Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-19
BRIEF TEtEGRAMS.

| Domestic.
Mar, June Parsons has obtaincian abSo.
lutte divorce rom Judge Parsons, Of New
York.
The new hominy mills at Lafayette, Ind,
burned yesterday Loss $4,000. lnsur-
ancc S29, 900.
The New York Abolition Reunion will
celebrate the centennial of the prO-slaVcry
riots of 1884.
T. VI Cook. wealthy Selbyville, Ind,
furniiurc dealer has been found dead. Foul
I!ay Suspccte1z
ut1iTbbitiatT-ts HpU ptop- -lsga.= =tsrs-ts~n
saloon building and set it on fire.
Oliver Garfield at Washington, Indiana,
killed Nellie Ghetkie to whom he was to
have been married in a few days. Jealousy
The Ohio Prohibitionists at Columbus
yesterday nominated State ticket.
Hon. Ezra B. Taylor, Of Cambridge,
Ohio. has been elected President of the
Ohio Womans Suffrage Association.
Iowa Republicans yesterday nominated
George Nichols, OF ofNOrthfeld. for Governor.
Vermont Republicans Yesterday nomin-
ated +. II. Powell tor Auditor, andendorsed
Blaine
John Callahan 4 Son, Wholesale liquor
dealers, Louisville assigned. Liabilities
100000.
Hon. W. H. Springer has been rcnOn'-
mated for Congress from the Thirteenth Hi
nois Congressional district
The Zoo theatre at Leadville burned ye,
teriay. Loss $4,000. Three men lost
their lives.
Washington.
Attorney Bliss SAYS Blaine nor any one
else asked him TO favor Dorsey in the S.ar
Route trial.
The Joint meeting Of the House commit
tees on appropriations ard foreign affairs
will not meet until this morning owing 10
the absence OF Senator Hill They will
consider the Nicaragua canal commission.
There is an impression that there is some
hidden design, and unless the matter is
fully and satisfactorily explained the apPro
prution will be refused by the House. 1t is
alleged that the amount asked for is but
small part Of what will be required to carry
ont the purposes Of the State Department
1t is further charged that the old company,
which claimed to own the concession, will,
in the event the Government reviyes the
grant. present the claim Of million and a
half Of dollars for their interest. There are
some half dozen prominent New York
parties interested in this. among whom are
Gen. Grant Gen. Beals and Capt Phelps,
the latter having just returned from South
America. The committee intend 10 give
this rubject thorough scrutiny before taking
action.
The Porter bill goes back to the House.
The Middleton bank affair turns out 10 be
one Of the meanest swindles ever perPe-
trated. Middleton plundered even his own
family. He cut open and Jook from enyel-
open securities left with him for safe keep
ing.
The English investigation was continued
and many witnesses were examined. Mr..
English viii not be examined until after
Hoar and Kasson have testified.
The President and Secretary Of War
have left New York for Washington.
The Utah bill passed the Senate BY
vote Of 80 yeas TO Is NAYS. The bill pro-
vides that lawful husband or wife may be
compelled to testify in prosecutions for big
amv. polygsmy or unlawful eohabitstiOn.
Prosecutions may he commenced within
period Of FIVE wears after the ofense. Ev-
ery marriage ceremony in any Territory OF
TIE United States shall be certified in Srt-
ink, and shall give names of all persons
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