The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


The Cincinnati bridge has given
new and powerful impetus to the
growth of Covington, Ky.
Union Leagues are said to be rapid |
~ organizing in North Alabama.
Michigan refuses, through its Leg
tslature, TO restore capital punishment.
The Southern Baptist Convention
meets at Memphis, on Thursday pre-
ceding the second sunday in May next. |
DR. Bellows, of New York, has pub |
lished card announcing that here
ceives visits on Wednesdays.
1t is said that, in his beautiful resi-
dence at bridgeport, Barnum has no
relic or sign OF his long life as a show
man, except marble bust OF Jenny
Lind.
The Detroit Post says that during
the present year from 1000 to 1000
buildings will be erected in that city,
and adds: ION every street and ave
nue., far out into the suburbs, nearly
every vacant lot has been taken up, and
preparations are being made for the
erection of business houses thereon"
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,
including Pittsburgh and Allegheny
City, has had the last year, seventy
eight fires, with loss of S7s9, 30s, on
property insured for Ss34, 9l3. They
have not yet the alarm telegraph, but
have an inadequate supply of water
and are in danger from explosive oils.
1t is understood, says an English
paper, that Mr.. Bennett, the celebrated
American yachtsman, will next year
cross the Atlantic in his yacht the Swal-
low. which is described as a faster craft
than the Henrietta.
MFR. Milburn, the blind preacher. is
now abroad, and under treatment,
whereby he has strong hopes of recov-
ering his eyesight.
Gen. Tom Thumb is living quietly
in the enjoyment of his wealth at
Bridgeport. He ought to take the
stump for Barnum.
-Rumor has it that George Peabody
is engaged to Miss BOurdetI Coutts. OF
the eminent banking firm in London.
"A Richmond paper announces that
1.-The sonorOus bray of Senator Wilson
is soon to be heard in Virginia"
Last week three million one hun
dred and eight thousand pounds of iron
and iron ware arrived in Cleveland,
and one million four hundred and sew
| enty thousand pounds were shipped.
This does not include nails and spikes,
of which one hundred and forty-seven
thousand pounds were shipped during
the same time.
"A late London letter says: al saw
Artemus Ward on New Years Eve, u
bitter cold night, with the streets like
glass, and the horses scarcely able to
stand He was pale, hollow-chested,
with frequent cough and IA sad tone
his audience rOars OF laughter"
Tf 1c uni1 tbn ,,,;f, -
Agassiz is one of the most distinguish
ed ladies in this or any other country.
Her features are said to possess singu-
lar impression of nObleness and intel
lectuality, her voice is pleasing, and her
manners are unusually gentle and re-
| fined.
timent is thus put:
az can't take up my musket
| And fight 'eTn now no more,
But amt a goin to love 'em,
| And that Is sartain sure;
And don't want no pardon
For what was 1 am,
And 1 won't be reconstructed,
And don't care DAMN"
Accurate ReneaIogies of seven
families whose ancestors befriended
Charles II, after his defeat by Crom-
well, show but about twenty or thirty
representatives, male and female, now
living; while the Puritans were noted
for large families of children, that very
generally redOubled the blood. So,
also were the early settlers of the West
almost universally distinguished. One
OF the settlers of Clinton county, Ohio.
lived to see 400 OF his immediate de-
scendants. The Cincinnati Times, de-
failing these facts, concludes that there
are epochs in the origin of families and
classes that have received little if any
attention from Psychologists.
/ j. NJ. Shaffer, Paris Commissioner
from Iowa, has decliued in letter to
Governor Stone, because no appropria-
ton for the commissioner has been
made. Governor Stone replies, accept
ing the resignation with great reluct-
ance, and says: "a few hundred
dollars judiciously expended in the
/ way OF advertising our resources in the
presence OF this international gather
ing, would doubtless have attracted "A
favorable attention among those to
whom we are but little known, and
population and wealth."
kaufman has just finished a pic
ture which represents Abraham Lin
coin earning his first dollar. The in
cident is that which was often told by
the late President when he ferried pas
sengerS across "A river and received n
silver dollar Tor his services. In this
picture he is seen in his small flatboat,
resting upon his oars, looking earnest
ly at the silver coin which he holds in
the palm of his hand.
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