The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-03
Fatal Mistake ofa Drug Clerk.

was fatally poisoned today, and died in
q few hours after. Corrett had been i'll
with fever for some days, but was get.
ting better to-day. His nurse went to a
prominent physician and was given a
prescription, calling for two ounces OF
castor oil and one drachm of turpentine.
THIS paper was taken to a drug store, and
although it was written very plainly,
the drug store clerk misunderstood it,
and instead ot castor oil put up croton
oil. The sick man soon after took half
an ounce of this terrible mixture, and
was corpse in few hours.
Destructive Tornado.
AUGUSTA, GA, May IA fearful
tornado struck Columbia, 5. c. at half-
past five o'clock this afternoon. The
steeple of the Presbyterian Church was
demolished and the roof of the market
house blown off. Although hundreds
were in the neighborhood, no one WAS
seriously injured. The depots of the
Greenville & Columbia and South Car
olina Railroads were unroofed and ether
wise damaged. TresS were uprooted in
every direction. Only one death is re-
ported.
The storm struck passenger train on
the Georgia Railroad, just leaving Kut-
ledge. Doctor Montgomery's house, near
Rutledgc was blown over, and his son
four years old was blown away. John
Norton's wife and child, at Covington,
were badly hurt.
New Orleans DeiaIcatiOns.
NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-The city de.
faulted on the interest and bonds matur-
ing to-day. The Louisiana Leyee Com
pany also failed to pay the interest on
its bonds.
An Express Robbery.
MEMPHIS, May 2-On the Sth of jan
uary last three masked men entered the
southern express office at Corney, Ark,
on the Cairo " Fulton railroad,
and demanded all the money and yalua-
bles from the agent, who gave them his
watch and $500, including hundred
dollar bill sent by lawyer of Dresden,
Tenn, and the robbers left. Since then
Superintendent VIM. Willis and the
route agent have been quietly at work
trying to trace the robbers. \ few
weeks since the identical hundred dollar
bill was found in country store
in Southern Missouri and traced
back to Carney, to widow Montgomery,
and now named Jackson. The latter
was arrested and implicated Bud Mont
gomcry and Ben Hale. The latter con
ies.ed TO the robbery OF the express
office, and that Jackson was the leader in
this and numerous other robberies. While
being taken to Jail by a guard Of five
men. jackson threw his OverCOat over the
head of the nearest guard and ran, and
though fired at several times succeeded
in making his escape. The rest Were
placed in jail to await trial. Superin-
tendent Willis thinks Jackson is Bender,
chief of the Gads Hill robbers,
yellow Fever at Hey West.
WASHINGTON, May A letter re-
ceived here from a naval officer at Port
Royal, who is in direct communication
with the assistant surgeon at Key W est,
saws there have been two more deaths
from yellow fever at that point and
several new cases haveappeared. ! .6sl.9
Funeral Of Mrs. Conway.
New YORK. May 2.-Ihc funeral of
the late Mrs Z. B. Conway, manaserc,s
of the Brooklin Theatre, took place to-
day from the Church of Our Father,
Brooklyn, and was attended by many
well known citizens of New York and
Brooklyn, and bymost ofthc prominent
actors OF both cities. The floral offerings
were profuse and of the most exquisite
designs Most Of the theatres joined in
decorating the ca.ket and pulpit with
flowers. The following gentlemen acted
as pail bearers: Mayor Hunter, Lester
Wallack, Judge McCue, VIM. J, King
ley, Joseph Proctor, Jadge Frew, W..
Florence and Max c. Woods. The re-
mains were inferred i'll Greenwood Gene.
Tor