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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-12
MATTRRs AZ CINCINNATI.

i
CINCINNATI, February ll,-Rsin Ia fall
ing again tonight, and there was thun
der and lightning after dark, The rivel
was falling tonight, but will rise rapidly
tomorrow and be filled with floating ice
Dispatches to the morning papers re
port increased damage by the flood
throughout Ohio and Indiana,
AT Troy, Ohio, the hydraulic reservoir
burst and the town was inundated, doing
much damage. The TusCarswas river Il
higher than 1t has been In thirty years,
Thousands OF acres Of farm land are over.
hswed, and many families were Obliged to
leave their homes, The trains are disCon-
tinued. The SCioto river at ClrCievilIe
has broken, Several levees and bridges
on the Muskingum Valley road are CON
sidered unsafe.
Trains do not CROSS at Muncte, Ind, the
tfne iron bridge being washed away, and
several Of the dams are gone. Many fam
lilies have been driven from their houses.
Trains on the Cincinnati, Richmond &
Chicago road have been stopped for two
days. The bridge over the Miami, near
Hamilton, on the Cincinnati, Hamilton 4
Dayton road cannot be used.
IN THE NORTHWEST.
TOLEDO, February 1l.-For three days
past fears have been entertained Of serious
damage to property along the river
front Of the city by the breaking up Of the
ice In the Maumee. From up.river towns
frequent reports have been received OF the
gradual progress Of the break.ups, though
without no more serious consequences
than the partial flooding Of buildings
at Defiance and Napoleon, and the loss Of
q wagon and bridge at the former place.
AT IL O'Clock tonight the Ice In front OF
the city broke up with great crash and
the water rose rapidly covering the docks
and flooding Water street and the ware
houses and offices along the river front.
Six. vessels, grain ladened, lying In the
water quarters at the Wabash eleators,
were torn from their moorings and swept
down stream, carrying with them the
westerly span Of the Cherry street bridge,
q wagon and foot bridge connecting with
East Toledo. Further damage to the
shipping and to the various railroad
bridges are likely 10 occur.
DETROIT, February II. - While the
streams throughout Michigan are full
there are no serious freshets reported
anywhere. The great body Of snow
moved off gradually under a gentle and
steady rain, and great damage was there.
by avoided.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT cAusRD BY A FREsHET.
CnARLEsToN, y. O., February 1l.-A
serious accident TO the Charleston 4 sa.
vannah railroad occurred last night, re.
sulting from q freshet in the Savannah
river. About two miles Of trescle work
north Of the river has been prostrated.
This will interrupt travel between Charles.
ton and Savannah. A force Of 500 hands
have been put 10 work repairing the break.
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MEXICAN HAILKo1D lNrEREs1s.
Meeting OF GenIIemen Interested In New
York Yesterday,

AOFk AeateFuhys
NEW YORK, February ll.-A meeting
o: gentlemen interested in railroad
construction in Mexico was held at No,
100 Broadway, to-day. Gen. Grant pre-.
sided, and the following gentlemen with
othera were present: Messrs, Matras Ro.
nero, Stephen B, Musgrave, Sidney Dill.
lon, Russell Sage, Jay Gould, James II,
Work and General G. NJ, Dodge.
Mr.. Romero made q detailed statement
Of the advantages connected with a
railroad in Southern Mexico, show.
ing its relations to other portions OF
the railroad system In process OF Construc.
tion In that country. After some remarks
ON the terms OF the charter OF the railroad
in question held by him, and which he
proposed to transfer to new company,
q resolution was adopted accepting the
transfer Of the charter and providing for
the obtaining OF such notifications In its
provisions as were deemed necessary,
The meeting adjourned subject to a call Of
the chair.
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IIauiIng the Railroads over the Goals IN
New York.

ALBANY, February lin the General
Assembly Mr.. Duguid presented the Hep.
burn bill Of last year, providing for a
Board Of three Railroad Commissioners.
Mr.. Duguid also presented bill author.
izing summary proceedings to compel rail.
roads az common carriers 10 perform all
obligations recognized by common law or
the statutes. The object Of the bill is 10
Investigate and break up special rates on
railroads,
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Triple Drowning Iin washington County

Triple DroWnInglin washington County.
WASHINGTON, Pa, February 11.-At
Allison's coal works, on the CHARTERS
road, yesterday afternoon, the twelve.
year.old son Of Hon. Jonathan Allison, oI
this place, was on his way home from
school. In company with him was little
girl, daughter Of Joseph Arnold, and @
Colored boy, son Of John Cadet. While
crossing Alison's run on q foot log, the
children we're thrown into the run, which
was very high owing 10 the great fall oI
rain In the past few days. None Of them
succeeded In getting out and all were con.
sequently drowned. The body OF The
child Of Mr.. Allison was found shortly af
Ter the accident, as was also that OF The
colored boy. The remains OF the little
girl have not been recovered.
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MADRID, February ll.--A Democratic
banquet commemorating the ptoClama.
tion oil q fepuliC in 1878 was held this
evening No attempt to interfere with
the banquet was made until revolution.
ary toast was proposed, when the Govern
ment Uommissaty requested the guests TO
disperee, Two were arrested
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ELECTING 4 IN EslDENr.
Senator wallace on His Proposed PI
for G'hOOsII,x bY n YOtc of llIHtFIcIs,

Senator wallace on His Proposed Plan
for Choosing by II Vote or Districts.
WASHINGTON, February ll.-Mr. Wal.
lace was awarded the floor today upon
his Constitutional amendments for dis.
trlct system and popular vote by n plurali.
ty rule in Presidential elections, and spoke
for an hour on the defects and dangers
which he argued to show were inherent
in the present Electoral College, and
would be remedied by applying the
principle In county, State and Congress.
HiOnal elections, namely, the choice ol
the person having the highest number oi
votes, to Presidential contest. The an.
ticlpation OF the originators Of the
Electoral College system thought
II would secure body Of intel.
ligent citizens on whose judgment
and integrity, in event Of a difficulty, the
country could depend, had the Presi'
dental electors, being mere instruments
for the party candidates, practically, that
system threatened the country periodically
with civil war, corruption and
anarchy. II was relic OF an old aristo.
cratic theory Of the Federaliss, having orig.
mated with Hamilton and his Coniederates,
who favored a like tenure for precedent,
and II was accepted by the early Democ.
raCy only because they were obligelto take
the Constitution a. q whole, and could
not accept 1t or reject II In part. The
idea OF the District system was suggested
Ia the convention Of 1889, and had since
been elaborated from time to time. II did
not contemplate absolute consolidation by
a direct vote, but would be direct vote
for candidates In each District as made by
each State. II was 90 dlEsren from an eleC,
ton by an aggregate popular vote OF the
country as It was from the present sys.
TEN.
Mr.. Wallace'a remarks were listened Ia
with attention by the Senators and people
in the galleries The subject was passed
| MAR
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Another Convincing Argument for PRO.
bIbltIOn.

SANTA FE, N. M, February ll.-Eatly
Thursday morning at Canada, Delosamosa,
thirteen miles from here, Julian Vigil, q
Mexican, killed his wife and yonnv
daughter, Chopplng them with an axe, and
severely wounded lis son, leaving him for
dead. The man then hung himself 10 a
raiter In the lane room. Cause, insanity
produced by ll1nOr.
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NASHVILLE, February liza prominent
Democratic member Of the Senate Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections thinks
an investigation ought to be made Of Gen.
Arthut's birth place. II, after a con.
Hultatlon with Chairman Salisbury, the
latter agreed with him as 10 its import.
ahCe, he would introduce q resolution In
the Senate to order an Investigation.
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PRtScroN, 1SD, February 1l.-tames
Ellis was shot and instantly killed by Cal
Barnett, at HSEleton, Ind. The quarrel
originated about an old election gfudge.
Great excitement prevails. BafneLt fled,
hut WAS captured shortly aiterwatd, and
is here now in Jail. Ellis was a constable,
and leaves a wife and twelve children.
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Tng Legislature ia going down to
MopndiyI,e to-day, 1t is hardly in or.
her, we presume, to remind the visiting
el,,psmcn Of the epiIaph commencing:
"C1uc view the spot where YOU must lie,"
and NO Iorbelr until some other and more
oppropriato occasion.
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CnicAao, February il,-A special Ia
the Evening Journal from Ann Afbof, Mich.
lgan, says Ann ksed, a lady medical stu
dent, Of the Ann Arbot University, com.
mitted suicide by drowning herself In the
inlet OF Orion lake, near Oxford, lasI
night. No cause assigned iot the act,
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Tus Klnauha Board got whack from
s.nalor Uonkling Yesterday in the United
o,es Senate. 1t might be good idea
"A, ,be Legislature to look into that
BoaTds doings.
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Stealing.
PARKERSBuRa, February 9.-Robert FL
llott was tried before the Circuit Court 10.
day on a charge ofslsaling a lot OF meat,
and was found guilty and sentenced 10
two years in the Penitentiafy,
John Flowers was arrested by Officer
iiaSsn to-day on the charge OF stealing
wheat from Mr Slapleton, a farmer who
resides few miles odt Of town. He was
sent 10 jail to await his trial.
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CiScISSArt, February 1l.-Joseph X.
Mccormick, a travelling man from this
city, went to his home In ltnslonville.
KY, and was shot dead by ". F, Motoe'
uiaffel existed.
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IinnrAh fnt aIn.,las-

MENPnls, February 1i.-Gtesn Jackson,
colored. was hanged at Marion, Ctitten.
den county, Arkansas, To oday, for the
murder Of another negto committed last
ehYin0.
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rus high pdce for ore and the low
.,laa t~I of Iron do not correspond in the
pninion Of the Pittsburgh Manufacturer
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AccoRDlSo to the latest revised nSures
RoImopt comfy, Ohio, has a population
oTigggs. Jefferson county SS,OlS; Har'
,,sor % i5j and Monroe 2G,i97.
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FALL RIVER, MASS, Febtuaty 1.-THE
United Weavers' Association have re-
solved TO strike at certain mills, 10 be
designated on Sunday,
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LoNDoS, February ii 1t Ia fumored
that there Is a plot to blow up Windsor
Castle. Precautions have been taken and
the Queen has delayed her return from
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NEw YoRK, February li.-Uharles Row,
ell and II, Vaughan, pedssttiahS, arrived
here to-day,
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WARRINGTON, February 1.-THE Senate
COMMITTEES on Territories authorized Sen.
ator Launders 10 report, with recon.
mendation for passage, A bill iot c,eSling
tue territory oI Pembina, 10 consist Of The
northern half OF Dakota,
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s,.f. Of real estate in New York show
advancing figures
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SUGAR.
LETTER FROM JOHN SHERMAN ON
THE sACCHARINE SUBJECT.
He Replies to a Memorial OF the New
York Chamber Of COmmerce-SOnl
Statements About sugar ship.
psrs' sweet SWIndIcs-A
Question OF Duty.

New York, February 1.-THE Cham.
ber OF Commerce to-day received the fol.
lowing letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury:
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'o7,.,.. so,, % AMI "a Eo4ELteH.H WV
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WELLINGTON, KS, February ll,-Fllteen
inches OF snow has fallen since last night
and the storm continues, Strong gale
blowing and snow drifting, The Kansas
City, Lawrence 4 Southern passenger
train has been stuck In q cut two miles
east OF this city since II o'clock last night,
Two engines have been at work all night,
A third ono buried itself In drift at 8
o'clock this morning and was abandoned.
The passengers have been removed to this
oiIu
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The performance In Booths Theatre 10.
day for the benefit Of the Poe statue lund
netted over 5000.
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CHICAGO, February II. An Etcnino
JournalLa Sale special says: Last evening
a portion Of The Rock Island bridge here
was swept away by the leo, and The high
water Is making 1t impossible for trains to
cross. The passengers and baggage were
transferred, The Illinois river has risen
twelve feet and is gorged al North Yer.
million, but the Ice Is broken below Peru.
The people living on the flats above here
have removed To high ground. The
houses and barns have beeIi submerged.
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NRw YORK, February 1.-THE Ice ia
moving out Of the susQuohauna, Raritan,
and Delaware rivers, and although great
damage Is feared none Ia reported as vet,
PoUGuKRRPsIR, N. Y, February H.
streams everywhere In the interior are
heavily swollen,
LEwlsBURa, Pa, February 1.-THE Ice
broke here on tho west branch OF the Sus.
quehanns this morning and moved of
without causing damage,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-12-09
CONGRESS.

This body met on Monday last. u
regular session, and organized with "a
difficulty In the House, the Ropubli-
cans having majority, elected the Off
GERS, Gen. Kcifcr, of Ohio, Speaker,
and Mr.. Mcpherson, Of Pennsylvania,
Clerk. No change was made in the or
saniEation of the Senate and none is
likely to be made. Judge Davis the
President, pro tenn, in a well considered
speech declared that he was in favor of
leaving the committees under the con
troll of the Republicans, and the officers
under the Democrats. This settles the
matter for the present, as no change can
be made, unless he votes for it.
The Presidents message was sent in
on Tuesday, anil is very comprchcn-
sivc and lengthy document. The y. Y.
Wori,i, the leading Democratic paper Of
The country, thus favcrably comments
IN it, and says; Everybody will ad-
nit the Presidents message to be a
'usincss-like paper. That, however, is
aint praise which people are accustom-
d to bcstow upon messages which are
ntircly pointlcss. and President Ar
hur's message is by no means Pointlcss,
The stock phrase fails to do justice to it
In fact, its distinction is that it is point
cd. 1t may almost be said to bristle
with points when contrastcl with the
smooth and arid imbccility of the Hayes
messages
After reading the message, the House
adjourned until Saturday, and nothing
of interest has transpircd in the Senate.
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& GLEANINGS.
o s

Peter Cooper is in his nineiy-'c md year,
and still takes considerable interest in sui
lunary affairs.
Guitcau calls Henry Ward Deecher crank.
There arc people who will agree with Charles
on this point.
John Hay says tie mctaphoricsl meaning |
Of "strangulatus" is tortured or tor
mcntcd," rnd that when Garfield wrote the
words "strsngulatus pro republica, hS
meant tortured for the commonwealth"
Nov York woman has at last found
49,, under the he'd" The search, since 'he
dnes Of Eve, having up TO -ss@Df>n
f-uitlc, tie fair sex IN be enc"sr~ssss' -
/ ,.. ,tf.coverv 90 still keep ~ W.
e.r,,.r Who lives down on the Missouri
a,ts, recently arrived in Kansas City 10 Puie"-
ase goods for his family, was surprised 70 near
that james A. Garfield had been assassinaIed
buried and that Guteau had been undergo
ing tri. for the crime and then begged some
one 10 tell him when "Gawielr' was elected.
Matthew Bray is the head Of a wealthy
lumber firm At Hudson, Wis. lie was Bertha
SHELLS sutton ten years ago, and they made
a marriage engagement. Subsequently he
changed his mind, and asked er to fix a
price for permitting him to marry another
She said that 50, 900 would satisfy her, and
he signed a note for that sum, payable On his
wedding day. lie did not take wife until
lately, and now lawsuit is the consequence
ofhs refusal TO pay the claim.
Mr.. jacob Lorillard is at the head Of a new
8 steamship company which proposes 70 build
steamers Of steel for passenger traffic only,
and meant to cross the ocean inside OF slx
DAYS The project has an abundance Of cap
ital behind it, The vessels will be 800 fee
= long, and made in water-tight compartments
3, so that they cannot sink. They will be dry
= en- by immense .-power, proportionatcly tire
l. times greater than any now in use by oees
+. steamers and tile vessels VIII be Virtuail.
Pullman palaces afnat, every luxury Se'"
drafted into their service.
5 Between the Clipper Mills and Stuart
= Point, in Sonoma county, California, is an &C
J tual road bed in the tree tops. At this poin
the road crosses "A deep rAyine, and trees arr
sawed off on a level and the timber and tic
" laid on the s,umps. In the centre of the IA
- vine mentioned two huge redwood trees
" standing side BY side, form substantial sup
port, and they are cut off scvcntyfve fec
above ground and cars loaded with heav
saw logs pass over them with as much securi
~ as if it we're framed in the most scieAtif
= manner.
: In Washington's Ctvorite room in the old
, mansion at Mount Vernon there is peculiar
y shaped clock among the rclice which has s,oo
in silence for forty years, as only two or thre
rusty wheels remain of the works On tn
10th instant Mr. J. II Nell. Hollingswortl
the superintendent, was showing the relic:
y and had just begun to tell about the clio
st when, to his terror, three strong, distin,
:, strokes were struck upon the bell, and hear
IS distinctly by the visitors present. The my
j terry has not been explained, bnt the strkin
- WAS probably due to the breaking of son
"a sping Of wheel.
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NOTICE or AN EsTRAY.

WHEREAS, Gerard w C. Smoot. of
~ Charles county, hath this second dav
o. December, 1881, given notice to me, one Of
tlie justices OF the peace Of the State of Mary
a dang' N ana for Charles county, that on the
-orh day OF November last he took mp and
secured a Two @ared Boat, built baieiu fash
lon painted black. The owner of the sid
oo"t Is he'e'y requested to prove his proper
y pay costs aud charges, and take her away.
Witn - my hand,
JAMES II. W. BUTTON.
%1 9-9t Justice VI the Peace
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or xcA MN y.

A single order OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company is for 3,lOO new cars.
The newspapers are just now giving the in
coming Congress a great deal of advice, and
it is well.
The assertion is made that at Harvard Uni
versity in the last fifty years no smoking
student has.graduatcd at the head ofhis class
fac-simile of the South. Carolina ordnance
of secession was sold at auction in Charleston
last week $3.50.
The young lady attendants at the Court
Theatre, London, are now clad in 4 yellow
waistcoat, navy blue swallow-tailed dress
coat, erect collar and black silk evening tie.
The Total Value of all railroad property in
Virginia, real and pssonal according to a re-
Gently report of Auditor Massey, is $36, $40, =
l73, the State tax on which is Sl3S, 2I3.
George and Ann Marten, of Williamsburg,
y. Y, were married on Monday, and visiting
New York city, end,d their Publication in
getting drunk and spending their wedding
night in scperate cells at a station house.
A heavy rain prevailed at the time appoint
ed for Frank Wells marriage, at Crawford
vile, Ind, and may be that the dampness
quenched his matrimonial ardor, for he Dor
rowcd Sc and an umbrella from the bride,
walked off hurriedly toward the railroad sta
ton, and has not sineeabeen seen in the town
Sarah Bernhardt, who is at present Milling
an engagement at Odessa, is having a troub-
lous time, Her carriage has been stoned
and the mob insult her whenever she ventures
out, on account of her jewish origin
and it has been found necessary for ten Cos
sacks to serve her as a bod y-guard. Mum
erous arrests have been made in connection
with this curiou. affair.
Chicago is excited over the many improve
ments projected in the suburban districts
The Pullman Company is about to begin the
erection of $50 cottages north of the Boule.
ard at Pullman and west of the car works
The Howard locomotive Works will be erect
ed at a cost 81 $50, 900. The Bouton Foup-
dry works, soon to be completed, will occu-
Ply as much ground as the Chicago EXPOSE
ton building, and will cost an immense sum.
While the congregation in Welsh village
were recently assembling for divine service,
a huge dog bounded through the bu ilding
and took possession of the pulpit obstinately
resisting the efforts of the minister and sever
al members of the congregation to dislodge
him. In the end the minister had to content
himself with the reading desk, leaving the
dog IN undsturbed possession Of the rostrum,
in which he quietly remained while the SER
vice lasted.
II is proposed in Philadelphia to give tho
Dell OF Independence Hall two hundred st-ol,
es at midnight of New Years ev. n nj.
the beginning fthe two hundredeh yeor s;n.-
tue founding of the city Some of the new.
papers object to this noisy method of marL;na
the event and fear that the people roussd |
rom their sleep will regret that the vessel
bearing William Penn die not founder on If,
way to this country