The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-09
M7GENERAL.

va AA9 4D6lbOCEuSa Will ulhu6
postmaster at st. Louis, under the new
administration.
A-sQn Monday last, one, of tie boilers
Of 41oclsW pods eaw-mtll, On Pipe
Greek, Belmont county, Ohio, blew up,
killing one man outright and badly
scaldtng nine others, two of whom have
since died. The boilers are said to
have been defective for years. The en-
Cabe, and was In the act of firing when
the explosion occurred. he was killed
Instantly. A small boy was In the
builaipg at the lime of the Splosion,
ana was thrown hfty yards AffonFthe
milf yet was 0t4ninred. Two OF the
men killed had families.
"A chastity scientific discovery is re-
ported from Turin, where Professors
Casturantt the celebrated ocullst, has,
Is would appear found . way of XIII
ing animals, By forcing air into their
eyes, within the space of few seconds,
and 1t Is thought, almost without caus-
ing them any pain. Within the space
ORE few mipntes fopf rabbits three
dogs and q goat were killed In this
manner. The most remarkable thing
about this l.killing made easy" is the
fact that 1t leaves absolutely no outward
trace; and 1t can be as easily applied to
men as to animals. II SO, It Is to be
hoped that the, method is.not easy of
application.
The other day, In Schenectad v, an
old lady, with two bandboxes in her
al ms, came TO the track of the Central
RAILROAD and inqnlredS atjwhat time
the next train was due. On being In
formed that It would pass through the
city in a half an hour, she quietly
dumped her bandboxes on the pave
ment and sat down, remarking that
.'she'd wait till 1t passed; she didn't
10 m ID
couldn't be too keerfQl.p
The cod fisheries this year are re.
ported to have failed. The New Eng
land fishermen complain that they have
not been very suocesBful this season,
in making large catches; and II IL stated
that the Leith and New Haven fisher
men'on the east coast of Scotland de-
plors the great scarcity of cod, paddock
and other fish, the catching Of which
has been their main stay. French ad.
vices report that the French fisheries
OF Newfoundland are exhausted. In
stead of averaging 160, 600 cod, vessels
fail to average 20. 600 this season, and
masters are Withdrawing the ships.
The London Lancet reports the case
of a boy in Russia whose leg was ann
putated at the knee by = stroke of
lightning. Tho division of the limb
was effected through the superior ex-
tremity oil the tibia. the pateiIa and the
fermur not having been touched. The
healing OF the wound was very rapid,
and by the use of the ordinary means.
The severed leg was dried up, the tibia
being black striped OF the hesh.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that he has power to reissue
any legal tender notes that may have
been redeemed, but not cancelled, pro-
Vlded the amount outstRndinR does not
exceed four hundred millions. This
will obviate the necessity of further
sales of bonds or gold by the Treasury,
and enable the Secretary to afford sub
stautial relief to the money market.
Although opposed to'a further Issue of
currency, he feels Justified in resorting
to any legitimate means TO relieve the
critical condition OF financial affairs.
The Interior Department has re-
ceived Information that the Central and
Union Pacific Railroads have been
completed so far that a gap OF but 400
miles remains to be filed.
Mark Twain is about to indulge in
lecture tour through the United States
to tell the people about 1.-THE American
Vandal Abroad, !" in which, 1t is under
stood, he will detail his own experience
as traveller.
by a mistake OF an apolhecary's
clerk in Philadelphia atropia was put
into pills instead of assafostida, on
Hecht, residing in the upper part OF
the city, who was suffering from hys-
terra. In consequence the lady died on
Thursday in terrible agony, the poison
battling the skill Of three of the
most eminent physicians. Want of
judgment and bad writing were the
causes of this sad error.
Since the overthrow of the Bourbon
monarchy in Spain, five hundred Jesu-
its have He'd across the frontier to Por-
tugaL The New York Times expresses
the apprehension the that they will
come 10 the United States.
"A ludicrous incident was reported
to have occurred at the polls In Quincy,
Mass. The Hon. Charles Francis
Adams deposited written ballot. a
few minutes afterwards he returned
and stated that by mistake he had put
a receipted bill into the box. An ex-t
animation proved the correctness of the
statement. It is reported he voted the
Republican electoral and Democratic
State ticket.
Mrs. Partington (P. B. ShilIaber)
was Democratic candidate for the
Massachusetts Legislature In the recent
election, and was defeated.
MIR. John Quincy Adams was can
didate for Representative from Quincy
as well as for Governor of Massachu-
sets, and was defeated In both instan-
ces. ga
The Democrats, Sln,m,pe Grant.