The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-28
GENERAL NEWS.

Cumberland has sent half q million
tons of coal TO market this season.
Sir John Young Is reported about to
resign his position rs Gov. Genl. Of Cana
da. His successor Is likely TO be the Mar
quis of Lorn,e or young Prince Arthur.
Tho Executive Committee Of the
Workingmen's Benevolent Association,
met at POttsville, yesterday, and rejected
the proposition made by tho operators at
Philadelphia,
"A deficit Of halra million francs has
been discovered in the Swiss treasury and
prominent official has confessed to
embezzlement.
Special dispatches confirm the state
ment that oil compromises have been re.
jected by the coal miners In Pcnnsylva.
mia. There ia no probability Of early re.
sumption OF work, and further trouble
seems imminent
The bids for gold yesterday at New
York were for about $i3,3Ol 900, at from
HOOP 10 110.70t. The awards were
$4,000, ,0OO at the latter figure.
The electric telegraph has reached
Vartoe, a little town In the northwestern
extremity of Norway, probably the north.
ermost town on the globe.
Tho wife Of Rev. Thomas Hill, of
South Dedham, Mass, drowned herself
in pond in that town, Wednesday, while
temporarily deranged.
The game Of base ball between tho
Boston men and the Athletics, Of Brook.
lyn, wus postponed yesterday on account
Of the storm.
The call for the Republican State
Convention of Ohio will be issued next
Tuesday. The Convention will be COM
posed Of AL delegates.
The Ohio house adopted a resolution
yesterday giving the Germans the use OF
the State commons at Columbus next
Monday, in their peace celebration.
The city government Of Lynn, Mass,
has appointed Tuesday next for vote OF
the citizens on the question whether
"ale, porter or strong beer shall be drank
upon the premises"
Bridget Mark, a patient in the Chicago
county hospital, died yesterday while
nndpr the Influence Of cl1rofnrm admins.
trrri to Mi in ihr removal ola tnmor
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a. Siugu ig IO , 'no .lalner III MLici, ms5
up before the Claims Commission, it will
take them ten years to go over the list,
and the aggregate Is likely to exceed
TS0'U"O'o'V'
-. IA hgnt tooh plaSe MeuueSH1y pe'
tween !Io mn neSTo .,.ll Tu.H'Ms III ~NooeSoI ~
county, N%oI.n % .Su SuFol.l,n, uul.I, an9 pSLty q.
clIizens, unueF u tGe ~, colanT SHn;.SI VI 9nel,
Ii,,I IN MiIicn @ 'wo VI 6S a,u Snet p puSse %ere
N'''eu alu one "ounueu' No Paruc'.latS'
"A washington dispatch says: It is
safe 10 say tuat oil statements to the effect
that the President has abandoned the San
domingo question, are unauthorized.
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The prOpriet0rs of the st. James
hotel in Boston, have extended the hOspi-
talities OF their house to the President
during his anticipated visit there to at.
tend the reunion of the Army of the
Potomac. The President is very anxious
70 attend thls reunion, anu II ,o the SG9a.e H1
nv uIeeIS WIN 'uTi WI uIn % w tuS tC'n @ y. 'hSy'
snc rFeslueh' WlIl lresen. us Iepott anu
leave IN the afternoon orne%I morning
Tor Boston.
The hody Of an unknown man was
found on the Junction railroad, at Coopers-
vile, Pa, yesterday morning. The body
was horribly mangled, both legs and arms
being cut oil, and the clothing completely
stripped from the body. From the blood
on the track, 1t was evident that the un.
fortunate man had been dragged about
three hundred yards. A verdict Of acCi-