The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
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AT the monthly meeting of the
President and Board of Directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, held last
week, it was agreed to issue 100000
worth of stock. By an act of the late
session of the Legislature of Maryland,
this company is authorized to issue,
with the assent of its stockholders, pre-.
ferred stock entitled to perpetual dtvt-
dend of six (6) per cent. per annum,
and that such stock is entitled to the
same immunities as its common stock.
This is done to aid in completing the
Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad,
and also to assist other enterprises such
as ocean steamship lines. I'D.
Governor Baker, of Indiana, has
ordered a suit to be brought against
w. II. Talbot, a prominent politician of
Indianapolis, for the recovery of $685.
600 belonging to the school fund, lost
while Talbot was president of the
sinking fund. 1t was lost III gold
gambling operations.
"A considerable number of income
tax payers in New York have decided
to test the constitutionality OF this tax,
and have employed Mr.. w. o. Bartlett
as their counsel in the case, and this
gentleman publishes in two of the
New York papers an elaborate legal
treatise, going to show that a tax on in
come Is unconstitutional, as well as un-
wise and unequal, and that it may be
successfully resisted in the courts of
law.
Cornelius Wendell, Edgar Cowan,
Lewis D. Campbell OF Ohio, Egan and
Gordon Granger, and others, friends OF
johnson and enemies of Pendleton for
President, were in Harrisburg on Fri
day. It Is currently asserted that their
mission was a consultation with VIM.
a. Wallace, chairman of the Democrats
ic State Central Comm ittee, and other
leading Democrats OF Pennsylvania,
looking to the nomination of Major
General Winfield s. Hancock as the
Democratic candidatefor President.
The monthly circular of Clews &
Co., Wall street, New York, u leading
authority among moneyed men, predicts
an "easy money market" and a
"steady, healthy condition OF moDeta-
ry affairs" during the spring and sum
mer.
Mrs. Coleman, daughter of the late
John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, is
about to write biography of her faith
er, and requests all persons having any
Information about him likely to be OF
public interest, to address it to her at
Baltimore.
1t is stated as fac., revealed in a
recent debate in the United States SEN
ate, that we are holding, and have held
for the past five years, $500 Navajo
Indians in captivity in New Mexico, at
a cost of 800 per head each year; to-
tai expense of $750, 900 per annum, and
a grand total of S3,75O,000 since they
were first captured. In 1852 one OF our
Generals was sent to take command OF
New Mexico, and finding them TO be at
war he brought them down on Pecos
river, and captured the entire band.
The Baltimore GGsette says that
Senator Van Wrinkle declared in con-
yersatf6n recently "that he could see
no reason why the President should
not be removed" The Gazette endeav-
ors TO be severe on Mr.. Van Wrinkle by
styling him the "Mr. Pickwick of the
Senate" and says "no one supposed he
was favorable to this conspiracy
against the President, and his vote had
been counted among those opposed tC
conviction"
-On the 2Sth oflast December, Thos.
Weaver left his home in Cincinuati,
and has not since been seen by any OF
his relatives or acquaintances. He is
inches in hight, and is straight and
slenderly built. He has dark hair,
high forehead, and bright hazel eyes,
with light colored brows. His COM
plexion is fair, and his nose Is In shape
a Roman one. He wears heavy
sandy beard on his upper lip and chin.
He is Pennsylvania German, but
speaks very good English. Any per-
son being cognizant of his whereabouts
will confer favor on his distressed
wife by communicating with her.
The Schooner Gertrude was driven
ashore at Hyde Park, Lake Michigan,
Sunday and stranded. Her captain
and crew suffered seriously, and when
rescued by lifeboat were almost fro
zen to death.
The largest income in Chicago Is
that enjoyed by Cyrus 81. Mccormick
the Reaper man. 1t was in 1867, S2o2,-
500. The next is his brother L. j. Nc
Cormick, 100000.
"A section has been adopted by the
Virginia Convention, providing that
six per cent. shall be the legal rate ol
| interest, except when special contrac;
| Is made, In which case 1t shall be as
high as twelve per cent.
oNR of the reporters on New Yorl