The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-22
BY MAIL.

Dayton was visited by another seri
GUS conflagration Thursday. The With
erup House was burned. The catastro
phe was the more distressing in conse
quence of the roasting of worthy old
man and injuring of several persons
The scenes were the most exciting tina!
have been witnessed in Dayton Iol
| years.
The Dayton people already, begin
to feel the loss of their fine Opera
House, which was burned in the early
part of this. week. A subscription has
already been started for the purpose Ol
erecting a new one. Several prominent
men have subscribed and considerable
money has been promised.
"A special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Gazette says that on wednesday morn
ing Miss Huldah Dawson and Mrs.
Susie Lee Mcgowan, OF New Albany,
Indiana, each aged about is years, pro-
cured eight grains of morphine each,
and last night, after writing letters TO
their friends announcing their intention
to commit suicide, and praying fer
vently for some time, swallowed the
poison. At daylight this morning they
were discovered In their room in AN
almost lifeless condition. Medical at.
tention was promptly secured ana
they are both out of danger. 1t seems
Elisha Jackson, an employe of the New
Albany Rolling Mill, and that he had
wearied OF her and deserted her. Mrs.
Mcgowan had been seduCed by Thomas
Mcgowan, and the fact coming to the
knowledge of her friends, he was
forced to marry her, but deserted her
shortly aiterward. The girls had been
companions since childhood, and, al
though frustrated in the attempt, they
express their determination to com
NIT suicide at the FIRST opportunity.
The Philadelphia EUe1limy 1ete-
graph describes the departure OF Min
lister Motley as follows:
The Hon. j. Lothrop Motley, United
States Minister to the Court of st.
James, accompanied by his family and
General Adam Badeau, Assistant Sc
cretary OF Legation, sailed yesterday
for Liverpool on the Cunard steamer
Cuba from New York. 1t was the in
tention of q number of his friends and
admirers to accompany him down the
bay, and accordingly Surveyor Cornell
had ordered the revenue tug Jasmine,
Captain Josiah Pierson, to be in readl-
ness ut the foot OF Canal street, to con-
Surveyor Cornell, however, yesterday
morning received information from
Mr.. Motley that he had decided that
his departure should be free from any
demonstration whatever, and the order
tor the revenue cutter was counter
manded. Shortly before noon Mr..
Motley and General Badeau were
driven from their hotel 10 the steamer.
On their arrival they Immediately re-
tired to the cabin. The steamer was
delayed until 2 O'Clock, awaiting the ar
rival of the mails, at which hour the
lines fastening the Cuba to the dock
were cast loose, and the vessel steamed
away, amid Il drenchtnS rain, on her
ocean voyage.
The annual reunion OF the menl-
bers OF the Alumni of Girard college
took place last evening, on the occas-
sion of the 10Th anniversary OF the
birth OF Mr.. Girard, the founder of the
College which bears his name.
The N. Y. Herald, of Thursday.
says:
The members of the organized gangs
of robbers which infest our large cities
grow bolder daily, and become more
daring as they become more scientific.
In Baltimore yesterday the money de-
livery clerk of an express company,
when about to hand i'll an amount of
cash at place of business in North
Charles street, was seized, gagged and
robbed of sixteen thousand dollars
when in the very room. This outrage
was perpetrated within IL few doors OF a
crowded thoroughfare; yet no noise was
heard and consequently no alarm given.
Burglars and thieves of the higher
ranks appear to have perfected an in
decentralization from city TO city by
close organization and constant corr
respondence. The only means of meet
ing it efficiently is by more active, and
united course of duty on the part OF the
police.