The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-13
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SRHkr do you intend TO do with
Jefferson DavisR't asked an English
man orc returned soldier the other day.
sit would be- blasted cruel to be hang
ing him, you know. Now, what do you
intend to do with himP" The soldier
replied that they proposed to borrow
the Island OF st. Helena and shut him
up there Us the English did Napoleon.
A NEW BEDFoRD lady, who was In
BOSTON ON Saturday, astounded n fe-
male piekpoCket, who ina crowd had
thrust her hand into the lady's pocket, by
turning and cOOlly inquirinE, '.Yhy do
you put your hand in my pocket, when
have my purse here in my hand ?" Z
Iris said that no single instance Of a
submarine telegraph cable being injured
by a fish Of any kind or size has yet oc-
Cured. Every creature with fins tlies
from 1t, so TINT 1t fares much better
than the wire on land in India, where
the monkeys are pers uadeCl that the
poles and lines are erected for them to
use in gymnastio exercises.
THEIRS are about fourteen hundred
applicants for the fourteen places on the
medical staff of the the regular army.
The fact that one hundred and twenty
dollars a month is so great an attraction
for medical men between the ages of2l
and So augurs well for the sanitary con-
dition Of the country. During siGkly
times young doctors make vastly more
In legitimate business. stsi
Col. S. p. HE1NTzELAIAN, of the regu-
lar army, former niRJoregeneral of vol
unteers, is ordered to join his regiment
at Harris Island and report to General
Vessels, who was a captain in the for
mer's regiment in Mexico. 1t is sug-
gested that at this rate one or two more
wars would practically reduce him to
the rank of second lieutenant.
PoRTIA says ..the quality OF mercy Is
not strained, but the telegraph says
TINT heneeEOrth the atterney-general,s
office willbe a sieve through which all
applications for pardon must pass. =
SOMEBODY has estimated that fifty
thousand people VIII visit Europe am
nnally for the next two years; each
will eXpend ON the tour twothousand
dollars, and the whole sum or ono hum
dEad million! dollars In gold win thus
be taken out Of the country. ~
CESsps returns of 1850 show that in
that year there were in operation with.
fnthe United States, . establishments
for the manufacture OF billiard and
hagatslle tables, with IN invested capi-
tai of $40, 2BS; paying for labor, $3.50,
178; employing 29s hands, and yielding
annually products amounting in value
to $T27,9OO. - ~ IN
THERE are some smart rascaIs in
Memphis, Tennessee, who, when they
find horse unmarked, represent them
selves us Government agents, and bold
ly claim the animal us n horse that has
been stolen from the Government. If
the owner of the horse claims that there
are no gu. s." marks on the animal.
the rogues produces glass, which they
declare is a magnifying one, and, as the
lens OF the glass has faint "U. s." lined
upon it, the looking through it makes
the letters visible, apparently ON The
horse. This astounds the owner of the
beast, and with cool nudacity the
thieves ride of with the horse they have
appropriated.
Those who speak of two political
opponents MS ''throwing dirt at each
other" do not use polite phrase. It
is suggested that 1t should be said TINT
the disputants are causing a remark
able activity In real estate.
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