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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10
SENATOR HENRY INrERvIrwED.



WASHINGTON, D, O., February, $40
morro~'s Republic will contain an inter
view with Senator Davis, Of West Virginia
on the subject Of the Presidency;
"Does Mr.. Tilden really think Of being
a candidate in 1892"
"Not doubt otit," Senator Davis re,
piled, unhesitatingly. ale Is working up
bis chances vigorously. Why, he has
two men in this city now in his interest,
Isaw them myself today"
"Tilden means hard. campaign
for the Democracy"
Yes; II Tilden prevails the Western idea
must be excluded from the Democratic
platform"
do you think Senator Bayard stands
much OF a chance for the nomination.
"Well, Bayard Is probably the strongest
man we have, but he lives too near to
Tilden for his own good. Tilden neces-
sarily weakens Bayanl's chances, both
representing the harl.money idea. The
light In the Convention will bc between
the hards and the Soits, and 1t looks Us II
the hards will be induced to cast their
united influence for MIR. Tilien. All ali
events, he will leave no stone unturned to
accomplish that end"
as the, Delaware Senator working for
the nomination."
mot at oil. He Is not that kind OF q
man. Neither he nor Mr.. Thurman con.
descend 10 tricks. With Mr.. TiIden IL ia
different, He will sit nm all NIGHT figuring
to get this man or that; this influence or
the other, and will 20 into calculations
with his friends as to the best way Of &C.
complishing his purpose, When he has
determined how 10 do thing, he goes and
does It, no matter what II c6sts Neither
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10
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EarnesyIlle ana wheellng MIll.ary.

GAINESVILLE and wheeling Military.
For the lntellgencer,
Noticing fhatI Che iBarlesville E'iRistpiS
took Tie liberty of speaking for The entire
Second regiment, ON. G., representing
that there was a feeling against Wheeling
in consequence Of the Wheeling c6mpa,
nies not being represented at the Barnes.
villc 4hanfbattle fn'oetober, and that the
First regiment would not visit Wheel.
ing on -!the ed oof February in
Consequence Of their treatment Of
Barnesville on !. that occasion, l
now feel it my duty to make an explana:
tlon in order that the facts may be known
to our friends across the river, for whom
we have always Vliadi The ikindest ceiling.
in the first plrce, for the EllirpriSe or any
iothcrlocal paper TO take up matter OF
this kind, and representing that
there is an existing feeling with
another company Or regiment was
entirely anwatranted and authorized by
the company orfegiment thus represented.
It was certainly an assumption that Is very
unjust and fdiscourteousI especially so Ia
a case where no such feeling ever did
exist. -laJia 4.i ~
As to the sham battle at Barnesyille,
neither the Barnesviile Company or the
Second Regiment eyer forfa moment
regarded i as their, sham battle. We al.
ways looked upon IL as a matter foreign to
the ,Seoondl Regiment-san outside matter
In which they had no more interest as On
Organization than did the Columbus Ga
.ette or any other company or regiment.
lfthts battle had been gotten up by the
regiment or by any compapy Of the regi
neht' with tie consent 81 the balances d
the regiment RitJ Interest % the regiment
ot any company Of the same, we would o.
course have ielt that Wheeling was undel
obligations g help ps hpt q as Z YSs aa @ ip
consent OF any portion Of the regiment, 8
course there Is no feeling In the Barnes
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rILpRN is rnE MAN.

Tilden's friends here are much elated by
what they consider BIZ, yin1ication as 10
connection with the cipher dispatches.
There Is q strong undercurrent Of feeling
here In his favor among Democrats, us
their standartl.bearer In 1880. ASouthern
member OF Congress remarked to-day that
In tho last two weeks he had received forty
letters from his district, in,each ofswhich
Il was suggested that Samuel Tihlen was
the beSt nian-for the Democracy next year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10
These are only samples Of list covering
several printed pages - ID Gss isats9 I
EX-GOVERNOR nAnrRAXFr's NoMEXAr1oY,

EX-GOVERNOR nARTRANFr's, NOMINATION.
The nomination OF IIartranit to be
Postmaster at Philadelphia, today was a
genuine surprise. The impulse to appoint
,himiseenls to have come on the President
suddenly. = 1Ielhentioned it to Judge Key
in the Cabinet to-day, and the Judge, who
knows -tIartranff, fell in with The idea,
although doubtful whether the ,ex. iover-
MOI. would accept! Judge Reysaid he;had
aconSersationMitli .Harttanft recently In.
Philadelphia, the latter remarking casually
thathe was poor, and now out OF employ
ment. Nothing was said ot the postottice,
however. While Governor s 81 bPeitfiiS
sylvania his salary was $4,000. tis com.
mented on here ias singular that one OF
Hayes strong competitors, for the Prosi-
ddntial Illumination shdlld accept a. Ip6st-
Office at. the, hands of the former. Judge
Key saysthe, postofiiceb ebusinessis growing
in respcctability:& Fhe general verdict
among politicians is that It kills another
Presidential candidate, as the party could
not afford to go to a postof oflice. for aIrcsi-
Innf "a 49, . ~ - ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10

vile company toward Wheeling compa.
nies. So far from That we wish them sue.
cess in everything they undertake, and
will willingly help them whenever we can
do 30.
MRMBER on BARNEsvILLR Co.
Barnesville, February 8, 1870.
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rrE vOrE on rlIg PENSION BILL,

!. Not dollar can. be paid out 81 the Treas.
urY under the Arrears-of.P Pension bill until
money has been appropriated for the pur-
pose. The Southern Democrats therefore
have IN opportunity to show how thor
oughly they have repented of their former
generosity, An analysis OF the vote on
Bnrcliard's billIgives The following results:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10

4. .Ms4eaiis, February 9.-Rjver rising,
Weather clear,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10
GAN OUR WEST VIRGINIA LEatsLAruRE
EQUAL THIS?

TIE CIefkof the lHouselof IRespBrFesonla.
tiYes has Just made his repbFt oflthe ex-
pehditure Of the contingent fund SSof the
House for last year. The following are in
teersting individual purchases:
onS iIomcFs IlRd fJtlR a. Phillips Of Kans...s 90
One razOr AID equipments for l.. p, Watson, Of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-10

One. OF the three, negative Republican
votes was that iof Mr.. Br0glon, of North
Carolina, so that 20 Of the 81 on that side
came from the South. .elhal9
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
VERY LATEST NEWS.
Selected From Every Source and
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON,

THE cabinet has decided to send a
naval vessel to Samoa.
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS has accepted
the position of entomologist of the de-
partner of agriculture.
SECRETARY EvARTs has telegraphed to
the United States Minister to Russia to
convey to the Gar President Hayes
congratulations upon his escape from
assassination.
THE following list Representatives Of
the present congress, whose seats are
to be contested, together with the names
of contestants, was furnished the house
by clerk Adams; Sixth Massachus etts
District, Benton against Loring;
Twentieth Pennsylvania, Curtin against
Yocum First North Carolina, Yates
against Martin: Second North Carolina,
.O'Hara against Kitchen; Second South
Carolina, Mackey against O'Connor;
Fourth Alabama, HARRISON against
Shelley; Third Louisiana, Herbert
against Acklin; Third Louisiana, Mer-
chant against Ackln: Second Arkan-
sas, Bradley against Stemmard; Second
Florida, Bisbee against Hull; Third
Minnesota, Donnelly against Washburn;
State of Oregon, Mcdowell against
Whitaker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
limb of an apple tree near the house,

limb of an apple tree near the house,
dead.
SAYS Boston special of April 14th,
Edward fenn, young man until re-
Gently head OF the firm of Penn, Bald
WIN Co., committed suicide during
last night at Waltham, by shooting.
Dependency was the probable cause
The body was found on a bridge at sun
rise.
Two condemned criminals attempted
to cheat the gallows by suicide April
l4th. One was Hezekiah Shaffer, at
Chambersburg, Pa, who punctured sew
eral veins and arteries with wire; the
other was Elisha Gregg, at Wheeling w.
Va, who swallowed a dose of strych-
nine. Both were saved to meet worse
DEATH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
SUICIDES.

WILLIAM HOLMES, a picture frame
manufacturer, committed suicide by
drowning at Quincy, ILL.,, April 18th.
MARY DEss, living on Prospect
avenue, Milwaukee, committed suicide
by taking poison this morning. Her
lover, one Andrew Smith, had deserted
her for another woman, hence the sui
eide.
JOSIAH BACON, treasurer of the Good
year Dental Nulcanite Co., of Boston,
who had shortly before arrived in San
Francisco, was found dead in his room
at the Baldwin hotel, Sunday afternoon,
April 18th. As no fire arms were found
in the room, ami as death evidently re-
suited from pistol shot, the whole af-
fair was profound mystery.
OS'April l4th Mrs. Christ an Marks,
aged 60 years, living near Petersburg,
Ohio, during temporary alteration of
mind, produced by financial embarras-
meat of her husband, last night escaped
from the house, and when found this
morning was suspended by rope to a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23

AMONG the recent arrivals at the state
penitentiary, at Richmond, Va, were
bridal couple, whose crime consists IN
getting married, and for which they
have been sentenced to five years I'M
prisonment. The bridegroom Is quite
a respectable colored man, named I'd,
ward Kinney, aged about 40 years, anc
the bride white woman, named Mary
Hall, aged in the neighborhood OF %
years. Kinney owns farm IN han
over county, and was considered well!o
do. He had been living unlaWiuIIy
with the woman Mary Hall for con-
siderable period, and in October Ia'I
was threatened with prosecution loI
illegal cohabitation. In order to aVou
this, and to escape the penalties lmpo"
ed by the state for the above oiieh'e
the pair went to Washington, ana "eiI
there united in matrlmony under anu
according TO existing laws OF the pi.
trict of Columbia. They came oacN
man and wife to Kinney's home IL
Hanover county, believing that lnt!
had conformed to all the recurrence
of the law, and were happy al 'a',.
This was a sad mistake, however, I 10.
they were soon afterward indicted =!
the grand jury of Hanover county, i Gnr
tried for the violation of the state Ia"
forbdding the intermarriage OF pefso ig
of different races. They wore ~ ~,
guilty and sentenced to five years III IN
prisonment. The action was laheli w.
der decision of the state court u 81
peals, rendered at Staunton, III = o ~,
precisely similar in circumstances '"s
fall.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23

NEW YORK Tribune: The long-con-
tinued depression in New York real es-
tate is asserted by builders and agents
to be passing away. Many new build
ings are under way and the price for
land and houses uptown have improy
ed. The beneficial effects of rapid tran
sit upon rents and values in the upper
part of the city are very conspicuous.
Rents have not fallen during the past
year, and indeed in some quarters they
show m increase. People who left the
city to live in New Jersey and Long
island are coming back III no small
numbers. The demand for offices down
town Is encouraging,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
FIRES.

A FIRE In Joliet, April 10th, destroyed
the Sloan building valued at 81. 500.
A FIRE at Wabasha, Mimi, on the
18th inst, destroyed the Campbell house
block. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 81 900.
A FIRE occurred in Cuero, Tex, Sun
day, April 18th, destroying almost the
entire business portion Of the town.
Loss, $4,000; very little insurance.
A FIRE in the old Fulton Market New
York city, April 10th, caused loss of
25O0O-Also on the same day Tucker &
Cooks cotton mill at Conway, Mass,
burned; loss $4,000.
A SPECIAL from Ottawa, ILL.,, April
14th says about 8 o'clock this morning
the department was called out to extin-
guish fire that was consuming a por-
ton of the defunct Fox river dam. At
ter two or three hours of hard labor the
flames were so reduced that there was
no danger of communicating with adj
joining property. The work was por-
ton of the great expectations" that
was to make Ottowa "LOwell of the
west" but, between the water of the
river that would not be damned by it
some years ago and by fire now, all
relics ofthat greatness has disappeared,
except the water-power bonds, which
the supreme court has recently decid-
ed the city must pay,-something over
100000.
A FORT STEVENSON, ID. T. special of
April 18th, says the post was thrown
into intense excitement about three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by the re-
port that prairie fires were raging with
fearful velocity close to the outskirts of
the garrison. Col. Moore, post COM
mander, ordered out the entire force
with wet blankets, etc, to fight the foe,
and after three hours hard fighting the
fires were subdued. The wind was blow
ing at the rate of thirty miles an hour,
and the flames spread very rapid
ly. Women and children became
wildly excited, and ran to and fro, and
began packing their household goods,
to be conveyed to a point OF safety
The Ere surrounded the post, and at
one time it seemed as if it must go.
Two soldiers and an officer were badly
burned. Fort Lincoln had similar ex-
perlence, with a narrower escape.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
GENERAL NOTES.

AN earthquake shock was felt at Nor
folk n. y, April 18th.
A DISPATCH from New Orleans says
that Mr.. Nichols will resign the gov
ernorship of Louisiana on the Goth in
slant
On the 10th inst, the railroads re-
duced the rate on lumber to S36 per
car, between Chicago and the Missouri
river.
A BILL has been introduced in the
New York Legislature to prohibit pedes-
trian exhibition. 1t is made misde-
meanor, punishable by fine or impris-
onment, to keep or hire hall for such
shows.
VARIOUS local elections occurred in
Illinois April 10. The license question
was the main issue in several places.
The temperance or anti-lcense people
won the day at Dwight, Mattoon, Rock
Falls, Kewanee, Rochelle and Delavan.
A New YORK dispatch of April
16 says loan of 100000
was secured to-day on six per
cent. bonds of the Northern Pacific
railway, for extending the road 200
miles, from Bismarck to the Yellow
stone.
COMPLETE returns of the late election
for associate justice of the supreme
court IN Wisconsin, put Coles majority
at 33, 1873. The total vote was 16S, sos.
Orsamus Cole (rep) received 1905
NJ. M. Cothren (dem) 67,549, Dewitt c.
D,;aSt D-S opI Scattering Qe
A TELEGRAM of April 16 says
the senate committee on privileges
and elections to-day commenced hear
ing arguments in the Spotford- ellogg
case on the question whether or not
the action of the senate hitherto has
made the controversy res aGjudlcdtd.
Ara meeting held April 18th, Sen
ator Window was made president OF
the national emigration aid society.
The officers of the association say Their
appeals for aid have met with generous
responses from philanthropists north
and south irrespective of party.
4 DETROIT dispatch of April 10th says
the official returns of the state election,
though not complete, are sufficiently so
as to make certain republican major
ity of about 1000. The total vote so far
received Campbell republican, for
justice of the supreme court, $4,000;
Shipman, coalition, 128,00O.
The funeral of Gen. Richard Taylor
occurred in New York April 18th. The
pall-bearers were Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Chas. O'Connel, Secretary VIM. NJ.
Eyarts, d. d. Withers, VIM. A Travers,
Geo. Ticknor Curtis, August Belmont,
Chas. l.. Perkins, VIM. Constable,
Abram s. Hewitt, Senator Bayard and
Mayor Cooper.
SAYS New York special OF April IL:
Soon after Easter the envelope collec-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
fatally scalding DR.. Cell, the proprie-

fatally scalding DR.. Cell, the proprie-
tor.
SAYS Decatur, Ill.,, special of April
l4th, Lizzie Lake, aged II years, the
daughter of VIM. Lake, swallowed lot
of concentrated I've on the 9TH and died
last night, III grea.agony. 1t is thought
that her heart, lungs and bowels were
eaten away.
A SPECIAL dispatch of April 14th, from
Collinsville, Ill.,, town about IL miles
northeast OF st. Louis, says terrible cy-
clone, from the northwest, struck the
town at a quarter of three o'clock this
afternoon, and taking zig-zag course,
with general direction almost due
east, tore through the place, demolsh-
ing ten buildings, running about thirty
others, and damaging more or less
some 70 residences and business houses.
A slight rain preceded the storm, and
nearly everybody was in doors when
the cyclone struck, but, notwithstand-
ing ten houses were leveled with the
ground, only one person was killed a
little girl named Annie Reynold, and
one or two others badly injured. The
storm lasted but two or three minutes,
but was frightfully severe. After it
passed, people rushed out of their
houses in all directions, mothers look
ing for children, and husbands, fathers
and brothers. who were away from
home, Fastening to their houses to see
who were killed or hurt The greatest
excitement and confusion prevailed for
some time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23
CABLEGRAMS.

SAYS London Cablegram of April
10th, many striking miners are emigrat.
ing from England to the United States
and the colonies.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate the czar while he was tax
ing his morning walk, near the palace,
April 14th. Four shots were fired with
out effect. The would-be assassin was
arrested.
SPECIALS dated April 18th from the
north of Texas report Il heavy hail
storm, doing great damage to crops.
At Lisbon, near Dallas, several houses
were shattered, live stock killed, and
number ofpersons severely injured.
A GREAT storm occurred at Szegedin,
Sunday, April 18th, which destroyed
sixty pile-driving stands and carried
away and sunk RATS and lighters laden
with materials and provisions. The
rivers Thesis and Maros are again ris-
ing. Ten more corpses have been re-
covered.
THE last news from Cape Town was
dated April 1st. Cetewayo had then
sent messengers to Lord Chelmsford
with overtures for peace. 1t is thought,
however, this is merely ruse to obtain
information of the movements of the
British troops.
A LONDON cabegram of April 18th
says the strike in the north is develop
ing monster professions with bands
playing and flags flying. There is a
skirmish with the police Now and then,
but nothing serious. at a grand meet
ing to-day, resolutions were adopted to
resist to the last. At another represen-
tative gathering resolutions were passed
recognizing the principle Of combina-
ton among worklngmen as the most
etlectual means OF securing II fair re-
enumeration for labor, and urging the
trades-unions all over the country to
extend their organizations and be firm.
These are the views of over forty thou
sand men. On Saturday great trade
demonstration will take place in Hyde
park in support of the engineers strike,
resisting reduction Of wages Of y
per cent.
A kIEFF correspondent of the ST Peters
burger Journal, under date of April 18th,
gives the following account of the out
break among the political prisoners
last month: 'Persons under arrest in
the kietl prison resolved some time ago
to tunnel under the walls and escape.
The scheme was betrayed by one of the
conspirators The authorities allowed
the prisoners to continue the excava
ton. When the tunnel was completed.
and the prisoners had entered it one
after the other, intending to come up
through the opening beyond the pris-
on precincts, the soldiers previously
posted at the opening shot the escaping
prisoners as they came up. When the
bulk OF the prisoners, terrified by the
noise OF the firing, stopped and re-
NAMED in the tunnel, soldiers were sent
in from behind, and the unfortunate
wretches, caught between two fires,
were all Shot down. The proceeding
seemed to give the officials much
amusement, and the director Of the
kielf prison was praised and decorated
for having acted with such cleverness
and decision"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23

The leg mania has invaded the sacred
shadows of Bunker Hill. The Boston
Advertiser says a Chicago man went up
and down the stairway of the monu-
ment in three minutes and thirteen and
a half seconds. This is the quickest
time on record, and it is said that the
trip was never made before in less than
five minutes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-04-23

ton will be taken up in the c.,hor
churches for the assistance If non.
bishop Purcell. Cardinal Mccl arch
and Vicar General Quinn are con'sS 1ey
ing the WAYS and means to helm tbn
cradle archbishop. '1e ven
AT Burlington, Iowa, April 18th a.
republican state central commi,tao' H y
sued call for q state convant;ee t.
Des MONIES on Wednesday, June II a. a.
nominate candidates for Cave
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Supeyintond"oi'
of Public instruction, and judge o I'm ,Ll
supreme Court. The basis Of rar ,.ie
sentatlon is one delegate for a p
county, and in addition thereto one All
egate for each 200 votes or frac,ion &C ro.,
100 cast Tor secretary of state last ya,~
This will make total of 772 delegate
A TORONTO special of April 14tb CO..
the plans for the construction ~ rhs
tunnel under the Detroit river, annrov vaS
Of by the government, show that Nv
tunnel will be 300 feet in length , ar
tending from Stoney Island to Andardo,,
on the Canadian side. 1t is the int
ton of the Canada Southern ra;imar
company, who are doing the WORT y
lay a double track and double arcbo,
so that there will be no danger Of aco;
dents by collision. The work is TO he
begun by the 1st of April. The tunnaj
is estimated to cost 81 100000.
A New York telegram of April 14tb
says: Prof. Edison declares that he
electric light is a complete success and
can be furnished at one-third the cost
ofgas. He expects to make the who'll
thing public within two months. Ee
will burn 800 lights at Menlo Park mil
the stockholders are perfectly satisfied
The delay has been the want of ner.
feet generator of electricity and
this Professor Edison has him.
self added to his inventions #
has been supposed that the lamps them.
selves would be very expensive. They
are simply small coil of platinum
wire placed in glass bulb. Professor
Edison says they will cost, bulb, plat.
num-, and all, not more than $3.50
apiece. He is making his own bulbs,
having picked up the art from peram.
bulating glass-blower.
A VIcKsBURG dispatch of April 10th
says The negro exodus still continues
to limited extent, every St. louis
packet taking away some of the emf.
grants. 1t is reported that at all the
landings between here and Memphis
the negroes are awaiting Transportation,
although the steamboat owners do not
encourage it. The importance in
which the exodus is held, and the feel.
ing of anxiety which it has aroused, is
indicated by the call Of prominent cti-
zens of Mississippi and Louisiana for "a
meeting to consider the exodus, and
take measures to allay the excitement.
A SPECIAL from Fort Buford April
18th, reports the Indians restless and
beginning to move. The Yanktons are
dissatisfied and scarcely comfortable. A
scarcity of food at Poplar River and
Wolf Point is the main cause. Run
ners from several hostile camps have
made overtuies to the Grooventres and
other peaceable tribes with offers Of
presents, asking them to join the hos
tile movements. Unless moro proyls'
ions are granted they will nearly all
unite, and, the tribes once comented,
the Indians of this country will makes
bloody campaign.