The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Mario and Grist are coming to.tbtS
country again.
-Beecher's prayers are TO be publish
ed in book form.
Ice made half an inch thick in Wis
cOnsin last week.
A colored barber in EImira has
made $50. 600 in oil specuiations.
Silver ore has been discovered in
southeastern Missouri.
The justice who mnrrIes runaway
couples III st. Louis IS called 'spH-
cist." --4=s--1--z-
About 200, 600 feet of lumber comes
into Portland every day.
There are various stations in life,
but the least desirable is thst OF po-
lice station.
One or TWO messes OF dry wheat
bean il said 10 cure "slobbers' III
I horses.
] A Jacksonville paper is anxious
I r,r sertiers 10 Take hand in Florida at
[ inv cents an mere
4 The Chinese claim TO have discover
ed America from the West LOCO years
/ lrefore Columbus.
! The number of pupils enrolled in
the public schools of Cincinnati is
2O.O95.
The French Prince Imperial is to go
to II public school and to be thrashed
with plebeians.
Peaches have been sold In large
quantities III Wisconsin Tor dollar
and half per bushel.
"A daily paper in Paris is wholly
made up of bills OF fare of all the res
tdUTdtellrS in the city.
/. "A rich Somersetshire farmer has
been sent to Jail for II month for having
sent bad meat to London.
The Abyssinians claim to be Chris.
tians. They say that the Queen OF
Sheba WAS one Of their Queens.
Tie Government loses one half the
revenue 1t should derive from the sale
of tobacco by reason of fraud.
1t is said that domestic affairs are
improving in Chicago, the marriages.
are becoming almost as numerous as
divorces. -l
A mysterious bather, dressed in
black, with black mask and gloves, is
exciting the curiosity OF the French at
Trouville. ..
Gen. Grant has issued an order au-
thOrizing the supply OF canned fruits ut
military posts west OF ST degrees. -
The newest substitutes for the
words "died Of delirium tremens, ARE
the expired because of artificial ex-
element"
The eight hour men of Cincinnati
oppose the election of the editor of the
Gazette to Congress, because he works
sixteen hours day.
The "Rising Sons of Liberty" is the
title of n negro Organization in the
/ Southern States, of Il military Charac-
ter, which is creating considerable
anxiety.
william II Pritchard, of st. Louis,
ha brought suit against Burton
Abel, Collector OF Internal Revenue, to
test the constitutionality Of the income
tax. ..
An Ohio editor refused to speak tn
the toast woman" on the ground that
woman was able to speak for herself,
and any man who undertook to do II
| for her would get into trouble.
| -Ir you have n screw rusted into
wood, orr nut or a bolt that will not
readily turn, pour on little kerosene
and let it remain. In n little while il
| will penetrate the intersticeS so as to be
easily started.
Among the nuisances-the concen-
trated nuIsances-of the day are the
collectors for life insurance. II they
don't worry out the life of their vic
tins, they at least wear out their pa
thence.
The Kentucky girl, who has been
asleep for eighteen years, is to be ex.
hibited at the County Fair, along with
the big pumpkin and the calf with two
| heads.
The New York Gazette gives sick.
enIng account OF the universal nasii'
ness OF the kitchens Of hotels md res.
taurantS In that city Of gid, glitter and
dirt. Would it not be IA good rule FOL
4 patrons of such places to demand nd'
mittauce TO the kitchen and pantry
and by letting in the ight scare away
the rats and ronches?