The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-02

ICon,n,.NE ~ ~ " Sv'laeIAlb gwen the
comptroller as security 70 the city at the
Time oil the deialcation in the CITY Trcas.
nrera otiice, was begun In the Supreme
Court at Brooklyn yesterday morning.
Attorney 4 General Williams leit
Washington last night for Long Branch
Tor an interview.with the President In re.
gard 10 the alleged southern outrsees
During the absence of the Attorney cen.
eral be will visit his parents In Western
NewY York. ~. '. 'FEG : :
"A horse disease similar 10 that of
two years since has broken out at 81,
Johns. N. u, with great violence. A
large proportion OF the working horses Of
Ine clty are sic k and many have died.
The disease is believed TO have been in.
troduced by horses attached to travelling
circus. u .1'-. ss.
The Peoples party held a ratification
meeting In front Of the Varieties Theatre,
New Orleans, yesterday. Two thousand
persons were present, including lockers.
on. Tho gathering obStructed the CITY
car tracks, causing the blockade Of tho
cars on all the lines extending for several
squares and adding immensely to the ap-
pearance Of the crowd. -
In Cincinnati, Tuesday afternoon,
Oliver Satin, Q man thirtySive years old
shot his sister with shot gun in the
house OF his father, Judge James saffin,
wounding her, 1t is feared mortally, He
has been arrested. The cause seems 10
have been that Oliver was drinking yary
hard, and his sister demonstrated with
him about it.
Tho Mystic Park races at Boston
opened Yesterday with fine weather and a
large attendance. The 2:24 race, mile
heats, purse 5000. was contested BS
Castle Boy, George, Hopeful, Susie, Lulu
and Bodine. Hopeful and Bodine were
the iavorites at the start. Lulu won the
second heat in e19f The race was won
by Bodine In the first, fourth and fifth
heats Time 2;22, 2;1st, 9:2S, 2:2lt and
The representatives Of the Atlantic
steamship lines held final conference at
Liverpool, England, yesterday, and took
steps which put an end to the competi.
ton between them, They fixed the rate
Of steerage passage at i've guineas on fast
and five pounds on slow lines, aud agreed
to carry freight at minimum rates, which
are about fifty per cent below those OF
the old arrangement. Three months
notice Is required from any line which
may wish to withdraw from the agree.
ment.
THE ST. Louis Democrat Springfield.
Mo-, special says Col. David Morris, a
wealthy and prominent citizen of South
west, Mo-, G5 years old, was brutally mur.
dered last Sunday in Barton county by a
young man named VIM. P. Dickson. Il
appears that Dickson bought tract Of
land upon which Col Morris held mort.
gage and proceeded to cut off the timber.
Morris protested against this and in at.
tempting to restrain Dickson was shot six
times. Dickson confessed and is now in
jail. 'snu af.
The Cricket match between the ct
Georges, OF New York City, and the
Montreal Club, which was commenced at
Hoboken Monday, terminated Yesterday
10 defeat for the Mutual Club. The ST.
Georges batting and fielding was the best
ever seen in this vicinity. On Monday
the St. Georges in their first inning made
2OS runs, and the MontreaTa 90 runs.
Yesterday the Canadians were again sent
to the bat and scored SO, leaving the st,
Georges the victors by sixty.five runs
and an inning 10 spare. Ina.
The third season Of the Louisville
(Ky) Industrial Exposition opened Tues.
day evening. There Is a brilliant display
and an attendance OF 5000 people. The
weather Is propitious and everything,
favorable to insure great success TO the.
management, who have exerted them
selves to an unusual degree to make the
exhibition attractive. Trains from the
south Tor the past few days have been
crowded with visitors, and great many
In the South take advantage Of the hall.
fare rates to visit Louisville and the Ex-
position during the month.
The Governor Of Louisiana has called
out an extra regiment OF State militia, TO
be composed OF picked white men. The
orders were issued some days ago In view
OF apprehended disturbances and the en-
tire absence Of United States troops from
the State. Recruiting has. been quietly
going on, and II is, stated that q number
Of ex.soldiets OF both armies have yolun.
teered. This regiment will be added 10
Lopgstreets brigade and will be used
mainly 70 keep down disturbances in and
around New Orleans. .e FRS b
Work was resumed yesterday at all
the breakers of the Delaware s Hudson
Coal Company; Delaware, LaCkawana j.
Western Railroad Company, Lehigh &
Wilkesbarre Coal Company, Pennsylvania
Coal Company, and at all the mines in the
Wyoming and Lackawana Valleys. In
addition TO this the Erie breaker near
Carbondale and one Of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company's at Springbrook, both new
ones, commenced operations yesterday:
1t Is thought by leading coal operators
that there need be no further stoppape
during the fall. . g.r H.
The United States Attorney General
has decided that the proyiso in The army
appropriation bill 10 the effect that only
actual travelling expenses shall be allow.
ed to any person holding employment
or appointments under United States
supercedes, and outs of the allowance Of
millsge to tho United States Marshall, AZ
provided in the fee bill. The Attorney
General has also decided that military
forces of the United States may be en-.
.ployed to remove the outlaws, thieves,
and other unauthorized persons from
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe, Indian reser-
VRtions. d.