The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-22
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

yesterday morning, but not such 6
storm as was reported at the West and
South. The same storm blew down the
new Wabash bridge at Vincennes
Indiana. At Fort Wayne the bridges
and culverts on the Wabash railroad
were threatened by freshets.
Capitalists left Fort Wayne, Tues
day, TO attend railroad meeting al
Henry, Illinois, to consider the practi.
bility of building a railroad from the
former place to Muscatine, Iowa.
"A musical festival largely attended
is in progress at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
B. Merkel, butcher of Cincinnati,
for $1,000 Tuesday. The latter drew
the money and decamped.
-Twenty-ei8ht students graduated
at the Cincinnati Law school, Tuesday
night.
"A westward train on the Nashville
& Northwestern Railroad ran through
trestle Tuesday morning near Dres-
den, killing the engineer. VIM. Sliffy,
and a fireman named Christal. Sew
eral passengers were severely injured.
About the same hour a Northern train
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad ran
through trestle near Trenton, killing
engineer, Noble Courier, and two pas
sengers, names unknown. The latter
were riding on the engine. The storm
of Monday night had washed the earth
away from underneath the trestles.
Justice Downing commenced Tues
day at the Toombs, New York, ex-
animation in the case of the late forg-
cries upon Jay Cooke g. Co., by which
S26, 600 were obtained from the National
Bank of the State of New York. Af1i~
davits were submitted by the Assistant
Cashier of Jay Cooke IL Co., and the
paying Teller of the bank declares the
checks TO be forgeries.
While the rubbish OF an old build
ing in st. Louis, was being hauled away
yesterday morning, the flooring upon
which q team and wagon were standing
gave way, and the wagon and three
men were precipitated into the cellar
beneath. The falling OF the floor
brought down portion OF standing
wall (which fell on and buried the men.
One man named Michael Delaney was
killed; another, name not learned, was
badly cut about the body and head,
and had rib or two broken, and the
third escaped with but a few scratches.
The Grand Trunk Railroad track is
entirely under water between Buffalo
and Brantford, N. Y. The express train
which left Buffalo yesterday morning
was obliged to return. So far the
freshet has not suspended traffic on the
Great Western Railway.
The steamers Helvetia and Dacian
from Europe and South America and
Rio Janerio have arrived at New York.
"A Brooklyn paper says that Sena-
tor Fenton intends to sue the CONNER
ciaL Advertiser and EVenIn9 Post for
libel, laying damage at 500, 900.
The steamer Arizona from Aspin-
wall brings So .32O, OS6 in Treasure and
Panama dates to the 18th inst, which
contain no news.
The watch case mandatory of
Wheeler, Parsons 81 Co., in New York,
was robbed last December of $1,000
worth OF property. On Wednesday
Gustave Kendt, employed by the firm,
and Eugene Kendt and Abraham van
dewager were arrested, charged with
being the burglars.
The convention OF Knights of s..
Crispin of the United States and Cana
da, mt Worcester, Mass, was largely |
attended Tuesday. The proceedings |
were secret; but it is said they looked
to the unity of action of the various
orders.
Hon. John L. Ketcham, a promi-
nent citizen and attorney at law OF
Indianapolis, died Tuesday night from
the effect OF injuries received from a
fall through hatchway on Tuesday.
"A labor convention was held at New
Haven, Conn.,, Wednesday, for the pur-
pose of organizing q State Labor
League. Resolutions supporting the
claims of labor against capital were
presented. The attendance was not
very large.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob bank in Lima, New York,
Wednesday morning. The burglars
were discovered at work and fired upon,
but escaped.
The Board of Overseers of Harvard
College met Wednesday to again con-
slider the election of Prof. Charles w.
Elliott as President, and again adjourn
ed without settling the matter.
"A convention of working women
was held Wednesday in Boston, to coz
suit as to the special wants and general
welfare OF seamstresses and others, and
devise means for their relief.
"A dispatch from Montpelier, W.T.,
SAYS the warm weather and heavy
rains of the last day or two have cul-
minated in the worst freshet known
there for twenty years. Cellers and
basement stores in a multitude of cases
we're filled with water, and the streets
were overflowed at several points in
the village. The bridges on the North
Branch are seriously threatened. though
it is hoped they can bs preserved. The
damage to private property is quite
heavy.
A LANDLADY in Boston, it Is said,
makes her biscuit so light that her