The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-27

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Correspondents . ibs lhtrliiFenesr
Hatdti times havehad atcndenGyto bring
many banks 10 account within The past
YEAR, There have been seven failure
here, viz: the Collateral, the Collateral
Loan and Savings, the Dime savingsstbe
Pioneer, the Masonic, the Farmers and
Mechanics aud the Union. Just 50 soon
as one would faii Il would set all the de-
positors Of other banks to dnwingfwhlctr
in many instances, resulted rather seri'
ously. This was renewed yesterday on
the French Savings Bank, Notwithstanding
the assurance Of The Bank Commissioner
that the institution is sound and carefully
managed. , y'a' "7F d sii
The Young wcnen's Christian Associ.
alton Of this city has done good work, and
are continually working hard for the en-
lishtenmento Of a certain unfortunate class,
and have proved very successful. We
hope their efforts may continue as thereis
a wide field for them here. Iagp
There is an eminent l~ecturorer who has
Just made his appearance on the stage,
known as Hang Bug, n celestial who at.
tanned hiseducation with Rev. Otis Glib.
sou, the Chinese missionary hero. lie is
Ian eminent speaker and hos considerable
inhuoncn Overihi brethren. His favoritc
organ is the Slang Wang literary gazette OF
our city, which has q large circulation. ~
Considerable interest has been manifest
e lhere in aid OF the yellow ieTersutIerers
m the South. There have been seventy
thousand dollars raised byvariOns ways,
andwe are still pushing The noble work
ahead. Last evening there was u Very
large meeting held, and speeches were
made BY United States Senator Sargent,
The Attorney General Of the State OF NeYa'
da. Senator J.. @! Jones and Others.
4 grand reception was given Postmaster
General D.. NJ. Key ut the Palace Hotel,
Monday evening. by Mayor A.! Bryant,
who extended Invitations to all without
regard TO race or color. Notwithstanding
this. however, it was rather a select affair,
and passed off very pleasantly.
EiThere was great excitement in the city
YESTERDAY in learning that Alexander Aus
lin. a very prominent and wealthy citizen,
Ind committed self-murder Mt his country
residence ut San Mateo. 1t was n very sad
affair indeed. He Is supposed TO have been
out of his mind. The cause il attributed
tn theloss OF his wifeand inability to meet
his obligations to the city In the eventoi
snits brought By the protesting taxpayer
hpire decided against him, and ademand
made for the money by the Treasurer,
Whether there is truth in these runlOrs
can only be known when Mr.. Austin'S al
fairs are settled
Tuesdays excitement was the sudden
death OF Ex-Governor H. II. Haieht at Il
bathing establishment. He fell dead short
lv after taking a steam BATH He was
highly esteemed by all his acquaintance,
and ranked formost in his profession.
In the Fourth District Court there has
been q case on trial for some time-Dr.
CYNTHIA L. Hayden, for malpractice-and
Yesterday oneof the jurors was fined one
thousand dollars lEahd committed TO the
county Jail for ten days, for contempt Of
court and selling his vote for So 90. This
was rather n severe punishment and one
that will be long remembered. ssa h-.rs
Gen. John G. Fremont, now Governor Oi
Arizona Territory, arrived in our city yes
terday,e Gen. Fremont is an old California
pioneer, coming TO this country in 1910.
He is the one who erected a big cabin on
the mountains East OF Santa Cruze in the
same year. u -.
Never was there in the history OF this
State such a grand reception. givcn any
man as that to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
on his last visit to this city. II was ad-
yertised that he would deliver four lee.
lures and before he arrived in 1.-THE city all
the reserved seats were sold. The Metro
p0litan Temple was crowded each, even
ing, and to appeasethe anxiety for hear
ing him there were two more' lectures an
nounced, and he had crowded houses
each time. He preached TWICE, once in
DR.. Stones Church and the Grand Open
House, In each instance the audience
was in their seats two hours before he
made his appearance. He was severe in
his remarks concerning the kearney ora
tors, which created quito a sensation
among their number, and brought them
Tout by the thousand, rebnking him.
Many large mass meetings were held
throughout the State, who passed rcsVlu-
tions denouncing Mr.. Beecher as a worldly
preacher, who was in favor OF keeping the
workingmen in servitude, which were
disseminated throughout the State. 1t
was reported that Beecher received 500
for each lecture he delivered. One OF his
lectures was on "Hard Times, TO which
Dennis .Kearney replied in good style,
saving that Beecher could. easily advocate
one dollar a day for a lab0rer, when he
was receiving FIVE hundred himself
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