The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-01
THE NEWS.

GeIbonh Interested IN tue N0fLnefn
Pacific Railroad think that company
will not come before Congress this win.
ter for aid. They have fine land
grant, and talk about going to work on
thatRs o basis. Members now In Wash.
lngton are generally quite strong
against further railroad subsidies at
present. rau rr.# ......,.rr.'
The second game Of billiards at the
tournament at CinoInnatl, Monday
night, resulted: James Cherry, 500;
James Williamson, 39l. Thirty.seVen
Innings played. .a.nl
Blgelow & Barbour's aatinet mill. ut
Worcester, Mass, was burned Monday
night. s'r i.#t'a II llTs-S
Another kerosene murder occurred
OF College Corner, Butler county, Ohio,
Saturday evening. The wife Of George
Clark had poured some oil In a tin cup
70 facilitate filling lamp. II caught
IRE from the stove, and she carrying
the cup to the door TO throw Il out,
threw the burning oil on her little girl,
who was jnst coming Ii and whom she
did not see In time 70 stop. The child
was burned to death and the mother 30
Injured In attempting to save her that
she iB likely also TO die. ,l"M
It was reported In New York, Mon
day, that leading dry goods Importer
had telegraphed to President Grant that
the decline In the price Of gold had
gone far enough. and that further de-
cline would bring ruin on 90 many
merchants all over the country that a
commercial panic and crisis were Inev-
liable. ~
It is said that both the President and
his Postmaster General are In favor Of
abolishlng The iranking privilege utter.
and absolutely; and not only 30, but
That the President will recommend Il
in his coming message. .. .y-.1 a.
w. II. Wise, express messenger on
the Cleveland d Pittsburgh Railroad,
shot himself through the head, Mon.
day afternoon, as the train entered the
Cleveland depot. he left a note, glat>
lug that whisky and friends were the
cause OF the deed.
A movement OF considerable i'm.
portance among Western Republican
members has just been developed In
Washington, In the preparation OF q
Dill TO increase Congressional repre-
sentation from the present basis oHtwo
hundred and forty members OF the
House q Representatives to three hun.
dred. Ne basis OF representation Is
usually fixed after the taking OF the
census, but as the ninth census will
hardly be completed before 1872, 1t is
Intended 10 pass bill this winter
slightly increasing the present basis Of
population, and providing for three
hundred members for the Forty. second
Congress. Western men say that un.
der the proposed apportIonment I'LL.
nols, Iowa and Wisconsin will increase
their present representation, while New
England Will be reduced two or three
members.
The Postmaster General threatens 10
close up number Of postotfices In
Kentucky II the citizens within their
delivery do not put stop to lawless
parties compelling the postmasters to
give up letters that do not belong To
them.
W. O. kuetfner, assessor OF the 18th
Illinois district, has arrived In Wash.
lngton with petition for his retention
ninety ieet In length. a. a9r
The investigation by the Comptroller
OF the Currency into the affairs Of the
Second National Bank, OF Cleveland,
since the date Of the suicide OF Seth
Bnsl, The deEaultlng cashier, deyelops
the fact that the bank loses about $3.50.
700, AMI II IA supposed that private de-
positors will lose about $3.50, 900 or $500.
600 more. i}n Trs'
It Is said the appointments for the new
Circuit judges have all been made, and
that tie names will be sent 10 the Sen.
ate soon after the meeting. OF course
II la not known who the appoiniees are,
Il Is considered probable that Judee
Drumnond, Of Chicago, Ia one.
A Press Club has been organized In
Pittsburgh. -.
A $500 h. bell is TO be hung in the
tower OF the I'd Presbyterian Church OF
Columbus.
A great deal Of lRwlessness is report
In Mississippi. The citizens OF Water
Valley were very much alarmed Sun.
day night Mt the reported threats OF
negroes 10 burn the town, and com.
mtttee went 10 Grenada after troops.
Gen. Penny backer sent them late that
night. Sunday afternoon serious riot
occurred at Winona, on the MIssissippl
Central Railroad, between blacks and
whites, during which some fifty shots
were fired, but no one was hurt,
Couriefs were sent to Grenada for
troops, but they were absent at Water
Valley. At last accounts further trou.
BILE was imminent. The Grenada Sen
ttneL, OF Saturday, confirms the report
ed fight between whites and blacks in
Suntower county, on Saturday prevl-
Gus, during which thirteen OF the latter
are reported TO have been killed and
says Combash, the leader OF the blacks,
has been arrested by the militia and is
now In jail. Some eight or ten citizens
have also been arrested ns lfo1r,r
y One of the reports in New York con-
oerning Mr.. A. d. Richardson iB that
ne was married to Mrs, cFarland
Monday afternoonS and that he has
wtlledlheri all his property, consisting
OF four 1fIbHtle shares, the last Of which
he purchased for g, 900 from John Rus.
sell Young, when the latter left the
establishment. FI ni.0 fauit
Commissioner Delano adheres 10 the
income tax, and will recommend Con.
gress 10 continue It In force from July
next. Several members, however, have
determined to move for liz reduction,
The prevailing impression In Washing.
ton iayors the rate OF two per cent,
with the exemption Increased to 81, 600.
A young man named Jossph VII
llRms, formerly Of Tennessee, was
knocked down Monday night, at 81,
Joseph, Mo-, while going from The de.
pot 10 . hotel, and robbed OF sixteen
thousand dollars. He had Just received
the money at Leayenworth from his
tather's estate. .,.T1. - ~
There was good deal OF excllement
around the headquarters Of The CnbaI
JuntR In New York, Monday nIeb7.
assurances having been received frorn
Washington that the President will
take q decided stand on the Cuban
question before the meeting OF Con.
gresS. A mass meeting Is called for
Friday evening, when Senator Wilson
Will be here and Greeley will speak.
The Committee OF the City Gov
erninent at Boston, has been appointed
to make suitable arrangements for the
reception Of the romans OF George Pea.
body.
aThe steamers Erie and Ontario, we're
aold at Boston. 10 New Workers. for
1863, II each. The original cost OF both