The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-26
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THE NEWS.

A meteor which assembled vertically
and descended over the same course
was seen at Philadelphia aud Wash
inRton Tuesday evening. II was not
observed at tho Naval Observatory 10
Washington, because none OF the as.
tronomers have yet returned from their
expeditions TO observe the solar eclipse.
John Quincy Adams, In a speech ao.
ceptlng the Democratic nomination for
Governor OF Massachusetts, declared II
the duty OF the Democracy to abandon
dead Issues by accepting the established
fact Of universal unqualified suffrage.
The New York Herald's London let.
ter gives the opinion Of prominent
EngllSh oarsmCn, that the HArvArds
must win. .,rI HH. .G-
Gov. senter, Col. D. NJ. Nelsoni Gen.
J.A. Mowbrey and Col. John B. Brown.
low, Of Tennessee, are In WRShIngt ton,
en- route to New York. Gov. senter
will return in few days for the pur.
pose Of calling on President Grant.
Duluth, Mlnn., has commenced to
grow. One hundred houses have gone
up within sixty days.
The demands on the Treasury for
fractional currency are 80 great and
the amounts required 80 large that to
supply them would necessltate an Is
sue ofcurrency at the rate OF 100000 a
day for n year to come.
Mr.. Murphy, our Cousul at Frank-
fort. on-the-Main, has written o letter
10 Commissioner Dalano, calling his
attention TO the large number OF Amer
leans living In Germany who have
large Investments in United States
bonds and who make no income re-
turns, also to the large number Of nat
urallzed citizens, residing In the same
country, who evAds the payment Of
taxes in the same manner.
On Monday last, Mrs. Ames, residing
at Mound, OSle county, Ill, admins.
tered poison to herself and to her little
girl. The child died In 10 minutes and
Mrs. Ames In about 10 hours. There
had been some trouble In the family,
particularly between Mrs. Ames and
her husband, and she took this way to
end them.
Rear. Admiral Poor has gone to New
York to relieve Admiral Hof OF the
command Of the North Atlantic squad.
ron.
The President is not expected 10 re.
turn 10 Washington till next week.
The Internal Revenue Department
has not, 1t appears, altogether abandon.
ed the much condemned system OF
compromising revenue frauds. Tues.
day, Pennsylvania fraud, involving
some nine thousand dollars, was set.
tied on Terms very satisfactory to the
accused.
There Is u war among the llverymen
In Pittsburgh, and the result is a re.
ducIlon Of rates in favor Of the public
A formal demand has been made on
the Pacific Railroad Company to pay
lie Indebtedness TO St. Louis county,
Mo-, tho amount being 5000. These
payments .werO for a county loan to
assist. In repairing damages done
during the war by Sterling PrIce's
army. d. 4n.rHE .'"r.
Al Philadelphia, water Id being
pumped Into the Falrmount. reservoir,
by steam engines, at the rate l, ,l5O, 900
gallons every "a hours.
On the lst Of September about s., ,sG4, :
l25 In coin will be taken from the
Treasury to pay the semi annual inter.
est on the 1910 bonds. Amount OF
bonds outstanding, Sl9i, 300. No
further payments OF gold Interest will
fall due after this until the lst of No.
vember next, when S2S.OOO,OOO will be
required to pay the semi-annual INSTALL
ment OF interest on the 5.20J.