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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
VESSELS DESTROYED.
rlaHr .. 5. sn1rs npns:a:D
To the waters Edge, aud two schooner,
Take Pirs and are Totally Destroyed.
This Loss EstImated at oyer $780,.
ooo..How tho Fire Occurred.

PoRr WASHINGTON, L. l., August Ala
FIRE causing loss OF over 500, 900 broke
ont on board the steamer Colorado, lying
of Plumb Beach, near here, this evening.
The flames spread from tho Colorado To
the following ships, all Of which were
burned TO the waters edge and sunk:
Minnesota, susquehanna, Congress, south
Carolina, Iowa, Lotta, Grant and Fair
Play. All, with the exception Of the last
two formerly belonged to the United
States Navy. They had been condemned
and we're bought from the, Government by
Stannara & Co., who wereto break them
up for the old iron and plankst they could
get out Of them.
Tho fire broke out on tho for ward deck
Of the Colorado, where men were at work
burning up ptanls to get iron spikes. On
the right Of the Colorado was the susque-
hanna, to which the flames spread rap
idly, and before 1t or tho Colorado could
be towed out the flames had spread TO the
other boats. They all lbutned like tinder
and the sky was red for miles around.
The heat was so intense that IL was in2<
possible to 30 anywhere near the burn
ing shipp, while the cracking Of the flames
was somewhat like the. sharp crack OF
musketry. !,
The flames crept along the decks and
bulwarks OF the ships aud eat their way
up 10 the shrouds and into the rigging.
Ths picture now presented o.. the eight
burning vessels outlined against a bank
OF inky clouds was ono long to be remem-
bered. The lire burned so tiercely that
within three hours nothing was left Of the
once deienders Of the United States but a
few charfed planks and floating timbets.
The hulls sank at once, going down with
a hiss and a gurggle amid a cloud OF steam.
from the water as 1t swept over the burn.
ing wrecks.
The sns1nehanna burst loose from her
moorings, and at one time the various
fishing craft anchored along the shore
appear to be in danger. 1t iloated about
atty yards from shore and after trembling
| for a minute reeled over and sank. The
south Caroliaa and Iowa followed her to
the bottom in short order, but before go-
ies iowa aS to The Grant aud FaIrplsy, two
schooners lying near shore, and they too
sank. Who the owners oil the schooners
were could not be Rseertained, as the
crews became so mixed up in the crowd
Of spectators that they could not be found.
Mr.. Stannard said: "rhe loss to me Is not
less than $780, 600, as it was only for the
iron in them that bought them. Had
the beats been serylceable the loss would
have footed up million. The loss on the
schoonefs, Is said, will not be less than
S?5. 900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
HUNG LEGALLY.
The Crime for which a New York Murderer
Was Swung on.


AuDuRS, n. Y, August 2i.-Franz Jose
Pctmekey at 1915 this morning suffered
the extreme penalty Of the law for the
murder Of Airs. Paulina Frotschem, on
June /, 1883. The crime was first dis.
covered when the husband OF the victim
returned TO his home, after his days
labor, and found the mutilated corps Of
his wife lyingin pool Of blood upon the
floor. Her brains bad been beaten ont
with the blunt end Of hatchet, the ex-
amining surgeon testified that over twenty
blows had been dealt with The weapon.
The murderer was captntedon the follow
ing day in Albany. The trial lasted one
week. The prisoner admitted having kill
ed the woman, and put in a plea OF sell
defense. He claimed she sought the in
terview, and urged him TO elope with her,
but upon learning that he was already
married, she aew into q rage and drew a
revolver upon him. He defended himself
with the hatchet. After the commission
Of the crime he'ritiei the house OF every
thing In the shape OF jewelry and money,
and the theory Of the prosecution was that
he went to the house merely for the pur-
p6se OF robbery, but that upon being CON
fronted by the woman lie felt compelled
to put her out oil the way. He was origi-
nally sentenced to be hanged March q,
1884. but the laws delays have length.
ened his lease OF life until to-day.
The prisoners last days were passed
quietly, be stunning oil visitors and deny
ing the consultations Of religion until the
last. He was a handsome, finely proper
toned Prussian, "a years Of age, and came
TO this country when is years old. He
had deserted his wife, and his only kins.
man on this side Of the ocean was half.
brother.
His lust night was without incident, ex.
cept that he broke down, completely when
he embraced his brother for q last fare
well, and both sobbed convulsively. Rev.
Father Ulrich prayed with him until II
O'Clock, when he retired to orest and slept
soundly.
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Tnken from tho oetiip.

DETROIT, August 2l.-Tuesday morning
the infant child Of Charles Sullivan, oi
this city, died and was prepared for burial,
Fifteen hours after death while the fam
ily and friends were gathered about the
casket the baby began to cry, frightening
nearly every one from the house. The
father retained his senses and took the
child from the coffin, and II has been
since In better health than for sonnet time,
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pNovrD no nE a DAFAULTHR.
a Texas Bank oGieer's Downfall and Death.
Probably q SnieIls.

a Texas Bank onieer's Downtall and Death.
Probably . saieIde.
FoRr WoErn, Tex, August 2l.-1t was
rumored that the late John Nichols, Vice
President Of the City National Bank,
whose sudden death occurred Monday last
at the bank, was a detanlter to a large
amount. The ctlicers Of the bank at
once called a meeting Of all the other
bankers OF tho city to investigate the
affairs Of their institution The com
mittee now reports that they tind
the late Vice President Nichols TO have
been a defaulter othe amount OF about
$50, 900, but they considerthe bank sound.
Nichols was also city treasurer, but thus
far no irregularities in bis accounts as
such have been discovered. So far
as known the outside Indebtedness Of
Nichols on individual notes amounts
10 only $4,000, though rumors are
current that his personal indebted
ness is much larger. Tuesday the body
Of Nichols was followed TO the grave by
every man OF prominence in the city: No
funeral was ever so largely attended here.
Rumor first placed the banks loss at
SIS 600. but the investigation by tho other
bankers fixes tho amount as above given.
The bank is supported by wealthy
men aud hos paid.ap capital
Of 100000. When Nichols died
suddenly ON Monday no one suspected
suicide. He came to the bank as usual on
Monday morning and entered Presiaent
Britton's private Office. a lew moments
after sitting down he turned very pale
and then went into convulsions. fhysic:
ians were hastily summoned and arrived
in time TO hear Nichols say, "Its
that collie again, Doctor" and i'm.
mediately expired. Nichols has been
subject to attacks OF collie, and II was this
that he referred to in his dying words.
Every one now believes he committed
guicide. His accounts as City Treasurer
ara being hastily examined. Its believed
that his total indebtedness to tho bank
and to outside parties will aggrs.
gate 100000, and his estate Is
yalned at about the same amount
He had $50, 600 in the stock Of the City
National Bank, aud in Ills will he divided
ais stock equally between his two daugh.
ters. What Nichols did with tho money
Il a mystery to even his closest friends, as
he was not given to gambling or drinking,
or excuses OF any kind. His credit was
unsurpassed.
President Britton says he suspected
nothing wrong until last Saturday, when
he found deposit OF about $1,000 bad
not been entered correctly on tho books
When questioned, Nichols, who was q alsq e
he had entered the amount to
another account by mistake. This,
however, aroused Mr.. Brltton's sus.
picions somewhat, and Nichols must have
noticed the fact. Fearing the iayestiga.
ton which he saw was being made when
| be entered the bank on Monday, It is
supposed that he took poison, which he
| had provided himself with in view Of
such an emergency. Nichols body will
be exhumed and traces Of poison looked
l a a Il a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
Protection Of Girls.

LONDON, August 2l.-A meeting Of the
National Conference for the Protection Of
Young Girls was held in ST. James Hall
to-day. George William Erskine Russell,
son Of Lord Charles James Fork Russell,
and Radical member Of Parliament for
Aylesbury, presided. Tho conference re-
solved to form vigilance societies every
where throughout the country to enforce
the existing laws against immortality, and
to labor for the improvement Of all legis-
lation designed TO repress criminal sin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

MADRID, August 91.-The excitement
among the people OF the Canary Islands,
caused by fear Of cholera, amounts to a
panic. They now refuse to permit any
persons from Spain 10 land. They made
an exception in favor Of the new Gov
ernor, and allowed him to come ashore,
but received him with riotous demonstra:
tions, and threw stones at him. The local
authorities have resigned, and many oi
the people have fled to the interior in fear
Of the approach Of the scourge: To-day
soldiers occupy the streets and all the pub
lie hnildinpa. ~ -
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Two l-reight wrseks.

Co1uMpus, O, August ALA freight
train on the O. & p. railroad was ditched
outside Of the city. Six loaded oil cars, cne
car Of beer and six cans of lumber and
merchandise were burned. The loss was
Sl5. 900. A freight train on the New
York, Pennsylvanta & Ohio railroad broke
in two near shenango, Pa, last night.
Twelve cars were ditched and Charles
Berry, brakeman, was killed. Several
other train men were injured. Loss quite
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PEoRl4, LIS, August 2l.-Adam Fore
.paugh's show arrived in town today and
the sheriff siezed the whole concern on a
writ Of attachment on account oiindebt.
cdness TO Q railroad company, contracted
last year. Forepaagh managed to raise
the amount Of the bill and his property
,r,na ralAaaad - - lSlaI [ 7.
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ClScSSArt, o., August 2i.-Aneven.
ing paper says twas reported on Change
to-day thatlthe Pennsylvania dealers had
sold whisky in Chicago at $l0o, whereas
the pool price Is Sis. In consequence
the Mil Creek Distilling Company, Of this
city, ibshed o brief circular announcing
that they would sell OF q 81 06 rate until
Septemberil The break at this time Is
alIltheS more intortnnate as the market
has been unusually firm with o not too
great supply and o good demand.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

AT last the public seems to realize tho
burning disgrace Of such behavior as has
characterized members Of the present city
police force. 1t is time Wheeling people
recognized the true state Of affairs. II
would have been easier to have righted
ttle wrong II the people had long ago taken
the interest in the matter they now mani
fnst; but at is never too late 70 mend"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

Pos,csuAN DUpsY explains that at the
time Of the trouble at the Wooster house
be was elsewhere on private business, and
hadn't been gone long. This is bad for
Policeman Duffy. lie is pablo attend to
uublic business. The police have good
deal Of private business Of one sort and
another to look after between nightiall
and the peep o day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
Ths silssing rhISt.

N&w oalRASs August 81. Deputy
Ugited States Mashal Parker has ident-
fleasho person arrested in Monterey as
Anidem5rlc, the deiaulHng SUBJ treasury
clerk. The Deputy Marshal telegrapha
that the demand from the President Of
tho United States on the President oi
Mexico viii be necessary before the
prisoner can. be e1tradited. K
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
A snleIde nt the Astor Houae.

NEw YoRK, August 2l.-word was sent
to the Coroner's office this morning Of q
suicide that occurred at the Astor House
Mr.. ]. NJ. Shaw said that the name of The
suicide was o. Il. Blerin, so years of age
and a resident Of Philadelphia. Last
evening he registered at the hotel and was
assigned room 3S2. This morning the re,
port Of pistol was heard, and upon going
to Blerln's room he was found dead, with
abullet wound on the right side oil the
head.
-Four years ago Blerin was one Of the
chief CLERKS at the Customs House, this
city, but owing to some trouble, he re-
signed, and since that time has been en-
gagged in no business. He was never mar
ried. lie frequently visited this city tt
consult physicians regarding his malady
which was satd to be q mild form Of In
sanity, brought by overwork and los
nj alnhR 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

ESoLIsu, the late lamented candidate
for Vice President, is now presuming to
a,pite 10 the United States Senate from
Indiana. The barrel heads OF his well
known penuriousness will have to be
knocked in II he makes any headway.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
The Cholera Record.

MARsErLIrs, August 2l.-The situation
here Is growing worse. Between SA. NJ.
and S r. ". to-day 100 deaths were report
ed, Of which so were from cholera. There
are over 100 patients in the Pharo hospi-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

TIN Administration cant get rid Of
sIss Sweet, the Chicago Pension Agent.
She Is not an offensive partisan; in fact
she isa persuasive partisan. Nov what
will the President do2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

ASrw more righteous judgments like
that given by Squire Davis last evening
will do much to discourage the operations
Of East wheeliug's "Dirty Dozen" But
The police should help.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
Drowned In tho Ohio.

spsLll Dhpcteh 70 Ae Inlesliga.eeT.
ST. M4ays, W. Va, August 2l-Ed:
ward Johns, about twenty-five years O
age, was drowned about two o'clock this
afternoon, while in swimming, about three
miles below here.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

WHAT right has policeman to demand
inc drinks Of saioon.keepe,s and the keep
ar, Of houses Of bad repute2 What does
be riyo in return, unless it be immunity
ftop, the penalties Of profitable law-break-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

EPaAEEs1vRa, n, Y, August 2l.- There's
port that President Cleveland Is III, and
that Dr. Ward summoned Or. Sawyer, OF
An Sable Forks, for q conaultationt q false,
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G1s qntelIi.gtttfttI.
osles. So.. sS and 81 Fourteenth street.

sz.Sz,51 barlss M city a4rag he stSt@tr
~. ,,s bore TUE 1R1EI1IeEscER Rafed 70
sp-0. .,,ro,v and Ire address changed as etssn q
tss ,..I ,T =, ne ,ats Of Is ee.ts PER wOath.
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rur Ohio Democratic State Convention
n,sssd into history and General Darbin
WEar.l's remains were allowed to rest in
the tomb.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22
Won't raGe : the Machines

TEREG HAurE, INp., August 2l,-A nail
feeders union was organized here last
night, and the feeders now refuse to take
the nailers' machines as expected by the
company. v R.i
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cO,xp or PoLlCE SAITH has not removed
+, ,srt % Johnson that we have heard Of. Is
bo afraid to2
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

TnE 1SrrLmoKScrR finds no pleasure in
showing up the police except as there is
always qualification in the performance
Of a duty. The INrRLLlaescER would be
much better pleased itthe police would
do the right thing. Tie cold fact is that
awcak chief has selected q bad force, and
the whole outfit Is ina state Of demorali-
ation. This is not what the people pay
for
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

Tur Republicans OF Ohio know their
duty this year. Leonard will have no
fascinstions for them.
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Tug Democrats OF Ohio do not seem to
Il. nlqasel with the nomination Of Hoadly.
stIbe same time it may be remarked that
tbp Republicans are iubilant.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

rnr Old ticket is in a fair way to get
a sound old drubbing.
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l1o,ulI WilI get there, some otheryear.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-22

aaWill you 20 into politics again?n
emo, retired Of my own yolitlon.
can carry my district whenever desire.'
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David Z. skegss, Of Allen Township,
Drake county, o., was, on his own motion,
lodged in the Insane Asylum, as he was
afraid he would kill somebody in a
t.spall.u . 49, E
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-27
THE FAMOUS PONY EXPRESS.

Twenty years ago, settlers starting for the
far West, with their heavily-laden wagons,
knew that the journey would occupy six
months of hard travel, and might involve
many dangers of varied character chiefly
from hostile Indians, prairie fires, and rat
tlesnakes. Once started on that far journey,
many weary month must elapse ere any
tidings could reach them from the home
they had left.
Great was the excitement when a compa-
nv of fearless, determined men, announced
their resolution to carry letters from the
shores of the Atlantic to those Of the Pacific
in fourteen days. The feat was deemed
impossible. Nevertheless, the Central Over
land California and Pixies Peak Express
was duly organized, the vast expanse OF
country right across the great continent was
divided into runs of sixty miles, and at each
terminus rude log huts were erected as sta
tions and stables for men and beasts.
The latter were strong, swift ponies, Sc
lected for their hardness and great powers
of endurance, and the riders were all pick
ed men, experienced scouts and trappers,
noted-even in that region of keen, hard
riding mentor courage and good horse
manship; and many time must both have
been tried to the uttermost in the course of
those terribly long and aWfully lonesome
rides across the trackless prairie, continually
in danger of attack, by day or by night,
by wild Indians or highway robbers.
Once week an express messenger started
from either side of the Great Continent.
From the first moment to the last, not
second must be lost. AS long as the pony
could gallop he must; and the eager beasts
seemed as keen as their riders, and scarcely
needed the cruel spur to urge them on.
For sixty miles astretch they must keep up
their utmost speed and when at length the
goal was reached, where the next messenger
was waiting in the saddle, ready to start
without one minutes delay, the precious
letter bag was tossed from one postman to
the other, and, ere the wearied incomer had
even dismounted, his successor had started
on his onward way.
Then pony and man might rest and feed,
and rest again, till the return of the mes
senger with re-filled letter-bag, which
was warranted to accomplish its journey of
upward of 1000 miles in 240 hours. (The
railway on the New York side being al
ready constructed as far as st. Joseph, that
station was the eastern point to which the
pony express had to run.)
The pony express was continued for two
years, accomplishingit work with amazing
regularity, and involving many feat OF
splendid riding and wild adventure. 1t
proved, however, ruinous failure from
commercial point of view, and the COM
pany collapsed with deficit of $2OO,OOO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-27
The CAT:-1n Egypt the cat at was treated teel

THE CAT:-In Egypt the cat was treated
with great honor. We have the authority
of Herodotus for the fact that when cat
died in an Egyptian home the members of
the bereaved family shaved off their eye
brows, and that of Diodorus for the touch
ing statement that although Egyptians have
been known to eat their fellow creatures du-
ring famines, no instance of cat eating was
ever heard of. If an Egyptian happened
to find dead cat, says the Sicilian histo-
rian, he was careful not to approach it close
der. Standing at distance he made the
sad loss known by cries of distress. Du-
ring conhagrations, according to Herodotus,
the Egyptian spectators allowed the flames
to rage unchecked, devoting their attention
to saving the cats belonging to the burning
houses. A Roman happened one day to
kill a cat by accident. The melancholy
event took place at a time when the Egyp-
tian government was very anxious to con-
ciliate Rome. But in spite of the exertions
of the king and his ministers the mob broke
into the Romans dwelling and intention
ally did to him what he accidentally did to
the cat. Of this act of popular vengeance
Diodorus says he was witness. According
to Lenormant the cat does not appear on
the Egyptian sculptures earlier than the
twelfth dynasty (202O B. CO. and therefore
it's domestication is due to the inhabitants
of the Upper Nile. That process, remarks
Helm, must have taken long time, but
it was thoroughly successful in the end.
The domestic cat very rarely deserts civill-
zation in favor of savage freedom, its char
acter offering in this respect strong con-
trast to that of its fellow Oriental, the gyp-
sy. How the tame cat made its way into
Europe is uncertain, although it is reported
to have travelled from Egypt by way of
Cyprus. The period of its arrival, also, is
shrouded in mystery. 1t does not seem to
have been known in classic times, and the
early centuries of our era appear to have
been unaware of its existence. In so cat
less period the arrival of such beneficent
beast as that which has kept Whittington's
memory green might we'll be hailed with
acclamation. 1t is easy to believe that the
progress of the cat was very rapid when it
had once shown itself. Silently, but ire
sistibly, it seems to have subjugated the
European hearth. 1t is terrible to think of
how much pleasure as we'll as profit the
world would have been deprived if the cats
career had been cut prematurely short.
Most fortunate was it, as Helm remarks,
that it's introduction preceded those epochs
in which its associations with idolatry
might have caused it to fall victim to the
fanaticism of Islam or the ascetism of Chris
tianity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-27

EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.-T Egyp-
tians, whose architecture, otherwise so rich
ly developed, was chiefly restricted to the
interior, made excessive use Of painting
and coilanaglyphics to enliven dead masses
of exterior walls. The Assyrians needed
sculpture revetment and painted stucco to
support and hide the weakness of their
masonry, and its incapacity for architectu-
raj treatment within and without. Merely
decorative art thus gained an undue su-
premacy in both countries. Among the
Persians, on the other hand, architecture
attained it's full rights by important and har-
monious advances, while decorative sculp-
ture and painting withdrew to their proper
subordinate positions.