The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.

"Buck" Porter was jailed at Bushville,
Ind, yesterday for an alleged rape.
Vice.P President Hendricks has telegraph
ed his congratulations to Fitzhugh Lee.
E.P. II. Harrison, OF West Virginia,
hes been appointed Special Agent Of the
Land Office by Secretary Lamar.
A son Of Richard Cox. a miner at Coal
Creek, near Knoxville, Tenn, pushed a
three-year-old sister in the fire yesterday,
where the girl burned to death.
A freight train on the G. K NJ. railroad
went through treetle yesterday near Mil.
ler's Station, Ohio, wreckin2 over twenty
cars. Fortunately no one was hurt.
At Wabash, Ind, Mira. John Lintner,
aged 10, was found lying dead upon the
kitchen floor and small child playing
unconsciously about the corpse. Heart
disease.
Judge Eben Newton. one OF the oldest
mem er OF the bar in Ohio died yesterday
at Cleveland, aged 9l years. He was
the first Common Pleas Judge Of the
county.
Burglars effected an entrance to the
freight warehouse OF the G., NJ, V. < @.
railroad, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and broke
open number Of cases Of dry goods, boots
and shoes, &c.
The celebrated Loucks-Louthsin sian.
der was reset for hearing at Dephi, Ind,
Monday, bnt yesterday the matter was
compromised, giving Loucks, the minister,
judgment for one cent and costs.
The residence Of Father Honoratus
Bourien, pastor Of the Catholic church at
Belleiontaine, Ohio, was burglariZed o'
S9S. Supposed TO be the work OF a one.
eyed tramp on whom he had bestowed
aims in the evening.
No information mas been obtained that
throws any additional light upon the
mysterious disappearance Of Mr.. John B.
Beutlcr, OF Wapakoneta, Ohio, and his
relatives and friends are greatly worried
10 consequence.
John Il. Weber, at Cleveland, vester-
day, formerly an officer in the English
army stationed at Gibraltar, broke two OF
his wife's ribs yesterday during drunken
Ct and then swallowed desertspoouful OF
arsenic. He will die.
One Of the wells recently drilled at
Findlay, O., for natural gas was iorpedoed
Yesterday and a stream oil oil shot so
feet into the air. The well is flowing SO
barrels per day and to height Of 10 feet.
There is great excitement in the town.
Major General Joseph ]. Finnegan, Of
the Confederate army, died Tuesday
night at his orange grove in Orange
county, Florida. He achieved distinction
in his successful battle against General
Seymour and the Union forces at Olustee,
in that State, in 1864.
Owing to the discovery Of an alleged
compact on the part Of some residents Of
Winnipeg to take the life Of Riel should
the Dominion Government fail to execute
him, the Government has omeRlarmed
and doubled the guard over the prisoner
at the barracks at Regina.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
depot at Mirristown, Ind, broke open the
ticket case and opened several express
packages, but took nothing from the
Office, after which they broke into the
hardware store OF A. B. Harmed, carrying
of reyolyers, knives, tobacco and cigars
to the amount Of $50.
| j. K. Hoyle, who claims 10 be traVel'
ing salesman in the employ Of @. NJ. Jack
son < Co., Wholesale grcceis, at Pitts
hurgh, Pa, was arrested yesterday at
Chicago and locked up on suspicion oi
robbing D. C. Sterling, merchant from
High Point, Mo. The police think the case
against Hoyle is slim.
A double header freight train collidet
with switch engine on the n. Y. P. & n
| r. R, at Akron early yesterday morning
One locomotive and four cars were de
molished. Loss 100000. The eugineel
and iitemen saved their lives by jumping
The accident was caused BY the negli
gerce Of an operator who fell asleep.
Congressman Butterworth and Mr.
Henry Wise Garnett, lawyer, OF thtl
4 city, who were employed as counsel 70
the Signal Service men recently tried b!
Court Martial at Fort Meyer. called II
person upon the Secretary OF War yesser
day morning and submitted TO him
joint complaint in writing OF the conduc
Of the trial and the action Of the court
They asked that the matter be othciall,
investigated,