The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-29
THE NEWS.


town OF Waburn for permanent inIu-
rles received by the plaintiff frSm q
defect in the highway.
George Springer who was committed
to jail in Lawrence, Mass, last May fol
placing distractions on the track OF the
Lowell Il Lawrence railroad, hung
himself Monday night.
A young man named VIM. Byrlan
whose parents live In New York city,
committed suicide al Kansas city, NO.,
on Sunday by blowing his brains out.
Samuel Dryden, prominent citizen
Of Johnston county, No., Is suspected
as the murderer OF Mr.. Cox and his
wife near Klngsvllls last week, mem
tlon OF which was telegraphed a few
days ago. Dryden was the owner oi
the farm upon which Cox lived. lie
has fled the country, but the officers are
In pursuit Of him.
Father HyacInths will be defended
In the Ecumenlcal Council by the BIsh.
ops OF Avegnon, Phemes, Challons and
BAzeaux.
The King OF Portugal has publicly
contradlcted the rumor OF his candl-
dancy for the throne OF Spain. He
says lie was born o native OF Portugal
and will die native. [He couldn't do
anything else II he were TO try.-EDs. ]
The Episcopal Convention will meet
to-day In New York city, and a stormy
time Ia expected. Several divInes have
determined to bring the subject of rlt.
ualistic services In the St. Albana
Church before tho convention. II the
convention dIsapprovCs that service, il
Is expected that Father Morrill,, Rector
OF 81. Aibans, will be brought to trial.
DR.. Ever, OF Boston, will also be ques.
toned for calling Protestantism q
failure.
Some OF the Washington papers esti-
mate tho decrease Of the public debt
this month at fifteen millions, but that
Is believed TO be too high figure.
The expedition Of DR.. Hayes and Mr..
Bradford. the artist, has returned from
the Arctic regions to st. Johns, entirely
successful In every object, and all
well. They penetrated the middle Ice,
In which the British whaler Alexandria
was crushed and lost. Her crew was
saved.
Attorney General. Hoar has slSnified
his intention TO Virginia gentlemen
who have interested themselves in the
matter to supplement his test -oath
opinion with fuller exposition OF the
powers Of the Legislature elect, with
special reference to tho senatorial ques.
uon.
The conspirators from the Sixteenth
United States Infantry, who were In
league TO effect the escape OF Colonel
Yerger, are to be tried by court-ma,
tial. One OF them, It IL found, had 8
private box at the Jackson Post-ofiice
Their rendezvous for secret meetings
with citizens, 1t Is supposed, was Eve
miles from town.
The Republican Convention OF Mis-,
sisslppl, will assemble at jackson. to.
day.
The American Cablo Company, OF
New York, represented by their attor-
ney, ]. X. Herbert, Esq, has filed With
the Postmaster General written slRni,
6cation OF their Rcquiescence In the
telegraphic restrictions imposed by acI
OF Congress OF 1865. This Company pro,
poses to lay down another submarine
cable, to be worked under an American
patent, between France and this coun.
try, and the French Gable Company
has undertaken to procure for them
from the Imperial Government the
same privileges which they are now
suppllcatIng from Congress. ai
At noon yesterday the Cabinet met,
but the only members present were
Secretaries Boutwell, and Cox and At
torney General Hoar. Assistant Score.
larry Of State Davis, and Assistant Pos,
Master General Earle, represented the
heads Of their Departments.
Hertzog, the famous running horse
that made mile In one minute fortyA
three and half seconds, the fastest
time on record, died at the; Buck.
eye track. Cincinnati, yesterday. His
owner refused SIS. 900, for him within a
week,
Samuel Barton, a farmer, aged sixty,
living on Gunpowder River, Baltimore
county, Nd, was found at his house,
on Saturday morning, brutally muir
dred, his head nearly severed from his
nody. The suspected murderer 10 one
william Brown. formerly OF Terre
Haute, Indiana. He was a soldier In
the army, and after the war married n
niece OF OR. Barton, with whom he re-
sided at the time OF the murder, II Ia
evident he committed the murder with
an Ak. 'D~ -
Tho associated banks Of Boston have
Informed their nonresident stockhold-
ers that, by recent decision of the an.
preme Court Of Massachusetts' tbsv
must pay the State tax upon their
shares. There are two taxes now ma.
sesEed, for the years 1868 and 1859,
George II. Clark, Of New York. has
been held In $500 bail for trial on 4
charge OF defraudlng a ST. Louis arm
Of $1,000 worth Of whisky. An exam.
inatlon was had.
The International Union OF Locomo
tive Flremen Is holding its fourth an.
nuRl convention at Cincinnati. Forty
delegates are In attendance, The pro
ceedings are secret.
John A. Gould the Wall street broker
who is accused OF outraHing the person
j OF Mrs. Anna Mead, OF Brooklyn, wal
examined on Monday. The complain.
ant was cross~exRmined ut length By
counsel for The defence, who sought L
damage her reputation by series O
singular questions. The examination
IWill be renewed at an early day.