The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-17
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The emigration statistics show,
during the first six months the pres!
emf year, that 19, ,SOS emfgrants arrived
in Toronto, Canada, OF whom, .038 re-
mained; ;sthe others came to the United
States. .. .stzt1oTa 50 Cos
The shre Thursdsy night at Erie
and q. IN. ..Railro Dad depot Cleveland, ,
destroyed twenty or thirty. cars loaded
with crude and coal oil, aaid to
belong tS r Rocke efelt < Rsws, Flaelet,
CLARK; Paine idE Co., iFritehley, Faw eft
& Co., shipped for eastern parties.
ETotal loss fifty or sixty thousand with
little insurance, il any. Railroad loss
heavy. The cause of the fire probably
originated from lamp in the hands OF
the train inspector.
| The techineal. operation in the Chief
CofneIS DEPARTMENT. ot United istateh
Mint, at Philadelphia, is to be suspend
ed for 8 or weeks. commencing to-
day. The receiving and paying de-
partmentsSVill continue 'opehsH
! -Poughkeepsie, New York, is hav-
ing no end of trouble. A number Of
convicts in the quarry at: Sing Sing
prison refused to WotksThufBday and
were locked up yesterday. Many more
were locked up and the prison author
tiles entertain fears OF a general rebel
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indictments have been found
against fourteen prominent brokers OF
New York, for violating usury laws,
and bench warrants issued against
thenlt ETheS District Attorney With~
holdstheir fnamss until after the are
rests. Evidence sufficient for indict-
ments has been given against twenty
or thirty others.
1t Is saidotoyb wAll4understood In
Washington that the friends Of Chase
were much exercised over the idea OF
General ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Demo-.
cratic nomination for Governor Of PENN
sylvania. For weeks the Chase men
and Governor Hoffman,s friends have
been straining every nerve to prevent
Hancock's candidacy. They feared 1t
might make the General ~ too formid-
able riValfor the next Presidency. The
Chase party avow that they would
rather see GeRry elected than Hancock
put in the f1efd.' Now the nomination
Of Packer insures Republican victory.
Hoffman oig believed toNbe willing, to-
take the second placspn the Chase pro-
gramme for 1871.
The EVIDENCE collected by the COM
mittee of the House. appointed to in
vestigate the Southern election frauds,
among other TthingsI proves. that the
organization known as the KniRhtg of
Prythias. has assumed q political CHAR
acter in Louisiana, and is YirtualIy the
CameliRi which, during the eafnpaign
Of 1885, was a po werfnt ally Or l. the De-: q:
mQcraoys ~ zg1t,tll s4.j f;.1 crss5 zyli LglE
: "a rqmor is aaoat yat Washington,
that G Gaheral Slck1es' =. Instruction as
Minister to tSpafnT scomprehend a
scheme for the settlement ofthe Cuban
question, by allowing 5:the Cubans to-
purchase the island themselves from
the Home Government and that our
fGoYernment- will indorse their bonds
lfoEths purchase money otherwise aid
in raising funds for that purpose.
1t has transpired that the Democ-
.racYof Virginia are developing move.
.ment' to secure the election of Hon:
Gilbert @. Walker, Governor elect, as
United States Senator from that State.
Their motive is to secure the control OF
the Governorship, because they fear
that he will oppose their palitical as
we'll as railroad shemes, and because
they imagine thatlthev can more easily
manage Lieutenant Governor Lewis.
In short, they Begin to fear that they
have caught Tartar in the election of
Governor Walker, AID they propose to
remove him from his position OF. direct
influence over the officers Of the State.
They win probably elect him to the long
term. ,-.ls-l.rf ssy+,r. fy-;, ~ Ys,7,r..-
Jesse Grant, Esq, father of the
President, and Poatmaster at Coving.
tom Kentucky, had interviews with
sol oAr1 hfol N
sury4 Department on Thursday. he
hopedi all the. dishonest meRWould be
immediately y turned onkand honest ones
putin ohce,4l O: - = Is--3} ru..-.l.g Y ..f
During d terrific storm at HuntingA
don, Pa, Wednesday afternoon, two
men named Barney Farrell and Corne.
lius5Darr, while sitting under the chute
at the coal wharf one mile from town.
were stunned by lightning; and falling
forward intp the. canal, were drowned.
at.A A man named John Klein commit
ted suicide at Psroria, Illinois, We'd
nesday, by shooting himself in the |
head.0 He loaded his pistol with pow
der and then poured water1nlth bar
rel, which he placed ct the side of his |
head and fred literally blowing his |
skull into fragments No cause Is ass |
signed for the act!Ii 70. l-Hi..tat saH ~ -Ih
w, d. Bowen, late Colonel OF the |
tenth. Missouri Cavalry, who, rumor |
has ,it, has. heen after the notorious Sam |
Hildebrand, in St. Francis County, |
Missouri, accompanied by large arm- |
ed posse of Citizens, has returned to. st. |
Louis having failed to capture Sam, |
and thusisec1re the $40, 900 reward OF. |
fered for ht3 arrest. Bowen keeps his |
exp lofts pretty close, but 1t Is rumored |
that he found Sam4o be a perfect Rob
Roy, living in cavern and in almost in
accessible cliffs. In order to find out
anything about Sam some of his rela.
tives Hand friends were arrested and
hung up, till half dead before they
wonld dtvulge anything concerning his
Whereabouts or movements! They ex-
cused their reticence by saying Sam
would kill them IL they told on him.
After this T. itnre II is said that Bowen
will adVise athe Governor to declare
martial law ia st. Francis and Madi-
son counties and send militia, down to
capture Sam.
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