The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-22

most eminent lawyers OF virginia OF
which State he Is a native, has written
has heretofore been regarded as Con-
sentative.
The Erie Dispdteh has been Obliged
to suspend temporarily on account of a
strike among its printers.
The Germans of Western New York
are organizing for Grant and Colfax.
The Chinese are in Boston.
"A farmer named Flayen died in
Quebec, on Saturday. from exhaustion
and starvation, after walking sixty
milesifrom his farm to the city. be
was very old man.
THE CheJenns Leader says that
while grading the railroad, near
Rock Creek, a cut was made through
vein of the finest quality of -bituminous
coal and no seam, either, but good
eight foot vein.
The new fractional currency of the
denomination of fifteen cents, has made
its appearance. Fine medallion ike
nesses of Grant and Sherman are on
the right and left ends. The words
Fifteen cents" stand ont foil upon the
centre, while the numerals "15" are
large and conspicuous just below. The
back Of the currency is red, which gives
the face slight tinge Of the same color.
The publication Of partial details OF
conversations between the Presiuent
and those New York parties who have
visited him at various times TO try to
reconcile him to the Democratic nomi-
nations, has excited severe comment at
the White House. The fact that no
friendly allUsion tothe fact OF the res
ident's making advances toward sell
element had appeared in the WoTtd has
also provoked Mr. Johnson ana the
/ Democrats there think n serious break
on the Presidents part very PROBABLE
"A letter from Romrey, w. Va,
states that the insane son of Daniel
mclaughlin, near that place, a day or
two ago, crossed the Potomac, 10 the
farm OF Mrs. Myers, and there beat 10
death, with fence rail, an ola man.
named Presley n. Rector. He literally
mashed the skull and horribly man
gled the body. He made an attempt 10
kill others, but was secured and put in
prison, Mrs, Myers and her family
were at CaPOn Springs.
81. N" is at Cleveland.
"A hundred thousand dollars have
been subscribed for the relief of the
Baltimore sufferers by the late flood.
in his will the late Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens leaves $500, the interest
of which is 10 be devoted to the purpose
OF " planting roses and cheerful HOW
ers," every spring, on the graves OF ms
mother nnd brother, AT Peacham, YER
mont.
The Indications in Washington are
that Congress will reassemble on the
day appointed at adjournment and
probably tie In session some time.
"A Copperhead on his way TO st.
Louis from KeOkuk on the steamer
Lucy Bertram, on Wednesday, was SO
Tejoiced when he heard of the death of
Thad. Stevens. that he ordered the bar
keeper TO treat everybody on the boat
at his expense.
The Brooklyn Toughs are trying to
"clean out" the police.
The Fire Department of Washing
ed men have been dismissed and white
men put in their places.
Albany is oyerrun with street beg
gars.
Concrete is used in the construction
of pavements in Waterville, Me.
Gen. Burnside, of Rhode Island,
will, by invitation, attend the Mass
Convention OF Soldiers and Sailors in
Indianapolis, Ind, on tho ID of Sep
TENDER next.
"A few days since the house of Prof.
Agassiz, in Cambridge, Mass, was en-
tered and ransacked by thieves, the
family being absent.
"A singular phenomenon was no.
ticed in Nashville on Sunday, soon af-
ter MISUNDERSTANDING n meteoric shower,
consisting, apparently, of brilliant
specks or drops OF light, of various col
ors, like the tail" OF a rocket, filling
a large space in tho northern heavens,
and lighting the streets as brightly as
daylight for some thirty. seconds.
-Onithe 18th inst. a party of hunters
with hounds chased wolf into the
streets of Tullahoma, Tenn, and the
refuge in mail car standing on the
track. The agent was taken with n
sudden leaving, and just then the train
| started, and when it had got outside
OF the corporation the wolf jumped ont
and escaped.
From letters received at Washing
| ton there is no doubt that the move
ment in the South to control the negro
vote, through the agency OF landholders
and employers, VINO refuse to employ
colored laborers unless they vote the
Democratic ticket, is assuming extern
siye proportions and pcrvading every
State.
The young men of Pittsburgh or
ganiZed Club OF "Tanners" Thursday
night.
The Democrats OF the Dayton COhIo)
1 DlAlIlCt NAV
for Congress.
"A brick made on the 25th ult., at
Helena, Montana, was worth about
twenty-seven thousand dollars. TWAS
of gold, and weighed l 800 ounceS-the
largest ever made in the Territory
and required three hours 10 melt the
gold of which 1t was composed. Such
brick as thatin q mans hat would
make him stagger.
Several mill operatives ut Lewis
ton, Me-, il is reported, are building
houses in their spare hours. Working
in the mills nenrly twelve hours per
day, they manage to secure little time
in the morning before the bell rings
and after they come out ut night, which
they devote 10 building operations. A
short time ago one of these persevering
men was seen shingling after eleven
O'Clock Mt night, and the next morning
was ut work almost before light.
The Ashtabula Sentinel reports a
big wool gathering from twenty sheep,
eighteen of them being ewes, by MIR.
Forbes, in that neIghborhood, the flock
having yielded OF washed wool an aver
age OF ten pounds ten ounces each.
making over two hundred and twenty
pounds of clean wool. liEI'
t--. Dab
N, my, =, 1870 ~