The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-18
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came in on Thursday night crying out
"Ere's the hextra; last dying speecl
and confession or Fernando Wood. :
The audience burst into roar Of laugh
ter. i'5I5a' . M .754 St77lI
"A Bible class was asked 10 nam,
theprecious stones named In the Bible
AfterseveFal scholars had given an
awers, one little fellow called out
"Well, Thomas. what precious Atonol
have you ioundf" HBrmstone," wai
the reply. " l.iss u
TO be so Dickens struck as Ii
stand six mortal hours shivering In til,
cold before the ticket otice, waiting fol
a chance to purchase, as they hav,
done In New York Is about equal IA
being moon.struck and believing tha
luminary TO DO made OF green cheese.
The Wabash Avenue Skating Rlnk
which was destroyed by fire In Chicago
last week, was the fashionable skating
resort, and the place where the great
talrs were held and mammoth, concerts
given. II covered 1000 square feet,
and originally cost $4,000. II will bt
rebuilt forthwith.
Some one has taken the trouble to
count tho number ofbattles that were
fought during the lats war, and the
figures are 262. or these sixteen wert
naval engagements.
The remedy for bribery proposed
by the New York Constitutional Com,
mittee is to make the one who offers q
bribe that Is accepted a witness, by re.
leasing him from liability TO punish.
ment, and when the brlbe Is rejected
to make the official 10 whom 1t was Of
fered a witness.
The King of Denmark Is rich only
in children. One Of his daughters will
soon be Queen OF England, and anoth
er Empress of Russia; and yet the faith
er can't get money enough to pay hIi
children visit. No wonder ne ofIer
some OF his islands for sale.
Every year, on the Oath Of August
all the inhabitantsof AustriR are theo
retically driven nom their homes and
are obliged to enter upon new tenurt
Of their dwellings. The object of this
Is to exact a stamp duty from every
family under the pretenCe that they are
entering into a new contract.
"A man in Canada became ex,
tremely disgusted with his "breachy'
horse, otherwise q valuable animal
and determined to shoot him. Al
though offered 500 while leading hin
into the woods, the, man steadily re-
fused and carried his purpose into ex
ecution Of the horse.
There has been another ant. l.ritu
allstic demonstration at All Saints
Church, London. There was "Nc
Popery" cries, and at last the mol
pushed to the altar, tore down thu
crosses, upset and broke the font, and
acted like fools generally.
st. Louis Is troubled as well as
vIcksburGh at the prospect of becom.
ing an inland city. The current OF the
Missouri is causing the Mississippi tc
encroach on the Illinois shore TO such
an extent that there are fears It will
make gap through the bank and
leave ST. Louis two miles from the
river. A stone embankment Is pro.
posed to prevent the calamity.
1T appears to be auIhorItayely de,
cided that whisky Is one of the ueces-
saries oflite. Aman In Kenosha, Wis
consin, decided his farm TO another or
condition that the latter should sup
port him during his life. The old mar
asked for hisky, which was refused
and brought suit 10 enforce his claim
and has been fully sustained.
The humors Of a city telegraph arr
aptly illustrated by the correspondent
OF the Buffalo daily Courier. Mr.. &C.,
says: The wife, whose market man is
late, and who can send the children &c
bed upon crackers and milk, ,telegraphs
"Dear Jack-Chops came too late
and there is no time to shell the peas
Dine down town, and oblIge yours, at.
fectionately, MARY ANN"
"A few days since, Moses W. Wilson
of Westpert, Connecticut, was expelled
from the bar of Fairfield county. VII,
sons offence consisted in having cruel.
ly slandered young lady, who IS his
wife's sister. He confessed his COW.
ardly lie, paid $500 damages TO pre-,
vent law suit, and was expelled from
the bar byhis brother lawyers as moi
fit for decent society.
The Camden Il Amboy Railway
Company has New Jersey by the throat,
The Court Of Errors and Appeals has
decided that no railway has the right to
compete with the O. 81 A. in carrying
passengers through that State. The
question is started whether New Jer.
sey has, under such circumstances, a
Republican form of Government"
Dickens Is turning handsome
penny" from his readings In this coun.
try thus far. We learn from telegram
that he has realized $4,000 from four
readings In Boston, and 1t is estimated
that during his stay In this country his
entire profits will reach 500, 1000. He
devotcS himself closely TO his work,
and has three new papers in prepara'
tlon, one OF which Is TO be published In
the Atlantic. ...
"A Garibaldian sharpshooter, an
Enslishman, was very proud OF his
skill In killing the Papal troops during
the late campaign. He eJoined the army
OF the "party of actlon,n not on account
of political opinions. but to enjoy the
sport, He had rifle made expressly
for bis use, fitted with u telescope and
reflector, and with 1t, choosing n Sc
cure position, he would pick out hi'
man AZ u sportsman would bird.
Having killed his man he would draw
out diary and note down with great
care all the circumstances connected
with the murder he had just committed
PERSONAL.
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