Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28
NEWSLETS.
Interesting Pieces of Photographic News in
Small Space.

Interesting Pieces of Telegraphic News In
Small Space.
Capt Joseph Nixon. one of the Oldest
! steamboatmen on the Western rivers, and
( known Dy all river men from Pittsburg 10
| New Orleans, died yesterday morning at
| Pittsburg, from the effect Of grip contract
! ed year ago. The deceased was 6S years
of age.
a circular was issued yesterday by the
re-organized Allegheny Valley railway an
nOuncing the election by the directors oil
| w. II. Barnes, as President, and there ten
ton OF David McCargo as General Super
| intendent, and James =. Anderson as Gen
! eral Passenger Agent. Before the reorgan-
! ization Mr.. Barnes was receiver. The
! company is now under the control OF the
| Pennsylvania railroad.
The New York weekly bank statement
! shows the following changes: Reserve,
! decrease s, ,SS1, $50; loans, increase 81 3O9,
| 600; specie, decrease 81, ,137, 800; legal ten
ders, increase 81, ,l69, 200; deposits, increase
! $611 900; circulation, increase $1,000. The
| banks now hold So, ,96S, 700 in excess OF tue
requirement Of the 25 per cent. rule.
The family of Councilman Paper, OF
| Allegheny, Pa, is sadly afflicted. Within
! three days three children have died from
|
| expected to live.
Bella and Susan Hogg, aged respectively
| II and 10 years, daughters OF David Hogg,
| a prominent contractor of BraddocK, Pa,
are mysteriously missing. They started to
! school Friday morEing and have not been
| seen since. The police have been notlhed,
| but as yet have found no trace Of the young
girls.
Hanlan and O'Connor have signed art
| icles of agreement Tor double scull race,
which is to take place on May 30 at Point
| Of Pines. The match is between them and
| John Teemer and George h. Hosmer for
| the championship of the world and $1,000
| side.
! At Ashland, Wis, Thomas Kennard, a
well-known pugihst, died last night, death
| being due to excessive drinking.
| Ex.Judge +. Carroll Brewster, Of Phila-
| delphia, who has Just arrived from the
| West Indies, says that he learned from an
authentic source while on his trip that
! Gideon w. Marsh, the fugitive president
| Of the defuuct Keystone Bank, is IN Buenos
! Ayres, where he is engaged in business
| and reported to be doing wei. Juoge
| Brewster was informed that while Marsh
! is going under an assumed name, 1t is very
| generally known there who he is, and that
! no special pains are taken by him TO con-
| ceal his identity.
Bya dynamite explosion at North Grove,
| Ind, a small town, yesterday, the only
| saloon in the town was blown TO atoms,
! For two years past the temperance element
| has been trying 70 have the saloon re-
moved, and the feeling was very bitter
agaiustit.
At wedding feast near Minda. ILL.,, last
night, a floor gave way precipitatlng large
number of guests into the cellar, together
with a large stove, a boiler full OF hot
| water, table full of dishes, etc. There was
! the widest excitement for few minutes
Many were severely injured but 1t is
! thought all will recover.
AT Moline, H., fire, late last night, burn
! ed the electric light plant and caused con
| siderable damage to the property OF the
water company adjoining. The loss IS
! $4,000.
| Ex-Market Clerk Hastings, Of Allegheny,
convicted of embezzlement, was sentenced
Yesterday TO pay fine OF six cents, and un'
! dergo an Imprisonment Of eight months IN
! the county Jail. The shortage was made W
Yesterday by Hastings friends.
IF. Shaw, ex-Sheritf of Puma county,
Arizona, has been arrested by United
! States Marshal Paul, charged with SNUG
! ElQE CdLlle III Af4OAlSp tAlAA SN
payment of duty at Tres Pellotes. Shaw
was released on bail.
A dispatch has been received at San An
tonic stating that party Of Cara revolu-
| tionists has been located at La Gala Basin,
! in Seapata county, Texas.
! At Mariana, Ark, two little negro girls,
Yesterday, were burned TO death In a
| shanty. The children were locked in the
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| sent.
At Cincinnati, Mrs +. F. Harper, wife
| Of the well known eX.banker, now In the
! Columbus penItentiary for transactions
! with the Fidelity National Bank, yester-
| day won a suit for $4,000 Mrs. Harper is
| in destitute circumstances.
| Senator Allison, of Iowa, speaking of
! Governor Boies, as a Democratic Presi-
/ Dental candidate, said he could not carry
| his own State but that he would be prom
/ inent fSctor in the Chicago convention
/ and would have his State delegation.
The sale of seats for the Ryan-Needham
! contest at the Metropolitan Club, New Or
! leans. has been very large. Crowds OF
| sports are arriving, and thousands Of do!
| lars will change hands. Betting is still in
! favor of Needham at about 800 to $50.
! In the House yesterday Representative
! O'Neil presented resolutions of the Uni
! Yersal Peace Union, protesting against the
! removal of the Southern Utes.
The Indian Boarding School at the Win.
! nebago Agency, Nebraska, was destroyed
| by FIRE last night with all its contents
| Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
! At Sedalia, Mo, the search for the fugi.
tive assailant Of Mrs. Charles Taylor still
| continues, but without result. Large par
/ ties OF citizens of all classes are out scour-
! ing the country, \ negro answering the
description of the iend has been arrested
/ at Van Buren, Ark.
AT Rochester, Pa, Carl Hartman, aged
| Is wears, and Edward Chaffee, aged II
/ wears. died, last evening, from eating roots
/ supposed TO be sassafrass. Mrs. Martin
! Hartman and her daughter Louisa, 6yearS
old, are in a dangerous condition from the
/ same cause.
Hugh Duffy signed with the Boston Clut
/ Yesterday for the season Of 1892.
At Butte, Mont, three men were killed
| in the Anaconda mines, yesterday, the re
suit Of falling ground. The names OF the
dead are, Jeffrey Kane, Thomas Carol
and Frank Z. Doyle.