The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-23

The American delegates 10 the In
ternauonal Postal Congress at Berne
have arrived.
The Copenhagen Post positively de-
nies that Danes have been elected from
Schleswig Holstein.
The third fall meeting OF the Pitts
burgh Driving Park commences Tuesday,
October Q, and continues four days.
Secretary Bristow has gone to Ken.
lucky, to be absent several days, and Sec.
retary Robson has gone to Long Branch.
An engine on the Portland s. Ogdens.
burg Railroad exploded yesterday morn.
ing, killing the engineer and very seri-
ously wounding three others.
The Centennial Commissioners. ex.
Cows. Bigler, Pollock and Curtin, OF Penn.
sylvania, will arrive at Indianapolis this
evening and visit the Exposition Thurs
day.
AT the Democratic Convention OF the
Third District Of Wisconsin, yesterday,
Hon. Charles Thomson, OF Green COUNTY,
was nominated for Congress, and in the
District they nominated Hon. Gabriel
Bouck, Of Winnebago.
The Berlin National Gazette saws
that while the expulsion oil the Danes
was legal measure, it was only adopted
in few isolated cases. The Gazette saws
the relations between Germany and Den
mark are friendly.
The Headquarters Hotel at Fargo,
Minnesota, belonging to the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, was burned Tuesday
morning, together with the railroad, ,ele.
graph ind express offices. Loss $45 900;
partly insured. 1t was decidedly the
finest hotel north or west Of St. Paul.
The Ohio River Commissioners meet
in Evansville, Ind, to-day. Already com.
missioners have arrived representing the
States OF Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Illinois and Indiana. Gov. Morehead, Of
Pennsylvania, is permanent chairman.
Other commissioners ore expected to-
day.
The Newcastle Chamber OF Com.
merce, England, have adopted resolutions
condemning the Canadian reciprocity
treaty as prejudiclsl 10 British industry.
Dir. Holland, tho conservative returned 10
Parliament from Mldhurst, and MIR.
Arnold, proprietor Of the London Echo,
will contest Northampton in the Liberal
interest.
The Russian Government, on account
Of the extensive emigration Of Menuon-
ties, proposes to exempt members Of that
sect from actual military service, but 10
hold them liable to duty as hospital at
tendants. The Menuonites OF the Volpe
district will probably accept these condi-
tons.
An Havana letter states that an at
tempt was made few nights since 10
shoot Captain. General ConCha, while at
his summer residence. HIS volunteer
guard Is suspected. The same letter also
states that General Garcia was captured
by one oI the Spanish officers while
awaiting a conference with another Tor
the adjustment Of some disputed points
w. B. Jones, United States Commis-
sioncr at Demopolis, Marengo county,
Alabama, and Republican candidate for
Probate Judge, writes that not man has
been killed nor single outrage commit
ted IN that county on account OF the DO
litical feeling, and free speech and Repub.
licsn opinions can be INDUCED in any
where The best feeling prevails between
the colored Republicans and Democrats.
The case of the people rS the Illinois
Central Railroad, pending in tho Alex
ander (1llinois) Circuit Court, was conlin.
ued on Tuesday by the defendant, on
affidavit Governor Palmer was present,
appearing ior the people. He asked for
q rule upon the Railroad Company to ex-
hihit 10 the prosecution all the evidence
referred TO in the affldavits by next Janu.
ary, which was not allowed BY the Court.
-Eunice Bowel, a maiden lady oil 70
years Of age, living alone in q cottage near
Washingtonvllle, in Orange county, New
York, was found Monday in dying con.
ditlon from o wound in the head and died
Tuesday morning. II Is thought that the
wound was inflicted last Friday. She had
not been seen since that time until discoy.
cred Tuesday. Her gold watch and q
large sum OF money known 10 have been
IN her house are missing.
The French newspapers publish at
st, Petersburgh, advices confirming the
report OF Bismarck's overtures to King
Christian, Of Denmark, looking TO the
incorporation Of that country into the Ger.
man confederation. The correspondents
say that Russia is greatly irritated at the
attempt and will never permit Germany to
hold the key of the Baltic sea. Some
papers say that the opposition OF RussiA
to the German policy in Spain is due to
this cause.