The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
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1EOS Len -lOElleS 4AU'
Minister Hale has at last been sus
pended and Sickles appointed his sue
cesSOr'
The Washington Postmaster, con
trary to rumor, has surrendered 10 hi
successor without contest.
Resolutions were introduced Monday
night into the Chicago Common Coun
Gil, proposing TO test the constitutions
ality of the law passed last winter BY
the General Assembly of Illinois. con
veying the Lake front to the !llinoi'
Central, Michigan Central, and Chicago
Burlington q Quincy Railroads.
The Methodist Clergymen of Chica
go met Monday and passed resolutions
strongly protesting against the ceremo
ny of the decorating OF soldiers graves
being performed on he Sabbath day.
-Msjor. General Hancock and stat
arrived at st. Paul Monday to take
command of the department of Dakota
headquarters at ST. Paul.
Louis Kissing, who was arrested
some weeks ago at Burlington, Iowa,
on the charge of numbering step child
two years ago last July, and taken to
st. Peter, Minnesota, for trial, was on
Saturday evening convicted of murder.
The evidence was entirely circumstan-
tial. The prisoner was deeply affected
by the verdict, covering his face with
his hands he wept bitterly and could
not be composed.
The trial of the New Ulm, Mime.
sofa, murders who were the authors OF
a bloody tragedy two years ago last
Christmas, has been again postponed.
On Monday, VIM. Halgren was
instantly killed at Watertown, Mimi,
under the following remark able cir
cumstances He had been hunting and
was leaning on his loaded rifle with the
muzzle of his gun against his breast,
while in this position his horse kicked
at him and his hoof striking against the
cock caused discharge OF thegun. The
charge passing through his heart.
"A farm house near La Crosse, Wis.
owned by c. Olson, was undermined
by water and fell in on Saturday night,
instantly killing little son and SO
seriously injuring Mrs. OLSON that her
recovery is doubtful.
The Farmers Hotel at La Crosse
was burned Monday. Anson OLSON,
was burned to death while trying to
save some of his property.
The Mcconnell murder trial will
commence at Jacksonville, Ill.,, next
Monday.
"A meeting OF the Young Mems
Christian Association of Chicago passed
a resolution, to s, that women should
not be allowed to become members of
the Association. Brother Moody, the
President, gave the casting vote.
"A Richmond dispatch says that
owing to extensive sales of land in
small portions to white emigrants, ne
gro laborers are going further South
for employment. Over three hundred
recently left and hundreds are prepar-
ing to follow.
"A row boat, containing five men,
capsizsd near Port Morris, N. j., Sun
day. Three of the men swan ashore;
the other two were drowned.
The formal opening of the library
of the colored Normal School, of Bal
timore, took place Monday evening.
Addresses were delivered by Judge
Bond, Archibald Sterling and others.
"A printer of the firm of lockwood
& Rollins, job printers. Boston, COM
mitted suicide this morning, by cutting
his throat.
1t is said Walter Brown contem-
plates visiting England with intent to
accept the challenge offered In single
scull rowing for the championship of
the world.
John Clark, who assisted rioters in
Brooklyn, Monday evening, in assault
ing an officer, when the latter shot
Clark and threatened the others with
T,.rR lNnFp nd I'M
Clark to the hospital.
George Gibson, OF Cedar Crock,
California, died suddenly at hotel in
the Bowery, New York, Monday morn
ing. His effects, consisting of 10000.
haYe been taken possession of by Coro~
ner Flynn.
"A special from Omaha says the
wagon train of the Fifth Cavalry ar
rived at Fort Mcpherson, Monday, un-
der command Of Lieut.. Forbush. They
report that stven companies OF the
Fifth Cavalry, under Gen. Carr, while
moving from Kansas toward Fort
Mcpherson struck a camp of about 500
Cheyennes on the 18th. a fight ensued,
In which the Indians were badly de-
feated, leaving 2l warriors on the field,
and carrying off large number OF
killed and one officer and two privates
wounded. The Indians abandoned
their camp. Gen. Carr was still in
pursuit when last heard from, near
Medicine Lake Creek.
The owl>train from Albany, Tues
day morning. collided near Chester
Mass, with delayed freight train.
Geo. F. Porter, of Charlestown, and
Mrp II T. HoadatrOuv of PnHa1o NJ
Y, were the only persons seriously in
lured. The wounded were taken to
Springfield.
Day, Jobson & Chase's planning
mill and lumber yard, in Springfield,
Mass, were destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning. Loss about $20, 900; partially
insured.
AT the billiard tournament in Bos-
ton, Monday, Williams beat Brooks by
500 to 3l6, aud Colby beat Flack, 500 to
434. In the evening the last two games
of the tournament were played Flack
winning the fist one over Williams.
Wilmonth takes the champion cue and
$3.50. Flack and Williams play to-day
for the second prize, they being tied.
On Tuesday morning the steamer
Grecian of the Royal Mail line, struck
on Split Rock, Cedar Rapids, in the st.
Lawrence river, and sunk in 20 feet OF
water. No lives were lost.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Miners at Hyde Park, the
Pennsylvania Coal Companies Miners
at Pittston, and the Delaware and
Hudson Miners at OIiphant, number
ing altogether more than i've thou
sand, are and have been steadily at