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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-05-25
"A Terrestrial Mermaid.

The Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Ne,cs says -
There was young girl at the police station
yesterday upon whom old Mother Nature
has played one Of her queerest freaks She
is young, certainly not over sixteen, with a
not unpreposessing face aud good figure, but
her body aud limbs are covered with scales
about the size of and similar in appearance to
tho scales of a fish. Medical gentlemen who
have examined her say that she present is the
most extraordinary case, of malformation on
record. 1t is trne there has been mention
made in the books of children whose necks
and wrists were similarly covered, but no in>
stance has has been reported where the scales
coveredtho whole body and tho 'limbs.S There
is another feature about this exception that
puzzles the the medical fraternity. most, and
that is the fact that the scales have chameleon>
like function of changing their color. Tho
scales on her arm, Whilc7the writer was pres
ent, changed tvice-from pale amber color
to blood red and back again. The scales do
not overlie. each other, as IN the case of fish
or reptiles, but appear to be imbcdded in the
fesh-in sort of Mosaic work, SO to speak,
and in the color-changes the transformation
does not take place at once in all the imbri-
Gated plates, but varies, some turning red,
while others retain the amber color, which
seeus " oe LHe primary nue.. me girl says
that she has been covered with these scales
ever since she can remember From her
earliest recollection she was employed as do
mestic by the family with whom she resided,
and was compelled to perform all the drudge
ry of the house. As she advanced in age,
and the scales upon her her body increased
and multiplied, she became an object of The.
most intense aversion to the Uther members of
the family, and was treated so cruelty that she
fed. This act, was the beginning of long
series of trials, which was yesterday described
BY her at the police station with much pathos.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05
CHEYENNE WYOMING THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 1875

Washington, Aug. 4.-TO-day w. A.
Cook and Chas. Pelham, as counsel for
Jerome J. Kinds, who was some weeks
ago tried and acquitted, on the charge
Of being connected with the alleged
Texas mail contract frauds, filed bill
on the equity side of the Supreme
Court of the district, to restrain the
payment of certain monies on account
Of carrying mails, to John Altman &
Brother. He says that he has no in
terest in said contract, and was ille-
gally debarred from executing it. The
respondents are Postmaster General,
the Sixth Auditor, and Altman &
Brother. Judge Humphreys made q
preliminary restraining order returna-
BILE on the 10th OF September next.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05
Boston, August 4.-Dr. Wlnslow
Lewis died last night, aged 76.

London, Aug. 4.-There was q sharp
debate in the House of Commons to-
day on the supplementary estimate of
two million dollars. Dodson and Glad
stone attacked the estimate, and the
latter pointed out the laxity of the
government estimate, and declared that
such looseness tended to destroy the
control of parliament over the expen-
ditures. Sir Stafford Northcote, Chan
cellor to the Exchequer, admitted an
apparent deficit of 800 ,001 pounds,
but he was confident that the
increase in revenue would more than
cover the supplementary estimates.
The supply bill finally passed the
committee and it is expected that Par
Lament will be prorogued by the 18th
inst.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

+ st. Paul, Minn,, Aug. 4.-The COM
Dmittee of railroad experts, consisting
of civil engineers aud railroad and
RridGe builders, after an examination
of the wreck of the Northern Pacific
Railroad bridge at Brainard, have
come to an entirely different conclu-
clusion from that of the coroner's jury
which, after hearing the evidence of
several parties familiar with the
bridge, severly condemned the Com
pany. The committee say: We find
nothing in the appearance of the
debris of the wrecked span to justify
us in attributing the wreck to defect
i've or improper materials, or work.
manship or design in the original
construction, or to the want of proper
attention and repairs since it was
built. We find the truss yet in its
place and in good and safe condition.
This truss was constructed at the same
time as the others were, and we are
informed that it has received the same
care and attention from the officers of
the road. If we may judge by the
condition of the other trusses, from
our examination of this one, they
could not have been broken by the
weight of any ordinary train. While
we find ourselves unable to definitely
describe the manner of the wreck, we
are of the opinion that it was caused
by some accident to one of the flat
Al
bridge at the time, by which part of
the car or rail became entangled in
the truss, thereby displacing some of
the timbers over the west channel
pier.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05
REFOETED ExPKEssAI FoR ruE NoKSISs LEADER.
~ @ HI II Il Il u O Ee IT.
Storms and Floods in the
East.
Bridges Washed Away and
Plantations Under Water.
Nobody to Blame for the
Smash-up on the N. P.
Railroad.
Foreign Intelligence.

New York, Aug. A London dis
patch states that one hundred thous-
and dollars in specie has been recovered
from the wreck of The steamship Schil-
ler.
y Herald special says that the Feni-
an Amnesty Association of Dublin,
has issued proclamation calling on
Irishmen to assemble by thousands to
join the O'Connell centenary process
sion. They have resolved 10 carry
banners inscribed Remember tie
political prisoners" God save Ire
land" At the close of the march
they will assem around the O'Cou-
nell monument and present Lord Ho-
gan to the PeoI lc. 1t is believed that
Hogan will not deliver the Grafton un-
less assured of complete order. All
public houses are 10 bc closed during
the day, and iuur Thousand troops are
quartercd in different sections of the
city. Cardinal Cullen has issued a
pastoral enjoining his people to be
strictly temperate. Cullen does not
lear any difficulty.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 4.-Reports
from the river towns below here state
that the plantation of 900 acres at
Fort Perry, opposite Friar's Point, is
submerged. A crevasse was made in
front of Desota. 27 miles below here,
on the Mississippi side, but the plant
ers are endeavoring to stop it. The
planters are all at work strengthening
it. The water is pouring in through
the old town crevasse. The steUch
from the submerged corn-f1elds is said
to be terrific, owing to the corn sour
ing.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Omaha, Aug. 4.-This morning a
terrible Storm of wind, hail and rain
passed over this city doing immense
damage. Plate glass five-eights of an
inch thick was shivered to atoms.
Some of the hail stones weighed n
pound and a half The storm was
confined principally to the Missouri
river bottom, from Sioux City to
Brownsville, Neb.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Cincinnati, Aug. AT Seymour
the Ohio & Mississippi bridge is gone
and there are several washouts on that
road besides. This city appears to be
the centre of the storm, which extends
II hundred miles in each direction.
The total damage TO railroads, crops
and private property in this Congress
sional district, is estimated at a one
million dollars.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Detroit, Mich, Aug 4.-The barge
Braley broke loose from the tow of the
propeller Allegany, on Lake Erie, on
Sunday and is supposed to have gone
to pieces, aud that the crew consistipg
of five persons have rerished
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 4.-The re-
turns come in slowly, but enough is
known to render it reasonably certain
that the constitutional convention will
be called by ten thousand majority.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Pittsburg. Aug. 4.-The western as
ISOLATION Of nail manufacturers met In
this city to-day and fixed the card
price of nails at three dollars.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-05

Copenhagen, Aug. 4.-Hans Chris
tiau Andersen, the poet and novelist,
died to-day, aged 20.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07

ST. LOUIS, May GA Republican special
from Kansas says that General Neil, COM
mander Of the troops at the Cheyenne
Indian agency, passed through there to-
day en- route for Fort Ripley, where he
will preside over the court martial. He.
reports that large number Of the Chey.
ennes who rCvolted and escaped from the
agency last month had returned TO II,
and arc now receiving government sup
plies and accommodation a. though they
never had fired a shot or provoked fight
in which two soldiers were killed, He
also reports that ffty-seyen Of the Indi-
ans tried at Fort Sillhaye been convicted
and sentenced to the Dry Tortugas,
A Kansas City special to the Republicans
says that Lieut.. Sanderson, Of the Sixth
Cavalry, passed through that city to-day
going east. lie was iustfrom Fort Hays,
near which he has been scouting for the
past month for Indians. There Is band
Of thirty Cheyennes there, and they at
tempted yesterday 10 cross the KanSSs
Pacific track SO as IN march north,
The court martial commenced this
morning at Fort Riley, Lieut.. Romsyn
Is on trial, .II.
The Sixth Cavalry will move to Ari-
zona on May Goth to relieve the Fifth
Cavalry,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07

Joseph SimmOnS,a nm WrOnaut Qt London,
writes 70 the q'imes Of that city about the
fatal balloon accident in Paris, TO say
that he does not believe the men in the
"Zenith" were killed by asphyxia, owing
to the rarefaCton Of the atmosphere, but
that they were sntEocated by the gas cs.
capingirOpl the balloon during their rapid
ascent. Mr.. Simmons was in the balloon
from which NJ. dc GrOOf fell with his flying
apparatus, and his balloon being thus
suddenly relieved Of $40 pounds Of weight,
asCended to height greater than that
reached by the French Tronauts, and in
One.fitieth Of the time occupied by the
Zenith IN reaching its height Of 10000
feet. Mr.. Simmons says thatif his ball
oon had not been constructed to
allow the escape Of gas without in.
Jury to the Tronaut, he should
have been suilOCated. The weight
Of the articles thrown over from the Le.
NTH was only eighty pounds, and Mr.. Sim-
mons thinks that the aerOnaUts who were
killed could not have had the means ut
command to discharge the requisite qllan.
tity Of gas above the level Of their mouths,
and that they were killed by inhaling gas.
This theory Is made more plausible by
the fact that Glaisher and COxwell arc
reported to have attained to the great
height Of $4,000 feet in balloon ascen.
sion July II, 1862, without being 0sphyx-
lated. Mr. ulaisher (who Is now Super.
intendent Of Meteorology Of the Royal
Greenwich Observatory became insellsi.
bic at 1000 feet, md ut $1,000 feet Mr..
Coxwcll, the NerOnaut, could no longer
usc his hands, and was Obliged to pull the
valve rope with liis teeth. GlaiSher re-.
covered consciousness when the balloon
came down again to height Of $4,000
feet. At $4,000 feet the temperature of
the mir was twelve degrees below zero
Glaisher reached height Of over 10000
feet In several aeronautiCal asCents.
| It Is quite possible, however, that the
"Zenith' may have assembled to n greater
heighth than 2G,0OO feet. NJ CASTOR Tis'
sander, who survived the ascent, snys
he became insensiblc when the balloon
was NJ tHNt HelBnti tHhA Nv NhPVt" y
recovered consciousness and found the
balloon rapidly descending, when one Of
his companions hnrriedly threw from The
car the aspirator and some baggage. NJ
I'issandief became again insensible as the
balloon again ascended. An llOur after
wards he revived, and found his com
paniOns lying at the bottom OF the bns ket
The balloon was At height Of l9,5OO feet
and rapidly descending, and when he
reached the ground he founl Tint hi'
companions were dead. NJ. TisSandleI
makes no mention Of any outflow Of gaI
upon him, and evidently believes that hi'
I insensibllity and Ills companions death
were caused by the rarefaction Of the at
mospllerc al the great heights which the!
reached. His evidence Is the imper fec
. recollection Of n man wholly unconscious
, at critical moments, and only Scmi-con
scioua ,as lie says himself, at the times o
which be gives lis an account ibU
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
American Medical Association.


LOUISVILLE, May Cat this mornings
session OF the American Medical AssOcia-
ton Drs. ]. A. Drian, E. E. Howard, J..
Q. Hutchinson, II. D. Holton, J. @. Hupp
and II. r, Warner were appointed dele
gates to represent the American Associa-
ton to be held in Brussels in September,
1875.
The following gentlemen were appoint
ed committee from the American Medi-
cal Association to confer with commit
tee from the Canadian Medical AssOCia-
tlon which meets in Halifax, August 8,
1875, on the subject OF holding an Inter
national Convention by the two associa-
tons: s, D. Gross, Pa, Austin Flint N.
Y. VIM. Walliug, Ky, s. O. Lane, Gala,
7, d. Cunningham, Va, F. A. Anderson,
Ills, WIN. Atkinson, Pa, H. j. Bodilet,
Mass, and Robert Bartban, Ohio. 70
An invitation 10 attend the national
meeting Of the Social Science Association
to be held next week, at Detroit, was re-
Oeived.
DR.. Marion Sims made report on the
Mcdowell memorial fund, concluding as
follows, ua..,l..7 .s.l. b..
WHEREAS, II Is universally acknoWl-
edged that the late Ephriam Mcdowell
was the originator Of oyaritomy, and
WHEREAS, We believe that proper
measures should be instituted TO COM
memOrate his great achievement and to
appropriately honor its author; therefore
Resolved, That this Association recon-
mend to each OF It's members and to the
profession generally 10 contribute an
nually such sums as they may think
proper until the amount Of $l0O, 900 shall
be accumulated, which shall be known as
the Mcdowell Fund, the interest (which
shall be devoted to the payment Of prizes
to the authors Of the best essays relating
to diseases OF the oyaries.
Res.iped, That this Association shall
elect q board Of three trustees, whose
duty II shall be 10 carry out the object Of
these resolutions, and whose term Of office
shall continue Ave years.
ResOlved, That this Association will
leave the State Of Kentucky the greater
privilege Of providing for the local mem.
0ry OF DR.. Mcdowell.
Papers were road by DR.. Moore, OF RO-
chester, N. L., on TRANSMISSION, and by DR..
Byford, Of illinois, on the treatment Of
uterine iibrid tumOrs by the administra-
ton Of ergot, .I
The election Of officers was postponed
until tomorrow. A large number Of the
delegates will visit the Mammoth Cave
after adjournment,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
| IKindA nnI Elres.

Alta result Of the observations OF the
Signal Service Department, a new element
isaboutt into the consideration Of
risks BY the Fire Insurance companies.
The observations taken ihall parts Of
the country byeompetent officers connect
ed with the Signal Service Bureau form
valuable statistical fccordlvkith j. pre-
served In the Washington Office, and only
requires be tabnlated IMPROPER shape
to become a most useful auxiliary TO the
Insurance companies IN determining the
hazard or extra hazard otsPrcPerty in
different cities In accordance with their
relation to the prevailing winds The
Head Of the Washington bureau has al
ready prepared for Mr. Hope, president
Of the Continental Insurance Company, OF
New York, some exceedingly valuable
maps showing the direction Of the winds
that blow over the chief cities OF the
Union. -tN '''es ...- t-h'' a
The sweeping destructiyeness oi the
Oshkosh fire ia partly explained BY the
telegraphed statement that al that place
''there Ia almost a continuous southwest
wind, which on this occasion was blowing
with great violence" Add 10 this para
mount element Of danger mass Of saw
mills, lumber.yarls and frail wooden
houses on The outSkitt Of the city facing
the wind, and seeond.rate fire depart
ment, and all the conditions Of tleyas'
tuting ronhhgration are then provided
After the first Chicago fire The Oshkosh
people seein to have scented their peril
from the southwest, for we learn that ol
late IL has been the custom at the saw
mills to stop work when the high winds
prevailed, and look out for fires. To the
neglect Of this rtecaution by one mill on
the 2sth OF April is attributed the terrible
visitation At Oshkosh. All the other
mills but this one ceased working when
the gale began to blow; and soon after Il
took FIRE, and in few minutes was
wrapped in flames. The high wind drove
the FIRE eastward with irresistible force
and in a few hours the best part Of Osh.
kosh had disappeared. The wind at Chi
cago is principally from the southwest
,n,I Li,,,, "a, r,o1tLs tngnthaF with
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07

tic Of blowing from the southwest. They
come from that point at San Francisco
with great steadiness in the summer
months from 10 A. NJ. to 10 7. NJ, and
are special element Of danger, Us the
windward side Of the city Is mostly built
OF wood.
The subject is almost entirely new, but
ii the data, when carefully examined and
compared, show that some cities are more
exposed than other cities to high winds
Of long continuance from year to year,
and blowing uniformly from well defined
points, there is no doubt but the meteorO-
logical conditions will in some way be
utilized by Fire Underwriters for the ben
eft Of their stockholders, ,andb by the muni.
cipal authorities Of all important towns in
providing against the construction Of COM
bustiblC buildings on the windward side
oftheir corporate limits.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
Tic MAY NInsirnI IIchenrsnIs.

CtSctNNArt, May 6.-ltehearsals for
the May Musical Festival, which com.
mences next Tuesday evening are occur.
ring daily, and every possible effort il
being made to insure the success Of the
undertaking. Theodore Thomas and his
orchestra will arrive tomorrow, and the
first grand rehearsal will be held III the
Exposition building tomorrow evening.
Miss Annie Louisa Gary arrived tonight,
and other prominent singers are expected
tomorrow. The sales Of tickets have been
most gratifying, showing n handsome in
crease when compared with 1873. IT,
citizens have united in decorating u, guy Ivy.
in handsome style next week ara making
the Festival week gala one M every re-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07

ST. LOUIS May G.-Tllc Globes Jeller.
son City special says a scheme has just
come 10 light there to rob the State oi
several million dollars. A Commits ion
on War Claims sat at Jefferson City last
winter and allowed ninety.three million
dollars Of claims and issued certificates to
claimants for nearly that amount. These
certificates are not 10 be paid, however,
until The Federal Government agrees to
reimburse the State therefor, and Of this
there Is little hope. These certificates
arc worth two cents on the dollar, and II
Il asserted that they have been bought
ttp by a number Of New York, Chicago
and 81. LOnis brokers, and by ring con.
sisting Of the leading polititlons OF the
middle aud northwestern country. The
statement that anumber Of friends Ol this
ring, IL IA alleged, are now forming a
lobby for the purpose Of getting the Con-
stitntional Convention 10 insert In the
new Constitution new clause providing
that the State can be sued and that the
Legislature shall name the court before
which suits against the State shall be
brought. II, therefore, the Federal gov
ernment refuses TO recognize these wnf
claims and this ring aCcomplishes it'
object with the Convention IL Is thoYYgn. w.
that II will be an easy matter t9 ,,J"so ho,uso
the Legislature to name GG,"Es W Ic.2'e III
which The claims can be brnssIlIt ~ anu iOiiI Nun
$03OO0,0O at stake is'oIaysle IeI.eiI, y. y.
| Is believed incvitabl lc Inc swlnule IN lne
case Is asserted ~ Te inS' tns hmdsoi tnGie % ,bnn
sond dollars are bogus. The names Of
men vdO have been dead ten years APP
n.,.f I on the books, and are only repre-.
sented by the attorneys OF the parties
holding certificates. In fact nearly all
the men OF the regiments for whose ben.
eft these claims are made are dead, and
the money paid by the State thereon, is
alleged, goes into the pockets oil this ring
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
MEMPHIS.

MEMfnis, May 0.-At a meeting Of the
Council last evening, Mayor Longne sent
in four vetoes Of measures passed nt the
last meeting looking to the adoption Of a
new rharte i, and an ordinance creating n
Boafd ii Fire aid Police Commissioners.
All the measures were passed over hiH
veto, and us the ordinance passed Gusts
nearly all the Mayors appoinlees, II Is
Reported that several Of them will apply
iot injdnctiDhs restraining Council from
tlisnlacing them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
weather Report.

WAR DEPARTMENT
OPHIcEOB rlIR CnIRB SIGNAL OPPiCER,
a WASHINGTON, D. e., May 6.-&& Pm. }
etF PROBABILITIES.
For the Tennessee and Ohio Valley
and Lower Lake Region stationary, fol.
lowed by a falling barometer, south and
east winds, cloudy and possibly rainy
weather.
For the Upper Lakes Upper Mississippi
and Lower Missouri Valleys falling ba'
rometer, northeast to southeast and slight
southwest winds, cloudy and rainy wealth
er and slight changes Of temperature, fol-
loved west Of the Mississippi by clear
weather, northerly winds and rising ba'
rOmetcr.
For the Middle and Eastern statel
rising barometer, cooler weather, norther
ly winds, followed by higher temperature
and Increasing ClOudineSs. -
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Condensed TeIegrams.

Robert Bonner has given 100000 to
Rev. DR.. John Halls Church, New York.
QUEBEC, May 6.--ThC steamship re-
ported at Fox river this morning Is the
Phpnician, from Glasgow.
The Grand Jury Of the District Of
Columbia, to-day dismissed the charge
against Chas. A. Dana, Of libelling ex.
Governor Sheppard, by the publication Of
certain articles in the New York Sun
last summer.
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Xisn I.rnsi.lenl NYilsnn.

NAstvtLLE, Tenn, May G-vice 1'resi
dent Wilson arrived at hali.past 3 o'clock
He was received and welcomed TO The
city at the Louisville 4 Nashville lepot
by Governor Porter and acting Mayor
McCrea, and conducted TO his quarters a
the Maxwell House. lie will be the gues
Of General Porter during his stay in tllt
city. .
4 large number Of the most prominent
citizens Of The city and State called nror
and paid their respects TO Vice President
Wilson, to-day. Tomorrow evening ht
viii be the guest Of Colonel Z, w Cole
President Of the Nashville 4 81. Loui'
railroad. lie will leave for Memphis Al
1858 A. NJ. Saturday. ."E4.