The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-29
NEWS SUMMARY.

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NEWS SUMMARY.
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Only twenty-eight candidates for the
New York collectorship. IIup
The Canadians despair of getting any
more reciprocity. s5a a.iE'i- = 100
The disgusting Strong divorce case is
to be tried again."
The homeopathic treatment of the
cattle disease in England was failure.
Illinois had population of II, ,2s2 in
1910. The figures for 1855, are 2, l4S, ,17s.
The free trade discussion is having a
violent eruption in all the Chicago pa
pers. t,r r...5st9 f..a-5- 41aatuz
So far only one National bank has
failed-that at Attica, NJ Y.-and its
circulation is redeemed at par. la. p
There is clock in Christian county,
ILL.,, which was made in 1884. 1t is
pretty clumsy, but a fair timepiece. p
The New York cigar, makers iRmass
meeting have, voted to petition Con-
gress for protection against importers.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company
money enough to, go on withltheir new
cable. a.islg ,4fflaj 2. -1Ai
Chicago holds the largest candy man
ufactory west of New York. 1t makes
three tons OF confectionery every day.
A strong effort is being made in the
Wisconsin Legislature to restore capi-
tai punishment in that State, its repeal
having worked bad results. ~. 7i7if7
"A needleiwhich had been imbedded
four weeks in the muscles of a child's
hip, was extracted by powerful. mag
netat Syracuse few days ago.
The Supreme court of Louisiana has
decided that confederate money deposit
ted with banker created no contract
which can now be recognized.
The suspension of the Columbian Ma
rine Insurance Company of New York
just after paying a 81 per cent. diVt-
dend, rouses suspicious ofrottenness.
Aacompanygof French capitalists
have bought the lands of the st. Ma
ry's Mineral Land Company, on Lake
Superior, for three millions of dollars in
gold. ,s'l,iss.l. 81 4ta6aai 6.aso H5d4s Io.
John T, Delane,. late editor-in-chief
of the London Times, has been, dis
charged, and that paper will hereafter
this country. ..g-s,l5e q
A couple of Indians addressed the
Pennsylvania Legislature the, other
day, speaking through an interpreter.
The old land grants were the burden OF
their song. As5HSHEffr
From the sth to the 13thi of January
the custom. receipts at the four princi-
pal ports amounted to s., ,732, ,454, as fol-
lows. New York, 81, 1884 ,651; Boston
S23s, $50; Philadelphia, $95, ,714; Balti-
more, s93,647 rs
The smugglers are having lively
time while the ice bridge over the st.
Lawrence lasts, but Secretary McCul-
loch has sent an extra force of revenue
officers, including many armless SOL
diers, to look after them.
About 125,OOO. 600 letters passed
throughith the New York Post office last
year. The amount received for postage
was 81, I'll ,579,. from box rents S67,7T6,
giving a profit to the government over
all expenses of 81, sos, ia.
There are 35,36l miles of railroad in
the United States, and 10000 miles in
progress of construction. Pennsyl-
vania has the most of the former,
namely, 9,797 miles. The average cost
of the completed lines was S35, 900 per
mile. Ictyzps-g.. 40 e ~
Queen Victoria has given to the first
born of the Princess ofjWales baptis-
NAL gift of unusual lmagnificence, which
has been making for the last two years.
1t consists of; statuette of the late
prince consort in silver, and is feet 215
inches in height. u :.
Trains on the Grand Trunk railroad
ran of the track three times last week.
In one case three passenger cars were
precipitated down an emb kment, and
several persons were severely injured,
though none were killed. THE track of
the road is said to be in a wretched con-
dition. = eit-@ u =tls.
The Kentucky Senate has passed an
act to Incorporate a negro bank at Lou
iisYil1e, one of the incorporators being
worth 800, 900. They couldn't dc, il,
however, without lacking. on a provis-
ion "that the said bank shall have no
connection with the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, and that no person shall be per-
mitted to act as officers who have ever
lived In Boston, Mass"
The 2lst Illinois infantry, the regi-
ment in command of which Gen. Grant
entered upon the brilliant military ca
teer which eliminated in his commits
sion as lieutenant general ofthe Ameri-
can army and navy, has just returned
from New Orleans. This veteran regi-
ment now mum bers 492 men and 81 offi-
GERS, among whom are only 5Omen and
two officers who started out with Gen.
Grant as colonel.