The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-30
News Of the Day.

Passenger unln NO. D eSpEtSSI Uu tuS
Eric Railroad, which left Jersey City at
$3.50 Monday evening, was smashed near
Wcllsvillc, Chcnango county, N. Y, yes
teriay morning
The Committee of Ways and Means eX-
pect to report the Funding Blll during
the present week. The National Bank
interests arc yet industriOusly at work to
defeat the clause concerning tho National
Banks .;.il .s.f. !.N T- m
There seems to be little doubt In the
minds Of Senators that the Texas Bill
will be pissed In the Senate, substantially
as It won; .fr m the House, before tie
Georgia bill Is concluded, or decision
reached in the case Of Gen, Ames. as
sson Us either. Georgia or Texas is admit
ted tho President will issue his proclama.
ton announcing the adoption Of the 10Th
Amendment by the required number Of
States, md 1t will thus become part OF
the Constitution. a..
.iNlaIot General George II. Thomas died
of ap0plexy, ut San Francisco, at 8 o'clock
Monday evening.
1t Is reported that o'Neil is organizing
for descent upon Canada from three
polnts-Amherstburg, Fort Erie, and some
point on the St. Lawrence, yet undecided
upon.
Salvador experienced slight shock Of
IN earthquake on the 9th inst.
The SENATE of Bogota will confirm the
treaty with the United States for tho con-
struction of the Darien Canal
Mr. Lewis Ross, a prominent Cherokee,
died ut his residence In the Cherokee Ma
tlon, a short time since, aged about seven:
ty.thfeG, He was, a5bfother to the noted
chief, John Ross, ,land q man Of kind heart
and generous Impulses. Hc was at one
time very wealthy.
A meeting, will. be held in New. York
this evening Of those opposed to the public
money being voted for the support Of
sectafian schools. Rev. Henry Ward
Bcecher, Rev. DR.. Schenck, Hiram
Ketchum, VIM. NJ. Evarts, VIM. +. Dodge
and other well known speakers, are ex-
pected to deliver addresses. ypl..
Abeardcd girl has made her appear
ancc ut Glade Spring depot, Washington
county, Va. She Is four years old, and
has mustache and wlliskers, the hair
upon her forehead extending to the eye
brows. Very heavy, hair, exceedingly
black, extends below the shoulders The
child Is sprightly, with fully-developed
limbs and well-formcd body. The arms,
shoulders anil back are covered with soft,
lowny hair.
On Saturday morning last, rs the Pa
cific Express, coming west, was rounding
o curve on the mountain side, this side Of
Altoona, at rapid rate, small lad was
seen waving his hat md tossing his arms
aloft. Tho, trnin was stopped within a
few feet of a mass of rock and dirt sufll-
cient to have thrown the passengers and
cars over the prccipicc. The lad, Willie
CahkO. not ten years old, had seen the fall
and hastencd TO signal the train.
At4 i. NJ. Tuesday, the three upper
floors of o new brick shop Of A. Rice Il
Co., seed and cultivator manufilctOry, at
Akron, Ohio, fell through to the ground.
NiraCulously none Of tho many wOrkmen
were seriously injured. Loss 5000.
TnErcport that tho Virginia Legislature
intended 10 repeal tho ratification Of the
XVth Amendment Is COntradicicd.
The storm Of Sunday caused much
havoc In the Southern and interior portion
Of the State of New York. Destruction to
farm houses and other property Mt differ
ent points in the interior isreported.
The Directors Of the Buffalo Driving
Park Association, have decided 10 offer
forty thousand dollars in premium, at the
Summer meeting, commencing on tue 9th
of August The principal prizes are twen-
ty thousand for horses that mover beat
$50; four thousand for horses that never
beat 2:27; four thausand for horses that
never beat 2:95; five thousand free to all
horses; und purses for horses that never
beat 2:84, 2;40 and ESQ, !or double team,
dash of five miles
An cmigrant ship is supposed to have
foundered in Boston Bly, in the gale
Saturday night. Quantities Of wrecked
stuff, Including beds, Backs, pillows, &c,
have been washed ashore on Cape Cod.