The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-11
WESTERN MATTERS.

Horse thieving is fiourishing trade
in Illinois just now.
The horses in Wisconsin are diving
of mysterious disease.
Cleveland is so overruu with pau
pers that the authorities swear them as
TO their residence, 10 avoid imposition.
"A stroke of lightning blasted about
20 tons Of stone from Il quarry in Eau
Claire, Wis, "a few days since.
Large quantities of fruit are being
shipped from Utah to Montana
Peaches bring 81 80, pears 81, grapes
81, apples 40 cents per pound, and
greenbaGks 90 cents.
The dog tax OF New Albany, Ind,
represents property in Ill dogs, which
is almost one dog TO every family.
The Kansas girls have nominated
Pacific r. K. Train for President. That
| Train Will run oil the track.
An Indiana paper-the New Alba
ny C0mmercidI-is said to have recent
ly headed local article as follows:
"ROmance of Crime-Crime on the
RampnGe-A Man Steals IA Cow, and
another Man his Pauts-Both in Ad-
joining Cells"
Iowa journals complain of the great
damage done by careless or malicious
persons setting fire to the prairies.
minneapolis, Mimi, is to be lighted
with gas by New York company,
which proposes 10 erect gasworks in
| that city, beginning In the course of the
present month.
The hospisalities extended by the
city of ST. Louis TO Senator Wade and
party Will cost that city over two thou.
sand dollars.
"A New Albany Und3 paper says;
"Already there Is pinching poverty in
hundreds of families in the city, and
| there is little else than suffering in
store for them this winter"
AT the burning of the Richmond
Indiana, Water Cure, the thirsty citi-
Zens drank up several gallons of whis.
| ky in which snakes, beetles, and other
| reptiles had been preserved.
One thousand, seven hundred and
| twenty-three emigrants passed through
Columbus, Ohio, last month. The num-
| ber is unusually large. 40S settled in
Ohio; s94 in Missouri; 2S9 in Illinois,
1877 in IndianR. and The balance in Ken.
lucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin,, Minueso.
Ia and Iowa.
-Coveys of quail are said to be flying
| through the streets OF Madison. Ind.
and large flock of wild turkeys came
| into Decatur, in the same State, the
other day. 4 number of the quail,
/ anu dlSp VI LuS tuiheS -. "SlS SODpleu
up"
Tie brewers of Chicago recently
notified their customers that after Mon
! dmy next they should advance the price
of ale from 50 to $I2 per barrel. The
saloon keepers have, therefore, held Il
convention. and resolved 10 resist the
advance. Efforts will be made to OBJ
tain their supply from some other
| point.
The Omaha Register says: "Let
one go down to the warehouse of the
] Chicago IL Northwestern railroad, on
the leves, and he will get an idea OF the
| extent OF the trade which is growing up
| with Chicago. There is IA large ware
| house packed full of merchandise from
| that place, which an army of teams is
engaged III transferring to the stores oi
Omaha traders. The Chicago trade is
rapidly assuming enormous proper
tiOns."
Chicago fears II flood when the full
head OF water in lis new works Is let on.
Knnviah pipe-dealers are in the habit
of sellin. strong lead pipe and dexter
ousIy substituting thin and weak which
cannot stand the pressure.
"A Cincinnati pork packer told n
friend who wished IA little pure lard for
Embarrassing for his private use, to
send a bolIle as large as he pleased, and
il should be filled. Number two APP
piled to ii glass blower and had Il vial
made which held over one hundred
pounds. Number one fulfilled his
promise, and the lard was then pre-
scented 10 an orphan asylum.