The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
.msE;athered From the Mails.


probably be III full operation by the
18th instant.
= The receipts from customs from the
18th 20 the 18th of last month, ut Phila-
dolphin, New York and Boston, mount
ed 70 s, III, $40 51.---..s.4.5..
In the miscellaneous appropriation
bill, which passed the House the other
day. was an additional item of $4,000
for repairs and refurnishingt the Presl-
dents house.
It. is intinlated that Archbishop FUR
cell, OF Cincinnati, VIII be the newly
appointed Cardinal, at the next meet
ing of the consistory in Rome. bisn2 ~
Purcell is now senior ArchDlshops ~
II is said that the Treasury depart
rnent cnntemDIates printing three or
Tonr huntired thousand dollars of the
yrecuback currency in one ana tMos,
TO replace an equal amount tn W ~ ht mas
been mntiIated and destroyed.
The case ofA.iJ. p. Garesche, inyoly.
ing the constitutionnlity of the test
oath OF the new constitution of Mis-
souri,, has been set for trial in the SUI
preme Court ofthe United States on tho
9th inst. Mr. Garesche will be assisted
in the case by Reverdy Johnson of Ma
ryland.
At vienna, pork has been dropped
from the bill of fire at most OF the lead
ing hotels, and the pig dealers have Tel,
egraphed to their agents in Serv1a ana
Hungary NOT 10 send them any more OF
the ,ininiaIs. Tho Jews arc in ecstacies,
and sausage mixers arc in despair.
A lady iii Cleveland, Ohio, the other
dny. was very aiTectiOnate to her nus
band, and nj supper handed nun cup
Of tfsa. Which lie declined to drink, but
handed it to one OF his children There,
upon the woman sprang forward ana
| seized the cup, thus SAVING inc chlIui o
life The cup contained arsenic. An
| arrest and trial Of course follows.
The turnkey of the st. Louis, No.,
caInboose, was presented u few days
ago with q rncoon which he deposited in
u cell with n drunken woman. me
ayarinint" broke his chainand paid his
companion u visit, the result OF which
was horrible screams; fierce fighting,
woman terribly lncerateds racoon dead;
and Tailor dismissed-all accomplished
in about five minutes.
A Young man in Quincy, ILL.,, while
ut church last Sunday week, caught
tire from some matches in his pockets.
There being some OF ''Pharoah's ser
pents' in the same pocket, II grand eN-
| nloSiot was the consequence. Great
| CONSERVATION existed in the church for
some moments, but no one was hurt
save the young man, who was some
whnt burnt.
The House Military Committee re-
Gently received IL letter from gentle
man residing at fredericksburg, Nir-
ginia, stating TINT "a portion of the bat
| tle-Eround where the Union dead were
buried was aboutto tbe occupied for
fair ground and agricultural purposes,
and asking the Committee to tnke some
action in the matter. The Committee
referred the matter to the President,
who has authorityun existing laws
| to authorizes the purchase of such lands
for soldiers cemeteries.
General Spinner, the U. S. Treasurer,
has declared TO the numerous applica-
| tons OF banks to be nnmed us dePostto-
| rfes. that wien IL was clearly shown
they arc necessary for government puF-
poses they will be authorized and not
otherwise. There are ut the present
time, some four hundred banks that
are used MS Repositories for United
States funds, yet out ofthe whole num-
Der there are only four who have more
money on deposit than is covered by
securities in the hands of General Spin
ner.
The Comptroller of the Currency, in
a recent reply to State banks asking to
be converted into National banks, IS
reported to have replied substantially
had been sanctioned by the Office, and
that there was no authority to es-
tnblish new ones. 1t is mistake, how
ever, to suppose that the "number" of
the national banks Is limited by law.
There is no limit either to the number
or to the aggregate capital OF these in
situations. What is limited is their
circulation. They are not allowed to
issue more than three hundred millions.
The oldest stove, probably, in the
United States, is one which warns the
Hall of Nirginiais Capitol, in Richmond.
II was made in England, and sent TO
Virginia in ITT0, and warmed the House
of Burgesses for sixty years before it
was re moved to its present location,
where it has been for thirty years. 1t
has survived three British mOniLrchs;
has been cOtempOraneous with. four
kingly monarchies, two republics. and
two imperial Governments of France.
The greatRepublic OF America has been
torn by inteFnecine strife, the breaches
partly healed, and still the old stove
remains unmoVed In the midst OF al.
E,sto perpetual. Is.
The proposed railroad bridge over
the Mississippi, Mt st. Louis, meets
with some objections on the part of the
river men; but, on full consideration
of the matter by the st. Louis Board OF
Trade, the business men of the city
there represented simply resolved that,
in giving charter for the bridge, Con-
gress should Insist on certain reasons
bic conditions, among which are specs
fled that the lowest portion shall not be
less than fry feet above extreme high
water mark; that there shall be one
span of six hundred feet clear, and
mono less than two hundred; that there
shall be no draw; and that the bridge
shall not be a suspension bridge.
The sophomores and freshmen of
Yale College had fight on Thursday
about freshman's silk hat. A fresh
man passing up street with the obnox-
ious article on his head was met by n
few sophomores, who demanded that
he should take the middle OF the street
or remove the tile. He inserted his
right OF way, and got his hat smashed
in the melee that occurred. AfterNvard
tile manly sport WIS renewed by con-
siderable Torce;of both classes, and con-
! tinued until the announcement of the
coming of members of the faculty put
them 10 fiight-the net result OF the Hf-
/ fair being that one fellow got his face
badly scratched, one his head cut open
ON the curb stone, and several their
| HardrObcs more or less damaged.
The. stockholders OF the Southern
Pacific Railroad have just hold meet
ing Mt New Orleans to take measures
for the early prosecution of the work.
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