Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-18
THE NTELLIGENCER
NEWS SUMMARY.

TOLEDO, o., is a hcatheIiSh place. Rev. Mr..
Shalfer, missionary, has been active among
the poor of the suburbs during the winter
Among others he aided an Irish family named
Staplcton. The other day lie called in their
shaRly to see why the children did not attend
school. Stapleton answered him with Gruif
oath, and seizing an axe asSailed him with the
fury of rnadman. Shaifcr got out of the way
of the blow and knocked the Tuillan down. 4
large party took sides with the Irishman, but
the missionary succeeded in fighting his way
out, losing his hat and cane, and having his
coat hopelcssly rent, aud his head uncomforta-
bly, pummelcd This is strange duty for mis-
sionary.
IL Toront1 the other day, the police were no.
tilted that a colorcl man named Cotbird was in
the habit of abusing his child They repaired
to his house and found little girl behind the
door, her head and face covered By wire work
or muzzle locked behind with a small brass pad
lock. By means of this instrument, she was
unable to either cat or drink. The only reason
assigned by Cotbird for his treatment was that
the child was exceedingly tlievish of cstables
and drinkaLles
TuE Roman Catholic Bishops Of Philadelphia,
Eric, Wheeling, Richmond, Charleston, Savan-
nah, and the Vicar of Florida, have been order
ed by the Most Rev. Archbishop of Baltimore to
assemble in that city on Sunday, May ID, for
the purpose of dclberating upon matters of In
terest to the church at large.
AN Irishwoman living in New Bedford, about
so years of age, few days since, while sitting
at the table, had just taken cup of tea in her
hand, and remarked, when her age was alluded
to- that she hoped 'the Lord would take her
home before long" Her hand was observed to
tremblc; she leaned back in her chair, and died
instantly
The Council Bluffs Bugle of the I'd inst. says
'"rhe land office in this city was open for rri-
vate entry on the 23d ult., and at the closing of
the Office Oh Saturday evening, over eghty-four
thousand acres had been entered, being an aver
age of near seventeen thousand acres per day
The entries mostly made with land warrants,
and mostly on speculation"
DIR. LIVINGSTON, the renowned African travel
er, in recountng his difficulties with wet, soak
ing rains and crossing streams, says: "The
armpit was the only safe place for carrying the
watch, for there it was preserved from rains
above and waters below"
The n. o. Delta's story about the re. opening of
the African slave trade is not very generally cred
tied, yet the Vicksburg Southron says.,it has good
reason for believing the statements true. Wild
Africans, it asserts, have really been imported
nto both Mississippi and Louisiana.
SAYS the Philadelphia Ledger-"The New
York papers state that several remarkable con-
versions to religion have taken place in that
fha .En
hard cases, hut in Philadelphia still greater
conversion is reported for an old mote shaver
is said to have turned 'philanthroPist
A gentleman advertises for information res
pecting "a black leather carpet bag" This is
almost as good as recent advertisement of the
contents of lost trunk, among which were said
to be ga green lIdy's sHt dress" and "a blue
c1oM geatlemaH's coat"
TnE connection Of the Pennsylvania r. at
Pittsburgh, with western roads, is completed.
Passengers for aud from the west are trans
ferred at tle Pennsylvania depot.
\ NOVELTY in the new spaper world is annonn.
ced. The New York ChHcABHH is to become
a daily paper This, when effected, viii be the
first instance of the publication offs strictly rc-
gous daily journal, either in this country or
anywhere else, ana VIII therefore marx q new
era in the history of the religious press.
The fashionable amusement at Chicago now
a-dnys, is "wife beating" In single day last
week, three brutal fellows were arrnisned for
the offence in the city court and found guilty
Dir. CopMAN, of Boston, l,as just made for a
young lady in that vicinity, porcelain ncsc, to
be with spectaclcs, which Is Of the exact
shape Of the original organ. and Of color like
that Of the natural skin.
Tue Detroit Advertiser says that Mrs. Thorn
as, wa>hcrwoman of that city, las recently
become heir to fortune Of million of dollars,
in Europe.
TnE Secretary Of the Interior has leased Bur
tons Theatre, in Chambers street, New York,
for fifteen years. at sixteen thousand dollars
per year, for United States Courts and other
purposes, the government To make the aliera-
tons necessary.
DEvoulaSG DnowxED MulEs-A correspond
ent, who Is connected with 1t. Bcale's camel ex-
pedition, gives the following incident concern