The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-14

i Ilnople LOT nexb ES4turQAytt 70 express cOn'
dolence with Mrs. Grant over the deatf
Of her husband. K.
NEWS m BRIEF.
1T. Moore, druggist, at wapakoneta, o.
has assigned.
Mrs. Helen Hunt jackson, thesan Fran
cisco authoress, is dead.
The New York Grant monument sub
scription 10 date is SIS, ,6i9. r
Charles Wright, Of Wethersfeld, Conn.
aleading botanist, was found dead in his
barn.
a smallboy named Wagner fell from I
tree near Camden, O., and crushed his
skull.
"a convention Of the Peoples party Is
called TO meet in New York city, septem-
Der 8.
The encampment Of the G. a. R. at
Springfield, o., promises to be great
success. "
at Dayton, o., s, E. Adams, formerly Of
Lebanon, committed suicide by taking
morphine. Z
James o'Neal, James Rolkins. Henry
swebel and Allen Myers escaped fromjail
atAshland, Ohio.
Howard Root, Of Akron, O., aged thir.
teen, was shotin the head by a comrade
while firing at Q mark.
At Zanesville, o., William French is
held without bail TO answer the charge OF
numbering John Jasper.
+ Chicago's Grant monument fund sub
scription exceeds $4,000, the sum asked,
and money still flows in,
.Adolph Lutzel was accidentally shot in
the shoulder while hunting near Seymour,
Ind. His recovery is doubtful.
Commodore Oscar; O. Badger, recently
relieved from the command of the Boston
Navy Yard, has been placed on the retired
List.
Louisiana tobacco manufacturers have
been refused by Commissioner Miller to
pack in pals an unrecognized grade OF
chewing tobacco. q
"A scheme is said to be on foot by
Dumas and Dnmont, Riel's Lieutenants,
10 organize 8 force of cowboys and others
toetfect his release.
Postmaster General Villas left Washing
ton yesterday morning for the West TO
takea vacation OF three or four weeks.
BE goes to Chicago, thence probably
home. < Vi 2 X y
al Hamer, Charles w Williamsand Shorty
Taylor were arrested near West Jefferson,
o., for robbipg q Epedler on the highway.
His goods and clothing were found in their
possession. q Z
Five prisoners in the Catletsburg, KY,
jail ifattempted to blow hole in the build.
ing with some cartridg gesthey We're allowed
torehlin when imprisoned. They were
unsuccessful.
Dr.. A. b. Leonard, Prohibition candi-
date for Governor Of Ohio, denounces the
story printed in the Cincinnati Commercial
Gateite, that he drank ale at q campmeet-
ing, as an infamous lie.
The Stokes will case in New York, in
volying the distribution OF s., 900, ,000, !, was
ended by the codicil cutting off Mrs. Davis,
the daughter, now dead, being upheld.
The. suit was for her heirs. 7,
One Democrat has been discovered at
Youngstown, o., who declares his inten-
ton of voting the Prohibition ticket.
Another case is reported from Sydney,
but 1t is regarded as suspicious.
First Comptroller Durham is becoming
impatient with the delay Of DR.. Loring
aud counsel in the formers Agricultural
Bureau accounts, and will begin suit
against his bondsmen for the deficit.
Governor Hoadly, Of Ohio, has granted
0 requisition from the Governor OF
Missouri for Charles Williams, under ar
rest at Cleveland. He. Is charged with
the murder Of Patrick Moran, at st. Louis.
o. R. Patterson, residing at Urbana, o.,
after .disposing Of his property and bor-
rowing considerable money, lei. suddenly.
His wife fears foul play, but his creditors
do not view his disappearance in that
light. q.
Maddux, Hobart & Co., Of Cincinnati,
have offered 10 compromise with the Gov
ernment the deficit in the barrel measure
ment, recently exposed, by payment OF
| Sc. 900. This Is refused, the Government
being loser to the extent Of s., 600.
First Auditor Rhenowith proposes TO in
vestigate the accounts Of the Geological
and Revenue Departments. All special
revenue agents are engaged in investiga-
tions in all parts Of the country, called TO
attention BY the Cincinnati and Peoria
(1llsl affairs.
John Gate; a farmer aged seventy years,
living at Missouri Cily, Mo-, was found
murdered In. his bed last evening. Bis
hands and feet were bound and severe
wounds were found on his head. The
motive and perpetrators Of the crime at
present are unknown. .
BY the recent army orders, Lieutenant
Greely, First Lieutenant Craig and First
Lieutenant Dunwoody will have to return
to their regiments. Exception will proba-
bly,. be made in the case Of Lieutenant
Greedy, to give him time TO complete his
report Of the recent Arctic expedition.
Great indignation prevails at Youngs-
town, o., over the assertion OF Rev.
Snodgrass that he had been informed by
| O physician that no less that six ladies oi
that place required his attention almost
monthly for delirium tremens. Leading
physicians declare the statement absurd
and 1ibelous. ) :. y. =. " 81
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