The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-03-16
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NEWS SUMMARY.


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River al Pittsburgh Saturday, II feet 8
inChes by pier mark, and rising. Weather
clear and mild.
Buffers sash factory and adjoining
dwelling, and the feed store OF j. L. Auley, at
Williamsburg. N. u. were damaged by flre
Friday night 10 the eNtent of $1,000. Three
hrelnen were badly hurt. -
There was q heavy land slide at LIvingy-
ton Creek. Hudson River Railroad, Friday.
The company keep double gangs Of watch
men there and trains are instructed 10 go Mt
slow rate Of speed while passing that point.
The Ice remains gotged in the Hudson
river. 1t r. 20 inches thick. A Greshet is
feared. .f
The oil retiners arrested at baltimore
Thursday were released Friday evening.
In the Supreme Court of New York In
The case Of The People rs. The Directors of
the Erie Railroad Company, on Saturday,
Judge Barnard appointed George A. Osgood
receiver OF the sum realized by the sale of
S. 100000 stock issued in violation OF the In-
Junction. Mr.. Field objected to the Judge
trying the case on the ground that he was
personally interested in the litigation. The
Judge overuled the objection and dIsclalmed
the imputation. Mr.. Diver was produced In
court by the sheriff aud liberated on ball.
Eight millions OF property belonging to
the Erie Railroad Company has been tIanS-
ferred from New York to Jersey City.
The Southwest Pacific Railroad is about
to pass into the hands of Eastern capitalists
who are to complete 1t TO the Arkansas line.
The Indians arc on the rampage again
near Fort Laramie.
The Georgia Democratic Convention
sends prominent rebel officers as delegates TO
I NFnWNEa
tho same.
The Treasurer Of Rhode Island Id de-
tauIter for $1,000. "a
The spinners and weavsrs at Fail River,
Mass. have gone back to work at previous
prices.
-Harriman's majority In New hampshire
Is $3.50.
-VesuvIus is on a ..bust."
Rev. Mr.. Tying of New York, received his
Eeprimand Saturday morning.
Tile Irish question occupies the attention
| OF the English Parliament.
Alex. Gardner. n photographer, was OH
hand with his apparatus and took n view OF
the Senate during the proceedings as an I'm
parchment court last Friday. From the coat
room an excellent view was taken at the
time Mr. Sianbery arose to speak, and an
| other when MIR. Bingham arose TO reply. The
RASNAASo Sohh4ucLeA G4Ce1ienls anu DQL
few OF the figures are blurred by the moving
of the persons. These defects can easily he
remedied, and the pictures will then be en-
larRed to the dimensions ofsiS by four feet.
-Adestructive Ireshet is reported I'm AIIchI-
gan. All the bridges except the railroad
bridge between Chatham and London, have
been swept Rwny and the track undermined
for three-quarters OF II mile. The estimated
loss ut Chatham is $4,000. a large number
ortarms are Inundated, the crops DESTROYED,
and the stock drowned.
Hon. A. H. Stephens, OF GeorgIn, IL In
Washington.
John w. Wells, prominent citizen,
committed suicide at Washington, ID. &. Fri.
day morning. Mr. Wells slept In a small
mont room adjoining the chamber of his wife
and daughter. The family were startled by
the report OF pistol, and upon entering the
room, MIR. Wells was found lying In bed.
weltering in blood. A small seven -barrelIed
revolver was found on the bed. He was for
many years a clerk in the Interior Depart-
ment, and year ago was appointed Indian
Agent for Montana.
Generals Slckles and Cochran were Sere-
naded the Breevort House, Now York,
Saturday evening, in recognition OF their
services in the recent political campaign i'll
New. Hampshire. Appropriate congratuIa.
tory addresses were made by each
-1eR Davis arrived at Havana Saturday,
from New Orleans, en- route to Baltimore.
Col. Charles HOotOn, OF Rowlesburg, has
been appointed Prosecuting Attorney for
Preston county, in place of james P. Smith,
appointing Judge OF the llth Circuit.
AT meeting OF the Directors OF the BaltI-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, on We'd
nesday, the tarin on coal was reduced forty
cents per ton from Cumberland and Pied
mont to Baltimore. and fifty cents per ton on
gas Goals from Newburg, Fairmont and
ClRrksburg, and corresponding reduction OF
way rates was made upon the main stem ana
branches. The reduction will make differ-
encs in the net earnings OF the company O,
fully six hundred dollars Per day. The re.
ductton is prompted by the hope that It Will
largely increase the coafbnsinesSof the road,
1t has been reported that Dickens has
sent 700 to his slster-In-law In Chicago. AT
last accounts that lady had not. been put In
possession Of any facts confirming the report,
There Is a curious rumor In Washington
that Mrs. Senathor Sprague, who Is quite a
politician, sympathizes strongly with the
President, represents TO her husband and her
father, Chief Justice Chase, that It Is an act
oftyranny, and that Mr.. johnson has only
stood up for his rights.
The Winona Democrat says the immense
piling on the TrempeIeau bottom, for the
Chicago and St. Paul Railroad, h rs been I'M
ished. This stretch OF pilIng Is said by the
chief engineer TO be the largest of the kind in
the United States. 1t covers ten thousand
one hundred and seventy feet Of line, and
contains nearly four thousand piles. The
piles have been driven from sixteen to
eighteen feet in the ground, and the track is
to be built at an average hight OF ten feet
from the ground.
AT q convention OF iron manufacturers In
PittsburE, on Thursday, In which there were
Representatives. from Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Wheeling. New Castle, Bunalo and other pln.
ces, an advance of from one-quarter TO one
half cent perpound was agreed upon on the
various sizes of iron. and nails were adyanc-
edtwenty cents por keg.
-Ex-6oyernor Henry s. Feote was receiv-
ed into the communion of the Methodist
Church, in Nashville, on Sunday last.
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