The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-02
THE NEWS.

Treasurer Spinner will Recommend
In his report that the amount receI we'd
and credited as conscience fund and
that received from the sale OF specimen
fractional currency, which is not re-
deemable, be transferred to a sinking
fund and applied 10 the payment OF the
National debt. The former Is nearly
Sll4, 900 and the latter nearly 5000.
A fire at Bucksport, Me-, yesterday,
destroyed the offices Of the town Treas
urer and selectmRn; the book and sta.
tionery store Of W. 81. Plllsbury; the
boot and shoe store Of 8. @. Tyler. and
the shop Of N. s. Silsby. Loss 81, 900.
A FIRE occurred in Brattleboro Sun.
day morning, destroying large hotel
and several valuable building bonses.
The Brattleboro ladies assisted the fire.
men materially, both In saving goods
and In working the engines.
Sir Richard Grosevenor, the Marquis
OF Westminster, England, died yesIer.
day, aged "A.
Mr.. Belknap made his appearance at
the War Department at nine o'clock
yesterday morning, and had the oa.h OF
Office administered. At ten O'Clock the
officers OF the army called and were In.
trOduced by General Sherman.
News has been received from Fort
FeItermRn reporting that three soldiers
while out hunting, twelve miles from
Fort Felterman, were gurprised by
about thirty Indians and two OF them
were killed. Their bodies have since
been recovered,
Stephen q. Mili"s, editor of the
PAlaskH Democrat, uilt.I Sundsy.
Capt. Stephen GnNell, Of the Revenue
Cutter, Chase, died aL OSdsnsburG,
Sunday.
The new legal. tender Que dollar notes
are out.
The President aud Mrs. Grant, with
General and Mrs. Dent, returned to
Washington Saturday from Philadel.
phta. The President was accompanied
by W. w. Smith and lady OF Washing
ton, Pa, and Mrs. Judge McKennan,
the mother Mrs. Smith, who are now
guests at the Executive Mansion. The
President, It will be remembered, stay
ed at the house OF Mr.. Smith during
his recent visit to Washington, Pa.
During lhe past fiscal year seven
hundred and sixty millions OF letters
passed through the mails Of the United
States, being an increase OF forty MIL
lions over any previous year. This Is
about twenty letters per head for every
mau woman and child Ia the United
States.
The concluding accounts OF The ex-
penses Of the eighth census have been
FULLY sisted, and show the cost OF that
work to have been 81, ,635, ,005 81, against
Sl,SlS,027 6S. which was the cost Of
taking the seventh census.
The arrival Of prominent Congress-
men In Washington brings to light the
fact that strong efforts will be made at
the approaching session Of Congress to
modify the existing internal revenue
laws in many essential particulars.
An effort will also be made at the ap-
proachinE session Of Congress to have
a resolution passed 10 print all the sup.
pressed Impeachment testimony, which
II Is alleged shows damaging evidence
against several Senators, not all Of
whom weie Democrats.
The annual report OF the CommIs~
sioner OF Pensions shows that during
the year there were added to the numr
Der OF pensioners OF all classes %, 1885 ;
dropped for various causes 1876; on
rolls June 80, 1860, lS7,963. The last
revolutionary soldier on the rolls died
In April. The only surviving repre-
sentative Of widows OF the revolution
on the rolls who married prior TO the
close Of the war, is Nancy Serena, OF
Pittsburgh. OF the widows ofths revo.
lutionary war married after 1888 and
before l704, there are hfty.tour survlv-
Ing. or those married prior to 1890 and
subsequent to 1894, thirty-eight, and
since 1900 seven hundred and ninety.
tve, making total OF eight hundred
and eighty.Seven revolutionary widows
whose names are now on the rolls, one
less than last year.
Secretary Boutwell, has refused to re.
woke his decision not to allow the cur
rency skies, 1. o., Pacific railroad bonds,
to be used Us basis Tor banking pur-
poses.
Admiral Farragut and family left
Chicago yesterday morning tor the
East, In a special car rendered by the
Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Railroad.
He was quite weak when he started,
but every means for his comfort was
provided.
A cowardly attack was made Satur-
day upon Mr.. Crounae, chief Washing
on correspondent Of the New York
Times, In bis Office In that city, by q
man named MArston, who passes HIM
self as the husband OF one OF the most
notorious female lobbyists Of Washing.
ton, known there as "Comanohe," from
her connection with the bill for the
payment Of the iron clad by that name.
This man entered the Times office, and
struck Mr.. Crounse on the head with.
out notice. Mr.. Crounse seized him
and soon put an end to mis- rowdyism.
He skunk out ofthe office, went imme-