The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-30
THE NEWS.

Gold dropped yesterday over two per
cent, closing at l22.
a rumOr prevails nj Brooklyn that
Secretary ROhesOn IL about To transfer
the Navy Yard 10 II point on the Hud.
son river on account OF the advantage
OF having It In fresh water. Brooklyn
Is much excited In consequence.
Early yesterday morning, the boiler
in the shoe mandatory OF John Cur.
lie, ut Woburn, Mass, exploded, dan.
gerously scalding the engineer, named
Barnes. One or two other employees
were somewhat burned.
The Catholic Church III Weymouth,
Mass, was destroyed by FIRE Saturday,
NO insurance on the property.
Counterfeit United States $40 bills,
have just made their appearance In
Boston, and are excellent limitations.
In Peabody, Mass, Saturday even.
Ing, Nathaniel Lordwell, a we'll known
citizen, was knocked down In the road
and robbed; 1t Ia feared his Injuries are
fatal. The robbers escaped.
Louis Artz. conductor OF a freight
train on the Toledo, Wabash Il Western
Railroad, was instantly killed at Log
auspOrt, Indiana, yesterday morning,
He fell from the top Of the cars, and
part OF the train passed over him.
Three new hotels will be opened In
Washington City this week-lhe Ar.
lington, Jenness and st. Cloud.
The story In one OF tho New York
papers, Saturday, that a naval vessel IL
soon going to San Domingo with Ad-
miral Porter and Generals Burnside
and MCCook, on Government business,
seems 10 be another New Yorl; sensa-
ton. Admiral Porter hasn' heard that
he is 10 go, and the Secretary OF the
Navy don't know that any OF his ves.
sells are going. II Burnside and Nc
Cook are going, II must be on private
business.
The Census Committee met again
Saturday, but rs their bill had moi
come up from the printing Office, they
could not make progress in arranging
lis details. They spent the brlet seq
sion mostly In discussing the question
OF fixing the number Of members In
the House Of Representatives after
1870. Some favored doing that in this
bill, and some thought that II had bet>
ter be done In a separate bill. Some
favored the establishing OF II certain
figure OF population M u basis OF rep
resentatiOn, while others wore In favor
OF fxing three hundred as the entire
number Of members OF the House. No
conc luslon on these various points WAS
reached. ...rg
From conversations with members of
the Ways and Means Committee, IL Is
thought that au etlott will be made
at the coming session OF Congress
to modify both the Internal revenue
aud tariff laws, Notwithstanding the
announced purpose OF Secretary Bout,
we'll and Commissioner DelanO 10 nd.
wise that the former law be permitted
10 remain Intact, In all material fea-
lures, for one year more.
The Giant Powder Mills In The
suburbs OF San Francisco exploded
Friday night. Two white men were
killed and one wounded, and eight
Chinese injured. The building was
blown 10 pieces, and glass shattered In
the neighDoring houses. The shock OF
the explosion was felt at n great dis.
lance. Doctor Cusemans, chemist, su.
perintendent Of the works, was fearful.
ly mUtilAted. The cause Of the dIsas.
Ter Is unknown. Considerable nitro.
RlyCerlne, the principal ingredient OF
Giant powder, was stored In the build.
Ing.
There Ia general inclination at
Washington 10 Increase the volume OF
currency In the South and West, prob
ably through the establishment OF ad.
d!lional National Banks IN those seq
tions,
Isaac q. Pray, q well known dramatic
writer and journalist, died Of heart
disease at his residence In Irving Place
New York, Sunday morning.
BrewRter, OF Pennsylvania, Ia ono OF
the most prominent candidates for the
Attorney GeneralshIr after Mr.. HOar IL
out,