The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-07
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TRLEGRAPH.

woman's suffrage convention was hel(
In Buffalo, Monday afternoon.
A son of Hon. Albert j. Wrigh
was drowned in Boston harbor on th'
; Fourth.
3 The Fourth was duly celebrated II
Richmond, Charleston and other South
ern cities.
AT Wilmington, North Carolina
Sunday, steam tug exploded causing
the death of Col. Mears and badly in
jurinR two others.
, In Buffalo, there was a grand pro
cession of the military and school chill.
dren on the Fourth, and a balloon as
cension. The day wound up with 6
grand Straw wberry Festival and fire
works by the Grand Army of the Re
public.
In Albany, the Fourth was finely
celebrated, with very few accidents
One or two small fires occurred. and
some fifty arrests were made for firing
pistols early Ia the day.
, AT Boston, the Fourth was celebra'
ted in true New England fashion. The
usual oration before the city authorities
was delivered by Hon. e. w. Morton
The city was thrOnged, the Coliseum was
|
in the afternoon grand concert was
given under Prof. Gilmore.
The officers of the Army of the Pc.
tomac held a reunion and banquet in
New York, Monday evening, which
was numerously attended, presided
over by Gen. Sheridan. Bacheldoor's g
grand historical painting of the battle
OF Gettysburg, was uncovered at the
banquet and elicited the utmost enthu'
siasn.
Monday morning John McCate and
Morris O'Brien quarrelled in New York
City Park beneath the flag of their
country. They stepped aside out of
reach OF the loungers, drew revolvers
and commenced lively fusilade. The
police rushed up in the nick of time
and arrested both Of the offenders, but
not till McCAbe had been slightly
wounded in one hand.
"A meeting of the labor reform agi-
tators was held in old Harmony Grove
in Framingham, Mass, Monday morn
ing. Speeches were made and resolu-
tions adopted denouncing the Repubh-
can party and the Massachusetts Leg
| islature, and favOring the immediate
payment OF the national debt by direct
| assessment.
| independence day at Cincinnati
was celebrated by pic-nics principally.
The procession was small. The fire.
works at night was the grandest dis
play ever made in that city. There
were 25, 600 spectators.
"A. Carey, Treasurer of the Mil
waukee 81 st. Paul Railroad. WAS accl.
dentally killed by falling under a car
on that road, Monday.
| About $50 Monday night the store
OF II. II. Neal, dry goods dealer, corn
er 4lh and Jefferson streets. in Louis.
Vile, was damaged by fire to the
amount OF $40 900 to $50, 900 IN stock
and fixtures. The whole insurance
amounts TO $25, 900, So, 900 whereof was
was insured for $1,000 in each of the
following companies: Louisville lnsu-
rance and Banking Company; Liver
pool and London; CleYeland Insurance.;
| Buckeye Insurance, and the North
American. A Roman candle falling
into the store Is supposed TO have caused
the fire.
The trial of model OF the air ship
Avitor at San Francisco, Monday, is
pronounced success by the Times,
while the AUn- Californian says the per-
formance was something like a failure.
The wind blew so hard 1t was inn
possible to make the experiment in
| the open air, so the trial was made un-
der cover. The ship rose in the air, and
was propelled backward and forward
and guided in any desired direction by
the steering apparatus. 1t Is claimed
that the present action is not a critic
riOn of the success OF the principle. Its
machinery, engines and boiler weigh
less than hundred pounds.
The National Anniversary was OBJ
served in San Francisco by n process
sioR and literary exercises. Hon. w.
81. Seward accompanied by the Mayor
occupied a carriage in the line OF process
sion, and was greeted by the waving of
handkerchief and other demonstra-
tions of respect by thousands of people
who thronged the streets. Salutes
were fired from the different forts in
the harbor, which as we'll as the city
and shipping were decked with flags
and presented gay appearance. The
| Fourth of July was generally observed
throughout the Pacific coast Some
places celebrated it on Saturday, some
Sunday and others on Monday.
"A large fire broke out at White
Hall n. Y, Monday morning in WV,
Cooke g Sons Lumber Yard. Their
Mill and large quantity of lumber
was totally destroyed. Loss from ESQ.,
600 to $75. 900.
The steamers Selia and Nebraska
from Liverpool have arrived at New
York.
The Fourth was celebrated in New
York Monday, in a very patriotic man.
ner. In the morning there was a grand
parade of the 1st Division OF Military;
in the evening, the usual display OF
fire works. All public places were
decorated with flags and every one
seemed bent on celebrating the day.
There were twenty casualties from
pyrotechnic1, mostly boys, in the city
and ten in Brooklyn. one of the latter
being the accidental killing Of a young
lady by the premature explosion of a
gun. There was twenty-one small
fire1 in the city and nineteen in Brook
lyn during the day and evening.
The breach in a feeder OF the Che
mung canal near Corning, suspends
navigation on that canal throughout for
four or five days.
-Advices from Rio Janeiro, June 10,
say McMahon, the United States Min
lister was at Buenos Ayres and would
sail for Rio Janeiro at once.
The statue OF Washington was un-
yelled in Philadelphia, Monday, with
appropriate ceremonies.
-Bloodgood's wooden factory, near
4 Railway, N. J., was burned Monday
JnSs $40 600.