The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-20
NEWS IN BRIEF,

Mexico has reinforced chihuahua with
fifteen hundred troops, with artillery to
match.
John Burchcll, a former Pennsylvania,
was killed by lightning at Richmond, Mo-,
yesterday.
Eli Whitney Blake, inventor OF the
stone.Cruaher, and nephew Of Whitney, Of
COtton.gln tam' is dead.
Henry o'Rsilly, the frat editor OF the
died in that city last night.
The Republicans Of the Twentieth Ohio
district nominated Hon. G. W. Grouse for
Congress on tho first ballot.
Sensational disclosures arO made re-.
garding the bids for furnishing Georgia
granite for street paving In Cincinnati.
The zsal OF Governor ireland, Of Texas,
for Cuttings release or war Is said to he
prompted by his ambition to succeed U.
i. SENATOR Maxey.
JGmos Ryan, living at III First street,
Chicago, was beaten 10 death yesterday,
and his son ThUmIs was arrested as the
supposed murderer.
The residence Of 9. G. Taylor, OF Spring
Gold, Ohio, was entered by burglars and
robbed OF seal-sktn srques and silk
dresses valued at 5000.
A bridge over the West river, noar Brat.
tleboro, VI gave way yesterday, letting
narrow guage train into the stream. Two
men were killed and seven Injured.
Frank Doolittle, aged twenty, Of Walker
ton, Ind, while playing base ball yester.
day, was struck In tho back Of the head
by the ball and died in thirty minuteu.
The boiler at Leo Ebert 4 90. q brewery
at Ironton exploded yesterday morning,
the building taking Are, causing damage
TO the amount Of $500, No one injured.
Patrick O'Brien, saloon.keeper, Of Lima,
Ohio, stabbed George Daug6erty, au oil
we'll drlllsr OF Bradford, Penn, several
times, and cut a large cash In his throat,
which will kill him. 0'Brien is In Jail.
The will Of DR.. J. II. Mclean, Of St.
Louis, probated Wednesday, leaves oil bis
properly to HE wife, with the erequest that
she keep 1t intact, 10 be managed by q
corporation according to recommends
tons. s...
Five tobacco barns, containing the last
years crops, belonging to Il. r. Bell,
Richard Arrasmith, Granville Irvine,
Mitch Grimes and Joseph Wells, near
0wingsvilIe, KY, were blown down We'd
neSday morning.
Job Dean and Robert Davis were ar.
rested at Anderson, Ind, yesterday,
charged with being accompllces OF the
horse thief, Perry Flint. Dean Is q promi.
nent politician and farmer, aud his arrest
caused u sensation.
Deputy Commissioner s!oCkslager, Of
the Land Office, having received word
from the President that he would have
10 Withdraw from tho Congressional con-
test In Indiana or leave the department,
has chosen the former
In connection with the abatement that
Secretary Manning may return 10 work In
the Treasury, q New York physician says
the Secretary has been the victim ol a
stroke OF paralysis aud must remain q
broken man from this on, With liability to
new seizure ut any time.
Professor Gray's application for a tele.
phone patent, which lapsed eight yeats
ago, has been reinstAted by tho OomnlB.
1Iohtr. II Will In due course Of time be
referred 10 tho examiner oi inlerenCsS,
aud Bell will bo notified. II he chooses,
ho can appear by attorneys and contest
The Issuance Of a p tent. Unless this 10
done, the law requires II 10 be kept In the
secret archives Of the Department.
A prominent Indiana Republican says
In an intutVleWI ~ feel safe Ia predlOts
Inc that We shall have a good majority Of
The Indiana delegation III The next Com
gfeis, There ara now eight Democrats
and Ave Republicans. a gain oil two
would place lie ID tho ms sIonty, but We
expect more than that Never In the
history Of indiana has party been 90
thOfonghly broken up into factions 90 the
Uemocfab Are there lh,day,n