The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-01
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Rev. ii. w. Beecher on His Troubles.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Rev. ii. w. Beecher on His Troubles.
New YORK, February 27.-Rev. Hen
~ Ward Beecher in his lecture last night,
touched the scandal as follows: "For
thirty wears have preached TO you and
have tried TO expound the word of God
to YOU. and in my old age, my Father.
has seen fit to atfiict me with severe and
prolonged trial. am not half so anx-
ious about the result OF this trial, as that
shall live during its continuance, and
after its termination pray that my ex-
ample may be that of trusting, patient
follower of Christ. And | pray that
your many prayers may be answered,
simply that may be known to you as II
Christian The termination of his in.
vocation WAS, Help Us so to live that
we may be able to say, Thy will be done,
if Thou art with us, who can be against
u.s.
Messrs. J. Ii. and q. &. Robinson, and
Franklin Woodruff, publish a card this
morning in answer to portions OF Tracys
opening address, and say Moulton has
been partner Of the firm Of Woodruff
II Robinson for more than ten wears;
that his conduct has always been frank
and lust, and that the dissolution OF the
firm has not been influenced BY the
Tihon- Beecher controversy, but was re-
solved upon year ago.
Bandiiii i'm Pennsylvania.
lIAZLETON. PA February 21.-This
morning the miners who are on 81 strike,
10 the number of about three hundred,
drew the fire from under the boilers,
stopped the pumps, set fire to the engine
house and shot the engineer. There are
apprehensionS of rough times around
here, and men are gathering in large
numbers. At Highlands, three miles from
here, serious disturbances have taken
place two men being badly beaten.
Police have been sent TO Buck Mountain
to start the pumps.
More Banditti.
HAZELToN, Pa, February 2S.-For
the past week three hundred armed
miners have been marching through the
country intimidating the men at work,
breaking into houses and wrccking them,
and this evening shot one anti-striker.
Locomotive Works burned.
/ SCRANTON, PA, February 27.-The
/ Clih Locomotive Works in this city,
owned BY the Dickson Manufacturing
/ Company, was completely destroyed by
fire this morning The building contain
ed very valuable machinery, three loco
motive, just completed, and material
10 put together eleven others Loss
/ 300, 900. insured for SlSj0OO, princi-
/ pally in New York companies. Two
| hundred and fifty men ARE thrown ont Of
/ employment.
The Great Library Lottery.
( louisville, February 21.-The Ii
( brary drawing was in progress last night
and the managers announced that only
| 3s per cent Of the tickets having been
/ sold, the prizes would be scaled in the
same proportion. The capital prize,
which was So, 900 was drawn by ticket
numbered So, 20; the .cond prize, S@S,-
900 was drawn by ticket numbered
/ lO,O7j.
The library drawing concluded this
afternoon. 1t is known that one-iifth of
/ the capital prize is owned in St Louis,
one tenth in Waterproof, Louisiana, and
onr.tcnth in Vicksburg, Miss.
Pacific Mail Investigation.
! w ASHINGToN. February Il
/ The report of the WAYS and Means
/ Committee, in regard to the Pacific Mail
| Investigation concludes rs follows:
In order that another Congress may
have it in its power to pursue this inquiry
until the guilty parties, if any, are dis
1 covered. and that the disgrace belonging
| to such discovery may attach exclusively
| to the individuals involved, and not rest
upon the Forty-sccond Congress, as II
| body they recommend that the evidence,
and especially that relating to the money
! paid to those two persons King and
| Schumukerj and to the action of Alden
/ L. Stockweil, be delivered tothC Clerk of
/ the House of Representatives, 10 be laid
/ by him before the next House, of which
J. T. Schumacher and William ). King,
are members elect. Mr.. King is not
member of the present House
and not within lis jurisdiction,
and the Committee is not
prepared to make any recommends
/ tion affecting him except rs embraced i'll
the accompanying resolutions. 1t Is
evident that the testimony Of Mr.. Stock
well may be of vital Importance to the
credit Of Mr.. Schumaker's evidence. The
committee therefore think that it may
better tend to adjust the disposition Of
his case to give opportunity for further
evidence, with the strongest motive on
the part of this witness TO furnish
| satisfactory exclamation in connection
with these disbursements. The enor.
NOUS "vi' attending the existence Of
IN uhf"Su.a''d ioooy with license to
appear before committees and urge
thr measures upon the members upon the
fraudulent pretehSe th"t th'y are private
!! retained py interested parties calls Tor
lurC,'' reg l"I'o".
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