The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-23
News Of tho Day.

The Utah correspondent Of the Cincin.
natl GGsettC says II tho Government tries
TO enforce the laws for the suppression of
polygamy, Brigham will assurcdly fight,
nnd that he has formidable resources.
Judge Black Is preparing an article,
which he will soon publish, in answer TO
Senator Wilson's paper on the late SccrO.
tary Stanton in the Atlantic Monthly.
Lord Derby Inns formally declined the
leadership Of the English House Of Lords,
which has been rendered him by the con.
servativc party. t1r'n. O.
Tho British army estimates announce q
reduction Of 1850 men. N i''it I
A Zouavc battalion and the independent
military organizations had grand parade
yesterday ut Cincinnati.
The Newburg, N. Y, Iron Works have
suspended payment. During the war 1t
was ono OF the largest concerns in the
country, employing l 500 persons.
A new spouting mineral spring has been
accidentally developed near Saratoga, n.
Y. II throws water several feet high,
similar To the Geysers Of Iceland and Cal
ifornin. '''
Radical changes arc proposed In the pO.
lice (epartmCnl Of Boston, In effect sub.
stituting for the special detective system
the selection by the chief Of police Of
patrolmcn for special duty.
Tho flannel Mill Of Austin s Taylor, in
North Salem, n. IL. was destroyed BY
iirp Saturday. Loss 100000; insured for
$4,000. 4.r..ftrs.
At Louisville, Monday night, Early
Smith, negro salO0n keeper, shot and
probably fatally wounded another negro
naned Lewis Smith. Tho cause Of the
difficulty Is unknown. Smith was ar.
rested. 60 ""''
A band Of cOuntcrlGitcrs In Pulaski
Wayne and other adjoining counties III
Kentucky, have been engaged for some
time III circulating several thousand dol
lars Of bogus ten dollars and fifty cent U,
s. notes. A clue has been obtained as "a
their headquarters md IN carly arrest q
the gang Is looked for, r
Judge Knight, Of tho Circuit Court o
St. Louis. decided, Monday, that debts
contracted by u wife must be collected
from her husband, and not from her sep
arate estate. Nii' ~ WI ''''
Right Rcv. Ashburst Turner Gilbert
Bishop Of Chichester, England, died or
Monday, aged 81 years, m.a
English engineers have obtained con
tract TO build 300 miles Of railroad In
Japan. tg .,E,I .,F
No markets or stock board yesterday IL
New York, and no report except thai
prices are generally unchanged
Tic 10Th English Regiment, which re
Gently sailed from Halifax for England
lost ail its horses on the passage, In COnse
quGncc Of 'tempcAtuolS weather, They
had to hG thrown overheard. q
W. jasper Blackburn, Of Now Orleans
charged with corruption in procuring I
cadet appointment, prints card saying
81, 400 WIS paid, and no secrecy or traut
was intended.
Invicw Of the many shocking accidents
caused by petroleum, In England, law
have been perfected for subjectmg Il u
still scVcrcr tests. a lill will sOOn TX
brought before Parliament looking to thii
end. III ~,
Among tic Ecclcstiaslics expelled from
Rome, are said to have been several Amer
iCans.
Tho discussion on tile question OF papa
infallibility, il expected to bc opened Il
the Ecumlnical Council, some time TIL
week.
Tho Democracy Of St. Louis yesterday
met TO organize for the ensuing campaign
They patronized George Washington By
adopting resolutions Of respect to HIN.
At Cincinnati yesterday, weather
cloudy; thermometer % deg.
A collision OF freight and passenGe
trains occurred on the Hudson River Rail
road Yesterday morning. Engines ant
cars damaged; several passengers slightly
injured,
A fire at Plymouth, O.. Tuesday morn
Ing, destroyed nearly a whole block,