The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-25
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CURRENT HOrEs.


taken by yeas and nays In each House,
and was unanimous In the Senate. In
the House there were twelve votes
against 1t, but Colonel DlCkey, Of
Bradford, the acknowledged leader Of
the Democracy. and their candidate for
Speaker, voted yea, as did also Mr..
Bishop, OF Bolton, hitherto staunch
and faithful In the ranks Of the old line
Democrats.
Hon. Moses WIngate, OF Hayerhlll,
Mass, celebrates his Tooth birthday to-
day.
The Republican State Committee OF
Iowa say that the next Legislature Of
that State will stand Rs follows: Sem
AtO-RepublIcans, 42; Democrats, 8.
House-Republicans, IS; Democrats. 10;
Republican majority on joint ballot,
l0l.
The Hartford Comm Times OF
Tuesday says: Mrs. Stowe has left
her home In this city for Brooklyn, N.
Y. where she will spend a few days
and then proceed 10 her residence at
Mandarin, on the ST. Johns River, in
Florida. She will stay there Till May
Of next year. AS she has concluded ar
rangemeuts for embarkIng upon an
enlarged literary enterprise, alter the
current year her contributions will not
appear In Hearth and Home; nor will
she have any connection with that pc.
rlodlcal.'
The New York Times asserts most
positively, and we have no doubt cor
rectly, that at no time, In no way, has
General Grant, or Mrs. Grant, had the
remotest Interest In any speculative
transaction, whether relating to gold or
bonds. Neither with Corbin nor Fisk,
neither with Butterfield nor Gould,
have they held correspondence touch.
Ing the late gold conspiracy; and any
allegation to the contrary Is unquallH-
edly false.' The Tines brands the
pretended letter OF Mrs. Grant's to Mr..
CorbIn as a forgery, and says: Not a
line ever proceeded from that lady or
from the President, In any manner rec..
ognizlug or directing gold or any 9th.
er speculations.'
1t Is thought In Washington some
authoritative statement will be made
by the President denying all connec-
tion with the New York gold swindlers.
This has already been doneln the letter
to Mr.. Bonner recently printed In our
columns, and further denial on the
Presidents part Is quite unnecessary.
-Johnson's defeat In Tennessee is
considered 10 have squelched Ben. But
ler's senatorial aspirations as the sue
cessor OF Henry Wilson. Thus there is
double reason for congratulation.
Jim Fisk, Jr., OF New York, finds
himself an object OF unpleasant atten-
tions. He WAS put on the grand jury
there day or two ago, but 1t WAS i'm
possible to lind him 10 serve q notics
on him. The question whether he IL u
resident OF Boston or New York was
raised there Saturday, In the Court OF
Common Pleas, in connection with the
attachment OF Ills Grand Opera House.
Fisk finds absence Of body better now
a>days than presence Of mind. He is
wanted in many places by public otfl.
cIals, but manages to eluds those sent
after him.
"A gentleman In the State OF New
York, who had occasion to travel daily
over the Hudson River Railroad, was
oVercharged on 526 trips, the distance
travelled being 10 miles and the charge
25 cents In summer and 30 In winter.
The overcharRes amounted In all to
Sl6 Oh. A law OF New York provides
that all such Overcharges shall be re-
funded and the company fined $50 for
each charge above the rates allowed
by that law, the fines as we'll as over.
charges being payable TO The plaIntiF
under the statute. The case has Just
been decided against the company. The
court awarded the plaintiff the full
penalties OF the law for the sum OF
1916 OIL, fines and overcharges, 1928
interest and 81, 1891 10 costs. making the
entire amount recovered by plaintiff,
S27,sl9 IL.
Speaker Blaine and wife were in
Washington last week engaged In fur.
niShlng their residence. It Is rumored
that the Speaker proposes 10 outdo the
Vice President In the style Of his en-
tertainments this winter.
r. II. Mcdonald, of New York, is
a man not to be trifed with. he has
written to General Spinner that some
time in June last he forwarded fifty
Ave cents In mutllated currency to the
Treasury Department for redemption !;
that In July he wrote 10 the Depart
lnent, and was informediln. reply that
his mutilated" had never been re-.
celved, and that his communication
had been referred to the Post Office De.
partment. Not having, however, re-
ceived any further satisfaction, he has
taken legal ADVICE, and proposes to
move Immediately upon the Treasury
works, unless indemnified for his miss.
ing funds without further delay. Gen.