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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-21
WAR ON the PLAINS.
The Recent Fight Between the Sioux
and PaRnee Indiana.

WAsHrNaToN, August 20.-The follow
ing account of the recent fight between
the PaWnee and Sioux Indians has been
received at the War Department through
General Sheridan, from the Superintend-
ent Of Indian Affairs al Omaha, and dated
at the Pawnee Agency, Nebraska, Au'
gust 9th. .. ....I.I..r,
: This morning, John Williamson, the
sub.agent in charge Of the .PaWnee hun
ters, returned, and said that after sue
cesSlul hunt, in which they had killed
one thousand bnfialoes, and being heavily
laden with meat and hides, on their re.
turn home, they were surprised in camp
BY a band OF Sioux, supposed 10 be about
one thousand strong, and before they
could escape or make q successful resist
ance, nearly one hundred men, women
and children were slain and scalped.
Wounded, dead, and dying women and
helpless children were thrownin into aheap
and burned In the most barberons manner
possible. Comparatively few OF the wo'
men and children Of the tribe were with
them; but nearly all whoiwere there be-
came Victims OF the ruthless and unpro'
voked slaughter.
Buffalo had just been seen, possibly de.
coyed within their view, and many Of
them were out after them. Sky Ohiet
was killed; Williamson made his escape
On horseback, but lost his pack horse.
Young Plat, q companion TO Williamson,
also lost his horse. They. met few SOL
diers from Fort Mcpherson, and gave
them the particulars Of the massacre.
The Pawnees, sorrowlul and disheart'
ened, are returning home as fast as pos.
sible. Williamson brought in six badly
wounded Indians on the train TO Silver
Creek Station, and David Davis with
teams, has left to bring them home.
Much excitement prevails, and the
spirit OF war Is running at fever heat.
Williamson and runners report only two
9iouX killed.
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ST. LOUIS.

RRLAYINd TRACK OF A. & p. RAILROAD.
sE.!LouIs, August 9O.-The Atlantic &
Pacific Railroad Company relaid their
track along Poplar street 10 the river
front this morning, restoring their com
munication to the levee, elevators, lumber
yards, &c. A motion 70 dissolve the In.
Junction against the city, granted by
Judge knight yesterday, will be argued
before the Circuit Court September 18th.
The count OF the votes cast July 3lst,
for the new Board Of Directors OF the st.
Louis Mutual Life Insurance Company
was finished this afternoon and will be
officially announced tomorrow. The vote
stated OAthe authority Of one Of the Judges
Of the election ioots up for the Loves
ticket 5,117, and the Peck ticket 4,172
votes. There were A, ,3OS votes thrown out
on account of the duplication oi proxies
and Tor other reasons.
1t Is reported In insurance circles to.
night that the old Board now regard the
election as wholly illegal and scarcely
more than farce, and that the probabil.
tiles are that the administration will
withdraw their designations and take
measures 10 set the election aside. In
lact 1t Is said application will be made to
the United States District Court, TO eDjoin
the County Directors, Judges Of elections
and Inspectors from any further nrnoA"A-
inua In the sIs~stSn Or July oil.
The cholera has again broken out In
Fayette county, Missouri. -Four persons
died Of that disease yesterday.
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The Wawasset InyestIEstiOn.

WARRINGTON, August 20.-Csptain G,
Edley, Superintendent Of the Potomac
Ferry Company, testified before the Wa
wasset Committee to-day that the license
for that vessel called for one hundred and
thirty cabin and twenty deck passengers.
ThIs;was received from the Georgetown
custom house. The last inspection allow.
ed only thirty cabin and twenty deck
passengers. He afterwards obtained per.
mission To carry five hundred additional
passengers on limited number Of eXcur.
sions on the Potomac river. Witness had
no idea how the mistake as 10 the limited
number of passengers occurred, on the
last inspection only these being allowed.
Can't. Wood said the superintendent
never gave. him instructions to exercise
the crew in'the fire drill. IA -..as
Alter further testimony had been given,
Capt. Smith, General Supervising lnspec'
tor, said that from the evidence OF the
Superintendent Of the Potomac Ferry
Company and of the Captain Of the Wa
wasset 1t was evident there was an absence
OF discipline, order and proper authority
on the Wawasset. Who was to blame, he
would not say, but everything possible
should be done TO obtain the truth, In
order TO form right judgment and acl
accordingly. He entered the room with
deep feelings oi regret and sorrow, moi
only because Of the occasion, but because
II had shortened his trip to western waters
he was anxious to bo here before the
committee closed TO give such aid in the
investigation as might be required and tC
express his sympathy to those who los'
their friends and relatives by the disaster
The committee adjourned till Friday
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rhe LoHensteIp.W " Wes.On Murder.

NEW York, August 20.-AfIldavits
were made at the Tombs Police Court
to-day to effect the extradition from Can
ada Of Emile Lowenstein, charged with
the murder Of one.armed soldier named
Weston in Albany, q few weeks ago.
Louis D'Tog, barber, testified that carly
in August, shortly after the murder OF
Weston, Lowenstein purchased his bar
Der shop for $500, and Immediately after
the murder was found out resold for 800,
and then fed the city.
ALBANY, August 20.-The Brooklyn
detectives who arrested Lowenstein ar
rived in this city to-day, having lelt their
prisoner in the custody Of the authorities
Of st. GATHERINGS. They found LoWen'
stein at work in a barber shop; called hun
out and informed him OF their business,
when he showed great signs Of guilt at
once. He said he was willing to go back,
but that he was afraid tho people would
hang him. BE made several contradictory
statements.
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WHEELING, W. VA. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST o. 1873
NEW YORK CITY.

NRw York, August 2O.-The sheriff
has seized the furniture In the Comp
trollers office and the paintings In the
Governors room, and also q fire engine,
to satisfy the judgment for a salary Of
$4,000 obtained BY Judge Fowler, which
the Comptroller had refused.
It Is now stated that the difficulties be
tween the owners Of the Methodist Sea
Cliff Camp Meeting Ground and the 10.
dies OF the Buelak mission will besettled
and the suit Withdrawn from the courts.
David Hoodly, q well known merchant
died to. day, aged o..
The Republican State Committee 70.
day decided to hold the State Convention
on the 24th OF September ct Utica.
George T. Keller, reporter OF the
Brooklyn Union, and George Z. Rowe, g
reporter of the New York IGRIGS, were
both drowned while bathing this morning
at Centre Morichs, Long Island.
The Board Ol Fire Underwriters today
additional charges for insur-
ing hotels, and resolved that roofs must be
Of slate or metal, cornices Of metal, and
that Mansard roofs must be Of iron or
slate, the latter to be fastened on iron
lRlhing., ..- -l.r, -.....
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THE DEBTS OF TIE SOUTHERN STATES,
Since q scheme Is to be brought for
ward in Congress this winter to have the
Government assume tho debts Of the
Southern States, It becomes matter oil
some interest to know what they amount
to. The following summary is made by
the Philadelphia Lgdger:
In Virginia Governor Walker states
that the public debt amounts TO $28, ,000,-
700. This IL oue.third less than the
amount previously stated, that portion
having been suited TO West Virginia,
which we believe will not assume the res
possibility of 1t. In October last the
debt ofNortb Carolina was stated at &c.,.
0OOOi5. Tie debt ofTennessee in Janu'
ary last wis reported at SEQ 96O ,382, 1t
having been announced at about thirty
two millions the previous year. The
difference was In railroad bonds
that baVe been liquidated. In South
Carolina considerable difference OF
opinion exists as TO what the State debt
really Is, but the largest amount reported
ls that by the Committee OF Congress on
Southern Affairs, In which the minority
reoort gave Il at $20,159,0l4. Georgia 8
debt on January was $l5,90l 500, with
4 liability 70 be increased II certain pro-
iiected railways should be constructed.
Florida, with similar liability, has o
debt Of $5,5l92GO. Mississippi, on Janu.
ary l, 1871, reported debt ol 81 Jas '72G:
Arkansas, adding TO the bonded debt all
prospective and contingent liabilities, has
a total Of $l4,SOOOOO, according to the
report OF tho Congressional Committee.
In Louisiana In January /, 1873, the debt
was reported at $91 SOL 800. In Texas
the debt was s. 3996,23 on September l,
last year. The total oil these debts Is a
little more than one hundred and eighty
millions OF dollars. At the close oi the
war in 1905 these eleven States owed
about one hundred and thirty millions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-21

TIE OLDEST HORSE IN THE WORLD
Twenty-nine years ago last Spring o
horse was brought from Vermont 70 Bos-
ton for sale, being then eleven or twelve
years old. Strange as 1t may appear, that
horse Is still living, and Is now forty or
iorty.one years Of age. BE was purchaS.
ed at that time by the late Cyrus Reed,
Of Lexington, and Is now owned by his
son, John Reed, one mile from the Lex
ington depot. Notwithstanding his great
age, he has been most wonderfully pre-.
served, and is able TO perform light work,
aud Is often seen on the road, working 90
faithfully as he did quarter oL a century
ago. He was fortunate TO have been born
In an age when speed was not the only
requisite toF q good horse, otherwise his
bones might long since have been ming
ling with the dust; but he bids fair TO live
several year longer. To stand before
this venerable old horse, and 10 ponder
upon tho events he has passed through,
and 70 realize that he IS the only survivor
of all the horses born In 1888, makes Us
feel like paying respect 10 his age, and
like calling upon the society with q long
name to secure him against oil labor In
iuture.-Our Dumb AnfmdkS.
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M, yerv Horrible.

The New York Nation does not think
II is a thing TO make q iuss about that
Iowa farmers are sometimes forced TO
throw their corn worth G5 cents bushel
at New York, into the fire and burn Il.
It says:
"If we are now asked whether VIC mean
to say that there Is nothing In The West.
cru farmers complaint that a third Of
their crop Is consumed in getting II 10
market, we answer that there Is some.
thing 10 It, but apparently not what they
imagine. II we were asked, further,
whether 1t Is not horrible thing that
corn should be used as fuel In Iowa when
80 many millions Of people all over the
world are short Of food, we reply also
that we do not sec anything particularly
horrible aboutit. Distance is one Of the
facts Of nature TO be accepted and dealt
with like other facts Of nature-rstional'
ly. Ifa man chooses 10 go out into the
wilderness without roads, wagons, or any
other means Of reaching market and
plant ten times as much corn as he and
bis family can consume, and then In the
fall begins 10 wall and lament because he
cannot find q purchaser for It, nobody
pays any attention to him"
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LATEST NEWS,

The jury In the case OF Emma King,
killed at Cincinnati, Tuesday, by pass
ing locomotive, found that she came to
her death through criminal negligence
on the part OF the engineer. =.9
Moses Taylor, an old citizen Of spen.
Ger, Indiana, was gofed to death by an OK,
Monday night, while leading the animal
from lot In the road. It rushed upon
him, i1juriug him so badly Is to cause
death in 20 minutes.
-Mrs. Schmidt Of Long Island City
pleaded guilty Tuesday 10 an indictment
which charges her with attempting to
starve 10 death child that was placed IN
her care, and for whose maintenance Hhe
was paid $40 month. Thesenteuce i'm.
posed was $l25 fine or ak months impris.
onment.
The mails report that Mr.. James
Baird Of Auchmedden has handed over
10 a trust, which is to be called "The
Baird Trust" no less O sum than five
hundred thousand pounds 10 be devoted
TO religious education In connection
with the church In Scotland. --
"A man named Lannef, supposed to
live at Watertown, Via, was run over and
killed by freight train at the Milwaukee
= st. Paul Railroad depot at Milwaukee,
Wednesday. rF
Information has been received that
the Miksdo will soon open SImouisGki,
In the Japan Inland Sea, to the Commerce
Of all nations. ~
The Secretary OF the Treasury has
instructed the Assistant Treasurer and
designated depoSitories TO refuse the pay.
ment Of all checks Of dlSbuning officers,
except those Of pension agents Issued
aimee January I'd, 1879, on which the OBJ
jecs Tor which they were issued are not
stated.
The members Of the Iron and Steel
Institute Of Liege have accepted an Invi-
tation TO meet In the United States In
1874, and have designated Philadelphia
as the city In which they viii assemble.
Alta colored church fair in Atlanta,
Ga, Tuesday night, eight IoWdy negroes
attacked mulAIto boy, stsbbing him with
Q knife. He drew q pistol and shot one
dead, and the rest ran away.
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ENGLAND.

LoLDoN, August 90 Gladstone pre-.
sided at the opening OI the Welch musical
festival at Void yesterday.
At meeting Of the Sunday School
Union Of London last night, Rev. Mr..
Hartley, who has just returned from an
inspection OF the school system of the
United States, spoke in terms Of high
praise Of the efficiency Of the American
educational facilities, both as 10 sacred
and secular institutions.
The United Siaioa steamer Congress- OF
tue European station, has arrived at Great
Grlmsby.
The iron masters OF Manchester have
determined upon q lock. k.out OF one-tenth
of their men TO commence on Saturday
next, and 10 be followed every two weeks
by a lock out Of one-tenth Of the men
then employed. Itis impossible that the
movement thus inaugurated at Manches-
ter by the masters will extend throughout
the country. The iron workers at Bolton
urge the men at Manchester to meet
the lockout on Saturday by strike Of all
hands.
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WASHINGTON.
SUIT AGAINST A TREASURY oEE1CER.

BUTT huA4NbI = AAAhhA9GAA OHElGhhs
WASHINGTON, August 2O.-At the re.
quest Of the Secretary Of the Treasury,
the Attorney General has instructed the
United States Attorney for the District OF
Columbia TO conduct the defence Of E
W, hale, paying teller in the U. 8. Treas.
ury, In suit for damages for false i'm
prIsonment, brought against him by Clln.
Ton Rice. This suit grows out Of a check
upon which It 10 charged there was a
forged endorsement discovered by Hale.
WARRINGTON, August 20.-SecretarY
Belknap, after q rigid examination, has
failed to discover any records In the War
Department missing with the exception
Of those In the Buel court martial case.
He, however, invites any Que who can
name any particular paper they believe
to be missing and report the fact to him.
As II is 9 matter Of impOssibilllyto name
every paper In The Department, he hopes
that they who charge thatpapers3are miss.
ing will specify the document, and further
search will be made.
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SALT LAKE.

SALT LAKE., August 2O.-One Of Lieut..
Wheeler's exploring parties has been de-
layed greatly In its operations by the de-
OoTtion Of two packers Of the party In
charge Of Lieut.. Hoxie, U. 8. Engineer
who took SO mules and horses, stripping
them Of transportation. Hoxie imme'
diately started in pursuit, aided by the
Sheriff Of Beaver county, and after travel.
ing several nights succeeded In capturing
the men and animals. The delay pre-.
vents Hoxle from making q rendezvous oi
Fort Wiugste, New Mexico, as contem-
plated, and will impair the seasons work.
Lieut. Wheeler, with the main force Of the
expedition, Is between Fort Wingate and
Camp Apache, Arizona. Lieut. Marshall,
in charge Of the party thatleft Denver, is
near Fort Wingate. The general results
OF the exploration are satlsfactory. The
National Astronomical Observatory at
Ogden, under Lieut.. Wheeler, Is now ap'
preaching completion.
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ARKANSAs.

A Little Episode at PeTTyVIlle.
LITTLE Rock, August 2O.-The Board
Of Supervision metin Perryville, Monday.
Names and the former clerk Of the
county, backed by four or five friends,
entered the town armed. They had 6sworn
that they intended to kill ]. W. L. Mat.
theWs, an attorney Of the court on account
Of an article published In tho GGsette, re-.
flecting upon them. They attacked him
in tho court house, breaking up the court:
Matthews retreated into q store and fired
upon his pursuers Without effect. A brlsS
fire was thGn opened on both sides, during
which Matthews was wounded, though
be managed to escSpS to the woods. That
evening the friends Of Matthews to the
number OF about 160 entered the town,
killing d man named Trice Names. HIS.
crowd had left. however, as had the
Sheriff also, who Is understood TO be
friendly to Names, and who Is now in this
city. After this the Board Of Supervisors
resumed their Court. Matthews had war
rants issued for the arrest OF Names, Ham.
bright, the Sheriff, and all the others en-
gagged In the affair, but at the latest &C.
counts they had not been served. The az
fair creates great excitement throughout
the county. Full particulars will be laid
before the Executive tonight
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Ex PRKsIDE Theirs, in a retrospect
Of his Gtlef career as head Of the French
Republic, may at least congratulate him.
self upon the fact that in the French de-
partments hitherto occupied BY the Prus.
sian troops, and which the latter are now
evacuating, his name and fame have been
kept In honor. AS the Prusslans retire
the liberated citizens throw TO the breeze
flags bearing inscriptions expressive OF
their sentiments, and among these inscrip.
tions such legends as this, seen In the
streets Of Eplnal, in the Vosges, evacuated
on the SOth OF July, arc not unirequent
Honor 10 Thiers. the llberator Of the ter.
ritorY Pm y. World.
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Litigation over the COVIngtOn 4
Lexington Railroad

CTNcINNATI, August 20-At call OF
the city council Of CoVlngton, ,Kyp persons
holding stock In the Covington & Lex
inEton railroad, who are now liugating
with the Fowler heirs for the possession
Of the road, held a meeting at Paris, Kyr
to-day. About 20 stockholders were pres
ent, representing personally and by proxy,
nearly one quarter Of million dollars.
The call ol the meeting was in view 10
obtain the expression Of the stock holders
In favor oI selling the road as soon as pos
sible.
Resolutions were passed disappearing
OF the action Of the CoviDgton Council In
calling a meeting, and that the present
was no time 10 talk about disposing ol the
road when the directory had not poses
sion OF It, and had not the means TO ascer'
tain its actual value.
The Kentucky Court Of Appeals last
April decided that the road belonged TO
the old stockholders, out Of whose hands
It was cold, but judgment is suspended
pending the motion Tor rehearing.
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Explosion and PetIolepm Fire at
.HI nIRNahnV1b tE.


PITTSBURGH, August 20.-An explo'
sion occurred about nine O'Clock this
morning In a still Of the Commercial Oil
Refinery, corner OF 32d street and the
Allegheny Valley Railroad, which was
followed by loud report, scattering the
burning oil in all directions and over q
heavy brick. wall into the refinery Of
Wormser, Myers & Co., knoyn eS the
Petrolite OIL Works here. II Bet fire to
the cooper and paint shops, and spread
from theseto ableaching house and tanks,
which also took fire. -Four men were Of
work In the cooper shop, and all escaped
but one named Jack Miter, who perhhed
In the flames.
The cooper, paint shops and two tanks
OF the Petrolte and o six hundred barrel
tank Of the Commercial, were consumed.
The loss Of the Petrolite Is estimated Of
$1,000, and the Commercial between $3,'
600 and IS 600; no insurance.
The FIRE ragged With great fury, threat
eniDg q general conflagratlon. The heat
could be ielt for several blocks away.
The entire fire department was on the
ground and succeeded in checking the fire
before It communicated with other build
iDgs. The refinery consumed was sur
rounded by Reese, Trafi & Cos iron mill
Browns lumber yard, and the Grea'
Western boiler works.
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FOREIGN.
The International Patent Congress
at Vienna.


al Vienna. .
VIENNA, August 20.-The Information.
al Patent Congress has adopted the fol.
lowing resolutions:
1St. Only the inventor himself, or hlE
legal successor shall obtain q patent. The
granting Of patent cannot be refused 10
foreigners.
I'd. The donation of a patent for
an invention to be for fifteen years,
or for q shorter term with the option Of
extending It 10 that period.
Sd. The complete publication Of q
patent 10 be obligatory.
4th. The expense Of granting q patent
Is to be established on none, but progres.
slve scale. The amendment proposed by
the American delegates to Introduce
graduated tax on patents, according to
the condition OF each respective country
was Withdrawn after repeated doubtful
votes had been taken. ....
9Th. A specification OF all patents In
force must be accessible To the public.
Tomorrow the Congress will continue
the debate on the 9th resolution, whereby
II Is made obligatory on holders Of patents
to place their invention Of the disposal
Of everybody wishing to use 1t upon the
payment Of fitting remuneration. -, ..
In the International Patent Congress q
long debate took place on the sixth reso-
luton, that inventors should be required
to allow their inventions 10 be used by
other parties on Repayment ol q suitable
The American members
this proposal.
The Congress finally accepted essen.
TALLY all proposals submitted by the Pre-.
hmlnary Committee, and elected this
committee permanent one, whose prin.
cipal task will be to further the execution
Of the resolution.
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FIT. WAYNE, IND, August 2O.-This
morning q fire broke out In a wooden
block owned by D. Nestle, the father Of
the celebrated little Commodore Foote,
The block was occupied with drug, dry
goods and boot and shoe stores. The
block was entirely consumed, making q
loss Of $4,000; insured for 5000 In The
Dayton German and National companies.
Mr.. spegle Lost on his boots and shoes
81 600; fully covered by insurance. Mr..
Kell on drugs $500; insured for 5000.
Nick Kenzie s Keel 1890 on dry goods
insured for 1900. The hremen did splen'
did service and saved much valuable
property.
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Stealing Old Iron as a Business.

COLUMBUS, August 2O.-The business Of
stealing old iron from along the railroads
In this section Of the country has grown
TO such proportions that detectives have
been out Tor some days looking for the
guilty parties. II was found that this ma.
teriai In vast quantities when stolen was
run into blooms and shipped east over the
roads from which II was stolen. Many q
thousand dollars worth Of this iron have
been shipped during the past year, and It
has become necessary 10 issue orders for.
bidding the shipping ol old iron unless
agents were reasonably sure that 1t has
not been stolen from q railroad company