Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-27
THE i. ET.LIGENCER. j.
NEWS sUAfM9RY.

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icrfui circumstance, that an old lady in New
England is in the habit OF shoeipg hens to keep
them from scratching, and suggesting that
patent be taken out for ''the novel invention.
Editors whO regard this as novelty, must
have been brought up the pavement it is
by TO means an Hneomlnon thing in the com
try. and years ago we rocolleet seeing various
iockS of fbidijes shod with kind of Shoe made
ofa fiat piece Of sole leather and attached to
the foot by sewing it to thc toes with linen
thread. Hens under such circumstances eau
not scratch, and their nbartivo attempt TO Co-sc,
ending usually with hbisting np one foot and
regarding it Gu iouSly, as If Wondering what
the plague allied their pedals. Is one Of the ,nost
imaginable sights Imaginable.
"ASGti.S'' lin crinolinc) 1t seems 30 not flut-
ter about the Capilolat Washington for nothing.
The following curou, items appear amerg the
contingent expenses of the House Of Repre-
senla,ives for 1887 Scissors, SGG97O; ladies'
reticnles, $2l2; albums, plain aud illuminated,
1922 ladies portnOnnairs, S347; ladies' shopp-
tablets, $24T; poke; books, $50; ladies' COM
panions, STOI." So 1t seems the country. be-
sides being taxed FOR all the appropriations the
members feel disposed to yete, actually has TO
pay for their 0n,OVTs. The.wives of these mctn-
bers voting for ''ladies' companions, ought to
move a Reconsideration.
y Belfast paper. which deyotes much atten-
tion to agricultural matters learns with sntislac-
tion that the extent OF sol turned by the plough
in the north Of Ireland This SEASON, exceeds by
A large figure that Of any year since the fam
inc. Sonthward the reports equally graft
flying; but there is drawback upon the pros
pvct-a serious fall in the prices Of almost ey.
e'yti.ing which the farmer supplies
FosErGN emigration to this country seems
tn be falling oif rapidly. Otly eight thousand
emigrants have arrived at New York since
Iannary 1, but little more than one half the
number tint arrived in the same period Of last
year.
Three pianos have been made from the wood
of the Charter Oak 1t takes high polish,
and the Instruments Which the wood encnses
are of the best description. O!d fashioned
Yankee Doodle, without the counfuuuded va
riations, played ON such Instrument, would
sound houbly inspiring.
Az Athens Journal says manuscript copy Of
the Gospel on parchment, written in Greek, and
hearing date a. ID. 4sn, has recently been f,,nnd
in the gurret of house in that city. 1t is said
to be in good preservation. and has been depcs-
tied in ths pub!ic library of Athens.
A club OF iniidels in AndoycI- College, recent
iy instituted discussion as to the authenticity
of the Bible, aud the result Of their insestga-
tions was, TINT five "f them were led to believe
in the word of Christ, and become his followers.
shipment of eighteen Thousand coon skins
was made in a single lot from Chicago on the
10th inst, for London, by way of New York.--
The average value of t!ic coon skins is about fif
ty cents each. They were put up into bales of
three hundred skins each.
TuE American word caucus is introduced in
to English politics. The London STIR speaks OF
a caucus OF Lord PaImeFstoi's fiiends.
AT prayer meeting ia Boston, night or
two since, a lady present had her pocket picked
of$I6O III bills aud $40 gold piece.
a MILITARY DKsPurlsN ~ FHANcE. The pres
ent political condition Of Francs, according to
the following extract from the letter Of Paris
correspondent, must be wrctched indeed. lie
say>:-
France is daily becoming more of a barracE
Noihing Is now in fashion (yuu know how pO-
tent ord that is heTe) but brute force OHe
day a newspaper attacks literary men as being
a miserable, vile set ut WretcheS. Another day
another paper attacks tie bar as the cstisC of all
tie evils of the country, warning young men to
avoid it, lawsuits daily lrsseuin;; aud tai
ents are less necessary at the bar. The friends
of the government, indeed all the press but the
liberal ganS. are bccpuiing araLid on the sub
juct Of England and liberty; both are abused
every day ia the most unmeasured terms. The
army is the object Of the chief sOiiritnds OF the
government; new barracks, tich, by the way,
will form splendid monuments oftAe capital, are
going up every day. The speeches aud nduIcS-
seS Of tue neW divisional Commanders aud the
other military chiefs OF the provinces. recently
published, are most insolepL IN tone, and shOw
the country III pinin terms that 1t Il enSlaved to
The will oi Louis Napoleon. The police we're
ne,er more active than at present; every DAY
the new sIiaperS record the tine and iInpriEOn-
,nent oi impudent takers guilty of insulting
the Emperor old women Of sixty are in
cluded in the prisoners for their political III ive!
ling. There are at least fifteen hundred I,ohti-
cal prisoners III Fruuce ASH Algeria, and the
new law Of public safety is nightly adding to
the number. Men a. imprisoned for possess
ing statue OF Liberty, others for owning a por-
Trait OF Leiiru R0lin Military men mOnOpolize