Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-26

JNo.htLGoGE, franklin "
Columbus.
GUSrAvuS SwhE. Franklin "
w. II. lluuBArD, Exchange "
ALEN. GRIMES, DAYTON
JNo. HIvLiNG. Nenia "
JuDGE WILLIAMS, Delaware /"
J. =. ATwooD. Chillicothc {"
ALFRED kELLEy, Cleveland "
The first meeting of this Board was held at
Columbus on the 18th inst. Il. SWAN. of Co
lumbus, was unanimously elected President.
and JAS. /. CLhyPooLE. of Chillicothc, Secrc-
tarv.
y better selection for President could not
have been made. The clecticnof judge SWAN
will give universal satisfaction and confidence.
and enable the State institution To start into
operation under the most favorable auspices.
The salary of the President is fixed at 81 900
the Sccretary's at $500. The Executive
Committee arc
Is. swan. Columbus,
ALFRED kELLEY,
ALIEN. GRIMES, DAYTON.
JosEPH OLnS, Circlcyillc.
Contracts for engraving the notes were made
with
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DANFoRrH, Hurry * Co. of New York.
\ portion of the paper will b. delivered at
Columbus by the 9th of August. This will
embrace notes oi the denominations of l.3. )
aud SlO-and every day after that date. a spc-
Gifted number of sheets, say 1000. is to- be- de-
hvcred at the sane place. until the amount Of
these denominations required by the Banks is
supplied. The larger denominations will be
furnished without any unnecessary delay
Cincinnati Atlas.
An officer on board the u. S. schooner On
ka-hy-c, at Norfolk, has furnished the editor
oi the Norfolk Beacon with the following de
scription OF a remarkable phenomenon:
On the night of the 26th MAY, 1915, about
IL O'Clock, we then being in lat. 10 n. Ion.
% W., there appeared one of the most bril-
liant mctcurlC phenomena that | have ever
witnessed. The whole Heavens were illu-
minated, and seemed for a moment as if about
to break out into one extended sheet of flame.
The mctcur itself was about one third the size
oi the full MOON; il appeared nearly in the
zenith, aad travelled with an accelerated We
locity from \. w. TO S. T., performing am
area at about % deg; it then exploded, divi-
ding into several fragments. looking like so
many shooting stars. Between eight and ten
minutes after the explosion, we heard a report
resembling Il distant gun but more prolonged.
like the rolling sound OF distant thunder.
should Judge that we were about 100 miles
from the spot where the explosion took place.
What sensations it would have produced ia
one who could have been within a mile or
Two of IT,. can BIZ but family imagined.
have no doubt that il was AN Hrolite of the
first class. The chaplain, officer of the deck.
and myself were the only officers that had the
pleasure OF witnessing this Phenomenon: and
both concur with me in pronouncing it TO be
truly, %awiulIy grand.
The Baltimore Sun has an account of am oc- J
curTcncc in that city, which shows the fertility
OF female ingenuity and no little boldncss and
skill IN carrying out her plans. Three weeks
ago,a Mrs. or Miss Rogers, Il fine looking wo-
mum, took lodgings in a fashionable hotel. and
represented that She was on a tour through the
principal cities of the Union. She appca,cd
10 be well provided with funds, and dressed
mlgnilicently. Some suspicious were excl
ted respecting her real character, and the bu-
slnesS which took her out daily. and she was
accordingly watched by some of the police
One OF these, after following the gayIy dressed
lady through a number of streets. saw her at
length pop into a very low and mean looking
residence, in am obscure alley. Expecting she
was on some visit of mercy, the officer was
about leaving the spot, when he observed a
person, miserably clad, and exhibiting every
indication OF poverty and sickness emerge
from the house. lie recognized the person to
be the gayly dressed lady who had a few mo-
ments before entered. The officer followed
her, and every house that she entered made
inquiries as to her GRAND. He was informed
thdt she presented a paper stating that she had
AN aged mother. with six children, and "A wild
owed sister, all in deep distress and poverty,
and she solicited the aid of the charitable aud
humane for the collection of sufficient funds
To enable them 10 procure a passage to Ohio.
The landlord of the hotel, when the lady re-
turned, intimated To her that her absence from
the city in twcnty-four hours might save her
board and lodging at the public expense. She
took the hint, and travelled Philadelphia
wards.
TRUE COURAGE.-A London cores
pondent OF the Boston Atlas, writing under
date of the 18th ultimo, SAYS:
n somewhat singular scene took place i'm
the House of Commons. on Monday evening