The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-25
aIisCELLANEOUs ITEMS.

CROWDED Win IaQleS, in Chicago, AS he
looked along the line of ladies in an APP
parently 1nqutring manner, one of
them, the youngest ind prettiest of the
lot, acting on the principle of "doing as
you would be done by" rose and graye-
ly motoned him to her seat. He blush-
ed and declined. She stood and insisted
by look and-gesture. Neither spoke,
and the. embarrassing position was only
terminated by the gentleman beating a
hnsty retreat amid .fusilade of silvery
laughter. That was u foolish course,
As no gentleman should refuse the rea-
sonable request of lady, Especially II
she is pretty he should have accepted
the seat. ~
1t has been estimated that eleven hun
dred petroleum companies, with n capt.
tai of six hundred millions, have been
created since the commencement of The
petroleum mania. Perhaps hundred
millions ofcthis capital has been paid
IN. 1t IS generally anticipated that the
oil product of the present year will
amount to one and half millions of
barrels. . 90, --,--. --..
The. board of health of the city of
Cleveland have presented to the city
council an elaborate report on the SUBJ
ject of preparing for cholera, and urge
the extension and Improvement of the
system of sewerage. The condition of
streets Is reported good compared with
that of private property, and special
ordinance is recommended to provide
Tor transporting beyond the city limits
all swill and house offaI.
In Franklin county, Mo-, a Mormon
by the name of William Stroup had a
dlthculty with negro about gathering
some corn grown upon his place. The
negro got three or four of his colorpd
friends and insisted upon gathering the
corn. Strogp took his son, with guns,
and ordered the negroes of. Young
Stroup shot the negro who claimed the
CORN 0Inangling him seriously. The
negro then shot aud killed young
Sroup. The elder Stroup then shot
and Killed the negro. sl..l lll 49,
John BULBS preaching and practice
do not agree any more than usual. He
has preached in favor of clemency to
our rebels, and against 'tarbitrary ar
rests" but in Ireland he snntches I'M
Fenians by the score, guilty of no overt
act, and in Jamaica says, BY one of his
odielals, that "every' insurrectionist
Will be hung as soon as captured"
The Washington hotels contemplate
another trisen in the price of board
The charge at Wizards is five dollars
day for board, one dollar for fire, and
fifty cents poke for keeping it up;
twenty-five cents boot for blacking;
nifty cents for the time of day; a dollar
a peep ut the register; quarter a nod
from the head porter; dollar smile
from the head clerk; fifty cents an hour
Tor SITTING in the parlOr, and ten cents
an hour for standing at the front door;
tooth picks, two bits. Cheap!
Mr.. George w. Stone, a painter, has
recovered damages to the amount of
SSOO, at the. Essex (MRss.) Superior
Court, for injuries received by being
tarred and feathered on the morning Of
the 10Th of last April, at oSwampscott,
by William Segerj and other citizens of
that town, who alleged that he had ex-
pressed joy mt the assassination OF Pres
ident Lincoln. He sued to recover
$4,000 damages. 90 i .ef-- f-
"A few days since, a lady travelling
alone on her way to Lake Superior,
was robbed of nearly all her money by,
to her, an unknown sharper. The lady
referred to went to Detroit from Port
Huron to take passage on one of the
Lake Superior boats, and on board the
train she was accoSted by the sharper,
who succeeded in selling her spurious
ticket, for which he charged her $40, all
the money she had.
A coroner in Arkansas. of the Dog
berry persuasion, after fmpanneline
his jury, said "Now, gentlemen, you
arc to determine whether the deceased
came to his death by accidence, by in
cidepse, or by incendiary." The YER
dict was that the deceased came to his
death by ,accidence in the shape of a
bowie knife.'' all lf.. -
The federal officers having been ex-
cluded from the ball given by the
knights and ladies of fredericksburg
atter their tournament last Wednesday,
the commandant of the post retaliates
By prohibiting the use of amhulances
and, other government property by the
citizens of Fredericksburg, SO that the
secesh danes and demoiselIes who
turn up their, noses at the federal uni
form must go on foot this winter,
4, The. National bankers express COM
pany have made arrangements with the
New York Central railroad for two cars
a day each way over that road PaclS-
ages Will be carried from Boston and
New York to Cincinnati and Chicago
by January l. The company has a
working capital of 81 ,OOO,O 600.
The Governor of Oregon has called
an extra session of the Legislature.
which is to meet on December 5. The
unionists of the State were anxious 10
record the vote of their State among
those who have ratified the cOnstitu2
uonal amendment. As the Unionists
control both branches ofthe Legislature.
the ratification is foregone conclusion.
la The receipts of cattle in Chicago last
week were 6,574. Sales in the same
time were 6,055. The ReDtkblicdIs adj
vises farmers to keep unfattened cattle
ut home and feed them, as there is no
longer any demand for stock cattle.
Last week .2SOs2 hogs were received
IN Chicago, and IS, S32 were sold, Prices
ranged from $10,50 for light hogs, to
Sl1,75 for prime. The receipts of hogs
IN, Chicago, October 1st, are 1856, sO4 less
than during the same time last year.
1t has been decided by the Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency that Pacific Rail-
road bonds issued by the United States
will be received as security for circula-
ting notes of national banks, and circu-
lation will be issued upon deposit of
such bonds, Mt the rate of eighty per
cent. of their par value. - -
g James Mccormick, who died at New
burg, New York, last week, at the age
OF one hundred and fourteen, was pro-
badly the oldest person in the United
States. He was born in Ireland, and
came across the Atlantic twenty years
ago.
landlord in the Lady of LyOns2r said a
manager to a seedy actor in quest of an
engagement. 81 should think I might, -
was the reply, 81 have done a great
many landlords"
A panic occurred in public school
IN baltimore, on Monday, caused by a
cry OF IRE being raised. There were
several hundred children in the school
at the time, whose alarm and fright
was fearful, but happily they were All
got out without serious accident. -
The business of the United States
Patent Once is gradually increasing.
DURING the month of October six hum
dFed and twenty-eight patents were is-
sued and i've hundred and twenty
were or will be issued from the lst Co
the Zsth OF November, inclusive.