The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-24
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Lyman Moody, aged 50, OF Lyme, n. H.,
was burned to death yesterday.
Two distinct shocks of earthquake were
felt at Oatlettsburg, KY, Tuesday.
The Keystone lock works at Lancaster,
Pa, were destroyed by fire yesterday.
Reports from Michigan state that the
effects Of the storm and cold snap will be
trifing.
There Is great excitement in Jacksonville,
Fla, .ver the smallpox epidemic. Eleven
cases were reported yesterday.
Smallpox OF virulent type has broken
out in the Lancaster, Pa, county prison.
Six convicts are down with the disease.
The next meeting OF the Reformed Pres.
byterian General Synod will be held in
Pittsburgh, Pa, the third Wednesday in
May, 1884.
Matthew Arbuckle, the well known cor.
net PLAYER and ORCHESTRAL leader, died at
New York last evening, Of pneumonia,
aged 81 years.
Catherine Lewis, the opera singer, has
been discharged from custody on a charge
OF alleged larceny Of the wardrobes Of the
chorus at Chlcago.
Snow ellTuesday night to the depth oi
one foot on the line OF the, Richmond {
Allegheny Railroad, between Lynchburg
Va, and Clifton Forge.
Samuel Anderson, awell known citizen
OF Lynchburg, Va, was in ill-health yester.
day and shot himself through the heart.
Funeral aetice hereafter.
The brig Ilsaperee, from Buenos Ayres
for New York, has ioundered at sea. She
was laden with hides and ostrich feathers
aud insured for about 100000.
A. D. German, OF Albany, N. Y, has
given $4,000 TO Williams College to found
professcrship Of Natural Theology, in
honor OF his son, who was student oil
that college.
By decision OF the Supreme Court Of
Pennsylvania the Governor has the right
to remove county officers before the expi-
ration OF their term. This removes the
Recorder Of Philadelphia on whom the
fight was made. i.st
]. Wernstern, Of New York, travelled on
the Pennsylvania railroad on free pass,
and in an accident lost leg. He brought
suit against the company for $4,000, but
the Jury yesterday returned verdict for
the Railroad Company.
At the council OF the Democratic Union
Conference meeting at San Francisco, last
evening, It is proposed to extend the or.
ganization to allparts Of the United States.
Rosecrans Is to be made head OF the orRani-
cation, with view, as believed, to give
hin, a praatdanfial 'hnnm
The twenty.fifth annual General Assem-
bly, Of the United Presbyterian Church Of
North America, was opened at Pittsburgh
last night. Rev. DR.. Paul, Of Concord, o.,
the retiring Moderator, preached the ser.
mon., An election for Moderator will be
held to-day.
The Lutheran Ministerum, in session at
Norristown, Pa, has resolved to instruct
ali Conference pastors associations and
congregations in the ministry to make
preparations for appropriately observing
the four hundredth anniversary Of the
birthday Of Martin Luther. tT
President Arthur spent the greater part
OF yesterday at the Filth Avenue Hotel,
New York, only going out for a short time
In the afternoon to attend to private bust
ness. He received many callers, includin :
Secretary Of State Frelinghuysen, Edwards
Pierrepont, Rear Admiral Nicholson and
Gen. W. s. Hancock.
Pope Leo's letter 10 the Irish clergy
meets with general dissatisfaction and dis
approval by the Irish.Ameriean Catholics
In Baltimore. Last Sunday the annual
collection OF "Peter's Pence" was taken up
In the different churches, and the result
was astonishing. Churches where the col.
lection heretofore amounted TO $500 or 800
contributed this year 80 70 800. In no case
did the amount exceed 500.
Bishop Mullen, Of the Catholic diocese
Of Davenport, Iowa, is rapidly sinking, and
cannot last many days. The dying prelate
was born March s, 1888, In the town OF
BallanGhinch. In the County OF Down, in
the North Of Ireland. The family came to
Lower Canada in 1887. Bishop Mullen
went TO Rome three yeSrs ago, while Vicar
General Of Chicago. Before his return
from Rome he was selected as the future
Bishop Of the newly created diocese Of
Davenport, ..,..