The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-11
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--IIhursday afternoon, near Coesse
Station, not far from Columbus Citv,
IND, John and Jasper Taylor, brothers.
called at the house of R. T. Shepler'
with whom they had had some diifi.
Guilty about farm. John Taylor call
with him. drew pistol and shot him,
the ball passing in the region of the
heart and killing him Instantly. John
Taylor made his escape.
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., and
Theodore TiltOn were In the dipIo-
matte gallery of the Senate, Thursday,
The Pittsburgh coal dlggers' strike,
which had lasted for three months
ended Wednesday, by the diggers go:
Ing to work at 81 cents per busheI,
and all the works on the Monongahela
and Youghiogheny, will be In opera
ttOn this week. -
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, held at
Baltim ore, on Wednesday last, q half
yearly dividend of four par cent. on the
stock otthe main stem was declared,
and one of FIVE per cent. on the WASH
ington Branch.
The everlasting Tyng case, 1t Is re-.
ported from New York, is about to as.
sume new phase. The rector of Holy
Trinity, regardless of the Bishops Rd
monltiOn, 1t is said, has recently been
preaching in Methodist and Baptist
meeting houses without the consent OF
the rectors of the parishes in which they
are respectively located, in consequence
of which the ecclesiastical authority
has taken the preliminary steps
towards suspending him from the
Episcopal ministry. ts
-AlvR French, conductor on the
BelieTontaine RSilwRy, obtained Ver.
dict at Bucyrus, Ohio, Thursday, for
seven thousand five hundred dollars
against the company, for Injuries re.
ceived in an accident which occurred
near Degraff, In May last.
The Republican Convention of Vir.
glnia is TO meet on the first Wednesday
of next month, to nominate State
officers.
Corrected returns OF the Connecti-
cut election give Governor English l735
majority out ofa total vote of 90, 1928.
The second steamer of the Bremen
Line is expected Mt Baltimore soon. A
large cargo Is already awaiting her.
She is to have a public reception on her
arrival.
In the Virginia Convention, Thurs.
day, a resolution to invite Sergeant
Bates, the pedestrian, to a privileged
seat on the floor, was laid on the table
The bill to repeal the New Jersey
registry law has passed both branches
of the Legislature over the Governors
veto. .5q5.t sr- .E
Governor Swaun, OF Maryland
made a speech before the philadelphia
day night, in which he asserted thai
Congress was destroying the vital prin'
ciples of our Government. He an.
nounced, amid great applause, that
Maryland was the only thoroughly
Democratic State in the Union.
oil has been discovered issuing
from the ground on a creek bottom al
Van Vert, Ohio. It comes up from al
old filled up we'll, but whether gen
uine spring Is not known. Considera
BILE excitement exists.
The steamer Sea Bird which was
burned Thursday morning, on Lake
Michigan, had on board not far from
100 souls. The only persons saveC
were Albert G. Chamberlain of Sheboy
gan Falls, and Edward Hannaburg
one of the crew. All the others perish
ed. The fire originated in some straw
near stove on the deck, and spreaC
with great rapidity. The scenes anC
sounds are described as heartrending
The vessel was about eight miles from
shore. 1t was very cold and the wavei
were running high. There were siz
families on board, and men, womer
and children crowded upon the bow o
the steamer as the flames advanced
where they stood crying, wringing theii
hands and moaning piteously. They
were utterly helpless as the boats were
aft and could not be reached. They
were soon driven to cho oose between
the flames and the waves. A few
clung for time to boxes and planl
thrown overheard, but Chamberlail
was the only one saved In this way
HunnRburR saved himself by clingint
to the after davits of the burning
hull till he was taken OF by the schoon
er Cordelia.