The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-29
CHICAGO.
CmCAGo, June 2s,
Gen. Sheridan LL.D.'d.

Gen. Sherlu0n LL'D''u'
AT an annual meeting Of the Board o.
Trustees of the Northwestern University
held at Evanston, yesterday, the degree
Of LID, was conferred upon Lieut. Gen
Phillip Sheridan.
THE ROCK ISLAND STOCK PANIC.
In reply to recent surmises oI the Butla.
10 Commercial! Adrerii@r that the recent
misunderstanding relative 10 the Rock
Island stock was brought about by the
publication OF an apparently official
statement that stock dividend Of n
hundred per cent would soon be declared,
the Tribune Of this morning says:
1.-THE Chicago, Rock Island u Pacific
Railroad Is corporation created origi.
nally by the laws Ol Illinois. 1t has rG-
Celvcd no authority from the Legislature
Of Illinois to declare u stock dividend OF
one hundred per cent, or any other
amount, and the Legislature is prohibited
by the constitution fiom granting such
authority. These facts ought to be known
to the dullest intellect In Wall street.
The bonded debt OF the Rock Island
Railroad amounting to $0,000,OO0 might
be converted into stock It the Legislature
should authorize such q proceeding, This
debt represents 1.-The capital actually in
vested in the road, and II would be per.
missable under the Constitution Of Illinois
to pass u law authorizing an increase Oi
the capital stock Of the road TO stand In
place of the debt when the latter Is nc.
tually eXtinguished, but II would not be
permissible 10 water the stock to the cX.
cent Of one dime, Anybody who bets his
money on watering operation on the II.
linois Railroad, will he likely to lose II,
4 SELF ACCUSING LUNATIC.
Charles G. Jacobs, who, u few days
since, accused himself OF numbering II
man in Bryan, Texas, and delivered him.
self into the custody OF the police, II Is
ascertAined Is laboring under hallucina'
tiOn. A dispatch has been received from
the chief Of police at Bryan saying that
no such occurrence as Jacobs describes
has taken place there. The prisoner, II
is ascertalned, has played the same game
on previous occasions. He has been dis
charged from custody.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE,
This morning u young German lady
named Lena Won Hillow was found dead
in her bed at 2G4 Harrison street. Last
night she undertook to kill herself with
dagger but was prevented by some per.
sons in the house. She then went to bed
and swallowed q heavy dose of morphine,
The deccasc came to this city some time
since with a young man from Columbus,
Ohio, where she had been school teacher
FOR long time. She has had mania for
the stage and she came here expecting IN
engagement at Globe theatre, but was
disappointed. She was thoroughly stage
struck, and was continually quoting from
Shakespeare, Schiller, sc. She was evl.
IDENTIFY q highly educated and refined
young lady. Her age was about 81, md
quite attractive in appearance.
The case of Rabbi Hersman and DR.. B,
P. Reynolds, against Mr.. wilkins, where.
in they sued the defendant on claim for
$4,000, for circumcising, baptl2ing md
remarrying him according TO the jewish
rites, was to-day settled without coming
to trial, by tho defendant paying twenty
dollars.