The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-27
The Latest News.
GENERAL NEWS.

BIo% will, il Is understood, return to St.
Louis, and take an active part In the busi-
ness and other interests Of his State.
The following Is q abatement of In.
tcrnal revenue collections: From July l.,
1860, to February "a. 1870, $109, ,104,-
304 81; from July /. 1870, to February "a,
1871. $lOO27s25i 4s. Decrease, $s,9lG,'
l3O O3.
The Ohio State Board Of Equaliza-
tion, Friday, in Committee ol the Whole,
voted to pass the towns OF Belmont coun-
ty, including Bellaire, ut the valuation
returned by the local Board. .r .1I...
"A special TO the N. Y. Post says that
within q few days matters have taken such
shape us to leave no doubt that Attorney
General Akerman will leave the Cabinet
before the middle Of March. ..T y. =
The London Times says the health of
the Spanish Queen IS improving.
EARLY Saturday morning, at Canton,
O., the carriage factory Of Messrs, King &
West was partially destroyed by fro.
The loss Is between six and seven thou
sand dollars; insured Tor four thousand.
The Eagle Belt Works ut Philips.
burgh, N. IL burned Thursday night.
Loss $4,000. .i..I-Y. ID .ta,.., n. .,.I
The subcommittee appointed to select
experts 10 examine the books and clear
up the existing muddle In the Methodist
Book Concern have not yet been able to
choose their dgtnts, but are moving in
mysterious way among themselves, and
decline letting tho public know what they
are about. III III 2 II ON L..l}i
Dispatches from Florence say that
Senor Venosa has granted Hussin Bey, OF
Tunis, a delAy Of eight days. If at The
expiration, his instructions from tho Tu-
nisian government are unsatisfactory, an
Italian squadron viii sail for Tunis.
Senator Patterson and Representative
Sheldono OF tho Joint Congressional Com
mittce are closing their investigation into
tho management of the New York Gus.
tom house, What they have found out
will not be allowed 10 be made public
until their official report Is presented to
Congress, hut 1t Is understood they have
discovered some gross abuses In The gen.
Cral order and carriage business and In the
entire fees for official favors. a. 2 i,' Il
"A Newbern, N. G., dispatch says the
ship Pontiac, which has been ashore at
North Lookout went TO pieces during the
gale Saturday last, Most Of her cargo
has been, saved. The balance is reported
rs strewn along tliebeach. u
p, G, Deans woplen factory at Balls
vile, Ohio, was destroyed by fire Friday
night, Loss, $4,000. Only $4,000 in.
surance. " ".'.,....'a,.g,.,..,...,,s. .
-Chapee's tailor shop and brush tact0.
ry In Boston, connected with the Suffolk
Gompany's hohse Of correction, was de-
stroyed by fire early Saturday morning.
Ninety sewing machines and other ma
Ghinery, were burned. The fire was
caused by the spontaneous combustion Of
the oil and rags used for cleaning the sew
Ing machines f .L.rIr4r. n,a. b.
The boiler at tho Kern & Tillinghast
Twilight well, near Parkcrs Landing,
Pa, exploded ut 4 o'clock Sunday P. NJ,
instantly killing Chas Tillinghast, a well
krown PittsbIrgher, and John Trax, q
pumpcr, and severely scalding W. II.
Kern. Mr.. Tillinghasts body was thrown
200 lcct downa hill. Portions Of the boiler
were thrown 200 yards. ig..a ....,
Senator Stewart in the report of the
Pacific Railroad, says the cost Of the over
land service for the whole Of the period
from the acquisition Of our Pacific coast
possessions, down to the completion OF the
Pacific railroad, was over $S,00O.000 per
annum, and constantly increasing. The
cost since the completion ct the road IS
5000 900 per annums--------------''r' -''r'4---'---
The friends Of Temperance in Gin.
cinnati have organized an active cans
paign. Meetings In the interest Of this
cause are held each Sabbath and will be
held more frequently hereafter. So for
they hive been largely attended, ~.
"A farmer named Rubright, OF 1ndl-
diana county, Pa, who was lately
confined In DiSmOnt, was before the
court on hdbedS corpus, charging his
relatives with conspiracy In sending him
to the insane asylum to get control Of his
property, and charging his wife with i'm
prolieTinlima with lor minister, whom
he alleged Is u. member Of tho Tree love
society.
The Secretary Of tho Treasury has
directed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York 70 purchase two million bonds each
Wednesday, during the month oi March,
being ten millions IN all, and sell one
million gold on the 1st, ,3d and 9th Thurs.
days and two millions on the Cd and 4lh
OF March-scven millions in all. +"
The furniture factory Of Feldwisch,
Voogt & Co, nj Cincinnati, was partially
burned yesterday. bops SEQ 600; insured.
Hon. @. L.Vallandlgham Is at Indi.
annapolis, on visit TO X. J.tBright, Of the
Sentinel. The political situation In Ohio
and Indiana Is supposed 10 bC the object
Of his visit (
h1,SoBritkh, ,sch06ntts wero Seisedat
EaStport, Me-, Sunday, by an U. s. Reve.
nue. cutter for Violation fof thsS ths follArstIippg ollArstIippg
Tho so,calletl Labor Reform" party
at Cincinnati are taking steps 70 put d
separate city ticket In the field Tor the
snrtp9Icllcsetion{ INT 1lAH ! 4
Six inches of snow feil at Chicago
yesterday. Hra .Hal
COlored ! Convention in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, February 25.
The eolored State Convention adjourn
Gdto.ddy, after d four days session. Reso.
lntions were adopted declaring nearly all
the colored schools suspended, outside oI
the largest cities, on account ut tho out.
rageS by the teHlhoTR THE colqfed chill.
lffn iIlhsl lnnk Ia I'm Federal Hnt,arn
mcnt lOr the means Of education! Wages
Of laborors are low, consequently want
aud deslltntiOn prevail. Employers VIII