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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-17
A SIngulas Incident.

At a recent meeting of the Polytechnic
Club, OF the American Institute, MIR.
Boyle told the following incident:
At o newly erected lighthouse along the
New Island sound an old sailor was re-
Gently appointed as keeper. On one OF
the first evenings, when trimming his
lamp, he neglected his instructions to
draw the curtains down, and the setting
sun, shining through one OF the lenses,
had, OF course, It's rays concentrated in
the focus, and as here the lamp IS placed,
the heat was sufficient to light it, to his
utter amazement, He putt out, but had
become SO nervous for the whole night
that his own image frightened him as he
saw 1t reflected in the plate glass Of the
lantern, with the dark sky outside and the
strong light inside. The next morn.
ing at dRybreak he put out the light,
when at sunrise the sun lit 1t up again, for
the same reason as 1t happened the even
ing before, This was TOO much for the
old salt. He Immediately packed his
trunk and left; without notice to any one.
and was only missed when at night the
lighthouse remained dark. When found
in the neighboring village he declared
that the lighthouse was bewitched, that
Satan had lighted his lamp twice, and
that he had seen him in pr0prid persona
during the whole night outside the tower
looking in at him. 1t was, of course, his
own image he had seen. His supposition
was, TO be sure, not complimentary to
himself in regard TO his.own appearance,
but he was not to be induced 10 return at
any price, and another keeper had to be
provided,
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BOSTON,.

BosToN, July 1G.-Hiram A. Daniels,
late treasurer of the Wilton Manuiactur.
ing Company, whose mills at East Wilton,
n: H., were recently destroyed by fire, is
alleged 10 be defaulter to the amount Of
$4,000: By his defalcation numerous
firms who have trusted him with their
property, among them widows and or
phans, are sufferers, but to what extent is
not publicly known. -.
j. G. Cover, United States Consul at
the Azores, died on board the barQue Ere.
donia, on the 4th OF July, while on his
passage home. He belonged in Lancaster,
Wisconsin.
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FOrney's Attitude in Pennsylvania
Politics.
(From Mondays Press) .,.

No one Is more anxious for peace In our
political household than the editor OF The
Pres. Having no personal feeling against
General Hartranlt or General Cameron to
gratitY, being neither a candidate for
Office nor an asplrant Tor place at the
hands Of any administration, National,
State, or local, now or hereafter, we sim.
ply discharge our plain duty as an honest
journalist when we represent the popular
sentiment against General Hartranit and
demand that the Personal Rule which
has been exercised to punish the Oldest
and best Republicans Of the State, simply
because they have not bowed to the cal,
Of Gessler, must terminate on the 4th Of
March, 1873. 1t Is unfortunate that this
duty Is deYolved upon US in a Presi.
dental year, when with all our heart
and energies we pray for and labor for
General Grants reelection. But we can
take no blame to ourselves II the result
Is disastrous, having for months previous
TO the State Convention earnestly exhort.
ed the political leaders to give us unex.
cepuonablc nominations. We firmly be.
lieVe that whatever the issue in October
may be, Grant will carry Pennsylvania
in November, unless indeed the desperate
men who have made these nominations
should prove their indifference by throw.
Ing their forces against him. This they
openly threaten, and accompany their
threats by personal defamation Of The
Press and of every honest Republican
that approves its course. There Is a plain,
easy road out Of all our trouble, Let
General Hartranit and Colonel Allen
withdraw from the ticket.
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A STRANGE AccIDENT.-A fourteen
years old son Of Peter Roy, living on
Pearl street, West Side, was riding on
horseback along Pearl street, on Monday,
when powder horn in his pantaloons
pocket, containing a few cents worth Of
powder, suddenly exploded, caused by
the ignition Of some matches in the same
pocket. The explosion made a loud re.
port, and attracted the attention Of every
body in the vicinity. The lad slid from
his horse and ran screaming away. Upon
being Overtaken it was found that his
clothing was on fire, and he severely in.
jured. The boy was carried into the
office of a physician, who dressed his
wounds, and alterward had him conveyed
home. Theskin on young Roy's legs, in.
side the thigh, had been burned and torn,
from the knee upward, as though lacerat.
ed with hot pinCers, presenting q shock
ing spectacle. The injuries, though SO.
we're, are such as can be cured by proper
attention. The boy suffered extreme
torture, and begged upon those present at
the dressing to kill him,-Clcueland
Herald.
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An Improvement on Coal Oil.

~PAShSAChb VI NOAl Olts
From the MAFIettIAn.) -.
We learn from John P. Campbell the
particulars Of one Of the most terrible
accidents which has ever occurred in
Washington county. 1t appears that
Alexander Dye, a labOring man with a
Large and dependent family, residing at
Cow Kun found in an old coal bank, a
I'm can containing quantity of nitro.
gycerine, II had doubtless been left
mere BY the agents Of the Roberts Tor.
pedo Company, who imagined they had
concealed It in a safe place. Mr.. Dye
supposed the clear liquid substance to be
carbon oil, and being poor man, con.
edto make use Of It in his family.
de accordingly took ii home and emptied
portion ol i into lamp already half
Jul OI oil. The dangerous substance of
course sank TO the bottom, leaving The oil
On Top. On Thursday evening, July 4th,
ls III bis lamp which burned without ac.
cIasnt until the family retired. About il
O'clock, St i Is supposed, Mr.. Dye arose and
rem the lamp loT some purpose. The oil
Iasvlng burned off the nitro.glycerinc fol.
iOWeu O up 10 the blaze, when a fearful
explosion alarmed the neighborhood.
aelp was almost Immediately at hand
when WI horrible scene presented itself,
~ @Epye was dead-his light hand blown
SuI uiS lltOat cut and q bad wound in his
breast ,,1cas One of his daughters, aged seven
ygSs, was fatally wounded, while two
TAer N children were severely hurt. Mrs,
Dye received q wound in the foot The
TSlet W members Of the family were uphurt
t,a tae chimney end OF the log house was
S";SSI S,GTn completely out, and tie entire
guiding reduced to a wreck. Justice
S.taaah Ss summoned a Coroners iury, who
were expected 10 finish their Investigation
u saa u render a verdict yesterday noon, It
=, supposed the Roberts Torpedo Gonna.
~, ~, arch corporation, are legally respops.
rI ,TIe lor this terrible result OF careless en-.
pCyees' The surviving members Of The ,he
samlly arc in utterly destitute circpm.
stances, and need immediate relief '""
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TaE FALL ELECr1oNs.-Previous to
The prea. Presidential contest in Novem-
Der, the following State and Territories
hold elections this fall North Carolina,
August /; Kentucky, Montana and Utah,
August 5; New Mexico, September g.
Maine, September 0; Colorado Territory,
September 10; Dakota, Indiana, Iowa,
Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Dis.
trict Of Columbia, October s; South Caro-
lima, October 1G; West Virginia, August
%. all the States for Presidential Elect.
Ors on the 5th Of November, and on the
same day the following choose State Off
Gers. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisi.
ana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada,
New jersey, New York, Tennessee, Viz
ginia and Wisconsin. Arizona holds her
Territorial election on the 9Th Of Novem-
her,
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PARTON finds this among the statutes Of
Virginia in 177G: Whereas oitentimes
babbling women often SANDER and scan.
dalize their neighbors for which their
poore husbands are often brought into
chargeable and vexatious suites, and caste
in create damages; Bee 1t therefore en-.
acted by theauthority Aforesaid, that IN
actions Of SANDER, occAsioned by the vile
as aforesaid, after judgment passed for
the damages, tho woman shall be pun.
ished by ducking, and II the SANDER be so
enormous as to be adjudged at a greater
damage than five hundred pounds of
tobacco, then the woman to suffer a duck.
Ing for each five hundred pounds Of
tobacco adjudged against the husband, if
he refuses TO pay the tobacco --'
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West Point Management Criticised
by the Board of Visitors,

New YORK, July 16.-The Board Of
Visitors to the West Point Military Acad.
emy, In their report animadvert severely
upon many things about the Academy
its regulations and course OF studies. It
finds serious defects in the management Of
cadets,and in the department of the latter.
Recommendations are made as to the study
Of languages, advising the substitution oi
French for Spanish, and saying that the
study Of the first should not be beneath
our dignity. In mathematics they think
hours Of rest should not be broken short
ot eight hours sleep, practice having re-
Gently obtained stealing sleep on reveille.
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Man missing.

ST. LOUIS, July IA private letter
from Saline, Kansas, states that Col.
William A. Phillips, a prominent citizen
OF that State, has been missing for two or
three weeks. He had been in Washing.
ton, D. c., on business, and left there tor
home on or about the 26th of June. Since
that time nothing has been heard of him,
and It Is feared he may have met with
ioul play somewhere on the road. His
friends are engaged In searching for him.
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CUBA.

HAVANA, July 14.-Valmaseda left for
Spain, accompanied by his staff.
The newspaper EspaUia has suspended.
Gen. Lana, commander Of Fort Caba-
mas, in Moro Castle, returns to Spain.
Fort Monarca, at UnivetaS, was struck
by lightning on the night of the 10th; the
magazine exploded and seven soldiers
were killed. One rffled cannon was car
ried fifty yards from the embrasure.
The Cuban civil government has
granted the Coolies certain conditions
the right to return to China on certain
condition.
Diano pronounces the Pioneer a pirate,
and asserts that the commander of the
Maccasin decided her status when he cap.
tured her.
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DooLrTTLE, the chairman OF the Dem.
oCratic- Greeley Conventional Baltimore,
declared that the coalition meant the
honest payment Of the public debt, and
no reputation. But the Cincinnati En-.
q,ttrer is honest enough to say that the
Democracy, Notwithstanding the Liberal
platform they have adopted, still believes
in paying the five.twenty bonds in green.
backs and mean to, do SO when they get
into power. They simply hold this ques.
tion in allegiance TO the scruples OF their
Liberal allies. Y ~ ~ 3
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Geneva Conference,

GRNEVA, July 18.-The Board of Ar.
bltration met to-day. A large quantity
Of printed matter was submitted 10 ne
Board, and exchanged by the agents Of
Great Britain and the United States. No
other business. The Court adjourned
alter session Of less than thirty minutes
duration. There Is no reason to antici.
pate a further delay of the proceedings,
nor Is any lengthy controversy expected.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-17

Political matters in Ohio have not
yet made much stir, but the arrangements
are being made by the Republicans for
an active campaign. The Cincinnati
Gazette says the Republican Committee is
hard at work periecting the organization
throughout the State, and that local com.
mittees inthe different counties say their
organization will be more perfect than
ever before. The State Committee has
decided not 10 commence the public cam.
paign until between the 10th and Goth Of
August, when a series Of meetings will be
held, with prominent speakers in all the
prominent cities Of the State.
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THEY have a man in the neighborhood
Of New Bedford, Mass, who Is valuable
character TO have around an agricultural
region. BE Is a coniectioner, and makes
occasional trips through the country
towns nthe way Of business, and it has
become tradition among the farmers
that he always brings rain with him,
Last week one Of these sagacious agricul.
turists called on him and told him It was
getting dry, and If he would "come OUT
the farmers would pay his expenses. he
went on Saturday, hence the rain Of Sun.
day. He is declared TO be the superior
of cold Probabilities.
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An Indiana Homicide.

LOUISVILLE, July 1e.-About a week
ago Thos. Knowland. of Henryville, Ind,
was assaulted by his nephew, Samuel
KnoRlsnd, on account of an old grudge.
Yesterday evening the parties met to ar.
range the quarrel when Thomas drew a
pistol and shot Samuel in the abdomen,
Samuel emptied a revolver at Thomas
killing him instantly. Great excitement
exists in the neighborhood oyer the affair
Both parties are well known and respected
Samuefs wound Is mortal.
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AFuIITIckstM Manteh.
, PORTLAND, PRESTON Co., WEST. VA, !
July 13, 1872.

tORTLAND, FREST0N C0., WEST. VA,
July 10, 1872. 7
To the Editors of the IntellIgencer.
l see a general uprising, in Preston
county OF the Liberal Republicans and
Radicals, and, true Democrats, beginning
at the announcement Of Governor John
]. Jacob for reelection for the office oil
Governor oil this proud little mountain
State. There seems to be a general in.
qutry as to whether there will be u full
independent ticket in the field against the
Parkersburg ticket l see Mr.. Edmiston's
name spoken Of as an independent can.
didate. / will support every true, honest
man for office, Democrat or Republican,
or Liberal on the ticket with Gov. Jacob,
at the August election. We want true,
honest, upright men, and the Constitution
as it is, full independent ticket from the
Governor down to State Superintendent
of Free Schools. l found in travelling
over tho county, quite number ol Demo.
Gratis opposed to the adoption Of the new
Constitution, also the Liberal Republi.
cans. Preston will certainly give Gov.
Jacob one thousand majority, also very
large majority against the new Constitu-
tion. We have had Walker, Baker and
Lewis rings enough.
Liberal REPUBLICAN,.
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The Coming Greeley Mass Meeting
at atColumhns.

COLUMBUS, o, July 1G.-A very large
humber OF persons from all parts 81 Ohio
are expected 70 be present at the mass
Convention to be held in this city, july
3lst, to ratity the nomination OF Greeley
and Brown. Speeches are expected from
Gratz Brown, Carl Schurz, Lyman Trum.
bull, Thos. A. Hendricks and G. r. Buck.
alew. The meeting will be held during
the day and evening. Half fare arrange.
ments have been made with tho leading
railroads.
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WINE MAKERS abroad seem to have
entered into conspiracy against the pure
natural juice of the grape. Recent analy.
sis in France prove that there Is hardly
any genuine wine even in that country.
Port and sherry are almost universally
more or less artificial concoctions. The
principal business of some of the vine.
yards is tosupply wines easily "doctored." !"
In the champagne region Of France the
manufacture has Increased from five mil
lions Of bottles in 1884 to between TWEEN.
ty-fve and thirty millians to-day; but,
although real champagne is only grown
in the procedures Of Rheims and Epernay
"a very limited area-and although it is
known that the late war must have seri.
ously intertefed with the cultivation OF the
vineyards, there does not appear to be
any falling of in the yield of this wine
Burgundy and Bordeaux have in like
manner been transferred into mere imita.
tions. Very soon our own country will
be the only place where the pure Juice OF
the grape spro1uced. Our wine growers
have wide field before them, and If they
can only overcome the taste that has been
created for artificial and doctored /"
wines, they will largely benefit this coun.
trV.
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River News.

LoULsyLLE, July 16.-River stationary;
2 feet 4 inches in canal; / foot 4 inches in
chute; Weather cloudy, frequent show.
ers. Business very dull. -
CAIRO, Ills 16-River fallen Q inches.
Weather showery, until 2 P. N. cloudy.
Mercury "a.
rising.
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No KIND of food is so wholesome at
his season of the year as fruits. Not
only are they pleasant but theyare abso.
lutely necessary TO supply certain wants
and. wastes Of the system, and should
therefore be eaten freely at proper times by
all classes. But 1t must be remembered
that fruit must be ripe when eaten. While
ripe fruit is healthy and nutritious, unripe
fruit is the very worst thing that can be
used for food. A single green apple may
be as mortal as o bullet, and the person or
persons who offer them for sale to the
young should be severely punished. W
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Consul General Butler..-Another Of
his EccentriciIieS.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, July 1G.-A
military commission Is now sitting TO in
quire into the affair between Consul Gen.
Butler and the Khedive's officers. Gems.
Loring and Reynolds and Major Camp
bell testify to the circumstances which, In
their judgement clearly show the affray
to have been premeditated by Butler and
his friends, and that their purpose was to
take the life OF Major Campbell. The lat.
ter was dangerously wounded. Butler
LEFT for Alexandria on the mail steamer
this morning.
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Iohio Coalition Convention.

CoLUM1Us, July 16.-Representativeg
from the Democratic and Liberal State
Committees met here this morning to
consult as to calling a State Mass Con-
Vention. It was finally decided to issue q
call for o mass convention to meet in this
city July 31st, at which time two senate.
rial electors will be' chosen. General CO.
operation between the Liberals and
Democrats was agreed on. -1.'
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Republican Mass Meeting at Roch-
nRihE.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July 16-A Re.
publican mass meeting was held in Cor.
inthian Hall to-day. The audience was
an extremely large one, many being com.
PEELED TO retire for want Of room. Judge
Geo. W. Rawson presided. The list Of
Vice Presidents and Secretaries were
composed of many Of the most influential
citizens and active Republicans Of the
city. Stewart L. Woodiord made a bril-.
liant speech in vlndication Of the chsrac.
ter OF President Grant. Judge Tourgee
delivered Q stirring speech.
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Greeley's Cabinet-.He is Provided
with a Secretary of the NAVY.

ST. LOUIS, 1G.-It is reported here that
in the even Of the election of Greeley and
Brown, Capt Jas. B. Fades, Chief Engi.
neer Of the steel arch bridge crossing the
Mississippi river at this point, who has
earned a great reputation as gunboat and
monitor builder during the war, will
probably be offered the secretaryship Of
the Navy. I153
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Hon. ANDREW STEWART, OF Fayetto
coupty, Pa, now in bis 82d year, is seri,
op,ly III at bis home In Uniontown. MIR.
stewart has been in bis time one Of the
most vigorous and clear.hGaded cham
pjOps Of protection and internal improve.
menls, Ills speeches on these subjects
will shortly be published.
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Gen. Banks Abandons the Admins,
tFatl0n. ava

New York, July 1G-The HsraLGs
Boston special says: There Is not the
slightest doubt that Gen. Banks has de-
termed TO abandon the administration and
array himself on the.slde of the Demo-
Gratis and liberal Republicans. In Maine
there has been recent conclave OF Dem
ocrats and Republicans, and $4,000 has
been raised to carry the State for Gree.
1au
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Greelcy,s Letter Of Acceptance.

4A AAn pfSSSA w tAS 1OA4OSAohS Nuu'
mittee at New York, accepting the Balti.
more nomination, Mr.. Greeley suggested
that he might write a formal letter Of &C.
cCptauce. The Chicago Post prints the
following as copy Of the forthcoming
letter; .
ANEW YORK, July 20.
GENTLEMEN OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION: It Is the happlest moment
Of my life when / am informed Of my
nomination to the Presidency by such q
lot oil thieves, pimps, and blacklegs as you
are. AS have frequently remarked, you
hate school houses, and where they are
pretty thin, you are pretty thick. You
are propagated in sinks Of iniquity, and
begOtten in fostering rum holes; therefore
your appreciation thrills my bosom with
pride. l loathe your communicating pres.
ence, as / said before. You fill the jails,
and Republicans support them, as l re-
marked In the Tribune Of last September.
As said on January Z, 1868, 'every one
who chooses to live by pugilism, or gamb-
ling, or harlotry, with nearly every Keeper
Of q tippling house, is politically a Demo.
crat. A purely selfish interest attaches
the lewd, rufllanlY, criminal and danger.
GUS classes TO the Democratic party, by
the instinct Of seli.preservation., There.
fore my heart throbs at this manifestation
Ot-ot-[ Here his pen faltered with. emo.
ton Recovering himself, he proceeded:
You have not elected me to anything very
often. Laughter. 1t seems to me
good deal like going home Because, as
| recently said in the Tribnne, point
where you please to an election district
which you will pronounce morally rotten
given up in great part to debauchery
and vice-whose voters subsist mainly by
keeping policy offices, gambling houses,
grog shops, and darker dens OF infamy-
and that district will be found giving
large majority for what styles itself the
Democratic party There you see your.
selves, boys, as in a glass This Is q most
auspiclous moment. l hope Republicans
will not doubt my sincerity when cast
myself into the embraces of such set
OF Jail birds as you are. Now then, all
together, let US move forward earnestly
for reform.
"Yours contemptuously, but devotedly,
HORACE GREELEY.
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OF the adoption Of Greeley by the Dem.
ocrats, the Nation says: at must be
admitted that the nomination OF Greeley
by the Democrats Is, on the whole, the
most ludicrous end which ever overlook a
great organization. We know of nothing
in sacred or profane literature to which L
can be likened, except the rush of swine,
in the New Testament, down q steep
place into the sea, when the DEVILS entered
into them. = The party
in electing Greeley ipW .facto perishes, and
perishes in the most ignoble way"
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, July 1O.-Scloto county
voted yesterday two hundred thousand
dollars for a railroad TO be constructed
through that county.
A fire at Piqua, Ohio, at three O'Clock
Lhis morning burned the threashlnp ma
Chine factory Of Afferall, Daniels b 90.
Loss $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
The bail for Rev. Samuel Il Browne
cnargea St with numbering the boy schick'
was hlty thousand, not five thousand
dollars, Browne Is in Columbus Ohio