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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
Arrested for EmbezzIement.

NEW YORK, JanuaT = 4.--A Harrisburg
special to the Herald says: Samuel s.
Bigler, the late President OF the City
Bank OF Harrisburg, which suspended
several months ago, and his two sons, one
the eX-cashier, have been arrested, on
charges OF conspiracy to deiraud, Of EN-.
bczzlement and oI obtaining money un-
der iaISe pretenses. The bank failed
with Liabilities aggregating $350,000, Of
which The assets will not reach more than
S'O,OOO. Over 1900 persons, most Of
them the poorer classes, had deposits in
The institution, Of which they will realize
probably ten or fifteen cents on the dol.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
.. WHEELING WEST VA, FRIDAY MORNING JANUARY s. 1871

view not only Of retaining and inCreas.
ing their trade, but Also with a view Of
making Bridgeport the terminus Of a
through line from the lake. Now that
the TuScarawas Valley extension seems
so dormant perhaps narrow. gauge agi.
tAtion wonld be the best way to revive It.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
SPAIN.
ExtraditiOn Treaty Between
Spain and the United NtnieS.

LONDON, January A dispatch from
Madrid announces that the extraditiou
treaty between Spain and the United
States has been concluded and will be
signed tomorrow. The treaty specifies
70 oitenses for which persons accused
may be surrendered, and il ia the most
comprehensive which has ever been en-.
tered into by the United States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05

New YORK, January Alt is under
stood that the military authorities have
orders TO transfer three million pounds
Of ordinance and ordinance stores from
Baton Rouge to New York including four
hundred barrels Of powder, guns, shot,
shell, etc,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
A Fatal Quarrel.

ST. LOUIS, January A special to the
Globe Democrat says; Three men named
Flippen, Harrison and Mankam, got in
to quarrel at Pilot Point, Texas, while
attending u New Years ball, and Flippen
was shot dead and Harrison mortally
wounded by Mankam.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, January 4.-Tht
Senate this forenoon elected Plumb, Dem
ocrat, as President, and the House elect
ed Shaw as Speaker. The canvass fuI
the Senatorship is proceeding in an ami
mated way.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05

New YoEK, January 4.--The Chamber
ol Commerce to-day adopted h resolution
urging that silver coin be made stand.
ard legal tender throughout the United
States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
Weather Indications,
WAB DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CnIRg SIGNAL oyYIcER,

WAh UKPAhMENT,
ORHIcE or THE CHIRB SIGNAL OFPICRR,
WARRINGTON, D. C., January 81 4. y.
FRoBABILITiKA
In the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, fal
ling barometer. southwest 10 northwesl
winds, warmer and partly cloudy wealth,
er and possibly succeeded by areas ol
rain.
In the lakes, falling barometer, south,
west to northwest winds, warmer and
partly cloudy weather and frequen,
SHOWS, possibly turning into rain in the
sourthern portions.
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Ohio Stale Board OF Agriculture.

COLUMBUS, O., January 1.-THE State
Board OF Agriculture organized to-day
by electing J. W. JAminson, OF Cadix
President; John Pugh, Of Columbus
Treasurer, and John Il. Klippart, Of Co.
lumbus, Corresponding sSerelarv.
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SAN Francisco, Jan. 4.-sailed-Paci-
dc Mail steamer, City Of New York,
from Sydney, via. Honolulu, carrying the
British mails.
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HARRISBURG, Pa, January AID.
vices from Lykens, state that the Ere in
Lykens Valley Mines Is still raging.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
Death OF Commodore Wander.
blIt. -a

NEW YORK, January 4.-Commodore
Vanderbilt died this morning at 8 min.
utes past eleven o'clock, at his residence
in Washington Place.
Commodore Vanderbilt remained per.
iectly conscience 10 the last moment Of
his life, and died Glmoat without strux.
gle. Ever since Tuesday it has been ap.
parent to his doctors, that his hours were
numbered and that at the most be could
only live few days or week. This
morning his condition became rapidly
worse and he expressed the desire 10,
see Rev. DR.. Deems, his spiritual adviser.
the latter arrived In a few minutes and
Commodore Vanderbilt said: | think
| am nearly gone Docter. DR.. Deemn
prayed by the bedside OF the dying man.
and then some members OF the family
sang a few hyms in low tones. The mu-
sic seemed TO soothe the sufferer. All oF
his family were sent for during the night
and when he died they were by his bed
side. Ills eldest .sOn, Wm. II. Nander-
bilt, arrived soon after midnight, aud re-
mained TO the end. All his daughters
were present, and his wife, who has been
present by his bedside, during the entire
period Ot hia sickness, was at her post as
usual. Ds. Lindsey and Elliott we're
also in attendance; and they warned both
Commodore Vanderbilt and his friends
to expect the worst
The news Of his death spread rapidly,
and many friends called ut the house this
morning and sympathiztd with the fam
lily.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., arrived just
before his father died.
The funeral will take place Sunday Al
1890 A. NJ.
The news ofthe Commodore'5 death had
little effect on the market, his death hay-
ing been 80 long expected. A decline ia
the prices Of stocks, which ranged from
t to ] per cent, occurred early in the
day and part OF it has been
recovered, and since risen. The three
stocks with which Commodore Van.
lerbilt was identified were New
York Central & Hudson, Harlem, aud
Lake Shore. The frst named closed yes.
lerday at l0l and opened to-day at 1909
Icll W lVVE 1uu advanced 10 1VI. LAKE
Shore opened as it closed yesterday, at
56t, fell to Boy and soon returned TO SIS
Harlem, OF which there were no sales
Yesterday, was quoted yesterday at l35Aa
1871, and to-day there were sold lOO
shares at 1856.
1t is estimated by those in position 10
judge that COmodore Vanderbilt was
the owner Of securities havinga present
market value Of about $4,000, 900 aud
that Of this total, fully S55,OOOOOO co n
sisted Of stock aud bonds Of the New
York Central 4 Hudson Railroad. TIA
thought that the bulks Of this vas. proper
ty is to be kept together, and that pro-
vision has been made for reinvesIius
the accruing interest on it in his favor
ite securities.
Assoon as the news had been received
at the City Hall the flags we're lowered
ut half mast, course which was soon
followed BY the principal hotels and other
public buildings.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FUNERAL.
The preparations for the funeral Of
Commodore Vanderbilt will not be com.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-05
Annual Meeting Of the Cleveland
IL Pittsburgh Railroad Com.

The stockholders of this company
met at Cleveland on Wednesday and
listened to the annual report Of Presi.
deut J. n. Mccullough. As our
readers know, the Cleveland Il Pitts.
bugh is leased to the Pennsylvania
Railroad under guarantee oi Z per
cent on the capital stock, which stock
amounts to sll,24S,7S6 80. On this
amount the Pennsylvania Railroad pays
Il pei cent quarterly.
The report OF the President shows that
the gross earnings Of the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh during the year were
S2,7lGOOl,5 81 and the expenditures $2,.
7OI,245 43. These expenditures included
operating expenses Sl,Ss5,4lO 50, i'm.
provements to the property, $l6,723 l2,
aud rental and interes. 10 the Cleveland
& Pittsburgh Company and bond holders,
81 302,lllsl. The net profit therefore
to the Pennsylvania Railroad in opera.
ting the Cleveland & Pittsburgh was on.
ly 81, ,756 90.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh managers
paid out the amount received from the
pennsylyania Railroad "A fnlloWs.
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE ruNERAL

The preparations for the funeral Of
Commodore Vanderbilt will not be com.
pleted till tomorrow. DR.. Deems will
perform the burial services at the ChurCh
Of the Stranger on Sunday morning, after
which the remains will be inferred in
the family vault on Staten Island. Ad.
mission to the church will be by ticket.
NASHVILLE, January A public
meeting Of citizens will be held here on
Saturday TO take action in regard to the
death Of Commodore Vanderbilt.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-07-12
CASUALTIES.

A FIRE at Del Norte, Col, on the 9th
inst. CONSUMED two blocks, including the
postoffice and San Juan bank buildings, and
other property valued at 100000. Insur
ance small.
Two young men named Paulin, and
their uncle, were drowned while fishing in
the river Montmorencei, Canada, on the 9th
inst.
GEO. KNAPP was killed by falling
tree, during a storm at Lima, Ohio, on the
9TH inst
CHARLES STEWART, telegraph oper-
ator, late of Champaign, ILL.,, was drowned at
Cairo, H., on the 9th inst.
ALEXANDER PoNTTTE, of Staten Is
land, and Arthur Netile, and Albert Barchel,
of New Yark, were drowned while bathing
at the south beach, near Cedar Grove, on the
9th inst. Callet, who was rescued, states that
a sail-boat, containing several persons, was
upset near where the young men were
drowned, and all the party lost.
DEBORAH, Iowa, had $4,000 fire on
the 4th, caused by fre-crackers.
CRUMPs label factory at Montclair,
A PORTION of the village of Chester,
N. Y, was destroyed by fire on the 9Th inst.
Loss $4,000.
GEO. PARKER was fatally injured by
a premature discharge of a cannon, at Cedar
vile, Ind, on the Fourth. At Terre Haute
Isaac Sanford was instantly killed by the
same cause.
ALPHONsO THAYER and VIM. Perry
were drowned in Penobscot bay on the 5th
inst, by the eapsizing of boat.
AT Woburn, Mass, on the Fourth, a
boat capsized, and two women, two children
and one man were drowned
THE steamer Red Wing burst steam
pipe near Dallas, H., on the 30th. The fol-
lowing is list of the victims: Fatally in
jured-Wm. Morgan, Isaac Myers, Ed.
Weany. Injured-W. f. Treacy, John
Pierce, Peter Cell and John f. Darrow. The
latter is dangerously scalded.
THE following is list of the injured
by the steamboat explosion on Silver
Lake, Mass, on the 9th ult: AL
fred Maybury, Plymouth, engineer
Mrs. j. F. Orne, Harrison Square,
recovery doubtful; Mrs. George Phillips
and two children, Harrison square, one
child very seriously burned; Fanny Rrown
Chelsea, little girl, cannot recover; Miss
Fanny Merrill, Highland, dangerously
scalded and burned; John Buckley, Harri-
son square; George A. Brooks, aged 6
years; Frank Gale, Boston: Cora Lemon,
Charlestown; Rosa Lehan, Willie Davis,
SomervilIe; Susie Hosmer and Alice Clark,
Harrison square.
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THE EAST.

PEDESTRIAN O'Leary failed to make
500 miles from the I'd to the 9th inst, at
New York city. He made All miles, the
last being walked in u minutes and 90
seconds.
THE National bank has notified brok-
ers not to buy the town of Chesterfelds s
On. " bonds payable at the Park bank,
81 900 each, numbers 3, Q, TO- II, 12 and 13,
and Essex county bonds, each 500 or more,
numbers 10, II, II, 13, 16 and Is.
The supreme court has denied mo-
ton for new trial in the case of Joe
Coburn, pugilist, now serving a ten years
sentence IN Sing Sing State prison for a
murderous attack on policeman.
The presbytery of Newark, n. j., has
requested Rev. Mr.. See to resign his pastor.
ate and leave off preaching the doctrine of
direct communication with God and chris.
tian perfection, and to discontinue holiness
meetings.
RIFLE matches for the centennial
trophy will take place at New York, Septem.
Der ii and 10.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT will arrive
at New York in few days, and will imme.
diately proceed to Newport to reside. 1t is
rumored that he will be married shortly.
DIR. CHAPLIN, rector of the Church
of the Divine Parentage, New York city, is
out in a card denying the report that he in.
tended to resign on account of a reduction
of salary.
OAKLEY J. BARKER, aged %, grand
son of the late Mr.. Vanderbilt, was ar.
rested at New York, on the 1st inst, on a
charge of stealing a gold watch-chain and
locket from young woman whom he knew.
1t is said that Barker, the day he spent in
the court and in the tombs, came into pos.
session of an annual income of $4,000.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-07-12
ABROAD.

THERE is a general exodus from
Resht, Persia, in consequence of the plague.
Deaths number 20 to so daily.
The famine reports from nearly all the
Bambay districts show reduction in the
resumption of agricultural operations. The
total decrease for the fortnight numbers 70,-
600. 1t is hoped all cause for anxiety will
soon cease. The prospects in Madras are less
cheerful, but are apparently improving.
Monsoon rains continue to be abundant on
the Malabar coast and pasturage is improv
ing everywhere, but the number of persons
receiving gratuitous aid is still over a mil
lion and quarter.
PORTUGAL having consented to act
with England in suppressing the slave trade
on the Mozambique coast, British cruiser
has been ordered thither. She will carry
Portuguese official, and will visit all the
haunts of slavers, and be empowered to
search suspicious vessels, even when carry
ing the Portuguese colors.
THE semi-official Moniteur (Paris) says
it is convinced that notwithstanding the
boasts of the militant Bonapartists, no min
istry lends or will lend itself to supporting
their proceedings. The duty of the govern
ment is not to tolerate the promotion of the
personal interests of the BOnapartists under
cover of conservative union. The Prefect
of Marscilles has ordered the closing of
seven political clubs.
1T is reported that Sir James Fergu-
son the well-known diplomat, is to succeed
Lord Dutierin as Governor General of
Canada.
THERE is a rumor that the King of
Dahomey, after paying indemnity to the
British Government has determined to
make a human sacrifice of 500 men to the
Fetish.
By the Cars order the insolvency
decree against DR.. Strousberg, the railway
speculator, whereon he was imprisoned, has
been annulled. He has been released from
prison, out is detained under surveillance
until the sentence of Punishment can be car
ried out.
THE British revenue receipts for the
last three months increased over So, 500. 900,
compared with the corresponding period of
1876.
SENIOR GORILLA was arrested at Paris
on the 30th ult. 1t is stated that the pre-
prietor of the hotel overheard Gorilla, Gen.
Lagunero and ex-deputy Muney discussing a
plot against the French and Spanish govern
ments.
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THE EiWEST.

THE anticipated change of channel in
the Missouri river above Omaha, occurred on
the Sth inst.
THE scheme for pooling the vessel
earnings on the great lakes, which was
adopted by the vessel owners convention at
Buffalo, recently, has fallen through, owing
to the fact that certain eastern vessel men
have refused to maintain the rate fixed by
the Buffalo convention.
TROUBLE is reported among the reser
vation Indians of Southwestern Nevada.
Augustus Ash, United States Marshal, and
Holland and Carter, Indian agents, were
killed at the reservation. One of the MUIR
derers was captured at st. George, Utah.
General Mcdowell commanding the Divis-
ion of the Pacific, has been authorized by
telegraph from headquarters at Washington
to recruit the regiments in his division up
TO the standard.
IMMENSE stock yards are being es-
tablished at Omaha. The yards will cover
80 acres, and it is estimated that 75, 600 head
of cattle will pass through Omaha for the
east this season.
THE following is a full list of the killed
and wounded at the late Indian massacre
and fight i'll Idaho, as far as is positively
known: Killed-citizens, Ben Norton
James Baker, Samuel Benedict, Harry Ma
son, Henry Elferes, Low Day, Mrs. Manuel
and child, II. d. Horton, George Woodward
William Osborne, Leo. Willmotc, French
Frank, Peter Batard, r. Devine, III. Back
rife, H. Bland, J. Manuel and John Cham
berlain; Company First Cavalry, Sergeant
Gum, Sergeant Ryan, Corporal Thompson,
Trumpeter Jones; privates Armstrong,
Burch, Colbert Halbut Donnie, Liston Mos
forth, SULTAN Shaw, Quinlan, Blaa
Connolly, Douche, Lewis Martin and Sui
ivan; Company II First Cavalry, Lieut.
Theller, Trumpeter Marshal, Saddler Gall.
YIN, Corporal Lee, Corporal Curian ;.:Privates
Crawford, Morrissey, Shay, Werner, Cava-
naugh Edward Nelson and Simpson. Wound
ed-Mrs. Ben Norton, +. Swartz, Joe Moore
G. Shearer, l.. ID. Sargent, Capt. Trimble, L..
S. A, William George, III. c. Brown.
A REDUCTION of five cents per hundred
on fourth-elass freight to New York went
into effect at St. Louis, on the I'd inst, on all
trunk lines, and n reduction of IL cents on
bulk meats. Live stock was also reduced
five cents per hundred to New York, Buffalo
and Pittsburg. The rate established
being 60 cents to New York and 35 cents to
Buffalo and Pittsburg.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

A TERRIBLE double murder was COM
mitted on the 9TH inst, few miles above
La Crosse, Wis, on the Minnesota side of
the river. 1t seems that young man named
Joseph Marque te had aquarrel with Joseph
Ennis, a farmer, regarding money matters.
Shortly after the quarrel Marquette bor-
rowed gun from neig,bor. Later in the
day railroad section men working near the
Ennis farm, heard three shots fired, and :
about noon, discovered the Ennis house to
be on fire. On breaking open the doors,
which were found locked, they discovered
that fire had been set in several different
places. The bodies of Ennis and wife were
found in the cellar, both being shot through
the head. The houses, barns, etc, were
burned to the ground. Marquette, the muir
derer, is about 10 years of age, man that
has borne hard name for some time. He
was arrested on French island, on the Sth
inst.
AT Forman, ILL.,, on the 9Th, Cud Wag-
ner was shot by man named Burkelow,
the trouble originating in dispute between
their wives.
AN old man, named Pleasant Stanley,
was murdered in his bed at Greensburg,
Ind, on the morning of the 9th inst.
VIC. FAXoN and Frank McClelland,
teller and bookkeeper of the banking house
of Bal tlett Smith, Columbus, O., have been
detected in heavy defalcation. The money
was squandered in gambling.
A YOUNG man named Baker suicided
at Little Rock, Ark, June 5th.
]. III. SMITH was shot by j. Ryan, in
Columbus O., ON the 5th inst. Ryan acted
in self-defense.
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WARRINGTON.

AT the annual examination for admis-
sion to the naval academy, but 81 passed of
the 10 applicants.
EX-Gov. OSBORNE of Kansas, newly
appointed minister to Chill, has received his
instructions and will sail for his post on the
10th inst.
The difficulty between the United
States and Venezuela has been amicably set
tied, the government of Venezuela having
formally withdrawn the note OF the 2Sth of
January to Minister Russel, which was the
occasion of his departure from Caracas.
AT a meeting of the Washington Mon
ument Association few days since, General
Meigs submitted plan to terminate the
present structure with a metallic spire 40
feet high, making total height of 442 feet,
and a column resembling the tower in the
public square of Venice. The additional
weight viii be 4,147,0oo pounds. General
Meigs also approved the plan of Larkin G..
Mead to complete the monument by placing
q colossal statue of Washington upon the
present structure. This figure of Washing
ton will by eighty-five feet in height, and of
hight, hammered metal, SO that the additional
weight will be einconsiderable.
SICKLEs, United States Consul at Ban
regretting that the commercial intercourse
between this country and Siam is not more
intimate, and sees no reason why trade be-
tween Siam and the Pacific coast be extend
ed at an early day. He says there's but one
American doing business in Bankok, while,
in his opinion, there are but few places in
the east offering greater inducements for
Americans to do business. The export tom
mage for Siam has greatly increased within
the past fifteen years.
MRS. FRANCIS PREsTEN BLAIR, re-
lict of the late Francis p. Blair, and mother
OF the Hon. Montgomery Blair, died suddenly
at the family mansion near Silver Spring,
Md, on the 5th inst
The secretary of the treasury gives
notice that $40 bonds of the act of March 8,
1865, consols of 1865, will be paid at the
treasury of the United States on and after
the 9th OF October, 1877, and interest will
close that day, coupon bonds dated July l.,
1865, namely: $50, No. IL, ,001 to No. II 900,
both inclusive; 500, No. 1s.O01 to No. 29,
600, both inclusive; $500, No. 1S,001 to -,
600 both inclusive; 81 900 No. 81 ,001 to 80, :
600, both inclusive; total coupon bonds T.
100000.
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A CORRESPONDENT at knin telegraphs
that the report recently published to the
effect that the Turks had decided to abandon
Montenegro is confirmed.
A RUSSIAN column has been defeated
in an attempt to enter Ardamitsch and
driven back on Ardahan, where a great con-
centration of Russian troops is proceeding.
THE following is dispatch from the
Czarovitch, dated the sth inst A body of
cavalry with one battery surprised Tiernova
and captured the Turkish camp with ammu-
milton and baggage. The Turks retreated to
Osman Bazaar. Our infantry and artillery
are approaching Tiernova.
A BATTLE was fought on the 2Sth ult,
in the vicinity of Biela, lasting twelve hours
The Russians were repulsed with consider
able loss, and fell back on Sistova.
IT is stated that all representatives of
the press have been ordered to leave the Rus
sian headquarters Immediately.
Two thousand men are work strength
ening the fortifcaton of Constantinople.
AUSTRIA has notified the Roumanian
government that as long as she respected
Servian neutrality Austria would remain in
different to the movement of Roumanian
troops.
THE hostile attitude of Austria con-
tinues developing. Advices from Vienna
state that the entire army is being modified
for active service.
SINCE the 10th of June the Russians in
Asia minor have been defeated five times.
1t is believed they lost 10, 600 men June 3Oth
Their wounded filled 500 wagons.
A TELEGRAM from Constantinople,
dated the 5th, says the Russian retrograde
movement from Kars will, it is believed be
fastened by a report which has reached
Erzeroum of the great spread of the insur-
rection in Caucasus.
A SPECIAL from Shumia says it is
estimated that upwards of 200 women and
children have been already killed by the
bombardment of Rustchuk.
The Russian advance guard met the
Turks at Bela, but were drived back on Sis
tova with heavy loss.