The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-23

night the smell OF gas was discovered IL
the house, and was traced to her room
The door was opened and the young
lady was found lying on the bed partl )
IDENTIFY been awakened by the Oppres-
sion Of the gas, but not understanding
the trouble had not opened the door
and yielded to its effects. The usua
remedies were applied but she died be-
fore morning.
General Canby's announcement
that no one will be admitted rs mem
Der of the Virginia Legislature to be
elected in August unless no can take
the iron-clad test oath caused a good
deal OF talk and some disturbance ol
feeling among the Democrats of that
State. They were willing to let the
Radicals have most Ofthe Congression-
al delegation, so they might control the
Legislature themselves. a large pro.
portion of their legislative candidates
are men who served in the rebel army,
and therefore cannoG take the oath in
question, hOwever we'll disposed they
may be to the new order OF things.
They seem 10 have thought Gen. Candy
could or would set aside the recon-
structiOn acts for their benefit. Find
ing he will not, they will allow the cleo
ton to go by default or put up differ
ent class OF candidates, which cannot
yet be judged.
| commissioner Fisher, of the Patent
| Office, further illustrates his faith in
| the civil service bill by putting the
| hfty-three women clerks OF his bureau
through an examination to prove their
efficiency.
After the close of the present fiscal
year, June 80, and until further notice,
Instead of weekly purchases OF bonds
and sales of gold, the Secretary of the
| Treasury will purchase one million
bonds on alternate weeks, commencing
| Thursday July 1st, and will sell ono
million of gold on alternate weeks,
commencing on Thursday, July Sth.
The Assistant Treasurer has been in
| structed accordingly.
The Democracy OF Washington
county, Pa, met in Convention, Mon
day, and nominated the following
ticket: Assembly, John Mcbride and
j. N. Walker ; Treasurer, James B.
Gibson; Prothonotary, M. B. Donehoo;
Register, j. Y Halnilton; Recorder,
J. z. Charlton; Clerk of Court, s. X.
Ruth; Surveyor, Joseph Gaynan. Audi
tor, q. w. Morrison; Director of Poor,
Work man Hughes. The delegates to
the State Convention were instructed to
support Gen. Cass for Governor.
Last week, at Brewersville, Indi-
ana, Mrs. Warner, witness in di-
vOrCe case, when asked to swear that
she would tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the TRUTH
answered that she would tell the truth
and nothing but the truth, but that she
could not swear to tell the whole truth,
because she did not know it all, and
that If she did know it, the Court would
not permit her to tell II.
"A young girl in q village in the Ar
dennes Forest recently killed her ille-
gitinate child, cut ii into pieces, and
put the pieces into the barrel in which
her parents kept their salt pork. The
family is said TO have eaten the remains
of the child without noticing what they
were. Not a piece OE it was left.
AT Davenport, Iowa, during the
last few days, about twenty cows, be-
longing to as many different citizens,
have died from "blOating," caused by
eating green clover, which has been
rendered poisOnously rank by frequent
rains.
John G. Breckenridge, who has re-
Gently been at ST. Paul, thinks 1t will
have ~, 900 Inhabitants within five
years.
Dubuque, Iowa, voted last Tuesday
on the question, "ShAll the City of Du-
buQue settle its debts ?" Out of 3 500
registered voters. but 22S citizens voted
in the affirmative, and PCS in the mega
tive. The amount of the debts Is said
10 be 100000.
The Sacramento Union reports that
party of Japanese are about to un-
dertake the raising OF ten, AS we'll as
silk, amid the hills Of Weber Creek in
Ell Dorado county, California.
Willis r. Gillespie, youth of 20
years, in Cedar county, Mo-, shot him.
self in the bowels, and died. because
girl OF fifteen years wouldn't marry
him.
Virginia papers state that General
Lee will come out in 4 few days in
support of the Conservative or Walker
ticket in that State. He will write Il
letter.
"A blind horse wandered into White
River at Indianapolis, and, getting be-
yond his depth, swan RroHnd In cir
Gle, trying to find his way out. His
distress attracted another horse not tar
away on the bank, who first went to
tho waters edge and tried to direct the
blind horse by neighing. Failing in
this, he took to the water, and swan
out to his relief, and after swimming
around him for nearly a quarter OF an
hour, he finally got the blind horse to
understand In what direction the land
lay, and the two horses came to shore
side by side, amid the cheers of upward
of one hundred persons, who had be-
come spectators.
The Democracy of Carroll and
unanimously nominated Hon. Jesse D.
Bright for re election to the State Sem
ate.
Seventy five car loads OF fine cattle
were shipped from Columbus Monday.
John Burns, the legless printer,
who sets and distributes "pi" at the
Goverement Office, was wheeled into
the foreman's Office Monday. and ten
dered his resignation, declaring he
would work no longer with the negro.
The Washington Correspondents
Club met Monday and passed resolu-
tions on the death of Mr.. Raymond, an
honary member of that organization.
The present administration is not
directly responsible for the actions OF
ing under the directions of Mr.. Seward,
and has never received any Instructions
from Secretary Fish. The records ofthe
State Department show that Nj. Sew
ards instructions to Mr.. Webb, con-
cerning the claim about which he
seems to have got angry and belliger-
ent, were emphatic in their demands
for settlement, hence It is presumed
that Mr.. Webb had some excuse for the
course he presumed.
The victory of the "Red Stockings,
over the Athletics, OF Philadelphia.
caused great satisfaction in New York
Additional facts in relation to the
seizure OF the celebrated Ullman distil-
lery, at Baltimore, have been received
at the Revenue Bureau. The distillery
is capable OF producing about three
thousand barrels of whisky per day.
All the property was seized by the
Revenue officers, including the builds