The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-27
BY TELEGRAPH
TO TIE
WHEELING REGISTER.
Associated Press Report. by Western
Union Line, Office Northwest cor.
of Main aud 18th Sts.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
A Fipn6li~h Deed.

~ bthtttSn
CINCIHNATI. August 2j.-Gus'avC
Humlcr. of jamestown. Greene county
Ohio, while intoNica,ei lu.t evening
made m a,,empt 60 kill his wife, but she
fled across the sLc"t % the house OF II
neighbor HumIer foiloHed and made
an unsuccessful effort to get INTO the
house by breaking the windows. lie
! then tRreatcard to rc.urn IT, the house
and xii the ch 'ldr"n. thin king this threat
would indu"" his wife TO come out. DU,
failing, he returned to his hoL-c aud
procured II table knife, took the infant
! ircm the arms of his little girl, twelve
/ wears old, lpii it on the floor and de-
/ liberntelv cut its throat from ear to ear.
He then threw the child and knllc upon
the bed. and went back and told his wife
what he had done. He was afterwards
arlcsted. lie still regrets he did not
kill his wife.
Chicago Constable.
CHICAGO, August 26.-Consta hce-
gan attempted to levy on some goods
owned by woman named Mates, to
satisfy judgment of twenty-tour dol
lars. Ia the alteration which cnsued
the woman received injuries of which
she has since died.
Kcegan the constable, who wa, re-
cuscd of killing u woman while tevying
on her properly, day before Yesterday,
was to day acquitted by the grand jury
/ \ post mortcm examination shovel that
/ the woman died of heart disease.
The ChorpemuinS and other Gases.
WASuINGroN, August 2G.--Thc At.
torncv General having given mn advance
decision on the puln:s presented IN the
Chorpcnning case, Chorpennng has
ilcd his Application i"r relief On account
T of the mail contract peudn- m lI" Court
+ ot Cltims The amount involved Is siJj.-
+ 900. About S225. 600 has been awarded
/ bv the Court, in twcnir-tour cases, for
captured. stolen and abandoned pro-
, percy. anI VIII be- paid. An appeal hns
been taken by the Government in the
other cases reported on by the special
I Commission, involving between 500.
600 and 100000 Among tn latter is
that of Robert NJ Douglas, son of the
late Senator Douglas, in whose favor an
award of SlG@@, lIO was made on account
of captured and abandoned cotton on the
/ estate of his grandmother, in Mississippi.
Attack on and Murder OF Circus Men.
BATHURST, n. B., August 26.-This
morning while Gibbs Menn@"ric was
Getting under way for thi, pIn"e, three
men crawlcd up within fifty yald- o.. :,
tent occupied by the canvass men and
| fired two shots out OF guns, instantly h'l-
/ ling William Spca"iug, "f Cal. Maine,
( andl dangerously wouud.ng Amos N"g-
/ ncr, of Liverpool, Ms. After firing, the
/ men ran toward the shore, their tracks
/ being seen after thy jumped oyer the
cltl. The Sheriff ami IL large posse with
/ the coroner immediately LETT in search O.!
the murdcrcrs. The only reason known
tor the mErdcr IS II dispute that arose be-
| tween the circus men and some rough,
who were trying TO gain udmittnu.n
without paying, last night.
steps to Force DunCau. Sherman A
Co, iniO Bankruptcy.
New YORK. August 26.-Sidncy Root
merchant at No. 90. Broadway, has is
sued cncular, asking the creditors OF
nn',',.,,r,, ,,''y,' n.tn throw tb"t firm into
bankIup.sy. Mr.. Root to.day, said that
be- had received favorable replies from
persons it.st ,' .InG oon '''''''' ~ "
"'''o"'' VI "'o"'
More KuKluN OutraScs.
CINclNNATI, August 26.-Tu">day
evening 'p'ec ',',,NrI M no''e.'," . .S1,,''
the rt9''c'cg .. ~ .i"'"'i I.'' ',''' ~ ~
ing near Ne" lla'y"' i"G'"'.", ~
MAINS was "o't"' i'"', VI. ',"S,, ''','
t'e mas NEu men, "''% "''e ''''o,' '', ,.
n"rl''e ol ,'fu"r, '""N PISo,,I'".a ~ ~,
io"se "';u "fP't tP' NV s"'', ." Tb",.
'"tF ",>l''" " I"''' Wv" ",, T.,
lheh set lIre 70 '"e 'o"'e' ',ItI'' ~.
Troy L's II wiz" 'IS 'pI'I'''s' ~ !" "'''S
ied tearing She Shou'd oc 'n"F"rre''
War Between Panama and '"'""o'"
WAsHlNGToN, August "a t'!e-
So ,...,;.,,. r.,,,,, 1,.,,,,;,, EIr.rd
Simpson commandinr the United STATE
steamer Omaha. which announces that
the State Of Panama has declared war
,goir,, ,hn Government of Colombin.
Thn D,nartm,pt Immediately i,,rrd an
order to Rear-Admiral Mnllauv. com.
nopdino at the North Atlantic station,
to mold his available force in readiness to
proceed without delay t" the l',h,"0>' II
necessary, lor the protection "l N'"'I''
can interests.
Soldiers National Reunion.