The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-11
REws IN BRIEF.

LUG Uank Ol lONnStnu, fN0ftn alYabe0n
Mich, was burglarized Of $1,000 last night
The prohibitory amendment was passet
70 it's second reading in the Pennsylvani.
Senate yesterday.
The creditors Of A. 0. Tintsman & Co.
OF Pittsburgh have granted that firm five
years ,extensioI ~ga d
The steamer Ph9nician arrived at Ros
ton yesterday, from Glasgow brought So
evcteds tenants from Glagow, Galway
Blackstone and Londonderry They 20 L
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Virginia and
Montana.
t The reported sale OF the Ohio Centra
Railroad and coal property to the Colum
bus, Hooking Valley & Toledo Railroad il
not believed at Columbus, Ohio, and /!
regarded as a report started blythe bond
holders, who wish to realize handsome
figures.
A salada, Mexico, special says: On War
rick farm two Mexicans killed themselves
One stabbed the other in the region oi the
heart. leaving the knife sticking in the
wound. The other quickly drew the knife
from his own breast and stabbed his an
tagonist
The death OF stonewall jackson, twenty
years ago, was cammemorated at Rich
nond yesterday, The. Light Infantry Blues
nlaschsd to Capitol Square and fired {
sIuteiin front of the. jackson monument
Rev. Melville Jackson, Of the Episcopal
Church, then delivered an Grafton. A large
concourse OF people was present
A storm in and about Chicago, yesterday
caused great deal OF minor damage and
was particularly seyere IN the suburbs. A
Methodist church at South Evanston
stapdips somewhat unprotected, was com
pletely wrecked by the wind. The sextou
was the only occupant Of the building al
the time and managed to emerge from the
debris unharmed,
In answer 10 statement made by Ro
man correspondent Of the London Standard
and published yesterday morning, Cardina
McCloskey, Of New York. makes the fol-
lowing replyi "a Roman correspondent oil
the london Standard some time since re-
peated twice, after 1t had been contradict
ed, IA similar statement, which be knew Il
be false" The Cardinal declines to notice
any further dispatches from that source.
Edward Lsfferty, at philadelphia, com.
iortably disposed Of FIVE hard boiled goose
eggs yesterday morning at breakfast IN
pursuance OF his wager 10 eat that number
Of egga every day Tor twenty days. This
completes the twelfth days task, and the
indications are that II the geese in the
B4dgertown neighborhood continue their
contributions, DR.. Funk's protege will
fulfill his part Of the contract,
Miss Phoebe Cousins, the lady lawyer ol
St. Louis, claims TO be the frst 70 nominate
Governor Butler Tor the Presidency. This
was in 1864, on train from st. Charles,
No., for st. Louis: A man went through
the car asking who was the choice OF pas
sengers for President. She caused sen.
sation by saying, General Benjamin Bull
ter" A woman exclaimed: "What, @
lady vote for Beast ButlerI" Phoebe re-
piled, "He is my choice" She was only O
school girl then, and says now she expects
10 SEQ him in the White House. '.
A gas stove In the baggage car Of the
regiilSr day passenger train on the Louis
vile, New Albany & Chicago line exploded
when the train was leaving Cedar Lake
last night. The flames spread rapidly ane
soon the whole car was in flames. Tbs
express messenger and a boy attempted e
extinguish the fire and were badly burned
The latter jumped from the car. The trair
was finally stopped and the car detachet
and allowed TO burn out, there being "
means to extinguish the tiames, The ca
was allied with passengers baggage, expires
and matt matter which was entirely con
sumed. Travel on the road was delaye'
iour Aouru, '.' a'