The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-03
ST. LOUIS.
STABBED IN A STREET ArFRAY.

nAAbbED IN bEltEkT AFFRAH.
ST. LOUIS, September 2.-During &
fight last night, atthe corner Of Twentieth
street and Franklin avenue, between two
bands Of street Arabs and Young roughs
young man, named Frank Burton, who
wUs in no way concerned in the affray
was stabbed in the right breast, and
shortly after died. = lI'5L
The Republican primaries tonight
elected delegates TO the State Convention
which meets here Wednesday. Several
delegates from the interior have already
arrived and large numbers expected To-
morrow. The principal name mentioned
in connection with the governorship are,
ex-senator Jno. B. Henderson, Col r. T.
Vanhorn, Jno. F. Benjamin.
The eighth Annual Session OF the Cigar
Makers International Union, was held TO.
day. President johnson, Of Baltimore,
delivered the annual address, after which
various committees were appointed and
the Union adjourned till tomorrow.
A special to the Democrat from Macon,
says an aflray occurred there to-day, in
which Isaac Sumner and his son shot and
killed Peter Gllstrop. The latter was q
desperate man, who killed Summers son.
in.law three years ago and has made sew.
eral attempts 10 kill Sumner.
The question of the selection OF the
Custom House site creates intense excite.
ment here. Another large meeting Of the
citizens was held at the Temple this
evening to consider the matter, but no
definite result was reached. The dis.
patches from Washington received, are to
the elect that the government will not
modify the instructions to the District
Attorney regarding the Crow Block, or
take any further action unless the amount
necessary to purchase the other block,
100000 ispromptly raised by the citi.
zens, and that no proposition to substitute
any other block than this will be consid.
cred. There being no proposition before
the meeting 10 raise this sum, the meet.
ing after boisterous and unruly session
adjourned.
The Republican editorially this morning
states that the senior proprietor Of that
paper has been approached by one OF
more OF tho Custom House Commissioners
with the proposition TO raise the sum OIL
thirty thousand dollars II the Custom
House could be located on Nicholson
block, and that this sum was wanted and
would be used as Republican campaign
fund. 1t Is further stated that Judge
Long, one Of the Commissioners, who was
in Washington at the time, had written
letter 10 his business partner here "a
the effect that he had the Presidents as.
surance that any location chosen by
Richardson Mcguire, and the writer,
would be satisfactory to the administra.
tion and approved by execution. The
names oi the Commissioners used in con.
nection with this proposition, are Judge
Long, Constantine Mcguire and Jas
Richardson. The latter was absent from
the city ut the time, but Mcguire is alleg,
ed to have vouched for him.
This afternoon Judge Long published q
card, stating that President Grant said
emphatically that he had no preference
that the location should be made upon the
block best adapted TO the interests of the
people Of st. Louis, and that no deduction
or conclusion drawn from the converse
tion between him long and the Presi-
dent, or any member OF his cabinent
would warrant even thesuspicion that the
President had choice of blocks.
Mcguire also published card, substan-
TALLY denying the Republican'S statement
concerning the matter, and ridiculing the
idea that he, a Republican, would go tc
Col. Knapp, an opponent Of the Admin
lstratiOn, TO raise funds for electioneerine
purposes. ... nr.....
A special 10 the Republican from Car
relton Illinois, says: Enoch B. Hardcastle
farmer living two miles north of Breeze
shot and killed, while plOWlng in the flelt
Saturday, George Lewis, q renter on th(
same farm, who Is known to Have recently
quarrelled with Hardcastle and who hal
been missing since the murder, is suppos
ed TO be assassinated. .
The Straight ont Democrat dele gate
from 1st 2nd and Sd Congressional dis
trict Of this county, and several from TIT
interior Of the State left tonight for thl
Louisville Convention.