The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-29
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THE LATEST NEWS.
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European mail advIces state that the town oi
SchemAkher, In the Caucasus, was almost In.
tirely destroyed by y recent earthquake; number
OF persons killed 1877, and the destruction ol
propelty9ery large. A considerable portion oi
the country Is converted into a desert, aud the
inhabitants arc reduced TO great misery by Tho
destruction Of the crops. +'nhA
1.-The spring meeting OF tho Metarie Jotlsy
Club at New orleanss commence Saturday,
March 30th, and ends April 9th. Most Of tho "a
nous; stables Of the, country arc represented.
Fine racing isiantlcipGted. 'h.s1 -i.gHtdslnI
Tho State Treasurer OF Virginia will com
In0nce paying the semi-Rnnual installment Of I
per cent on tho debt Monday
-1Four dealers In obscene literature were fined
$500 each In tho criminal court Of Baltimore,
Wednesday. II i9 iAhs WIT Ii
1.-Two youngmen named George Barber and
Michael Mceaty got into o dispute about q 'dog,
d n ddlehuIg. Ohio, Thptiday morning, when
Barber shot and Instantly killed AcGary, -
.5-John w. Hulin, late State Prison Agent, who
has been on trial at jackson, Mich, for embezzle1
lnent, plead guilty Thursday and received SEN
tence OF hve and ahalr years in tho State prison.
The Touring mill belonging 70 Mesrs. Kirk
wood d Miller, in coralvllle, three milesweat Of
Iowa City, took fire from heated journal and
burned to The ground. Wednesday night. Loss
1000; insured for '$l2,600. It was only Sby
strong efforts that the paper and woolen mills
adjoining were saved, ........... ....,.,
Charles corby, engine dispatcher, IND John
Kyle, engineer on the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
while playing cards At Bauer'B hotel, Jefferson
City, No, Wednesday night got into an altetcaI
cation, and Corby struck Kyle, whereubon tho
latter stabbed corby four times, ipalcuhg nor
tai wounds. I,is ~ i.T,ttS,.i. ,' q r's i,,i97
-. H. Ludwig and II. O. Conegg, arrested in
Baltimore some time ago charged with Bwindllng
a bank by means OF raised checkS, aud who have
been on trial in Pittsburgh for some days past
were acquitted Thursday. There was q thrilling
scene in the court room when the verdict was
announced, tho wives and families Of the prisO-
ners being present 'i' 90 4
u. @. Owens, proprietor Of the Brown House
and an old and respected citizen Of st. Joseph,
NO., committed suicidel Thursday by shooting
himself through the head. Financial em6arfass-
menti the alleged cause.
The preliminary investigation In the case Of
Col. D. L. Stanton, late collector Of internal rev.
enue OF the Fifth Maryland District who is
charged with embeZzlement, began Thursday.
Supervisor Fulton testified that the inVeStiga ation
as far as made showed about $40 500 unaecounted
for. The examination was adjourned till next
Monday.
The Tennessee House, Thursday adopted
Mr., Paine's resolution condemnlng mob law.
Mr.. FrecmAn's resolution censuring the Nash.
Vile municipal authorities for incticlency, and
instructing the governor in tho future not to
depend upon subordinate authorities, but to act
promptly heimelf, gave rise to q long debate
which is not concluded. \ flt..,
The Mississippi Senate has adopted rCsolu.
tions to investigate tho mysterious disappear-
ance Of the civil rights bill passed by the Lcgls-
latnre OF that State, which becomes failure, as
tho Governor will not sign duplicate. ltI5'.
AT Louisville Wednesday night fire occur
red In the building occupied by ]. G. Martin &
Co.'S tinware mandatory and Herseh & Flex.
ner's hat establishment. Loss 900. Partially
insured.
Tho St. Louis Democrat Company filed ar!
ticlas of association Thursday in the office OF the
Secretary Of State at Jefferson City. Capital
stock half q million. Corporators George W.
FIshback, Il. g, Yaegcr, Richard Holmes and
George %PhtelaY \ faEagfa
The California Earthquake-.A Se-,
we're Shaklng-upsAmons the Sierras.
San FhkNcisco, March IS, IA Bulletin
dispatch to-day from .Genos, Nevada, says
a gentleman from Mayo county, Cali
iornia, where the earthquake Of Tuesday
morning centeted, reports that Camp IN,
dependence was completely ruined,
the Court House destroyed, and not
single adobe or brick building Is left
standing from Bishop Creek 10 Inde-
pendence. Fears are entertained for
olher mining camps further south in the
Sierras. Mrs. West, residing near Inde.
pendence, was severely injured, and her
child was killed. The passengers report
several flssures .milesin length and from
fifty to two hundred feet wide and
twenty feet in depth opened along the
eastern base Of, the, Sierra Nevada near
Big Pine Camp and other places in the
vicinity the ground heaved up in great
ridges, and large springs stopped running
and others broke out. Heavy snow slides
occurred in the Sierra, and large rocks
rolled down the mountain sides, block.
aiding the stage road.
The shocks glasted at intervals from
2.20 10, G:30, A. NJ At Aurora, Nevada,
no damage was done, and at Belmont,
Nevada, only mill machine was thrown
down. That section abounds in eviden.
ces of former earthquakes, but no such
earthquakes has ever occurred accord.
ing to the memory Of the Oldest inhabi-
tants.