The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-20
GENERAE NEWS sMMlrKRY.
odds and Ends condensed from tn

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y The New Y York World says /; 4 Mr.. |
Seward has earned the curses of menin |
the Union more than any human being |
who ever lived in IT,
Two members of the Tennessee legis- |
1atura voted for srepudiating the debt |
incurred; for, putting down the rebel |
lion; all the rest againstitt y - - 4
DIR. Mott, the venerable president of
Union College sPhs hectsdy = a.siling
looked for daily, and he cannot survive
many days 5-l-s ''-s n ~ 49,
A French lawyer has made a bequest |
of $40, 600 to the lunRtih asylum OF his
town. =, g earned this money" his Will
states, &c by the patronage of those who
goto lay; my present gitE IS but a resti-
Miss BurdstB coutts; of England, is
SO rich that she cannot spend her in
she is very liberal. She has to employ
several active secretaries to read her
begging letters. 't77s .f.SaE-2s
Kate Bateman, our finest American
actress, just home from England, was
given an immense reception on her re-
appearance in New York, Monday
night. She is to be married pretty soon
and will leave the stage. ,r. q 1
q PhiladeIphianw who has been travel
ing for four years in Europe says ne mas
failed to observe there any building OF
modern date which equals in style and
grandeur -Girard College of Philadeis
phia, or the United States Capitol at
Washington. a5l li.a.-i af,-a
Nebraska istallking abouttrying once
more to become a Statei the democrats
generally oppose the measure, ana the
republicans are divided, increased tax
alton and the location of the Pacing
1 4 Iafnns nnn nSi1aFati0na involved
in the question. ..It.-
Brooklyn iustifies one claim to inn
portance as a city by reporting 2,lSO
| rum shops. -,..fl-.....i .t-,.--+ 81 4
Paris has had a spasm Of virtue, ana
covered up with plaster fig leaves GER
tain features of its public statues.
PhiladeIphia has not furnished a
United States Senator for 30, nor Gov
ernor for so years. The local politics
are too miscellaneous. sslrt ),
The New England society at New
York has increased its membership 2OO,
making it 800, and proposes great
social reunion in April. ss5t
Nineteen persons who were 100 years
old and over, died last year, five of them
in England. One of the i've, John
Naylor of ,Higay, was III. ,is. s,,
The Michigan supreme court has re-
versed all legal ruling made heretofore
In that State, by deciding that a hus-
band may deed property to his wife.
The treasury of lhe American free
trade league fattens on generous con-
| tributions from importers and foreign
ers. August Belmont has given 1t
$50, 600. 80
All the Judges in San Francisco sus-
tain the specie currency system of Cali
fornia. They won't even let convicted
gamblers pay their fines in greenbacks.
The people of Indiana are beginning
to be disgusted at the reputation that
| State is getting'on account OF It's easy
l,divorce laws and lawyers, and are NOV
ing for a REFORM. % silslrIf sii,' . -
q In Colorado the gold ore is reckoned
4 by the cord-about eight tons-but IN
i Nevada and California always by the
ton. Remember the difference before
you take stock. Hsstl't.kis 4 q
Esparto grass, growing on waste
lands in Spain, is declared. TO be q. good
Il substitute tor rags in the manufacture
of paper. English paper-makers pro-
fess confpence in. it.
The projected enterprise of q new
daily at New York, which VIII outstr1p
all the old ones, in ienterp rise and! excel
/ them in ability is assuming form. Capl.
1 talists stand ready to invest S6OOOOO
init. .1e2'l9 - -fEH -''7'fi =
winans q Brothers, of baltimore,
have taken very large contract from
the Russian government for butldlng
cars and locomotives. They were the
Il builders of the Moscow and st. Peters
burgh railroad! yif5t.-s7,.si RtsiA
The tax of per cent. on dresses Is
/ makers at New York, and many OF
i them assert that unless Congress grants
4 Lsome relief, they shall have to give up
u business entirely. /, - In. e. Z
The Black feet Indians made treaty
a at Fort Benton, ,on,ths Upper Missouri,
i got their presents and plunder, and in
two days went'to thieYing and kiIlii.ng 6
I, again. Make a new treaty, and give
them more presents then..s bna 81 :, &.
II The bridal gifts of the Duchess of
Il WunchY, lately married at Paris, were
VERY niagniHee Her Jewel box con-
tanned -pnecious stones valued at 2,5OO,-
600 francs. In the ducal crown belong
ing to the iMnnchy family 5isia jewel
II worth 800, GOO francs atiaa ,tsi - 3
! sit A Bohemian physician was sent q
Y human liver recently Tor dissections and
Il the sameday his ihousekeeper ordered
IA ibeefts liver for dinner. The former
4 was somehow con founded with the lat
ter and the doctor and some profession-
II Al friends he had with him did not dis
cover the fact till after dinner, when
their professional enthusiasm suddenly
subsided. aas41g EU4
4 LA mixture containing benzine, with
which Joseph Fauker,ra painter at
Il Mem phis, was experimen enting, recently,
Il exploded, !, burnfng him severely, and
two ladies who were in the room with
him fatally. The agony of the suffer-
ers was terrible, the fire completely
eating into their hesh so that it fell in
. lishrsds from their bones, while 1t was
impossible TO subdue or quench il.
Tba Trfxy T1o1icay were 6Iirh thew heard