The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-08
Personal, Political, Financial and Busi
ness News and Gossip.

Mas. MYRA CLARK GAINES has Just en-
tered into another lawsuit sgainst the city
OF New Orleans.
THE Utica Herald thinks that Conkling
and his followers represent British jingo-
ism" in American politics"
SENATOR THURMAN since his recent ILL
ness has been forbidden by his physician
to smoke more than two cigars day.
The Norristown (Pa.) Herald finds that
zone very natural result OF the increase
in the German army has been an increase
of emigration from Germany to the United
States"
TIE brick manufacturers Of Chicago
have decided to limit the production Of
the season OF 1870 days to 100000 bricks
per day, and fixed the price at 81 per
thousand.
"THE anti Grant element in Ohio isvery
strong. 1t embraces, perhaps, three
iourths of the Republican voters Of the
State" asserts the Columbus, to.,l STATE
Journal, (Rep.)
TwRSTY.oXE Southern Congressman
have told the New York HerGld's Wash.
ington correspondent that Tilden's nomi.
nation would put several of the Southern
States in hazard for their party.
A GLANCE at the imported Injuries and
at the appalling aggregate OF the Imports
tons, far beyond the needs OF the people
and all former comparison, is enough to
excite alarm in the minds Of all thinking
men.-NeW York Sun.
Tue Chicago Times, following the exam
pie Of one or two papers published in
Great Britain, proposes in future to vary
the number OF columns to page with
each days issue as the news and adver-
tisingrequire, instead Of issuing supple
ments as has been its past practice.
The Kentucky Legislature has tried to
put stop to the intentional insults which
bring on SO many fatal quarrels at the
South, by making it misdemeanor for
any person to use abusive or insulting
language in the presence Of another for
the purpose Of provoking an assault.
BUILDING associations in Illinois, as else.
where, are in the habit Of giving priori.
ty in the loans they make to the member
offering the highest premium, this premi-
um often exceeding the legal rate OF inter.
est. The Supreme Court Of the State has
lust decided that such premiums are usu-
fious. and that the loans made under
them cannot be collected.
Is Great Britain Parliament OF 659
members is elected by 100000 voters in
population OF 81, G9S, 900; in this country
100000 voters in population Of 4s,0OO,-
900 elect a House OF 293 members. This
parallel is an extremely loose one, but It
illustrates the extension Of suffrage in the
two countries in broad, general way.
TUE Springfield, Mass, Republican says
that Thurman counts on West Virginis's
delegates, lat Cincinnati), who hayea way |
Of following in 0hio's footsteps"
The same paper says that "Just so sure
as General Grant is nominated at Chicago,
SO certainly will an Independent Republic.
can candidate be put into the field"
TnR excited editor of the Fargo tDako-
ta) argus hailed with these words the safe
arrival OF Grant at Galveston:
"Gloryll! He's comel He's safe! The
lightning speaks, cheers ring and cannon
roar; full forty million welcomes greet the
hero Of our shore; now let Jim Blaine a
sunstroke hunt, Sherman try some new
plant; II there's lively corpse to-day,
old top, you bet it's Grant"
sESAroR,ELEcr MALONE of Virginia has
summoned his readjuster followers to
meet in state convention ut Richmond,
July Z, to consider the presidential situa.
ton. Malone has not yet apparently dc.
cided upon anything except opposition
to the Cincinnati nominee, but a small min.
ority OF the readiusbers have not quite
reached that pitch OF independence.
"TnDES is unfit morally, mentally and
to be President" Is the com.
prchensiye reason the Charleston, Is. o.
Meas and Courier gives for its determined
no" to his nomination, whether the
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