The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-18
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Fenians returned 10 Cincinnati, Friday
last, looking somewhat worse for the
wear.
The Hon. james W. Patterson has
been elected to the United States Sen-
ate by the Republicans Of the New
Hampshire Legislature. Mr.Pattersoo
Is now member of the House Of Rep
resentatiTes-
Small pox is said TO be rapidly on
the increase in coyington, KY. The
Board Of Health has appointed a com
in the outskirts of the city, TO be used
as 3 pest house
1T is said that the famous statue of
Pompey, at whose feet julius Cesar
died, is now in the possession of tie
Marquis OF Hartford, whose father paid
900 francs for IL
An advertisement of cheap shoes in
. country paper has the following aotd
bele5 n. B.-Ladies wishing those
cheap shoes viii do wei to call soon, as
they won't last long" Honest!
III IS distinctly announced by the
Washington Chronicle that the unan-
swersble report OF the Reconstruction
Committee was written by Senator Fes-
sender.
The New Orleans PieGynze says
A--aA JUS 1OA kHl72LAh
for the autograph of Governor Moore,
of Louisiana Among other requests
was one from young lady, who en-
closed in her letter q small octagoual
piece of silk, which she desired the
Governor to write his name upon, as
she was getting up an autographs
quilt.
"A horse railroad company in Chi
cago, having occasion to get few rods
rNf F-a71 laid n Lost
ed a gang of lAborers to do the work
Affer they had been engaged at the
task an hour or two, il suddenly &C.
cured to them that they ought 70 better
their condition, and they accordingly
struck for-ten dollars day. At last
| accounts the company had not acced-
ed to their demands
According to the new postal law just
! approved by the President, prepaid and
| free letters are to be forwarded, at the
request of the party addressed, from
one postof6ce to another without addi-
tional postage charge, and returns dead
| letters to the writers thereof free OF
postage.
Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania,
has addressed n circular letter TO the
Governors of the loyal Suites, suggest
ing the propriety OF united action in
calling together their Legislatures for
the ratification of the constitutional
amendment. It is now understood that
/ such uniform action will take place,
and that before the adjournment OF
Congress a ratification of the amend
ment will be made.
| Several meteoric stones fell at Nash
willie on the 18th, near the railroad de-
pot. They were of a blush color, and
/ were quite hot when first discovered.
biologists say that nothing similar has
/ been found in any other part OF the
| world. One specimen has been for
warded 10 Washington, and another to
New York, for further examination
New Workers have lately been sur
prised BY the appearance on Broadway
OF q vehicle propelled by steam. The
carriage was about eight or nine feet in
length, with iron wheels, and had two
seaIs IengthWise, with comfortable
cushions and backs. Il was occupied
by half dozen men, and was operated
by one man, who acted both as engineer
and guide. There WIS very little noise,
and nothing 10 denote it specially ex-
cept the absence of horses, and q small
snoke-stack, about a foot high, at the
| forward end. This stack resembled an
ordinary stove pipe. The carriage was
turned into Grand street with apparent
ease, and that street being less OBJ
structed by vehicles than Broadway, il
was driven at the average speed of
horse car
Gen. Averill writes communica-
ton from Raymond, Western Virginia,
where he is engaged in petroleum
operations, to the chairman of the
House Military Committee, in which he
endeavors to show that injustice was
done him by Congress, in not confirm
ing breyet of Major General conferred
upon him August 8, 1864, for services
at Mooreheid, Western Virginia
Though General Grant may uninten-
tionally have failed to do him full jus
tice in the report of that particular fight,
we yet suspect that other causes
brought about the non-confrmation OF
General AveriIl's "brevet." Was he
not relieved for disobedience of orders
by Hooker, after the battle of Chancel-
lorsville, and again for the same reason
by Sheridan, in the Shenandoah Val
ley?-NeiD York 4dUeTtiseT.
"A family residing in Cincinnati,
were aspbyxiated by coal gas Thursday
night, and but for the TACT that the win
dows of the sleeping apartments were
open, which allowed the deleteEious
fluid 70 escape, death would have re-
suited.
II appears that the gas in the dining
room was left turned on without being
lighted, before the family retired, and
some hours later the lady of the house
awoke feeling sense of choking, when
Lhe StrOng smell Oh gas discovered 10 ner
the cause. She fastened TO awaken the |
other members of the family, had the |
gas burners examined, and taking the |
precaution not to strike light for fear |
Of explosion, threw open all the doors |
and windows of the house until the |
draft had carried away every trace of |
the gas.
Four grown persons were made very |
i'll by this accident, which should be a |
warning 10 those who burn gas in their |
houses, and induce the greatest care in
night. .