The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-20

CURRENT NOTES.

The Hannibal 4 ST, Joseph Railroad
Company has brought suit in Marion
county, Mo, against John Stephens for
$1,000 damages, for destruction of prop
rrty through his negligence in allowing
his cattle to get on the track, causing an
accident, although the company had
erected lawful fence to keep cattle from
the road. This case is exciting good
deal of attention, is when cattle IRE killed
on railroad, suits for damages generally
come from the other side. The case is
not without precedent, however Over
twenty years ago, when trains had just
begun their trips over what was then the
Atlantic 4 ST. Lawrence railroad in
Canada East, a farmer living onthe line
had COW killed by a train, the cars
being thrown OIL the, track at the time.
The officers ofthe road offered to pay the
larmera price for his COW; but he obsti-
nately refused to settle, and brought suit
against the company, setting an extrava'
rant valuation on the beast. Tho com
pany brought q cr6ss suit for damages to
the train caused by the COW, and recover
cd the full amount claimed, completely
running the grasping Ngriculturist.
The Chicago Republican gives an in
cident that serves to show the murderous
spirit which animateS the class Of men
who instlgated the riot in New York, and
how eagerly they will seize upon the
slightest pretext for mAniiesting their
turbulent disposition, In Chicago there
had been no talk Of any Orange celebra'
ton, nor was ii known that there was an
Orange lodge In the city But on the
18th some ofthe Hlbernians discovered q
Norwegian flag floating over u steamer
upon which crowd of Scandinavian
men, women, and children were about to
make q picnic excursion. There was q
shade OF yellow in the flag, and this was
enough 10 cause an attack upon the inno'
cent and unofending crowd OF pleasure
seekers. The removal OF the Norwegian
flag and the appearance of a squad Of
policemen, who looked as If they meant
business, put a stop to this inciplent riot.
The st. Louis Republican predicts
that the operation of the Washington
treaty will result In banIshing our inland
commerce from the lakes as Chectually
as our foreign commerce has been wiped
from the ocean, BY its provisions Bri'
fish vessels are permitted to enjoy unre'
striCled trade with the lake ports, and
the cheap.bullt steamers OF Canada and
the Clyde may drop alongside oil the
more costly American craft at Chicago,
Buffalo, Milwaukee, and Erie, and, owing
to the difference Of cost in construction
and running, obtain the bulk Of the pro.
duCe transportation Of the Northwest,
As there il direct communication be-
tween Chicago and tue sea by the way OF
the lakes and the st. Lawrence river,
English vessels will draw northward a
large portion OF the products which have
hitherto found nm outlet through the Gull
Of Mexico, thus striking heavy blow NJ
the carrying trade Of tho Mississippi and
its tributaries, and indirectly ut every de.
partment Of industry throughout the great
valley.
The NmtoE Hhyinia relates that
thrty.two years Ngoa negro man by the
name of David Wake, owned by q gen
tlemcn in this city was sold, and sent to
New Orleans. At the time he was living
~ her husband with u woman by the
name of Macy Gibbs. lie remained In
New Orleans until last year, when he
paid brief visit to this city and return
ed home. A lew days since he packet
up, bag and baggage, and came back Il
Norfolk 10 live. Ono Of his first acts OF
arriving here was TO procure a marriage
license, and the next evening he and hi
former wife were legally reunited, he be
ing SO and she "a years of age. Sucl
consistency, and indIbitable evidence o
affection OUTLYING time and absence, lie
serves notice. Both negroes were slave
Of the old regime, and arc both highly re
speCted.
The great Bonnet Caro- crCvasse Ii
the Mississippi river, which submerged
the jackson Railroad and about two
hundred square miles Of territory, Is 2,2Ol
feet wide, but the river Is falling rapidly
and by the first OF August no water vii
run through 1t. The railroad has beer
destroyed for u distance OF about fourteen
miles, but preparations are being made u
place II in thorough order as soon as tn
water falls.