Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-07-05
NEws sUMNfAKY.

-1l NEWS SUMMARY
A Steam apparatus has been patented and Pnt
in operation by London firm for the mauufac-
tnre ice. The cost of the ice produced by
the machine will be about ten sii!lings per ton.
We presume the next effort will be to produce
sun light by machinery. We have almost ev-
erything else in nature furnished by artificial
process.
A gentleman who assembled Mount Wiley,
from the White Mountain Notch, few days
ago, found patches of snow eighteen inches deep,
on the top of the mountain This is said to be
quite unusual for that neighbOrhood SO late in
June. -
+ The Douglas Democracy were dominant in
the 4th Indiana District Congressional Conven-
ION Gen, Foley, the literary gentleman, was
turned loose in the "peestrick" to GO to grass,
md William S. Holman was nominated. This
is decided defeat of the Bright faction. The
,nd Lecompton Democracy are taking the inside
track in Indiana.
THE New York Times makes calculation re-
;arding the trade With Cuba. showing that there
is a balance against the United ststes, in the
yearly trade with the Island, of S36,sGS, ,5l9.
TUE hot weather has been terribly fatal. in the
eity of New York. Twen,y-eight deaths by
sun-stroke are recorded as taking place Tuesday
last.
Al the late term of the Stntc Court in Pontc-
toc, Miss, the father of Nancy Williams, of Va,
yonng lady about l6 years old, obtained a
judgement of $4,000 damages against Robert
Nilsson of the former State, for decoying his
daughter away from nome and seducing her.
AT one of the Cincinnati election polls in
by the inspectors, on the ground that he was
mot citizen of the United States" A suit
sas subsequently brought against the inspec-
tors for damages. On three trials the juries
failed to agree. Last week, however, the case
was decided by verdict in favor Of the plaintiff
If five hundred dollars damage.
TuE congregation of the Moravian church at
Bethlehem, Pa. is supposed to be one of the rich
est in the United States. 1t has over one million
lollars at interest
Ma. IsRAEI. GIBBONS, local editor of the New
Orleans Crescent, who was killed ina duel by
Mr.. Hanton, of the True Delta, on the 2sth
inst, served his trade as a printer iuthe Louis
vile Courier Office, and his mother and broth
ers reside in Louisville. One of his brOtheIs is
now connected with the louisville Democrat
lie was for long time the New Orleans cores
pondent OF the Democrat
CuE Cincinnati Times of the 2sth records
fourteen cases of suu-stroke in that city in two
days. four of which were fatal. a number OF
ladies out sbopping'were struck down with the
heat.
They talk of making new mouth for the
Missouri river A meeting of the Board of
Trade at Alton recently had the subject Of open
ing an artificial outlet for its waters at or near
the town of Portage, under consideration.
Below Point Coupee, Lo, is one broad field
of sugar cane, covering thirty thousand acres !!
There are rows four miles in length, aud straight
as an arrow. at one point the traveller can
count fifteen brick sugar houses at one glance,
Tue famous merriam says, the cheated term
is near its end" Let US all hope that he may
be a ''true prophet. and be thankful
TnE death of Dr. Bunting distinguished di-
vine Of the Wesleyan connection in England, is
ANNOUNCED
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