The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-21
NEWS IN BRIEF,

health within the past thirty.six hours,
and is now considered out Of danger.
Hyatt Brothers, lumber men OF De.
troit, have failed. Liabilities are thought
to be about $l50, 900, but nothing is known
definitely.
A scheme to blackmail Mrs. Walkup,
who was tried for poisoning her husband
at Emporia, Kansas, and acquitted, has
been exposed.
Minister Phelps lays there is no such
estate in England as the Lawrence-ToWn-
ley estate, nor is there any known family
Of that designation,
The body OF Aaron Wright, aged As, was
found In the canal basin, near Coshocton,
Ohio. He attempted to cross on the
ice some time Friday night and broke
through.
The strikius shoe cutters at Cincinnati
have decided 10 return to work pending
the investigation Of the trouble existing
between the workingmen and mapGtsc-
turers. In consequence all factories will
start again to.dsf,
4 Washington special says Mr.. Randall
has decided TO press z constitutional
amendment to authorize the President to
veto paTte OF the appropriations which he
may consider excessive, without defeating
the whole bill.
It is estimated that il will cost the Cana.
dian Dominion Government 100000 to
reimburse the Srogers and saloon keepers
who obtained their licenses under the Do.
niinion liquor act, which the Priyy Coun-
Gil has declared unconstitutional.
A CiiSspA' Anti.Chinese Association
has been organized at Sacramento with a
large membephip. The association has
for its object the furthersnne OF legislation
for Kidding California OF Chinese and the
replacement Of Chinese by white labor.
Grand Rapids has been thrown into =
fever Of excitement by the announcement
that samSel ?. glsy, = prominent lawyer,
hAs brought suit against Enos Putnam, a
wealthy lumber merchant, for $60,ObO
damages, for alternating the affections OF
hiis Wiiet
The Philadelphia Common Council has
expelled David Mouat by vote OF 81 to 3.
The resolution OF tho COMMITTEES which
was thus sustained hY the emphatic vote
Of the ChambeF, declared that Moust at
tue time Of his election by the people Of
the Fifth ward last month was ineligible.
AT 10 o'clock Saturday morning the
United States steamer Dolphin, Captain
Meade, left her anchorage 1t Brooklyn
Navy Yard and headed out on her trial
trip. She will CAL at Newport, r. l., to
haYe her GompASses adjusted, and will
then proceed South, probably lt0pplng at
Savannah, Ga. Her trip will last 10 days.
A serious and fatal accident is reported
TO have occurred TO the incoming train
from the West Friday evening on the
Canada Pacific railroad a. GE. Martin
Junction, Il piies nom Montreal. The
driver Of the locomotive was killed and
fireman fatally injured. No t5eius have
lett Montreal or Ottawa sinee, a the line
is blocked,
While seven men were being hoisted to
the surface in the Solferino mine, near
Neyadavills, COL, rock fell from above
and struck Archaleps Warren on the head,
knocking lim out Of the bucket. An ex!
plorlng party found a piece Of his jawbone
At the 100 foot level, and . Rie9o Of his
skull at the l,S09toot leyGl, where his
coat was also found. His body fell about
200 feet
Avery peculiar afiliction has been visit
ed upon Miss Mabel Knickerboaker, OF
Evansville, Ind. While the young lady
was in her seat in the school, studying,
she suddenly 1tSrtled her companions BY
eIclGlmlng, "Where am IP On exam.
ination Il was found that she had com,
pletely lost her eyesight. She had been
near.Bighted since her birth and compelled
10 wear glasses, which she had on at the
time Of her Affliction. The cause Of the
attack 10 supposed to be nervousness and
overstudy.
4 long pending dispute between the
two branches Of the Order Of United Work.
men In Iowa has been decided by the
Supreme Court Of the State. The order
divided on the question Of pay in death
Losses outside Of the State, The objecting
Workmen organised grand lodge known
as the State Grand Lodge, WhilO the other
side retained allegiance to the Supreme
Grand Lodge. Each side claimed the
name OF A. o. U. W. and the franchises Of
the order in Iowa. The decision is In
favor Of the State Grand Lodge.