Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-04
BRIEF TEIEGRAMS,

Dr. John I. Hanna was found dead yes
terdaf morning in New York station
house. Drink supposed to be the cause.
A committee has been appointed al
Toronto to take measures for erecting a
monument to the volunteers, who fell in the
northwest campaign.
John Carpenter, the New York wife muir
derer has been sentenced to be hanged Aug
ust 2Ist.
The Rheelmen are having big time at
their meeting at Buffalo N. Y. Que thous.
and bicyclers paraded the streets Of that city
yesterGey.
The steamship East Anglia passed the
Galia june u. She was in tow of the
steamship River Avon. All were well on
board.
The iron manufacturers Of Mahouing
VALLEY have Withdrawn from the Iron As
sociation.
James N. Day, of New York, has been
sentences to two and one-half years in the
peniteniiary for stealing 800, 900 from the
firm Of Marin & Rhnyon. "a 3 &
A ts]e3ram from Buenos Ayres says: !:
~ The minister d war has resigned. The
Conservative party have chosen Senior Ben.
jamin Gorostiaga president of the republic"
1t is reported that Dr. Galusha A. An
derson, Of the Chicago Baptist University,
has been appointed president of Vassar col
lege.
Twelve Of the bandits that have been so
annoying m Cuba, have been captured.
Mrs. Fame 81. Davis, a niece of JEFF
Davis by marriage, died yesterday, aged 70
years.
A. W. R. Woodbury., for thirty years q
merchant al Danville, H., has made an as.
signment. Assets, $4,000; liabilities,
SIl4,000.
At Worcester, Mass, on Thursday even.
ing, the police arrested Rufe Pine, the Bal
timore bank robber, and George Carson,
the Middletovu robber. Two others Of the
gang escaped.
John Sherman stopped in New York yes.
terday on his route to Woodstock, Conn, to
deliver Fourth of Jaly oration.
The Montsgnais Indians of Labrador are
reported to be starving, owing to the disap-
pearance Of the reindeer, once so plentiful
IN that region.
At a wedding in Mexico a few days ago, a
hand to hsnG'fght occurred between Mexi.
cans and Americans, and three men were
killed.
The refining shop and wareroou of the
Future City oil works, of st. Louis, were
burned yesterday morning. Loss $50, 900.
The representatives of the Yandalia, Bee
Line, Wabash, sad Ohio aud Mississippi
railroads held meeting a. St. Louis on
Thursday sui agreed to restore passenger
rates to the seaboard. No round trip
tickets except tourist tickets will now be is
sued.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company say they have been
swindled out Of $4,000 by western bust
ness men through deception in tTarsporta'
ton.
The Newfoundland duty of 81 per barrel
On Canadian -four went into effect yester
day.
The prosecution against Clark, the gov
ernment architect, have abandoned seven
of the twelve charges ayainst hin. They
relate to imperfections in the work in the
Patent Office and in the Government Print
ing Office and the Capitol.
The new National band at Washington,
Pa, will probably be called the Citizens
National Bank Of Washington, Pa" The
capital stock will be 100000.
Colonel Henry B Clitz, of the Tenth In
fantry, having served iorty years, has, at
his own request, been retired from active
service.
Secretary Bayard is seeking to retain the
Mexican and Central American exhibits at
the New Orleans Exposition till the opening
next fall.
A cyclone passed over Santa Rosa, Mexi
co, killing many cattle and doing much
damsge to property.
Charles W. Ford, who was released from
the House of Correction at Detroit few
days ago. has again been arrested on the
charge of embezslement.
Six trainmen were badly injured in col
lision near Trenton, N. j., yesterday mora
ing.
At Bowie, Texas, yesterday evening, a
quarrel occurred in which a man named
Kerr was shot twice, and will probably not
recover.
Washington, Pa, is to have new Pres
byterian church valued at $4,000.