Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-07
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WE have been decidedly entertained with a.
long description in : late California paper, of a
dancing party given up north, !" near Weaver.
vile; most of the ladies presenthad little babies,
whose noisy pervefsity required too much attsn-
ton to permit the mothers to enjoy the dance.
A number of gallant young men volunteered to
watch the young ones while the parents indul-
ged in "break down." No sooner had the
women left the babies in charge Of the mische.
vious devils, than they stripped tho infants,
changed their clothes, giving to onethe apparel
of another. The dance,over, twas time to go.
home, and the mothers hurriedly took each a
baby, in the dress Of her own, and started, some
to their homes, ten or fifteen miles of, and were
far on their way before daylight But the day
following, there was cprodigious row in that
settlement; mothers discovered that single
day had changed the sex of their babies-ob-
servation disclosed startling physiological phe-
nomena, and then commenced some of the tall
est female pedestrianism-living miles apart, it
required two days to unmix the babies, and as
many months to restore the women to their
naturally sweet disposition. It is now unsafe
the territory.
From the same paper we also gather other
interesting scraps of information and insight in.
to California life. We read that Sacramento is
suffering under a mosquito plague. On the
night of Goth Nay the mosquitoes at Sacrament
to were perfectly awful All over the city,
wherever there was clover patch, a rose bush,
or shade tree to afford the animated pests
security, thousands of them had .congregated;
and as night fell, they sailed forth, with venom
in their beaks, to persecute and bite the swell
tering denizens Of the sultry aired city. In
some families it became necessary to extinguish
the lights and burn tobacco for a protection
against the destestable invaders.
We are told also that in one week 2s, Cos
ounces of gold, worth about $3.50, 900, were de-
posted in the San Francisco Mint; including
1871 ounces of private Californian and foreign
coin. OF silver, %, 698 ounces were deposited;
1913 ounces of it for dollars, and the remain
der, 81 AS ounces, purchased. The coinage in
double eagles amounted, to 100000.
The names of some of the California localities
are unique. We noticed mentioned Poker Flats,
LOzy Bar, Fiddler's Creek, Deadman's Hollow,
Greaser's Flat and Hell's. Delight. where there
is Slab Tunnel Company doing no end of bor-
ing and finding stores Of gold.
The quartz business in the Sonora mountains
is very profitable In one mill $500 per week
profit has been Crushed out'r for several weeks.
A respectable citizens WIFE in Shasta stab.
bed gentleman in the shoulder for applying 4
disreputabIe epithet to her.
Those 0f ha pO0u1nV;or sc
are so fortunate as to reside up at %North San
JUAN" wearo told, have beenrecently entertain
ed by accompany of German dancing girls who
dance with any "hombre" for twenty. five cents
each at the public balls. There are six women
in the group; two do the music, or something
like it, and four modestly wait to be asked,
sometimes, TO dance for two bits; and then for
the privilege of the floor. They are traversing
the country and rapidly making money.
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ONE of the editors of the Rochester Democrat
was at the Falls to witness the performance of
Mons. Blondin in crossing the Niagara River on
. a rope He gives an,account Of the affair, from
which we quote: ...=-s,.
After going some two hundred feet, he stop
ped and sat down for moment. Suddenly he
extended himself at full length on his back,
crossing his legs at the same time and appear
ing to repose. He then rose to his feet and
stood on one leg, at the same time STOPPING for
ward so as to touch the rope with his hand -
From that moment nobody doubted that he
would succeed in his undertaking. He stopped
once more before reaching. the middle of the
rope, and went through With similar eyolhtions
When little short Of half way across. the
daring adTenturer stopped again, and seating
himself as before, quietly unroled his balls Of
tWne and lowered one end to the water beneath