The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-19
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THE NEWS.

DERBY ID rapidly SINKING and cannot
liyemRny days longer.
The Supreme Court did not, as was
expected, deliver an opinion In the
Yerger case yesterday.
Alexander H. Stephens, In writing 10
DR.. Culver, October 10, says: u have
not been out Of the house since Febru.
aTy but few times, and then was help.
ed ont and In. have very little hope
OF ever leaving home again.
L. NJ. Hoffman d Co., New York bro.
kers, have failed.
The pastors OF the Evangelical
churches Of Boston and Vicinity, at O
meeting Monday, appointed a commit.
tee TO confer with Father Hyaclnthe
and make suitable Arrangements for
extending him q public reception II
deemed advisable.
The Congressional Committee OF Nav.
igaLion visited the sh ip yards Of Boston
and vicinity yesterday.
The Presbyterian Synod OF New York
and New Jersey, new school, meets In
PouHhkeepsle to-day, and will continue
In session three days and three nights.
Two hundred Dlylnes are expected to
be present.
General Bartlett, late Minister TO
Stockholm, Isl In Washington, for the
purpose OF securing settlement Of his
omoial business with the State Depart-
ment.
A bed OF sand has been discovered
near Indianapolis that Is whittier, finer
and better adapted for Rlass- making
than the sand at New Albany.
The old National IntetLtOeHcer has
again changed hands, and Il is reports
ed will be the medium for giving to the
world the vagarles OF Sprague In REFER
ence 10 labor and finance. "Pem Hal
stead is 10 run II.
The Washington Chronicle thinks the
Supreme Court will grant the writ OF
ha6edS corpus In the Yerger case, and
thereby declare the acts OF reconstruct
tlon unconstitutional, and adds that II
this be done o grave dnty will devolve
upon the Executive.
The celebrated Foucault experiment.
to prove the rotation Of the earth, was
tried, Saturday, In the rOtunda Of the
State House, at Columbus, by Mr.. Men.
denhall, OF tho city high school. The
pendulum had clear length OF one
hundred and twenty feet, and showed
the motion OF the earth In three min
utes after starting. The experiment
was In every way success.
The President authorizes denial Of
the statement that an agent Of the |
RothChilds has been In correspondence
with him regarding negotiations for a
loan by that great banking Arm TO the
United States Of all the money the lat.
ter may need at four per cent. This |
finally disposes Of story reiterated |
with great persistence during the last
week ortwo. Secretary Boutwell, some |
time since denied that any such nego.
tiation had been proposed TO him.
The number Of emigrants passing
through Columbus last week was S9l.
To-day, ander the laws OF Congress,
Virginia and Tennessee ballot for u. s. |
Senators-the former for two, the latter
for one. Lieut.. Governor Lewis, Judge |
Pendleton, franklin Stsarns, and Gen. |
Williams are the candidates most
prominently named for the Virginia |
Senatorships. Gen. Williams, II is be-
lieved, will be one, and the probabIli-
ties now point 10 Pendleton as the |
other. The indications all point to |
Andy johnson as the coming man at |
Nashville.
The $l45, 900 worth Of securities stolen |
from the banking. house OF Collins, |
Ullman IL Co., Of Chicago, few weeks
since, have all been recovered through |
detective force employed.
The home OF Mr.. Vinage, one of the
solid farmers OF Butler county, Ohio,
who resides near jones' Station, was
on Tuesday night the scene OF a distress. |
ing casualty. A married daughter OF |
Mr.. V. who lives In Crittenden, KY,
was on u visit to her father with her |
daughter, seventeen months old. The
little girl crying on the evening Of the |
occurrence for bread and butter, her
nurse, girl OF twelve, took large |
carving knife generally used for the |
purpose, and started down the cellar
steps for the butter, carrying the child |
with her. Her foot slipping, and feel
ing herself about 10 fall, the nurse,
with considerable, though indiscreet,
presence OF mind, threw the hand that
held the knife out from her side to
prevent danger to the child. In falling
the handle OF the knife struck the steps
first, and stood, for second, blade up.
ward. In that second the baby fell
upon lis upturned point, and was COM
pletely lmpaled, directly through the
heart. The consideration and grief OF
the mother and grandparents may be
Imagined. 80 =.