Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-30
THE INTEI.LIGENCER.
NEMS suNfMARY.

49, " = - >N@- AVA <AAS \
as NJ HsaxAN, the celebrated conjuror went in
to ia hairdresser's shop on April day, at Brussels
and begged to be shaved All male hands be-
ing engaged, the ba'ber's wife offered oOficiate
and did so. But in the middle Of the operation
N. Herman expressed discomfort, and said he
would finish the process himself So takingthe
razor from the wOnaus hsnd he stood up, and
to the utter terror of all present, cut his throat
apparently from ear to ear. Some bystanders
rushed to him, whilst others ran for surgeons
and police; but, to their utter astonishment,
| N. Herman turned round, quietly asked what
they AL meant by the uprOar, and showed his
neck from scratch and his shirt spotlesS.-
The police report of this morning says that
the hnirdreSser was SO frightened that he fell
down in swoon, and that half his hair has tur-
ned white.
SEyERAL hundred citizens went to bed few
nights since in Syracuse, New York, and awokc
the next niUruing ia the town ofDeWith The
transfer was accomplished in this wise: a bill
was urged upon the Legislature and passed at
late period in the session, making some deci-
ded amendments 10 the charter Of Syracuse.-
But since the hill has reached that place, its
people are astnnnded by the discovery that
section has been interpolated setting off por
tion OF the city-ineluding taxable property to
the amount OfupwardS oftwo hundred and forty
thousand dolIars-to the town of Dewitt Cur
ses loud and deep are the consequence, but who
did the deed 'nObody knows" 1
"A BIGGER ship than the Leviathan is already
talked of in England. tits intended that this
new monster shall carry S, 900 tons more than
the Leviathan--iS to run faster, and draw less
wafer. An engineer of Liverpool, named
Clare, proposes TO build ship 1000 feet in
length, 70 feet beam, and only 80 feet from deck
to keel, making her perfectly fiat bottorued and
her sides perfectly square. In size she would be
10000 We will not be surprised to hear, one
of these days, that some engineer proposes to
build bridge across the Atlantic. with hotels,
arranged at convenient distances apart, for the
comfort of travellers. - ~
PRrssIA is about to make n third attempt to
put down gambling throughout the Germanic
Confederation, having given notice of motion
in the Frankfort Diet fos the compulsory closing
of the various casinos kursaas, &C.. which I'M
fest the the banks of the Rhine. 1t IS very
questionable, however, whether her efforts will
be successful. The fact is the Governments
that tolerate gambling cannot afford to be NOR
al, and abolish it. The casinos are by far their
most profitable source of revenue, and the
crowds of foreigners they attract enrich the pop
ulation.
A week or TWO since, blind, paralyzetl old
man, without friends or money, died at the house
of benevolent negress, who had given him
shelter, in Evansville, Ind Among his effects
were papers aud testimonials which proved him
to be Dr. John PocOck Holmes, member of
the College of Surgeons, London, and formerly
in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company,
the friend of Capt Barry, the Arctic navigator,
and the associate of many of the first people of
England He was the author Of several valua-
BILE inventions.
LAST MUndny the New York papers were in
a sensation about the "inysterious disappear
ance0 of !. young man from Brooklyn. He
'was steady, sober and intelligent young man
and must have been foulIy dealt with" On
Wednesday, search for his body wus disconth-
ued; owing to the fact that the "stcady young
man" had been arrested for drunkenness, aud
''sent up!" u.s.
Two Coon PuNs.--The Charleston, Is. C.)
Courier says that ut Some festive occasion con-
nocted with the commencement of Harvard,
Judge Story having been called on for senti-
ment gave,
"The Hon Edwnrtl Everett-Fame follows
merit where, Everett (scer it) goes
The upronirous and dea(euing applause called
forth by this jeu'd' esprit having subsidized, Mr.
Everett rose and paid with usury the compli-
ment and laudation he had received. and gave
in return,
"The Hon. Joseph Story-No emineuce in
virtue, learoIng OF Jurisprudence, can rise high
er than pDe Story"
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