The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-30

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Last Thursday was commencement
dav at Washington College, Va, (Gen
Lee's.) The Cincinnati oration, award
ed b7 the faculty to that graduate whom
theV deem TO have attained the highest
degree of general merit was delivered
| by Mr.. NJ. w. Humphries, of West Vlr'
ginia. By the unanimous choice of his
comrades, the post of valedictory orator
had been awarded Mr.. j, p. Strider, oi
Jefferson county, West Virginia, one o.
the Masters Of Arts. p. .E
The Fisher Bradley case came VI
and came to a conclusion Monday, IN
ths Circuit Court of the District. The
most notable feature of the proceedings
was that Bradley argued his own case
| for an hour and unbosOmed himsel
quite freely about Judge Fisher. There
| were two or three attorneys on eacn
side, and some OF the talk was rather
spicy and interesting. Judge Wylie,
who was on the bench, heard the
sophisms and argument till he was
tired, and then stopped the lawyers
and told them his convictions about the
and he should throw 1t out OF Court
The record will be made up in such q
way that Bradley can take the case ul
| to the Supreme Court, if he pleases, as
he probably will.
"A Washington telegram says: One
OF the New York papers printed on Sat
urday what purported to be the cor,
cegpondence between the President and
Mr.. Borie, when the latter resigned
his position as Secretary of the Navy
Both letters were wanton and deliber"
ate forgeries, and not at all like the
genuine documents, which will be
given to the public In the COurse OF a
week. The Presidents letter was very
kind and friendly in terms, and sho"
that his personal relations with Mr..
Borie remain good.
Major John Hay was, Monday, at
the request of Gen. Slckles, appointed
Secretary of Legation at Madrid. Gen.
Sickles will probably go out on the
Steamer of next Wednesday week:
Frequent meetings have been held
by some wealthy Democrats i'll WASH
ingtOn, 10 endeAvor to revive the de,
ceased IntelLigenlccT. The Liabilities ol
the concern are said 10 be over forty
thousand dollars. It's death Is subject
OF general regret there. II Is belieFeu
that all efforts ut resusciLution will fail
Now York city was visited by q
very severe storm, Monday. A mum Oer
of tenement houses were struck by
lightning, Several persons were par
alyZed.
From the Northern and Cen
trail portions of Illinois. and from
Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and In
diana, come details OF The disastrous
results OF the late storm. Rivers,
sloughs, &C., are full of water, while
the lowlands are nearly covered. Near
ly all of the railroads centering at Chi
cago have suffered 10 greater or less
extent by the destruction of bridges
and sinking of tracks, and in some IN
stances travel has been suspended.
The ST. Louis EUening Post, three
months old, has suspended.
President Grant and family will
visit st. Louis the latter part OF this
week.
Monday was the hottest day of the
season. In st. Louis the mercury stood
at $50; at Washington $50.
Information from the West says
that the country west of Junction Guy,
Kansas, is inundated in many places,
and that houses, stock, crops, &C., are
washed away. 1t Is reported that
twenty five persons have been drowned
in Chapman's Creek, and that the town
of Abeline is flooded and two persons
drowned.
Some of the friends of ex PRECEDENT
Johnson, at Washington, with few
disappointed Office seekers, are trying
parted, in order to give him an oppor-
tunity to scold Grant, and predict an
archy for the Republic and the final
overthrow of our Institutions. Thus
far nobody has been found willing TO
subscribe.
Senator Morton is un his way east
to attend the ceremonies at Gettysburg
on the Fourth.
On Saturday last, two boys, aged
about twelve years old, discovered the
body of boy floating down Licking
Creek, near ZAnesYille, face downward.
and swan out into the stream and
brought it ashore. Finding the body
yet warm, they used the proper means
and succeeded in restoring respiration.
The boy, after being restored, stated
that he had fallen off q log u hundred
yards or so above the place where he
| was rescued, and being unable to swim
he could not regain the shore. In the
course of an hour he was able to walk
to his father, Mr.. kavanRugh's house,
over mile distant.
H. L. Raymond, night operator nj
the Dixon, Illinois, telegraph onics,
was struck by lightning, while at work
in his office. on Saturday night, and
badly injured. His clothes we're burn"
ed off. -. .
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