The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-22

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There are about 1OOstudents atWash-
ington College, and forty at the Militia
al1nstitute, at Lexington, Va! y 10
Government agents have been apS
pointed to inspect battlefield, military
prisoners, Ikc., and establishing nation
al cemeteries in the South, ~ IN -
There are twenty United States war
vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, dlstribu-
ted from Cape Florida to the RIO
In Missouri and Arkansas there are
thirty-two negro schools with forty
teachers and 2,S2T scholars. l,.s7s Z. ~
Gen. Hooker lies at his residence in
New York, completely paralyzed, be
ing unable to read or write 5Iaic9 %
Gen. Beauregard is busy with the
New Orleans, jackson and Great Nor
thern railroad, of which he is superin-
tendent. -4Hit - - ~ -
tits said that Gen. Pillow is build
ing large school house and providing
teachers for his former slaves. ,..f--,fr5-
Bolivar Buckner has quit editing and
gone into the grocery business at New
Orleans. hllds.f rarT n1iIuI1s5-
DIR. Blackburn, Of the yellow fever
plot notoriety, il now writing n series
ofmedical articles for the Toronto Lead
er. siifiasllsz5 HaIS .Jal2 - yi,aTl
The Mobile (Ala.1 Register has noni-
mated General Grant as a candidate for
President in 1858. ~
Therunning stallion "Lodi" has been
sold in California for S, 100 in gold. rti
Brig. Gen. Scammon has been tender
ed the Presidency of the Ohio State Mil
itary Academy att Cincinnati.
Beecher says a woman is as good as a
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great deal better than each other.
Chief justices seem to be constitution,
ally disposed to longevity. Chief JUS
tice Leroy, of Ireland. is 80 yea -s old.
Nary a printer in the New York State
Prisons-so the inspectors Say-thoughi
all other occupations are fully repre-
sented. 80. f5i'h
The new Detroit Post will start March
l, with $500, 600 capital. Captain E.. iB.
Ward, the steamboat man, is the lar
gest shareholder, and Senators Chand-
Ter and Howard are in it. & 9
The youngest oil operator is ]. o. r.
Wilson, of Rochester, n. Y, who is yet
in his teens. He has heavy interest
in the Pennsylvania region and dis
posed of part of 1t the other day for
$250, 600. ,aYS ~
At recent sale of unimproved real
estate in New York, above Fortieth
street, single lot on Fifth avenue
brought 80, 400, lot on Madison ave-
nue. SIS, 500, while on the cross streets
prices ranged from s., 900 to Sl3, ,00o.s soa
The chivalry are recovering their
spirits. At Fayetteville, n. c., they had
| a grand tournament on the 4th; thirty.
knights contested, and "bore themselves
with brilliant daring and skill, y twen-
| ty-eight carrying OIL the ring. .ia.1t
There is curious fact concerningthe
Lincoln medals struck for the great san
| itary fair at Chicago. The dye cracked
the exact course of the bullet which
took President Lincoln's life. -rE rlE
Crosby's opera house in Chicago hav-
/ ing been built from the profits of the
wholesale whisky trade, a paper in that
city says sit is cemented with the tears
of drunkards' orphans, and has bar
| rel of he'll fire for its corner-stoneW rjs
The returns of the New York horse
| railroads for the last six months show
a great increase OF receipts over the six
months of the year before, with one
exception, but the papers say the rail-
road accommodations are worse than
ever. 1t .-.f,- ;-,.-.-' - ,s.e1
Fruit prices in San Francisco: Or
anges S4a5 a hundred lemons S6a7; /;
grapes 4asc a lib; apples 4asc lb; pears
4a10c a lb; ounces 4a7c, Strawberries
thousand oranges had just arrived
from the Sandwich Islands. ...t4l
The Missourians inaugurated mon
ument to Gen. Lyon at Jefferson City.
on the 11th. Grafton from Gratz Brown,
speeches from all the State officials and
magnates, and letters from distinguish
| ed outsiders. 1t Is intended to erect a
grand monument; but the money Is
not raised yet. ~ 55l5-,
4 FTt,a afaI- IN HInfaa erO fa n
Concord, IN. H.l young lady named
| Carrie Moore, She wears a crimson silk
skirt, a velvet basque, trimmed with
ermine, and a jaunty skating cap. Her
evolutions are described as very grace
| full, and when she waltzes on her skates
hundreds of gIoved hands beat. ap=
plause. ~ 81 Z .siisi IA y - 47sania-
A number of ship owners who cared
more about pelf fthan patriotism during
the war, transferred their vessels to neu-
| trail flags, and now that the war has
ended contrary to their expectations,
find an act of Congress is necessary TO
get their vessels back under our dag.-.
They are raising a fund of $500, 600 to
lobby such bill through Congress-
John r. Robinson of San Francisco
could not get adivofce In California, and
/ SO sent a written statement of his case
over to a Mormon probate court in
| Utah, which, without the presence of
| either party, granted what he wanted,
| and he married again. Now his first
wife prosecutes him for bigamy, and
1 even easy-going California don't find it
consistent 70 let him of. - 10
Two men and negro boy attempted
| TO row across the Niagara from Black
| Rock TO Fort Erie, late Saturday after
| noon, when the boat was crushed in
| the ice, and one Of the men was
drowned. The others Kept upon float
| ing cakes OF ice for three hours, going
meantime toward the falls, and were
| rescued almost frozen by some daring
men who heard their cries s,nn sdT
To pack setting eggs for long jour
| neys: Put in shallow boxes not much
| deeper than the eggs are high, and
never more than a dozen in one box.
/ Set the eggs upright in the box the
1 pointed end downward, each wrapped
/ loosely in tow or cotton except the large
| end, which should remain uncovered
/ so as to receive a circulation of air,
holes being bored through the cover Of
the box for this purpose. Eggs packed
1 In this way can be carried two weeks
| without injury, provided the box Is
kept right side up.7 - 1T1E4eI f-'t.--
New York Dry Goods Market.
40 (FSvm The Indpa1denG1 sricfzst-
Trade Is very dull. The inclemency
Of the weather is very unfavorable to it.
Holders are very firm, and are not anx-
ious to press sales. Prints are inactive.
The stock Is light, Prices are steady.