The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-13
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CURRENT NOTES.

Dtluhuyl W uIlu III LhuCutSLeI, Ia, 10
1880, or fifteen dollars per foot.
There is now in the State Of Massa
chusetts one mile Of railway to every fivr
miles Of area, A similar ratio for thu
whole country wOuld give an aggregate
Of more than 100000 miles OF railway.
Gen. Horace Blnney Sargent, in hi'
Fourth Of July Grafton, in Boston, said
that all the citizens Of the United States
should be compelled to vote for the same
reason that they were compelled to per
form military service during the war.
The Philadelphia Eoening Telegraph
has an exceedingly bitter article OH sena
tor Simon CamerOn's letter declining the
honor of being urged as candidate fol
the Vice Presidency, 1t intimates very
distinctly its opinion that Cameron him
self was at the bottom Of the experiment
PROT Coe, who made balloon ascen.
sion from Ogdensburg, passed through
several anoR.Saualls, and at one time had
Two inches ofsnoW In the basket He and
his companion suffered greatly from the
cold.
Gen. McClellan's letter to the Tam.
many maSs.meetiDg, the Rochester Demo.
crat thinks, was by far the shrewdest bid
yet put forth by Presidential aspirants for
The Supportofthe New Light Democracy.
1t Is reported that the Democrats of
Ohio, having no confidence in electing
Colonel McCOOk for Governor against
General Noyes, will turn their attention
specially 70 the election Of representatives
to the Legislature, In order to secure the
United States Senator, in place of Senator
Sherman, General Ewing, who Is q can.
didate for Senator, and has no particular
regard for Colonel MCCook, who defeated
him for the nomination for Governor, Is
said 10 be working with this view. He
expects to make some gains in Cincinnati,
where the friends of Mr.. Wade, who do
not like General Noyes, are not anxious
for success under any leader hut Mr..
Wade. w 1893 20 2 a.E ta w
In Iowa the planting of trees is en-.
Couraged by law Every acre Of forest
trees planted releases taxation for ten
years on one hundred dollars valuation,
and for each acre Of fruit trees planted
tax Is exempted on Any dollars valuati on
Tor five years; and the same for shade
trees and hedges along the highways.
There are now maple forests in several
counties, from which sugar b made,
where fifteen years since was nothing bnt
wild prairie grass and hazel shrubs.
"A steamer from Australia brings &C.
counts Of a recent scare caused there by q
report that phatlcal expedition was At
ting out in Ban Francisco to make a de-
scent on the island. The COlOnists ex-
pended some millionsOf dollars, called out
the volunteers, erected earthworks, and
mproviSed a fleet to repel the nlllbusters,
before they discovered that the story was
Scanard, originating with two boys, who
started II as joke, not dreaming Of the
excitement II would create. ... '.''
Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, has an.
n0unced his intention to withdraw en-.
tirely from political life at the close Of his
present term in Congress. Accordingly
lie says that under no circumstances will
he permit his name to be used In connec.
ton with the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Indiana, and that he Is not
and never Agaln expects to be n Candl.
date for any office whatever. He will de-
vote himself exclusively 10 the duties Of
his profession, and Ills sole wish in con.
neCtlOn with political affairs Is that Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks may be the Demo.
cratic candidate for President In 1879. lie
expresses the belief that Hendricks Is the
most available man, and that he would
beat Grant as badly rs any ndn has been
for that position in the history Of the
country. But when that Is done there is
not an executive appointment which he
would accept, nor an Office in the gin of
the people which he desires.
The Superintendent of the United
States Postal Money Order Department
has been in London for some time, arrang-
Ing for an international money order sys-
TEN between this country and Great
Britain, and recent letters from him, re.
celved by the department, announce that
the matter Is on the eve Of q satisfactory
conclusion, and that he will soon leave lOr
Berlin TO make similar arrangements with
the postal authoriticsol the German en-
pire The Increased facilities thus af.
iorded Tor the safe and convenient trans.
fer Of small sums Of money across the
ocean will be of great advantage TO emf.
grants and their families and friends on
both sides of the Atlantic, and II is to be
hoped the details Of the system will he 80
arranged az % be easily comprehensive,
and subject to as few difficulties or delays
in the way Of official routine or circumlo.
rution aSpossible iseH a. .FG
Cen Hancock's friends in Washing.
ion seem to he already moving with re.
gard to the Presidency, but rather pre-.
lnatnrely many think. Alta late meeting
several Of his friends agreed to contribute
one thousand dollars each in case Of his
nomination, and to raise the sam to one
hundred thousand dollars Il need I've.