Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-05

w he 1 III Nc. Va
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 8. 1885, q
1IsThe most destructive results of gthe late
storm at the East TO have breaking
and'carFyings awayof portion Of the damoyer
CIoton river. thus threatening TO cut off supply
of sEater 10 The city of New York. The Mayor,
il will be seen by an extinct from onr exchanges
published to-day, enjoined the strictests economy
lnthe use of water throug hout the city. Before
the pre- else extent of the damage was known, the
most serious consequences were apprehended, as
twas thought thatiin a few day the firenen would
bepowerless, in. the event of a ire. From later
intelligence I'VE are gladto learn thstthe damages
aremotsas great as at first anticipated. The Com
missioner, ina publication issued on Monday even
ang, says:
f.Ihe amount damage. so far as the same has
been asceltained, does not affect the structure OF
the dam, and is confined 10 the North and South
protection walls and the apron, each of which is
50 far destroyed as 10 require rebuilding. The
bridge crossing the river below the dam, construct
ed by the city nt1S50; is entirely destroyed. All
oiler damage consist OF land slides; and injuries
TO the cnlyefts The capacity of The trork for the
supply and deiirery Of 6eleped to be itnin
qaired.S s H. fts5ssl II 81 "a 81 5sFs
of the Protestant Episcopal Church forthe Do
cesesof yirgna, WILDE held this year at Lynch
burgh, commencing on Wednesday, the 18th of
May ~. sesls ~. .ss5
1The Telegraph Fire alarms has now been
ihsdccessfll9 operation in Boston for two years,
and it has thus far answered the most sangninei
expectations. The Boston Transcript in ailn-
ding to its uses. sas that they aresnot confined
tosthe eonyeyanee;o pid Intelligence, but that
the stelegraphshass also decreased the number OF
alarms, apdthus materlalIy reduced the expenses
of the Department. = ~, &
TElEGaAfm AcRoss THE Atlantic New
York Post saysth the last mail from Newton
land brings intelligence OF the charter a COM
pany The title of THE New York. Newfo1nd-
land and London Telegraph Company. ,'eQ The
ultimate obisctof the gentlemen interested in t.is
project is the establishment of submarine tele-
graphto connect Newfoundland with Ireland
The New foundland and London Telegraph Com
Pany have bought The lines already erected by the
Newfoundland Telegraph Company, and have their
plans 50 far advanced as TO believe that st. Johns,
Newfoundland, will ain telegraphic commani-
cation with all the cities in the Union by the end
of September next. sNs
War coxsrirurEs BAooAdE IA decision was
Delivered by Judge Thompson. ofSthe Marine
Court of New York city, last week, ofiimportance
to hotel-keepers and travellers relative to the liza
biliLy of the foImeriwho lost baggage. The ques-
lion as 10 what constitute personal baggage Of
astraseller was enteredinto atlength by the Judge
Gold snuff boxes and. opera glasses are excluded,
while bible andYprayer- book, and a godiletter-
seal valued at ffteendo dollars, are allowed. Judg-
menttgas rendered for, the full amount claimed,
exceptthe snnf-box and opera glass. y
Darn OF a CENrkNARiAa.--4Tte Wfndham
county tGt) Telegraph records tie deaih OF lea.
con Daniel Glars, of Brooklin, at the advanced
age of311l7years six months and one day. s Hewas
born in Chatham, removed to Bfooklia 1885, resi-
dedsthere till 1910, then removed 10 II plymouth,
Cyt.l and thence back TO BFooklin about ten days
to his death, having made the railroad journey of
onehundted and sixty miles from his We rmo nthome
in single day. Though long delayed, death
came suddenly last. He complained Of paia
in his side, and died peacefully within five minutes
thereafter Deacon CLARK belonged TO. family Of
which lonE eyity he's Eeen regularly characteristics.
Roth granlfather and father lived 10 the age of
9f,WhIle his grandmother lived TO the age of o.
Two OF his nncles died nj ths age of 90, one aged
81, one ogsd s6, one agedss4. OF his own gene
ration,two attained tothe. ages resrectiyelyof SO
and 81, while younger brothers and sisters still
living have already passed their .thtee score years
and'ten.'
sEMfoRANTs FOR LIBERIA.--Thes Romney Cva.,)
1Htelligencer states thatEine blacks left that coun.
lyon Thursday last, on their way to Baltimore,
thereto be placed under the care of the Agent OF
the American Colonization Society, 10 be shipped
for the Republic of Liberia. Two of the negroes
were manumitted by Miss Sally Inskeep, deceased,
who provided for the payment of then expenses in
her WILL Three of them were manumitted by w.
lnskeep, deceased, of Indiana; two of them by
Mr.. Isaac A. l. Inskeep, of Ohio. and one by Ma
Ior Jas Gibson, decd of this place, and a child,
born free. The party consists of two men, three
women, and four children.
pThe Archbishop of Paris has.issued a long
address TO the clergy and faithful of his
dioeese-which is elaborate political homily
inaccoFdanceswitA the. views of the government.
It's said thus document will be more operatiye
throughout the country, over which it will be
spread by priests ndsperfects, than any maifesto
from The Department of For ign Affairs. The
French prelate celebrates The conflict. with Rus.
sia as having beenb,ougkt about; by the directin.
teryention of God, and he COUNTS of course, on
the complete success of The allies. A French
ministerial that the war WILDE short,
rapid, and toEadroyante- thundering, stunning.
whitening. Ssss=a
GPThe proposition 10 erect a rnon,,ms,t q,