The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-19
GENERAL Ngws.NoTEs.

It is rumored 0'Donovan Rosa Is in
Montreal. His errand is unknown.
St. Johns, New Brunswick, celebrated its
centennial yesterday with great eclat.
Lydia Pinkham, OF ofproprietary medicine
fame, died in Lynn, yesterday, aged VI.
Twenty.four persons were poisoned at a
church festival ut Chattanooga, last night.
All are recovering. :"
U. S. Commissioner Osborne, OF New
York, said there had been no warrant Is.
sued for the arrest OF P.'J. Sheridan.
A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas, says
that sailor on the schooner Anita. from
Tampico, Mexico, died Of yellow fever yes
terday. .5f.
The President has appointed w. Il. @.
Crosby, at New York, and ]. A. Warden,
at Philadelphia. sD e
The steamer 1skatermburg, plying on
the river Volga, exploded her boilers yes
terday. Twentyseyen persons were in
iured by the explosion.
The Secretary OF the Kansas State Board
Of Agriculture reports that the farmers OF
that State hold over 100000 bushels Of
old wheat and over 37,000,000 bushels OF
old corn.
During heavy storm at Beefe, Kansas,
on Thursday evening +. X. Rice, working
in his field, mile from town, was killed
by lightning, and his son badly but not
fatally injured.
A collision occurred on the Maine Gen.
tral railroad yesterday, at Browns Corner,
near Augusta, Me between freight train
and special engine. One man was killed
and two fatally injured.
The Prohibltory Liquor Amendment to
the Pennsylvania State Constitution, was
defeated in the Senate at Harrisburg yes.
terday by q vote OF q yeas to IS rlaye,
less than q Constitutional inajority.
Robert B. Morrell. ex.Chief Auditor OF
the Philadelphia Gas Trust, was arrested
last night at his residence on warrant
issued last January. Morrell had been out
OF the city for some time and had only re.
Gently returned. .
Quite a newspaper war has been going
on the past week between Gen. James X.
Chalmers, Of Mississippi, and Col. III. Q.
Galloway, senior editor Of the Memphis
Appeal. Blood is on the moon, and 1t is
expected pistols will be ierked soon.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has
authorized the Merchants National Bank,
Of Grinnell, Iowa, to begin business with a
capital OF one hundred thousand dollars,
and the First National Bank, OF sabetha,
Kansas, with capital Of fifty thousand
dollars.
A severe wind storm ragged at Racine,
Wisconsin, and Chicago, ILL.,, last night.
No definite news were obtainable from the
former place, but at the latter city signs
were blown down, buildings on the out.
skirts demolished aud several persons
were seriously injured.
Secretary FoIger has decided to refer to
tho Attorney General for an opinion on the
question Of the right OF persous TO export
whisky from Newport News, Va, to Ber'
muda, and then re.import the same either
for immediate consumption or Tor storage
In bonded warehouse.
The Economite Society Of Pennsylvania
has sold to Commodore Vanderbilt l,200
shares Of stock in the Pittsburgh K Lake
Erie Railroad. The price paid was $l75
per share, the total amount being s., lO0,'
600. This gives Vanderbilt large con-
trolling interest Id the road.
Al $50 Last night the jury in the case Of
Jere Dunn for the murder oil Elliott, tho
puCiIist, returned verdict Of not guilty,
after being out since o'clock in the after
noon, and the prisoner was Immediately
discharged. The result was received with
loud cheering by tho crowd assembled in
the street. s.
The business failures throughout the
country, as reported TO the Mercantile
Agency Of r. G. Dun & Co., during the last
seven days number III, as against l56 last
week. The distribution was: New England
%; Middle States, "a; Southern, 80; West
ern, SO: Pacific States and Territories. 12
Canada, III New York City, q total, III.