Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-02
THE INTEIsLIGENCER.
NEWS SUMMARY.

A Catholic priest in Delaware county, Pa,
has recently been arrested for whipping wo-
man in a most shameful manner. In her COM
plant TO the magistrate she testifes that the
priest rode up 10 the house while her husband
was absent, came in and ordered herto k1eeS, ori
then numerically whipped her, with whip
made Of ttoisted ecire, Zone said to be used by
him for punishing refractory Catholics, over
the arms and shoulders. This process
twice repeated before the sinful woman was ab-
solved Her ofFense consisted in marrying
Prostestant.
IN tt legal investigation in Ireland, it has been
shown that the late Daniel O'COnnell at the
time of his death was nearly OF quite insolvent.
1t would seem strange that the recipient of al
most countless tributes commencing at ESQ.,
900, and scarcely ever falling below 10000
annually-shouId have died in Strengthened cir
cumstahces.
= MOSES Y. BEACH has patented m improve
ment to Hoes lightning press, increasing its
eed from 10000 per hour to %, 900 Impress
iens. The Improvement consists in printing
both sides of the paper before the sheet is run
.,ut.
THE Excise Commissioners of Ontario county,
Y Y, have already commenced criminal prose
cutiuns against yioators Of the license law. a
man was arraigned last week, found guilty of
selling rum without license, ard sentenced
10 ninety days imprisonment. Other counties
sill at once follow up this course of prosecu-
ion.
Instructions have been given from the Post
Office Department that patterns and blank
,ample sheets are subject to letter postage; and
that printed ballots and business blanks are
20 be rated by the sheet each single sheet be-
lug considered single ccrcular-without regard
to the number of times the ballot or blank is
repeated on it.
A public sule Of the swamp lands" Of Mich
igan is advertised for the goth of July, These
lands embrace an area Of five million of acres,
and arc to be sold in lots of from 40 10 900 or
more acres. They viii probably be sold at
prices ranging from Eve to fifty cents an acre
The luxury of keeping a dog in Massachu-
-etts has to be paid for, one would judge, from
amount of dog tax in that State. estimated at
$4,000 per unnum.
Mr. WILLIAM SMcoC, of Washington coun1
ty, Pa, is fast man. He recently lost his wife
in the rnorning-married his second wife before
night-and followed tho remains OF his wife,
in company with the second, TO the grave the
lay aftvIl
TnE total expenses of supporting the Gov
ernment in Connecticut for the year past foot up
at $27I, ,370-ubout $1,000 less than the previ-
Gus year. The Treasurer reports nearly $4,000
on hand after pay ing all demands.
A ofiica in f1hiraU0 came near
drowning the other evening, and was asked by
companion what he thought about duIing the
critical period Thought about" said he, 81
was thinking what the morning paper would
saw about it." He had once been local editor,
and the ruling assion was strong," etc.
FIVE gallons of "swill milk" were recently
tested in New York by patent churn. The
result of the churuing was two gallons of tolera-
ble whisky.
The Equitable Insurance Company, of New
York, acknowledges the receipt of $2,5lS II
through the hands of Rev john Larkin, as res
titutiou money, from Carious parties unknown.
They may be put down among the cases of ''con-
science" that have followed the recent religious
awakeuings.
4 train on the New York Central Road had
narrow escape coming from Buffalo Thurs
day. AT a point only two or three miles from
the starting, the heat of the sun had 80 expand
ed the rail, that it had curved each way--it
being the combination rail-fully six inches
out of line One of the tTackmen discovered
the defect in time to stop the train.
BmGuAM CuTs ASD RUNs.-The Washington
IT, -. .o;l of tho NorD,oDg.