The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-19
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
The Illinois Supreme Court has grant
cd Bo0dler Ed Mcdonald, OF Chicago, a
supersedeas and twenty days additional
time to file briefs.
The County Clerk at; ;Bonham, Texas,
is engaged recording two mammoth
mortgages. They are for $4,000, 900
each, both given by the Pacific Railroad
Company.
With the election in 0scoda county
Saturday the local option campaign in
Michigan closed until summer. 0scoda
was the thirty-fOurth county to give a
prohibition majority.
The Supreme Council, Royal Templars
of Temperance, concluded u three days
session Mt BufFdlo, Friday evening, and
adjourned sine die. Most OF the business
was OF routine character.
Horace A. Hurlbut, Austin Patterson
and Andrew Mateson have Incorporated
the Globe Publishing Company, at Chi
cago, and will start straight out Demo-
ocratic paper about April l.
Mississippi timber lands are being
quietly bought by Northwe tern lumber
men. Recordssliow they have purchas-
ed 25O,OOO acres' during the last six
months. The buyers are principally
from Michigan. - ''-A "
During the trial Of James Scarlet at
Bonham, Tex, Saturday, for the murder
Of Andy Lacefeld in 1885, the supposed
victim walked into court, thus disprov-
ing the charge Of murder. Scarlett was
Immediately released.
The Ontario Legislature Friday night
passed to second reading the bill to es-
tablish manhood suffrage for the elec-
tions TO, the Ontario Parliament This
virtually makes ita law. The House will
be prorogued Thursday.
Saturday morning Jerry Hayes, a
young man employed in Garvey's tin
shop, Toledo, was instantly killed and
the shop badly wrecked by the explo-
sion Of nitro-gly glycerine can, supposed
to be empty. HayesPhead, was blown
Martin ]. Clark, one OF the fraudulent
Judges OF the last municipal election in
| Baltimore, was Saturday sentenced to
two years in Jail. HezGkiah Best, an
other Judge, convicted OF the same of
tense, was also committed for'two years
imprisonment,
James France, Of Rawlins, Carbon
county, Wyo. TIA banker and promi-
1ent citizen, has failed. He claims u.s.
sets OF $227, 900 and liabilities ofSl40, 900.
France was recently; heavily muleted by
the detalcation OF two county officials
for whom he was surety.
1t was stated Saturday that the pay
ment which the Federal Government
Twill make to the Canadian Pacific Rail
wny Company for permission to cease
dIsallowing Manitoba legislation, will
take Inc t0T4R Of an en- 9rnous suhsidy to
the company's Steamship lmei -
The steamer Sowanna arrived at New
York from the West Indies Saturday.
| She met the blizzard at II p. IN. Sunday
previous, anil got onto it on the after
noon OF the l4th, On the latter date,
between-R 6 q; N; and noon, the steamer
passed close 10 eighteen water spouts.
John S. Wise has published letter
addressed to the Republicans oi
| Virginia, In which he criticises the pres
ent plan Of organization Of the Rspublii-
can party in the State, as giving to0mu
power TO the Chairman OF the State Cen
tral Committee, who is ex-senator Ma
hone. He lecommeldsR new plan, put
ting more power in thehARds Of the epeo,
tpte. Z y
The South African comet was seen at
the WaFncr Observatory, Rochester, N.
Y. for the first time yesterday morning
| in about right ascension 81 h, l6 M,
declipatiop south 160 80 m. 1t is too
near both sun and horizon to be well
seen, Its tail is some ee9 tp leDgth and
is a fine object through the telescope. i
is Just visible to the naked eye, bptwill
not he brighter. XXI,
1 White Buffalo, son ofSitting Bull, and
u number Of other prominent chiefs
OF the Sioux Nation, were IN Pierre
Dail.,, Saturday. They expressed great
! surprise when informed that the Sioux
reseryationbill had passed the House
and said the Indians would gladly fatify
| the treaty and wanted to live like white
men q \ have homes, and educate thei'
; children. - - =
Sylvester S. Hall, contractor aHd
builder, who disappeared from Mime
apolis over two years ago. turned up yes
terday, having come directly from tht
Rochester insane asyjum, where he hac
been confined, In august, 1885, thre!
weeks after his marriage, Mr., Hall lef
his home for the Boston block, telling
his wife he was expecting to take q con
!, tract for the erection Of row Of build
ings. That WIS the last seen OF hin
until yesterday, 4,l d
william Estes, OF Rome, ILL.,, went on
hunting Saturday, and his wife becom
ing uneasy at his absence, sent he
daughter.in-law, Katie Estes, aged is, i
: look for him. She found him at tn
I. house OF neighbor, about half q mil
' distant, and the two started home to
eetheg, Inst qs they reached the house
M Estes slipped on pieee at stove PIP
and fell. The S.ia Ras discharged '9h
i the young woman fell dead, being shs
. in the side, 1G Il Noji3