The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-23
Another Heavy Failure-Liabilitie
Nearly S2,OO0,OOO.

tailed mere to-day. lne nrm OpeTaLeu
extensiveIyin slaves and barrel headings,
both in this city and at Saline near Terre
Haute, and at the latter place the Com
pany had store for the benefit OF their
operatives. The dullncss of the times
and the occasional taking OF bad paper,
gradually crippled the firm, the busi.
ness of which extended in the hundreds
of thousands OF dollars, and finally
this crippling has eliminated in meet
ing of the creditors and the appointment
of William p, Gallup, of The Meridian
National Bank, Henry II. WOolly, OF
the Greens burg First National, and Will
liam NJ. Bell, of The Huntington FIRST
counts and save what can be saved.
These gentlemen, with John NJ. Butler
rs attorney for the creditors, are now at
work, and ,at noon to-day 1t Is
estimated liabilities ut $l95, 1921 and
assets ut $l5j, go II, leaving all appar-
ent deficit of $40, 3O22O. Tho debts are
principally among the banks. Rumor
gives the following number of banks as
those holding paper for the amounts
named: First National Bank, Green
burg. $4,000; Central Bank, this city,
$500; Indiana Banking Co., small
amount; Mcrcdian National Bank, this
city, S2O.OO0 $4,000 of which is in
secured paper \ large part of the bank
Indebtedness, including the Grccnsburg
bank, is secured, Nutting y Co, being
simply cndorscrs. The First National
bank of Huntington, 50 200, of which, 1t
is expected, $1,000 will prove good
commercial paper The firm gave en-
ploymcnt to II great number Of employees,
and failure of 80 cntcrpriSing u firm
can be regarded in no other light than
public calamity.
The French Sufferers.
NEW YORK, July 22.-Thc French
musical societies of this city contemplate
holding a grand concert for the benefit
Of the sufferers from the floods in France.
Tammunv Hall has been offered free for
that purpose. The French Committee
Of Relief have 5000 dollars on hand,
which will be Immediately forwarded.
Losses of FIRE Insurance Companies.
New YORK. July 22.-A summary of
the losses of the fire insurance companies
for the first six months this year shows
that they aggregate more than the entire
losses of 1874. The losses this year have
fallen not upon great cities, but chiefly
upon country towns on property destroy.
ed, in which insurance companies have
paid ahout ST, 100000.
Death oran Honest Indian Agent.
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 22.-Major
William Henry Forbes, an old citizen Of
this city, and one Of the very few really
honest Indian agents ever known in the
United States. died ut jamestown Tues
day. He had been agent for the upper
Sioux Indians at Fort Totten for several
years, and he died poor.
Case Of Waddy Tnompsou.
MEMPHIS. July 22-Thc case OF Wud-
dv Thompson progresses slowly and Is
complicated one, involving Il partnership
in business houses and attempts TO obtain
pos,r-siou of goods by means Of q rcplc-
vim bond, together with charges of horse
stealing. 1t Is thought that several
beside, those indicted will be implicated.
b. f. Carroll, one Of the parties indicted
Jointly with Thompson, having turned
States evidence, and shown conspiracy on
the part of Thompson and Arnctt to
obtain goods By means Of fraudulent rcp.c-
vim bonds.
Crops Damaged I'm the Ohio valley.
CINCINNATI, July 22.-Thc reports re-
cciycd here tonight. from the entire
length of the Ohio Valley show that
one of the heaviest rain. OF the season
has fallen in the past twcnty-four hours,
doing great damage to the growing
crops aud threatening an overflow IN the
river bottoms. Ten thousand acres OF
corn are reported under water IN the
Wabash bottom, and that stream rising.
Both forks of the Licking river in Ken
tucky, are reported bank full and rising.
The streams in ONO are also reported a
swelling rapidly. The kanawha river
at Charleston, West Va, has risen -
feet IN the last twcnty-four hours, and Is
still rising. The Ohio river here, to-
night, is rising at the rate of three inches
per hour, and an ususual stage of water
ut this season Of the year is expected.
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CINcINNATI, July 22.-At Newark,
ONO tonight, terrible accident &C.
CURED resulting in the serious
and perhaps fatal burning of number of
persons. a test was to be made OF a fire
cXtinguisher and building had been
erected by consent Of the City Coun-
ell, which was 10 be fired for the occasion.
1t was thoroughly saturated with coal
oil. and during the preparations it pre-.
mnturcly took lire. and nm explosion en-
sued. severely burning d. c. Winegari.
ncr. Mayor Hon. J. B. Jones. Charles
Hamilton. Street Commissioners and a
LriJoc contractor from Toledo and some
dttrrn or twenty other men and bows.
some Of tbr latter, it is Thought. nrc
G,,oIlv burned
n,...;., ,,,orrcx Fisher. c,..
W,tmryGTny INV 54-TLr removal
or District Attorney Fisher is merely
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