The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-20
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The Austrian ships in New York har
Dor were profusely decorated with bunt
ing Saturday, the occasion being the Gel
ebration OF the fifty-seventh birthday o.
the Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
ASH party OF picnickers were return
ing from Lake Forrest, near Chicago
Saturday evening, n quarrel occurred be,
tween several men in which two, named
Duggan and Morgan, were stabbed, the
former fatally.
At Vernon, No., Saturday morning,
Frank Linneburg shot his wife and him.
self through the head. Both will die.
Linneburg wanted his wife TO deed back
property given her ut the time OF mar
riage, which she refused TO do.
Information has been received by let
ter to the effect that the Arctic whaling
fleet had not done well up TO date.
Plenty OF whales had been seen, bnt the
vessels could not get them. Up to July
10 the total catch was 81 whales by IA
vessels.
It is stated that the general managers
Vi lllt NullDub bGtNNSA SAANt6S
and the Missouri have definitely con-
cluded to take of their limited express
trains next Sunday, regardless OF pro-
tests OF the Kansas City and Omaha
people.
The Rev. Robert II. Collyer, OF New
York, has been selected as orator on the
occasion OF the unwilling OF the bronze
statue OF Robert Burns, in Albany,
August 80. 1t is expected that this event
will bring together one OF the largest
gathering Of Scotchmcn ever assembled
in this country.
During dance near Ottawa, ILL.,,
largely attended by Norwegians, two
young men got into fight over part
ncr, and one OF them was stabbed. At
this the men present took sides, and re-
volvers and knives were used freely.
Eight are reported either shot or stab
bed, four Of whom may die.
The HisCock File Company OF West
Chelmsford, Mass, shut down Friday
night for All indefinite period, owing to
the persistent and aggressive war Of
large incorporated concerns. The stock
holders voted to petition the company
into insolvency. The aggregate liahili-
ties are in the neighborhood of$l0O,OOO.
From Round Mountain, Ala, comes
news OF bloody race riots. James Elliott,
proprietor OF a blast furnace, discharged
his force OF white men and employed
negroes instead. The white men be-
came enraged, and swore the blacks
should not work. Shotguns, pistols
and knives were used, and lively
skirmish followed.
Before sailing, Saturday, the captains
Of the steamships City OF New York and
Umbriaindignantly denied that an ocean
race between their vessels was contemp-
lated. The captain OF the former said
the machinery OF his vessel had not yet
reached that working smoOthness which
it would acquire later; consequently, he
said, very fast time was not expected.
Robert Holmes and Jennie Lowric,
two highly respected young persons re-
siding near 0swego, n. y, hired a sail
boat to 90 to picnic several miles from
the harbor on Thursday. They started
TO return at 8 o'clock that night, but
have not since been heard from. Friday
night the boat was found on the beach,
and it is thought that the couple have
been drowned.
At Chicago Minnie DAILY, a noted pick
pocket and shopliftcr, and wife OF an ex-
pert burglar, accompanied by two other
women well known to the police, stop
ped well-dressed gentleman in front
OF the BrCvoort House, on Madison
street, and attempted to rob him. At
this uncture two policemen arrived.
Minnie Daily escaped, but the other two
women were arrested.
The archiepisCopal authorities OF Mon
treal are now discussing the demolition
OF st. Peters Catholic Cathedral, which
is now more than half finished, and
which has already cost nearly Il half
million. Over ten years ago the build
ing, which is u reduced model Of st. Pc
ter's at Rome, was begun, and all the
Catholics in the diocese were assessed 81
a head, but the payments were slow: 1t
is proposed to use the stone to build Il
new parish building.
An attempt was made by masked men
TO rob the Union Pacific eastbound over
land passenger train. At Dana station,
near Rawlins, three masked men COW
cred the engineer with revolvers and
compelled him to throw up his hands.
Brakeman Frank Tillman grGppled with
one OF the robbers, the express messen-
ger came to the rescue and the masked
marauhers were put to flight after thirty
or forty shots had been exchanged.
Seventeen dynamite bombs were
found in n heap Of scrap iron at New
port, Ky. The supposition is that the
bombs were shipped with lotOf scrap
iron from Chicago. 1t is thought that
the owner or maker OF the bombs had
become fearful OF their being discovered
in his possession, and had hid them in
some garnet or out-ol-the-wuy place
where they had been discovered by Il
servant or housewife, who, unaware of
their character, had sold them to some
junk dealer. In this way they had found
their way to the Newport Iron and Steel
Works.