The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-04
THE LATEST NEWS.

The Dwelling, OF Charles w. Felt,
in Cambridgeport, Mass, was burnt
Tuesday night. His three-year old son
was, ,suftlcated, Mrs. Felt Frustrated by
her childs death and her life Is despaired
Of .4. at ~ -..
The Railroad Bridge at Topsham was
burned Wednesday morning. It cost
about $50 thousand. = a. Il
The Coal miners at Leetonia Ohio
are on a strike forian advance Of 20 cents
per ton. The rolling mills are compelled
to buy coal elsewhere to operate the blast
furnaces. WV ~ t+i
Seven hundred carpenters in the
town ol VGviers Belgium have gone onla
strike. ~ 9''ET II y ''
The House Committee on Appropri.
alton yesterday voted 10 insert in sundry
civil expenses Appropriation by bill on
item OF $4,000 dollars for observing the
transit otVinus and will also contain an
appropriation OF $4,000 dollars for the as.
tranomical observations in general inter
to science. ~ -. ..1.
The funeral OF Prof. Morse viii take
placeFriday morning, at II O'Clock, from
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church.
His remains will be inferred in Green.
wood cemetery. .lgs -52a,'N q
The Republicans carried the muni.
cipal election 81 Fl, ScDtt, Kansas on
Tuesday. ,aa.;.r, p, ~
-Leavenworth, Tuesday, elected its
whole Republican ticket by 100 majority.
Construction trains are running across
the bridge at Leavenworth. The opening
celebration will take place on the 18th
inst Special trains will run from Chi.
cago and other points. 5&Ht
The body Of man named Elfnger, q
school teacher, was found near Cold
Spring, Mich, yesterday, with a pistol
shot in his forehead; evidently q suicide.
Frederick Helm, an expressman,
was found dead in Milwaukee yesterday,
back Of saloon where he had been
drinking freely 'gH,1 p HH@5i2f s
William R. Means, ticket agent at
the Revere railroad office, West Philadel-
phia, who pretended TO have been robbed
Of $1,000 and knocked senseless in his
office about month since, has confessed
to having stolen the money and inflicted
the injuries upon himself. He attempted
to commit suicide on finding himself sus
pected, but failed. The money has been
recovered. .ge,-:.g,F,gs aSs
The track ofthe European and North
American Railroad is clear of snow. A
train from st. Johns arrived at Bangor
yesterday.
"A fire at Smithland, Ka., Saturday,
destroyed hotel, three business houses
and six dwellings.
"A fight occurred over game Of cards
in the Jail at Bowling Green, KY, last
night, between two horse thieves, in which
one named VIM. Thomas was struck on
the head with board by the other and
killed almost instantly. .~..r..
Joseph Jefferson, whose specially Is
Rip Van Winkle, drew about $1,000 in
four performances at Louisville.
AN old man named Knight, Of fHenry-
vile, Clark county, Ind, on Tuesday
morning took q musket and went out BE-
hind the house, put the muzzle in his
mouth, and touched off the trigger with
his toe, blowing of the top of his head. A
part Of his skull was found on the root OF
the house. Bad health led him to COM
NIT the, act rd ..s.. a.
The Cincinnati Chamber Of CON.
merce5 yesterday adopted appropriate
resolutions regarding the death Of Prof.
Morse. = Il
-Atchison, Kansas, on Tuesday elected
an entire Republican ticket, except one
Constable and two Councilmen, over the
peoples ticket, supported by the Demo.
Gratis. s-0. 4H.4 .Hl.lg7 7-a
Hon. R. G. Schenck, our Minister to
England, is now on visit to Paris.
The work on the Atcheson branch Of
the Chicago and Southwestern railroad is
rapidly progressing.
"A lady named Wright committed
suicide at Evansville, Wisconsin, Tues.
day, by taking arsenic and morphine.
Domestic difficulty was the cause.
The Republicans, Tuesday, carried
the electionsin st. Joseph and Warrens.
burg, NO.; the Democrats in Clinton and
Chillicothe. In Springfield the offices
are divided. sHtp |
"A Quincy, Illinois, dispatch says the
township election in Adams county re.
suited in Democratic victories and DEM
ocratic gains. yiEEiyg s4
The Kentucky State Medical Society
elected DR.. Lewis Rogers, of Louisville,
President, A grand banquet was given
tho Society last night at Louisville by
the members Of the profession, whichwas
attended by large number of leading
citizens and was one of the most elegant
affairs Of the season. =
The Northern Central railroad bridge
which spans tho Susquehanna at Dauphin,
caught fire about Q o'clock Wednesday
evening, on the Dauphin side. The fire
Is supposed to have been caused by pass.
i ing engine. One half Of the bridge ex.
tending toIthe iron span was consumed,
the balance Of the structure having been
saved. Loss about $50, 1000; no insurance.
President Grant Is in New York, to
see his wife and daughter off for Europe,
CHARLESTON.
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