The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-09
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Honolulu advIces to May Oath, state
that severe earthquake occurred at
Malaki, on the 4th of April. There was
considerable alarm but no serious dam
age. Leprosy prevailed to an alarming
extent in the Islands. AT Sahuita, a
favorite resort of whale ships, over half
of the population were affected. The
disease was spreading rapidly.
July Sd has been selected as the
GaY to celebrate the completion Of the
bridge across the Missouri river at Kan
sas City. Extensive preparations are
being made, and invitations will be
extended as far east as Boston and west
to California.
Miss Winnie Ream has sailed for
Europe. She goes to Rome to cut her
statue OF Lincoln.
The President and family leave
Washington to-day for West Point. He
does not expect to be in Washington
much of the time for the next six
weeks, but does not say where he is
going.
Russell Jones, recently appointed
Minister to Belgium, vice Sanford re-
signed, has received his papers and
leaves for Europe on the 26th inst. Gen.
Andrews. of Minnesota, appointed and
confirmed to Copenhagen, has been
transferred to the more important post
OF Stockholm, and also goes abroad the
last of this month. The new Minister
to Copenhagen has not yet been APP
pointed.
Louisville is greatly excited over
the fact that a body OF uniformed me-
groes meet and drill weekly.
town, Ohio, Monday morning, between
two men named Jones and BOosley,
for two hundred side. On the twenty
third round Jones was knocked out of
time, and Boosley was declared the
winner. No arrests.
"A New York paper announces that
A. T. Stewart has become convert to
the Roman Catholic religion, and will
be in open communion with that church
in a week. 1t is also said that Stewart
has given large donation to the Sis
ters OF Charity, recently.
Richard H. Dana has withdrawn
the suit brought by him against the
city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for
the omission of his name from the vot-
ing list last year. He says he does SO
from doubt whether the case will be
of public value In the shape In which 1t
may present itself.
The City Council of ST. Louis has
doubled the tax rate of that city over
that OF last year, making one per cent.
An Augusta dispatch gives re-
y
plot to burn the town of Lexington,
Georgia, and massacre Its inhabitants.
While the Sherid's posse were arresting
negroes implicated, one of them resist
ed, whereupon they shot him dead.
Three millions of stock has been
subscribed and paid in for the construc-
ton Of the 81. Louis bridge across the
Mississippi, and active work commenc-
ed.
The municipal election in Wash
the city to the Republicans by over two
thousand majority on the general tick
ct, and probably every one of the wards
on councilmen and aldermen-certain-
" all but one. There was a good deal
OF disturbance in some parts of the city,
and at the polls near the houses of ex-
Secretary Stanton and Senator Sher-
man. Negroes who we're opposed to
colored man who voted the citizens
ticket brought on riot, in which there
was sharp fight between the negroes
and police, all of whom are Republi-
cans. The Chief of Police was consider
ably bruised with clubs and stones, and
q number OF policemen were also injur-
ed. One negro was shot dead and TWO
or three others were wounded. Twenty
or twenty-five persons were more or
less Injured during the day. The DEM
ocrats in some of the wards let the elec-
ton go by default.