The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-27
oENKRAA NEWS,

John ". Forney, of Pennsylvania,
announced himself as candidate for
she United States Senate, in an address
delivered At Lebanon, Pa, on the 2lst-
The Kentucky Masons celebrated
St. Johns day az Lexington, on SatnF-
day- An Grafton was pronounced by
Elisha :. Fitch, w. J. q. w. of Ken
lucky. The Louisville Journal says
there were 500 people present
Several cases of the fatal cerebro-
spinal meningitis have occurred in
shelby and Hancock counties, his,
death ensuing Immediately. Six or
seven persons were taken sick in one
day, and died before twenIy-four hours.
The Governor OF Virginia has re-
/ tanned Judge b b Curtis, OF Boston, 10
act with Attorney General Bovden and
Mr. Hunter, of that STATE, III inaugura-
/ sing proceedings foE the recovery OF
jurisdiction over the counties of JeiTer-
Son and Berkeley. transferred to West
( Virginia lNOnsesBe-EDS. ISTEL.l
( Joe Thweatt, a colored man, a few
DAYS ago cut six and q half acres OF
heavy wheat, near Hadinsville, KY,
+ commencing at sunrise, stopping m
I hour for dinner, and finishing at i've
I O'Clock. His employer now wants to
/ bet that Joe can cut eight acres in a
day.
a man was found dead on the levee
at Louisville on the I'D, with one hun
dred and ten stabs in his body. His
( ears were cut on, both eyes We're torn
I completely out. and the body was 9th
/ erwfse frTghtiuIiy mutilafed. The case
I is involved in much mystery. The
/ body Is NOT We: identified.
Mr.. John Stuart Mill has presented
I in the House of Commons petition in
favor OF the extension of the suffrage to
Il. Observation-Disclosures
signed, ne showed, by eleven hundred
and fifty ladies belonging to the upper
and middle classes, and all of whom
gave their addresses.
Great excitement prevails in Fay
etteville, in the town OF AIanlius, Onon-
dago county. New York, over the sup
posed poisoning gilmore than forty per-
sons in that village. Reports were in
circulation that the cholera had broken
out there, but upon investigation the
cause OF the sickness was traced to
some cheese sold by a merchant in the
village. The deaths resulting from this
I poisoning already number Two, while
several others are not expected TO sur
vive.
The Berlin correspondent of the
! London Times reports a very strlnge
| fact as TO the arInaments of France. He
says: "GTders have been issued by Ma
polean III. 20 Concentrate one hundred
Thousand men nt Chalons. The troops
are 10 march thither, TO inure them to
the fatigues OF a possible campaign,
and, what is even a worse sign, to- leave
their bearskin caps Mt home. The
French battle costume includes light
cap, Just as the Prussiaus are in the
| habit of CUSHING aside their hemlets be-
| fore confronting the enemy. He adds
that the French Admirals at Cherbourg
and Brest have been sdirected to keep
their fleets in readiness for unemployment,
it is supposed, in the MEDITERRANEAN"
"A horrible murder was committed
ON Friday at Edinburg. johnson coun-
IL, Indiana. Martha Bennett, mar
ried lady, was shot five times with u
pistol, then beaten over The head, and
the tiendish murderer finished his hor-
rid deed by setting fire TO her clothes.
The murderer Is p Ditman, who, after
the murder. walked up the street. went
! into a saloon, took a drink and smoked
a cigar, and then sat on the curb-stone.
The officer arrested him in this position,
Ichained him and took him to Franklin
ito fail. Jealousy prompted the deed.
| Bennett and DitInau had exhibited to-
| gether, and this relation having been
broken. bitter feeling was engendered,
ending in this tragedy.
Considerable excitement was crea-
ted in PittsburS, on Friday, by the an
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Motifs had laid wager of forty dollars
that he could stand upon the top of
post, on Liberty street, opposite the
Union depot, for the space OF twenty
four consecutive hours, and had actu-
ally taken his stand. Motts mounted
the post at ten minutes past ten o'clock
in the morning. The post was eight
feet high, and surmOunted by cap
twelve inches square, intended as q pc
destal for an "Indian" sign for a tobac-
co shop. Motifs, during the heat of tine
day. protected himself by holding an
umbrella over him. Amer be had been
standing several hours his feet began
TO swell, and II became necessary TO cut
his boots TO ease the pain. Later in the
day the swelling extended to his legs,
and at half-past eight O'Clock in the
evening he was suffering from numb
ness OF The feet and limbs, and was
rubbing the calves of his legs and ap-
plying whisky TO excite the circulation.
AS the evening advanced the excite
ment increased, Mayor Mccarthy sent
two of his police to order the man down
and dispense the crowd.