
First National Bank of Rondant, and
presented the cashier letter of introduc-
ton. purporting to be signed by George
Opdvke d Co., of New York, and a check
for 5000 on the Third National Bank,
of New York, signed Geo. Opdyke Il Co.,
and certified by letter. The cashier sus-
pccting fraud, telcgraphed to New York,
and discovered that it was forgery.
Ballard escaped.
Affairs i'm Alabama.
WASHINGTON, October 5.-The fol-
lowing letter has been received at the
Po>tofficc Department from special
agent sent to investigate the murder OF II
colorcd route agent in Alabama about II
month ago:
Il have Just had warrants issued
against nine Of the murdercrs of Thomas
Inev. idcluding the sheriff ofthis county,
and will proceed to make arrests imme-
diately. The reign of terror in this
county at present far exceeds anything of
the kind have ever SEN. Armed
bodc, of men are riding over the coun-
try. and the colorcd people are afraid to
90 into the fields to save their crops from
waste and ruin. The right Of free speech
i denied them, and many desire to return
to slavery.
The foregoing letter is dated In tn"
woods near Livingstone, Sumptcr county,
Alabama, September %.
Call OH National Banks.
WASHINGToN. October THE re-
drmption agency has made call upon
the National Banks sine" the suspension
of redemption, for about S1,U0OO0 III
legal tender notes, tn reimburse the
Treasurer for their circulating notes re-
deemed and assorted. Calls Of the same
nature for about Sj,OO0,OOO more will
probably lie made during tn" present
week. When the banks have responded
to thu call, the agency will in ii Comdi-
tion tn resume negotiations. The
force uf tn" agency l. now sutti-
rirnt tn count and aSs0rt bank notes
Il, fat IA they are received, SO that there
is not any likelihood of another su-pen-
sion Of rcdrmptnu-. Hereafter tn" call
will be mad" upon the hanks for relm-
bur-cmouts ~ fat a. their notes are as-
sorted 81 that the calls for any period
will br about equal The redemptions Of
the five per cent deposit leaves So small a
margin for the agency to work upon that
call, must t,c made with great frequency
in order to prevent the exhaustion Of
the fund.
Pension for Garibaldi.
New YORK. October John Ander-
son. If New York. founder Of the school
Of Natural History on Penikese Island,
has written to Garibaldi, enclosing a
draft in his favor. on Ro;hschild,, for
5000 francs, with the announcement that
he had made provision for securing TO
him ike sum annually during hi. lite.
Accidentally Killed.
CLEvELASp October 5.-William
Benson. second mate of the schooner
Richard Win,low. was killed this after
noon while attempting to lower the top
mast Of the hag staff IN the corner Of
Pearl and Washington streets. Benson
was uu tn" cross tree. trying 10 start the
top mast, 10 which was attached pulley
block and tackle. when the -tatf broke
close IN The. top ut the ground. throwing