Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-15
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yound lady in that city $1,000 damages for SLAM
der. After paying the lawyers fees, she devo-
ted the remainder of the amount to charitable
purposes.
4 THE Trenton, n. j., Common Council are
considering ordinance ''to prevent obstruct-
/, ing the walks" &C., which provides, among
other things, that from and after the passage
of this ordinance shall not be lawful for child
ren to roll, or women to wear hoops of over five
feet in diameter, upon any of the sidewalks of
Trenton" If the members of that board de-
sire domestic peace, they viii lnytlat bill under
the table
i WE have another item of consolation for
those nervous mortals who arc standing in fear
of the threatened comet scientific French
gentleman declares that he can prove that the
collision Of a swallow intent on suicide and fiy.
ing full speed against a train of a hundred
carriages, drawn by ten steam engines, would
be thousand times more dangerous for the
train in question, than would be the sirnultan
eous shock of all the known comets against the
earth.
Is Connecticut, the Fourth District elects to
Congress Bishop, Dem, by n majority, the vote
standing Bishop, Den s,4Os, Ferry, American
Republican, $3.50. For Governor, Holey.
American Republican, has 81 1872; Inghan,,
Dem, 3l,O14 The Senate stands 10 Republic
cans to Democrats, and the House, 40 Re-
! publicans to 93 Democrats
Tue Indian massacre reported to have recent
iy occurred on the Des Moines river, in Iowa
is said to be without foundations and to have
been concoeted and sent forth to prevent per-
sons from attending thcland sales in Iowa, com
nencing on the fourth day of May next, ut the
Usage, Fort Dodge and the Sioux city Offices.
WOMAN of about thirty years of age manned
Asenath Mullen, died at the Boston Lunatic
Hospital, on the oath ult., of Justification of the
arteries. a case of death of middle-aged
person, from such disorder, is extremely rare.
a jew BRoEgR" writes to the Journal of
Commerce, that, large quantities of diamonds are
broughtinto the United States by private fami-
lies who visit Europe, and arc afterwards oh.
liged to sell them In this manner at least
! 100000 to $500, 900 worth are annually thrown
into the market; and have, at the present time
upwards of $4,000 worth of diamonds for sale
the whole of which have been placed in nv
hands by private parties, who originally bought
them for their own use" All of which means
that ''our first society,"" on returning from Eu-
rope, are apt to find themselves triile short,
and are consequently obliged to spare "A few cx-
trayagent purchases made in Paris. Diamonds
are always good property, and though an invest
ment in them brings interest, they are sure
to bring their original cost
Mis- MARY j. SuuLTz, of St Louis, has com
menced suit in the Circuit Court for $50 900
damages against Alexander NJ Mitchell, of St.
Joseph, for breach of promise of marriage 1t
appears from the petition Of plaintiff that she
was engaged to defendant, and that the marriage
was to have taken place Mt the Second Presby
tcrian Church on Monday evening, April 9TH,
but the defendant refused to fulfil his engage.
ment although every preparation had been
made, and the guests invited. Defendant now
in St Louis, and is said to have an income of
100000 per annum.
TIE Washington Union learns that an able pa
per on this OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has been prepared
ma by eminent medical gentleman, and will be
read before the National Institute atits nextmeet-
ing. 1t is said that it does not endorse the opin-
ion advanced by the Board of Health, and we
trust that it will lead to discussion of the
matter which will satisfy the public mind. AS
the matter now stands, the country is flooded
with rumors, some of them limiting at delibe-
rate attempt to poison the inmates of the hotel.
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STocE SALES IN BouEuoN.-The Paris Ky1
f2'tg has the following report ofsaes at the last
meeting of the Bourbons on their regular MONTH
ly court day:
Two year old mules sold at $127 per head
"a do at 1920, d do $I07 80 do iIG. Others
down to 90, ycarlings at $g5 aud $50 and aslow
as sou; cattle ~ OF mixed ages at $24, 80 3
year olGis at+S26, others at $50, &c. Cattle were
/ dull sale; the severe cold weather frightened
those who intend to buy for grazing. One woke
| OF oxen sold Mt Sl35; horses sold from $40 to
$l5U. The money market was active though
/ not us much so as last court day, when it was
estimated that 81 SOC, 600 changed hands, nego-
table paper discounted at 10 to 1a per cent
The greatest activity was in the whisky market:
immense quantities of old Bourbon changing
| hands at l0c. drink.
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BAD EcoNoNv.-The Hagerstown (NId) ToreL.
Light states that one of the wcalthies farmers of
Washington county stopped his subscription to
that journal upon the score of economy. If
two dollars per annum for good weekly news.
paper, which conveys information equal To the
amount of that small sum in every number. is
economy, then indeed, must we pity the opu-
lent farmer.
ACCIDENT TO \ RoNAN c AruoLIc Brsuop-Nye
learn by the Portland argus that the Right
Rev Bishop Bacon, of Portland, while engaged,
on Monday, in preparing the altar in the Catho-
lie Church for the devotional services of Holy
Week, fell from ladder, and was precipitated
against settee, breaking his right arm, iractu-
ring the elbow joint, and producing severe
eOntusioh of the hip and right side.
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