The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-20
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Narrated.
The Providence boys five.to.twoed the
Cincinnatis again yesterday at the latter
place.
R. @. Mills has been renominated for
Congress by the Democrats OF the Fourth
Texas district
Judge John Critcher was nominated for
Congress by the Readiusters Of the First
Virginia district,
Hon. W. A. Hutchins was nominated
for Congress at Ironton, Ohio, yesterday,
by the Democratic convention.
The Democrats Of the Seventeenth ILL.,
nois District Ienominated VIM. M. Morri-
son for Congress by reclamation.
Hon. Jas. Alex. sedden, Secretary OF
War Of the Southern Confederacy, died in
Goochland county, Va, yesterday.
The mass convention of the Maine
Temperance society, at Portland Yesterday,
nominated Joshua N. osgood, for Cover
nor.
At Buffalo, Gen. Albert ]. Meyer, chief
signal officer of the United States Signal
Service, Is lying very sick OF heart disease,
at the Palace Hotel.
The Milwaukee, Wis, Sentiners Janson
special says the residence Of Judge Lewis
was struck by lightning and entirely con-
sumed. Loss $1,000; insurance 5000.
AT Lewiston, Me-, twenty.one persons,
mostly Democrats and Greenbackers, or.
gauized as q Prohibition district conven.
ton and nominated Henry Tallman, Of
Bath, for Congress.
Rub Caruthers (colored), on trial for
stealing cattle at Brenham, Texas, while
under guard last night, the guards wero
overpowered by forty disguised men, and
Caruthers lynched.
AtPueblo, COL, yesterday, Henry Orr,
a railroad employe engaged in driving
piles, fell against the point .of crowbar
which passed entirely through his body,
killing him instantly.
A brakeman named Buckland, In at
tempting yesterday near Tarrytown, N.
y, TO leap from separated cars and stop
the train, fell TO the ground and was run
over by sixty freight cars.
The Greenbackers Of the Third Michi-
gan district (McGowan's) nominated
Henry O. Hodge, OF Jackson county, for
Congress. Hodge was member Of the
last State Senate, formerly Democratic.
| Inc new OHeaua IWS DAllaB special
Gays a mixed train on the Texas Pacific
: road ran over steer near Barton creek,
and was thrown from the track, and nine
cars demolished. Two men named Drum
and Turrell were killed, aud several in
iured.
A young man named Waldron, was ar
rested at Sunnysids, Ga, by the Sheriff
OF Spanlding county. A posse overpower-
ed the Sheriff, took the prisoner and cut
his head of. Waldron ran rif two weeks
5 ago and came to Atlanta, bringing with
him agirl twelve years old, his wife's sister.
AT Elizabeth, N. j., yesterday a car.
riage contained Mrs. Mahoney, Of Pine
1 street, and four members Oi the family
r attempted to cross the track In front OF 4
q locomotive, and the horses became fright.
> ened aud ran away. The carriage was de-
I; nolished and the colored driver killed.
II AT sartoga, yesterday, at the session q
n the National Bar Association, Courtlant
Parker, Of New York, delivered the an
A nual address, taking for his subject
? Alexander Hamilton, Of New York, ant
< William Patterson, OF New Jersey" whom
II no styled as the "Chief architects OF thu
4, National Constitution"