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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

PITTsBuRGH, March IA well plan
ned and skilliully executed express rob-
berry was perpetrated in this city last
night. Superintendent Bingham OF the
Express Company gave the following
particulars this evening: Yesterday af-
ternoon when the Buffalo Express reach
ed Brady's Bend, telegram was handed
Thomas Bingham, the Express &Iessen-
ger, which instructed him to transfer his
packages, etc., to ]. H. Brooks, at TEN.
pleton, and return to Parker's Landing
and await orders. This was dated
Pittsburgh and signed Geo. Bingham
SIp't. Templeton is small station on
the Allegheny Valley railroad, fifty miles
from this city. The Buffalo express
south and the train going North meet
there and stop for supper. On the arri.
val OF the train at Templeton a man
stepped into the express car and told
Messenger Bingham that he was ordered
to relieve him and take his run
to Pittsburgh. Mr.. Bingham asked
him for his instructions. Hell produced
a telegram addressed to J.. Fl. Brooks,
ins,ructing Brooks to relieve Bingham
at Templeton, and bring the express mat.
ter to Pittsburgh. This was also signed
Geo. Bingham, Superintendent. Bing.
haw after The transfer to Brooks, took a
train to Parkers, and Brooks came 10
this city in charge Of the express car, At
the depot Of this city, his goods were
checked off correctly, and he got in a
wagon with the driver to deliver the
goods and report at the general Office on
Fifth Avenue. The robbery was commit
ted in the wagon between the depot and
the office, He jumped from the wagon
unnoticed by the driver, when less than
half square from the Office. The safe
was found open and the money packages,
amounting to 1000 missing when deliy-
cred at the Office. Brooks cut the rail-
road telegraph wire this side Of Temple
ton and drew wire into watch house
there, and with pocket instrument he
sent the bogus message which operated
so successfully.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
Western Union Tel. Co,

NEw York, March 14.-The directors
OF the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany have elected .Wm. H. Vanderbilt q
director In place Of Cornelius Wander.
bllt, dece9eed, and Cambridge Living.
ston, in place Of the late Col. Vermillie.
A dividend Of u per cent from the ne.
earnings for the first three months was
declared, payable April l4th.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

BETHLEHEM, Pa, March 14.-There
was much excitement in this region to.
day, caused by the report that the First
National Bank Of Allentown had sus.
pended. The report was caused by the
fact that the bank was paying checks for
small amounts by drafts on New York,
The temporary embarrassment OF this
bank causes general uneasiness, notwith.
standing the hopeful reinsurance OF It's
nfEicinls.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
lynch Inv In Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, March 14.-A special to
to the American from Franklin says; Jim
Walker, colored, aged II years, tried to
murder and rob Mrs. Stocked, near
Union Ridge, Williamson county. She
was rescued by another colored man, and
Walker was arrested and jailed in Frank
lin. He was taken out by twelve masked
men, at II o'clock last night, and hanged
within mile OF that town.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

naturalization as something neither ab.
Surd nor improbable. This strange in.
consistency only illustrates anew what
curious and capriciouS affair is the hu.
man intellectual machine when running
at random outside OF the domain Of sober
judgment.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

CINctNNATr, March 14.-Joe Goss, in
dictedin Kentucky Court for participa.
ton in the Allen-Goss prize fight, reach.
ed Covington tonight in charge Of ofll.
GERS, and will be taken TO Burlington, in
Boone comfy, tomorrow to await trial.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

NASHVILLE, March l4.-Ata meeting
Of business men and citizens tonight res.
olutions were adopted commendatory OF
President Hayes Southern policy as an
nouneed in his inaugural address, and ex-
pressing their appreciation at the ap.
pointment OF Mr.. Key.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
FIRE RECORD.

NEw ORLEANS, March IA fire
originating on the corner Of Howard and
Paidido streets, destroyed nine two story
frame buildings, Loss about $4,000;
mostly covered by insurance.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

NEw YORK, March IA. Police
Sergeant Kirtley, Detective Superin
tendent WSlling and Commisssioner Ear
hardt are secretly investigating the
charges made by a detective against two
Of his associates, duplicating them in the
mysterious robbery Of Oracle Kings cash
box, and aweek later thar OF firm on
Pearl street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15


APRoPos TO the subject Of Spiritual.
lem, which is once more fresh topic in
Wheeling by reason OF Prof. Baldwin's
late. exposures at the Opera HouSe, we
are reminded that We met with John B.
Wolf at Washington City the other day,
4 man well known in Wheeling and
vicinity twenty odd years ago. He,has
been for many years peripatetic phi
losopher, circulating between the Far
West ard the National Capital, with &C.
Cssional sojourns in New York, and most
Of this time has been lecturer and wri.
ter on Spiritualisui, animal magnetism,
and kindred subjects. A in days OF
yore, he is full Of talk. Language was
always VOLTS peculiar gift, and withal
he has some ideas mixed with his Ian.
guage, and is not an unpleasant person to
listen to for little while. At this time
he carries with him some spirit photo.
graphs, dim sepulchral faces seen in the
back grounds Of live photographs, sup.
posed to represent parties who have re.
visited glimpses Of the moon here below,
and been caught by the rays Of that lumi.
nary while lingering around in their cere.
mentS and transferred to card board by
some grave yard photographer. Wolf is
at home in explaining the entire feast
hility, naturalness and indebtedness oi
this operation. He has no more doubt
OF its genuineness than he used to have
oil the saving trnths OF Methodist theol
ogy when he held forth at Pierce's Run
Church, in Brooke county, where he de-
clafed once upon time that he would
neither eat nor drink until certain
number OF souls had been saved, and where
great excitement was produced in conse
quence, and where, as he now says, people
were moved to get religion out OF sheer
sympathy for his hazardous experiment
According to Wolf it makes no odd
how long people have been dead. They
can be reinyested in tho aesh after an,
number Of years in way to be perfect!
recognizable by their friends. Theyma
lerializs, as it were, from the yiewlesl
air, by molecular attraction, and rehabili
tate in mortal fashions their chemically
resolved elements, and thus, like Richard
become their former selves once again.
All this is not hard for some people tc
believe TheSame people, perhaps, dis
card the records Of Holy Writ as wholly
improbable, and yet take up with spirit
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

CAPE LOOKOUT, NJ C., March 1.-THE
bark, Louis Bergman, from Liverpool to
Baltimore, went aground on Lookout
Shoal. The crew attempted to leave the
wreck in three boats, two were capSized
and six men drowned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

In the House Of Representatives the
special committee on women's suffrage
recommended an amendment to the State
Constitution SO that upon any proposi.
tion to impose tax on unmarried wo.
man and widows they shall have the
privilege Of voting the same as men.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
Acquitted.

SAN FRANCISCO, March l4.-Tassey
Stewart, Of Yuba county, farmer, tried
on a charge Of attempting to brihe ex.
Secretary Chandler to render a land de.
cision in hiafayor was acquitted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

Gov. MATHEWS inaugural is highly
spoken OF even by the opposition press
of our State. It's liberal spirit leads any
body to the belief as if, rs the Wheeling
lNTELLIuEECER says, he had compared
notes with President Hayes, both express
ing their determination to serve their
people and not their party only.
II the Governor continues in that path,
he will receive the most hearty approval
Of the whole people.-PTkerSburg Times.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

RICHMOND, Va, March l4.-The new
hotel at White sulphur Springs, known
rs the Peyton House, burned last eve
ming. Loss on the building SS00eo; in.
surance S25, 900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
VOLUME XXv--NUMBER l72.


BRISTOL, March l4.-Arrived-s.eam-
eF Arragon, from New York.
PuiLApELrHIA, March 14.-Arriyed-
Steamer Indiana, from Liverpool.
New YORK, March 14.-Arrived-
Steamer Bolivia, from Glasgow,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
EGYPT.


CAIRO, 1tarch14.-The Khedive to-day
formally, through the British Represen.
tative here, renewed and confirmed his
fathers gift 10 Great Britain OF "Cleo.
patra's Needle" Preparations for i.s
removal to London are progressing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
Even Chances tor the Senatorial
Nomination,

COLUMBUS, March 14.-There is scarce
ly any change in the Senatorial contest
since last evening, and it is generally
conceded that either Matthews or Taft
will be nominated. All things considered, ,
the chances are ahnnt even. 3,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

ATLANTA, Ga, March l4.-Hon. II.
!. Bell, the Democratic nominee, was re.
elected 10 Congress yesterday, in the 9th
district, in plase Of Ben Hill.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
SHIELDS HOUSE.
No. J Sixth ST., near Suspension Bridge,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
". H. sTAHLMAN, Proprietor.

This House hiss recently been thoroughly reno
waited and reLittcd, with all the modern improve
ments added, Ladies' and Families will hnd tho
House suited In every way to their wants. Private
entrance, Parlors, &c.
II is located In one Of the most prominent streets
IN the business centre Of the city and Is well ven.
iilntcd Throughout.
The table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Street cars pass the door every few mIn-
ulcS ior all parts Of the city, Allegheny, Mauches.
tPf, and South-Aide.
The proprietor has served long tIme In tho
business, and knows we'll the wants Of guests, espe-
cially those Of our farmers. Bates very moderate,
emily
$1.5O PER- DAY.
Droyers and Farmers Ahould bear In mind that
tho St4hllng attached 10 the House Is very laTRu
and Of the best order. Accommodations Tor SO
horses.
HS-E B.-Thc Wheeling lNTKLLIdRScRRi Is re.
ceivcl regularly at this House FOR the benefit Of
guests from that section. fele-M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
Weather Indications.
ORHicR OF THE CnIKY sIGNAL OPYicxr.
WASHINGTON, d, C. March Xxi ~


PRoBAmLlTIES
For the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
Tennessee and the Ohio valley, rising
barometer, cooler north and west winds
and partly cloudy or clear weather.
For the lakes, westerly winds, rising
followed by stationary barometer and
partly cloudy cooler weather.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

DETROIT, March l4-Oliver Bourke, q
Wholesale liquor dealer Of this city, went
into bankruptcy to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

Very great interest is felt here among
the friends of the Administration, and
particularly among those Of them in the
Senate, with regard to the Senatorial
election in Ohio. The friends Of the
President intimate very po'itively their
opinion that the new Senator should be
fully in accord with the President in his
Southern policy, and that such support
for him is regarded as doubly important
from his own State
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.

TO THE DAILY INEE1LIGEvoER
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-owing to the
pressure Of applicants for Office at the
White House and the departments sever.
al Of the Secretaries are already exhaust.
ed BY their labor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

A delegation OF about thirty gentle.
men from Tennessee, headed by Judge
Harrison and Congressman Thornburgh.
called upon Postmaster General Key
and Secretary SChurz, this morning to
offer congratulations. 1t now seems 10
be agreed by common consent, that the
entire Louisiana question shall 90 over
without discussion TO the next session Of
Congress.
There does not seem 10 be much doubt
that exPostmaster General Tyner will be
appointed First Assistant Postmaster
General.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

The Senate in executive session con-
frmed John Jay Knox as Comptroller Of
Currency and the following Indiana Post.
masters: John B. Dent, at Rockville;
Nicholas Fellick, Terre HautC; Geo. P.
Eleger, South Bend; Henry Davis, Bed
ford, and Wm. R. Holloway, Indiunap-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

Postmaster General Key, finding him
self overwhelmed, nearly, with applica.
tions for office, has caused the following
circular 10 be prepared for transmission to
every applicant as the only answer that
can possibly be given at present 10 any
Of the constantly accumulating letters
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-15

Go dayat home. Agents wanted. Outfit and
VIZ terms Tree, TRUE 4 CO., Augusta, Maine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06
How High Grant County is Above
the Sea.

In the second volume of the Geolo-
gy of Wisconsin we find the table of
elevations OF points in and adjacent to
Grant County, given below. The ge-
ologist regards these elevations as of
the first Importance in Investigations.
From them sections of the country are
readily made, showing the geological
position of the strata, with their dip,
thickness, and the amount of denuda.
ton at any particular locality. In this
region it is especially valuablet to min
ers, as it indicates the elevation of the
neighboring streams, and the practi-
cability of drainage by means of lev
els; the depth to which shafts must
be sunk from any point Cd the surface
to reach any particular stratum. Aside
from this almost any person will have
curiosity enough to be pleased with
knowing how many feet the place he
lives in is above the surface of the
sea or of Lake Michigan. The fol-
lowing cover a sufficient number of
points in Grant County to be of gen.
eral interest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

fee Department, in which the excess
of expenditures over receipts is 3d.
s54,ls0.42; the pressure of business
in the United States courts, which
call for more Judges; = recommends
tons for preventing depredations on
the public lands; success of the Ag-
ricultural Bureau; the recommends.
ton to publish the report of the expo
sition legislation in the District of
Columbia; educational Legislation,
request for an appropriation to estab-
a National Museum, and fire. proof
library building is wanted.
The message will generally be re-
garded as creditable State paper.
1t is so long that not many win read
it at length but those who wish to
will have the chance in the HERALD
next week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06


by failing than continuing. Now
the business is on better and safer
basis than ever.
The Baby Show.
An enterprising genius has fitted
up ball, corner of fourteenth street
and fifth avenue, and organized o
baby show. He advertised for all
sorts of babies, fat. lean, large, small,
single, twins and triplets, and he sue
ceeded in capturing hundred or
more. There are dozen pairs of
twins, some of them very handsome
and some very ugly, and there are
three sets of triplets, which are the
most unaccountable specimens of
ugliness / ever beheld. The father
of one of the sets of triplets exhibits
them, and is as proud as though he
was entitled to credit for them. The
show is a success, 80 far as attract
ing people is concerned. A throng
of women stream through the hall
from ten in the morning till twelve
at night, and the babies are punched
and felt of, kissed and Rugged, ac>
cording as they are dirty or clean,
pretty or otherwise. The exhibit
itors are all poor people, who get
from one to two dollars day. with
chance of winning prize. The
visitors all vote for their favorites,
and those having the most votes in
their class, get premiums. 1t is q
curious exhibition. One man brought
baby to exhif; very young one,
the mother being sick at home. The
first night he picked up his baby,
and took it to its mother, when 10, it
happened to be a girl; whereas his
child was boy. He rushed back
to the hall and got another
child, but that was not the
right one, and he has been taking
children home every since, but he
has not yet got his own. The moth
err, who could recognize her child, is
too sick to go to the hall, and go
there is trouble.
The Temperance War.
The Law and Order league con-
tinue their fight on rum, and they
accom- plish something. Last Sun.
day the bars were very generally
closed, and about a hundred of the
worst doggeries have been closed
permanently. They arrest and fine,
and if the offender continues, they
arrest and fine over again, making
it Improbable for all who have not a
big business. The hotels and big
saloons took it as joke at first, and
paid willingly, but they are getting
tired of it, and are organizing to re-
sist. 1t is doubtful whether they
can be forced to stop, but if the
cheap bucket. shops can be closed, q
great thing has been done. In add
ition to prosecuting the rum-sellers,
the league has organized temper
ance movement among the working
men, and thousands are pledging
themselves to abstain. Employers
announce that in all cases prefer.
euce will be given to total abstaIners
and men are followed rs they are
entering the rum-mills and influence
ed to keep out, and every possible
influence,is brought to bear to keep
them straight after they have once
quit. The work has plenty of mon
ey behind it, and is going on system
atically and to some purpose. The
rummies are having serious time
of it. IL was noticeable that there
were fewer breaches of the peace
Thanksgiving day than have been
known of q holiday for years, for
which the league claims the credit.
PIETR0.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06
Shall Grant County Save the Lien
upon Her Taxes.

The Grant County Board of Sup
ervisors had before it at its late meet
ing resolution directing the County
Clerk to cause deeds to DO made to
the County before January 1st on
tax certificates dating fifteen years
back. This resolution failed to
pass, but we think it would have
been adopted bad the members all
understood it's importance. By q
law of last winters Legislature all
certificates dating back fifteen years
become worthless after January first.
A hasty examination shows that the
certificates unredeemed for 1862
amount to about $4,000 There
are o great many unredeemed for
wears previous TO 1862, and in the ag-
gregate if these are not saved by
deed before January LIST, debt OF
thousands of dollars due the County
will be cut off past the possibility of
COLLECTION. 1t amounts 10 thousands,
saying nothing of the fact that the
original taxes are, by interest, added
TO themselves every four years. The
$500 of 1862 becomes 81 1915 in 1877.
This brief statement shows that
the loss to the County may be very
considerable. There is scarcely an
acre in Grant County that is under
forfeit for taxes but what will in
time be redeemed if the County's
lien is n q 10 permanent. But tbere
are other reasons why the taxes
should be made q permanent lien
upon the lands. Permitting the
lands to remain untsxed, and then,
after Is or twenty years are past,
forfeiting the right to collect the
taxes, is offering an inducemeut to
owners, whether citizen or nonresi-
dent, to let their taxes remain un-
paid.
Perhaps we overestimate the i'm
portanca of this matter but it seems
to us if anything can yet be done to
prevent the total loss of the amounts
due, it should be done at once. A
deed made by the County Clerk be-
fore the 1st of January will be good
whether be is directed by the Board
to make it or not. But he will not
perform the required labor, which is
considerable, without pay, and as
the matter now stands if be shonld
make the deeds the Board would
have the right at lis next meeting
to say, mo, sir: We voted that we
did not care to have this work done
We won't pay you" Now we sug-
gest this If on further consideration
the members think the amount should
not be lost through limitation, let
them individually and promptly
write to the Clerk and say that they
think he should make the deeds and
that they will use their influence to
see that he and the Register are
properly paid. Many descriptions
may be run into one deed. We think
$3.50 may be made to cover the whole
cost and there is hardly possibility
that at the least, two or three times
this amount will be saved while the
saving may be ten times as much.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

The excitement in the U. S. Sem
ate is over, and out of it Hamburg
Butler has become Ex-senator from
South Carolina and Ex-Governor
Kellogg U. S. Senator from Louisia-
ma. Eustis will be the other Senator
from Louisiana. This makes parties
in the Senate so close that it will be
controlled by a rascalIy majority,
whichever party has it, for Patter.
son and Conover will constitute the
majority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

ONCE on time as the story DOCKS
say the late DIR. Bethune was seen in
Broadway, attentive;y reading the
big poster of q theatre. A friend,
observing him, came up to him and
said: "What. DIR. Bethune, yoa read
ing the theatre bills?" " Yes" was
the Doctors ready response, 81 don't
know why | shouldn't know what
the devil is about az well az Others"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

YESTERDAY we read from the
Presidents message that the war
with the Indians was over AMI they
were all quiet To-day we read q
De4dwood dispatch giving an ac-
count OF an attack by 200 Indians on
a camp of white men and the cap.
ture of horses, mules and other
property in one place aid cattle in
annthar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

ID. A. BALDWIN, President of the
West Wisconsin Railway, commit
ed suicide by hanging himself in a
barn at New Durham, N. j., last
Sunday.H has been very successful
in business, was wealthy and the
only reasonable cause for his last act
was that he had got to the end of
his rope. When Alexander the
Great conquered all he could of this
world he only wept, but Baldwin
and CoOlbaugh-died.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06

OEANr COUNTY gave heavier vote
against the increase in the number OF
Supreme Court Judges than any other
county in the State. Will the genu-
inc economizers and reformers of the
county, on that account, give the
HERALD credit for its single handed
opposition 10 that increase