The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-27
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The cattle. commissioners of New
York have issued q circular recon-.
mendinR that a convention OF the com
missioners of the several States RnC
Canada be held in the city of Spring
field, Ill.,, on the first day of Decembel
next. The object of the convention Il
to consider the history of the. Texal
contagious diseases to which cattle anG
stock are subjected and the best meth
9ds OF preventing the spread OF such
diseases. ei274
a disastrous Ere occurred last might
at Hunters Point. The FIRE resulted
from an explosion OF naptha on board
a Swedish frigate, and communicated
Three men lost their lives from the ex-
plosion, and one man was shot by a
ruffian during the coudaRration. The
extent of the loss is not yet known, hui
It will undoubtedly be very heavy.
A grocery store and dwelling on the
corner of Myrtle avenue and GlymeT
street, williamsburg, took fire last
evening" a man named Peter Tur-
ssnoke and his wife and child, were
severely burned. s A woman named
Little, Jumped from the third story win
dow sustaining. Injuries which VIII
probably prove fatal. = ~ - - :
A meeting OF the Board of Missions
Vi NH0 41Pl6IoRaL SAuECAA 10 n6Au Ah1t
night, when the question Of minister
ing women, their training and works
in the church was discussed at length
by Bishop RerGoot, DR.. Rankin and
others. il-g .vzfgt, 7s-,-ifef
A meeting of the members of the
American Christian Societies was also
held last evening to manage Joint
plan for eyangelizing Spain. Bishop
McItvatne and other gentlemen ad-
dressed the meeting, one of them pro-
posing memorial to the Pope, in favor
ofreligtous freedom. tiTir18 % Ell 7frs
Rev. DIR. Charles Robertson, Bishop
elect OF Missouri, was. consecraTed with
tmpressiveceremonies at Grace Church
yesterday.
The Right Reverend Bishop Whip
pie, of Minnesota, preached sermon
oyoung persons at Grace Chapel, yes
terday afternoon; es'Ls1s = ,sis-
The Jury inlthei case of Eliza Tracy,
who died from burns received at the
hands of Patrick Rennigan, at No. 40
Mulberry street, Tuesday, has return
ed a verdict charging him with the
murder, and he was committed. He
and the woman were not married, but
had lived together for two years. He
claims that be was drunk when she
was burned, and don't know how it
happened. $50 sfsFr =s.li =l.s OF ii
Saturday evening Fenian meet
luk WIS n6lu III GdnllhIyl .aAllS III Ln6
BowerY. While a Fenian Centre was
talking, cry was raised that two Brit
ish spies were In the room, and two un-
iortunates, who were pointed out as
the suspected persons, were set upon
by the crowd and badly beaten. They
escaped and took refuge in a store where
they were rescued by the police.
Geo. Williamson was held for trial
for the larceny OF $1,000 worth Of silks,
ribbons, de-, from 30S Canal street. II
appears that the prisoner, with another
man unknown, hired the basement and
opened a trunk store, and bored hole
through the ceiling and filled six
trunks with the stock which were being
taken away in an express wagon when
he was arrested. f-'-5i i--si-'
Hiram. G. Corwin, an ex-alderman,
committed suicide this morning by
cuttingshfs throat. 1r. zElH 1sEs -l4Ei1l
The police report that the mate and
two sailors on board the brig Lord
Harrington were burned TO death. The
total loss by fire will PROBABLY reach
The Champion match between the
Mutual and Atlantic Base Ball Clubs
resulted, this forenoon, in favor of the
MUtuals by a score of 81 to ~. Ten
thousand persons were present. The
Mulqals are nov champions OF the
The Union Pacific Railroad is now
completed SS5 miles west from 0maha,
witch brings it within $50 miles OF Salt
Lake City, ana the road is nearly all
graded for this distance, and the iron
| for the track Is all on the way. 1t is
confidently expected that the road will
be finished to Salt, Lake this year.