The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-04

The Democratic State Convention of New
jersey, has been called TO meet May II. /
Two hundred coal miners struck nt Rich.
mond, Mo-, yesterday, against reduction
Of wages. l,$ II1ss :
Colonel Gushing, one Of the pioneers in
the circus business in this country. died ut
Dover, N. H., yesterday. :
All trains have been abandoned between
Aberdeen and Millbank, Dakota, traina
being hopelessly blockaded. The weather
is very cold. siH IA. ,e \. & Z
. The surplus in the Tenneeseo State Trea.
sury is sufficient to pay the January
interest on the entire State debt ii the
bonds were funded. g., + +
The Governor Of New Yerk has signed
the bill prohibiting the making Of con.
tracts tor the labor Of conyirts in the State
prisons and penitentiaries.. sf
Bishop Clarkson, Of the diocese OF Ne.
braska, Is lying very i'll at his residence in
Omaha, from congestion OF the lungs. His
iriends there are extremely solicitous as to
the result. 1,gre{. 4,as al q, -.et
Howes & Co., bankers on Wall street,
New York, assigned yesterday without any
preferences. John T.. Brooks e. Co., pro.
visions, also assigned, the preferences
amounting to $4,000. = II
Mrs. Lille Langtry, the English actress,
yesterday took an assignment Of a mortgage
for $4,000 on real estate in New York
York City. She is already the owner OF
several houses in that city, I Il
The Canadian oil refners are requesting
the. Minister OF : Finance of the Govern
ment for further protection OF that indus.
try, or they will be unable to keep the
trade up TO its present Standing. "a "a !.
The St. Boniiace Catholic Church, OF
Buffalo, N. Y, has been closed by order OF
the Bishop Of the diocese. The trouble
grew out OF the official board refusing 10
recognize the authority Of the priests. (
The report Of the Pennsylvania railroad
for 1858, shows that alter meeting all its
obligations the company will be able to pay
a dividend Of four percent and carry to the
credit OF pref! and loss q surplus Of $7o,-
500. :: " ftl ~ Is
| Jerry kellcher and Patrick Feeley EN-.
ployed at the rubber works, Taunton, Mass,
qnarreled yesterday. Feeley pushed Kell.
cher into the grinding machine and Kellch.
er's arm was torn or The injury is though.
to be fatal. NJ @5i'l f..,f '--sS 4Y5 f1l3
The large Touring mill OF Hill Bros, oi
Freeport, IA, together with 1000 barrels
OF -four, 100 bushels OF grain and the firms
books were destroyed by fire Saturday
night, Loes a,C00; partly injured. The
fire caught from the spark Of the smoke
stack. II. 4 d. 4, ,isg. /. Il, K 4! s5 5
The boilers Of the California saw mill
owned at Bear Greek, Pa, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, exploded yesterday morning
demolishing the building and killing
Rudolph Sipler, Whitney Whitebread, ant
Jesse Kreecht. The bodies were blewr
several hundred feet. z ;l5si 5si ,'5 8 +
Frank Toussy, publisher, was arrested il
New York last night on q warrant iesuet
| by Justice Duffy on the complaint Of Anth
ony Comstock, on charge that b.
had violated the law in reprinting a bool
entitled "Memoirs OF George the Fourth
His bail was fixed nt $500, and be was re
leased. ;t;9 4: i1sl7T5'1 :
| An explosion at the Virginia cotton com
PIES works, Richmond, Va, yesterday al
ternoon, completely wrecked tho mashin,
and engine rooms and It is feared buriet
one or Two under the debris. The. com
, pany lately adopted the new method Q
, COMPRISING three bales into tho sige Q
, one and were experimenting when the ex
( plosion occurred. Loss probably $25. .OOl
\ The New York Chamber OF Commerc
!, has appointed q committee to draft resolr
' tions protesting agairs. the further coipsc
:, OF silver dollars which, It iis claimed, Wa
t driving gold out Of circulation. The rest
}, llutions will be presented at the next NEE
i ing Of the Chamber for its approval. 4 Th
d action Is taken in consequence OF the recel
heavy explorations Of gold, a 3|.s917