The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-25
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1OOhSn tA4bLB t4lS 1uGDl 4h44Go Al
parentfy inqutring manner, one of
them, the youngest 1nd prettiest of the
lot, acting on the principle OF "doing as {
you would be done by" rose and grave 1
ly motioned him TO her seat. He blush
ed and declined. She stood and insisted
by look and gesture. Neither spoke, K
and the embarrassing position was only j
terminated by the gentleman beating u
hasty retreat amid a fusilade of silVery
laughter. That was u foolish course.
As n9gentleman should refuse the reei
sonable request of n lady, Especially If /,
she is pretty he should have accepted
the seat. ,-l
tI 1t has been estimated that eleven hun
dred petroleum companies, with capi-
tai of six hundred millions, have been L
created since the commencement of the
petroleum mania. Perhaps a hundred
millions ofthis 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. ,--.r-.l-7,- --er-75,--.7,
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 |
1
oil swiI and house otfal.
In Franklin county, No., Mormon /
!; by the name of William Stroup had a |
difficulty with negro about gathering |
! some corn grown upon his place. The !
negro got three or four OF his cOlored |
friends and insisted upon gathering the |
4 corn. StroUp took his son, with guns, |
and ordered the negroes of. Young |
4 tStroupshot the negro who claimed the |
'cornY olnangling him seriously. The
i negro, then shot md killed young |
I Stroup. The elder Stroup then shot
and killed the negro 4,s 3.rns gla
I John Bulls prea6hing and practice
1 do not agree any more than usual. He
has preached in favor of clemency to
4 our rebels and against "arbitrary ar
4 rests;''- but in ireland he snatches up
4 Fenians by the score, guilty Of no overt
loffioials, that "eYery inBurreotionist
will be hung as soon as captured"
The Washington hotels contemplate
tanotheF "rise'A in the price of board.
The charge at Willard's is five dollars
! a day for board, one dollar for fire, and
= fifty cents poke for keeping it up;
twenty-five cents boot for blackingi
!, fifty cents for the time of day; a dollar
a peep Mt the register; q quarter nod
: from the head porter; dollar a smile
! from the head clerk; fifty cents an hour
for sitting in the parlor,l and ten cents
: tooth picks, two bits. Cheap!
Mr.. George w. Stone, painter, has
3 recovered damages to the amount of
/ $500, at the Essex (1asS.) Superior
8 Court, for injuries received by being
: tarred and feathered on the morning of
a il the 18th, of last April, at Swampscott,
n by William Segeri and other citizens of
d that town; who alleged that he had ex-
n pressed joy Mt the assassination OF Pres
q ident Lincoln. He sued to recover
> 600 damages. G-i.la.
u few. days; since, a lady travelling
= alone on her way to Lake Superior,
l. was robbed of nearly all her money by,
l. to her, an unknown sharper. The lady
e. referred to went to Detroit from Port
N Huron to take passage on one of the
ID Lake Superior boats, and on board the
lol train she was accosted by the sharper
at who succeeded in sellinghe a spurious
as ticket, for which he charged her $40, al
" the money she had.
OF A coroner in Arkansas, of the Dog
al berry persuasion, after impannelinf
u his jury, said: 'tNow, gentlemen, yot
IL are to determine whether the deceased
e, came to his death by accidence, by in
y u cide1lse, or by ineendiary." The yer
~ dict was that tsthe deceased came to hi
20 death by .accidence in the shape of
ny bowie knife." .as -
,o ot Tho federal officers having been ex
" Icluded from the ball given by tn
- knlRlBS ana laQleS OF HFGueTlCkSOuF
= y after their tournament last w ednesdaJ
~ the commandant of the post retaliate
..S.ii by prohibiting the use OE-amhulance
-, \ and other government property by tn
citizens of Frede ericksburg, so that th
az , y seeesh danes and demoiselles VIII
.t turn up their, noses at the federal un
~ form must go on foot this winter.
M M,ed | . The National bankers express con
Of pany have made arrangements with th
as New York Central railroad for two cal
me q. day each way over that road. Pacl
ro-l ages will be carried from Boston an
its New York to Cincinnati and ChicaI
felt by january /. The company has
nIy capital of SIC, 600, GOO, and will have
ex- working capital of s4.000,0O0.
to The Governor of Oregon has callt
sti- an extra session of the Legislator
md which is to meet on December 5. II
ost Unionists of the State were anxious
record the vote of their State amor
of those who have ratified the eonstit
Iir- tionall amendment. AS the UniOnis
her control both branches ofthe Legislator
do the ratification is n foregone conclusio
as The receipts of cattle in Chicago la
!, as week were 6.574. Sales in the san
me time were 6,055. The Republicans a
oi Lat home and feed them, as there is
sls= longer any demand for stock cattle.
tSa I Last week 26Os2 hogs were receiv
~ in Chicago, and 10, ,S32 were sold. PriC
W. ranged from $lO,5O for light hogs,
a ~ Sl1, rs for prime. The receipts of ho
q ~ IN Chicago, october 1st, are 156, ,S04 lie
: ~ than during the same time last year.
! as 1t has been decided by the Comptr,
ding Ter of the Currency that Pacific 'Ra
by road bonds issued by the United Stat
Vest will be received as security for circu
turei ting notes of national banks, and Giro
of lation will be issued upon deposit
8 of such bonds, Mt the rate Of eighty /
the cent. of their par value. ~
,nrt, James Mccormick, who died at Ne
II Of burR, New York, last week, at the 9
~ = of one hundred and fourteen, was p
xis- baby the oldest person in the Unit
how States. He was born in Ireland, a
inly came across the Atlantic twenty ye;
ues- ago. 3a ssa
ster- IDo you suppose that you can do
onal landlord in the Lady of Lyons2" sal
4 an manager to seedy actor in quest of
eide, engagement. "I should think Nigh
Vest wps the reply, az have done a 81
iioni many landlords"
/ ap- no,,;c occ,,r-a5 ~, :, ,,,,l,1;, goI,
lited &; p5ft;,,,o ~, SSo,1I o,,I -
only ~ c,v oS fire beino- TaiSsJ TSere u;
i.eti several hundred children in the sch
neel- ut the time, whose alarm and fri
iiis.. was fearful, but happily they were
sc,S,3 got out without serious accident
the The business of the United Sta
tate. Patent ONCE is gradually increasi
here During the month of October six b
same dFed and twenty-eight patents wert
egis- sueu,i and nye hnnere9 anu y. IEe AZ,
RENE were or VIII De issued rom rom tne Is