The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-07
liIsoELLAaEoUs HATrERs.

IiIsoELLAaEOUs MATHIS.
The ateamship. City Of Paris, which
arrived at New York on Friday, from
Queenstown, made the voyage In little
less than eight days. This passage Il
said 10 have been four hours shorter
than any ever before made,
1t Ia stated that the artificial limbafol
mallned veterans cost the Government
last year, Ss5,2Oe 50, and the tobacco
supplied TO The enlisted men Of the ar
my cost sl04,se5 "a.
A new style OF lady's shoe, for the
Southern market, Is made at Lynn
Mass, with the sole as thin asa wafel
and the heel very high AID taperlng al
the end to the circumference OF q three.
cent piece. ta...
In England, this year, the supply ol
American cotton has been per cent
beyond that OF last year, while the
quantity from india has experienced 9
reduction OF % per cent.
The Dayton, Ohio, Journal, supposed
to be thoroughly informed as to the
views OF General Schenck, says; ave
are inclined to the opinion that he will
prove avery ardent advocate Of green
back currency, and not very earnest In
favor OF the national bank system"
Harper's Bazaar, the new weekly
fashion newspaper, has achieved u sue.
cess unexanpled in the annals Of
American journalism. In two weeks
1t has reached circulation OF one hun.
dred thousand, and this Ii steadily In.
creasing. E---.
The low state of the Missouri river
has been turned to good account. The
people turn out and dig the bottom ol
the river for Valuables lost by the
wreck OF steamboats,. In one locality
large amounts Of canned meats, fruits
and oysters, as we'll as many bottles ol
wine, have been found. To-
Baron James Rothschlld, OF Paris, has
cut of, since November /, the extra al.
lowance of hfty centimes day he for.
merly paid his one hundred clerks sc
that they might break fast at the count.
Ing house. The Baron gives us q rea,
son for the act that the "tImes are toe
hard"
Lard Is largely adultsrated In this
country, with water, terra alba, and
parafiine, and other substances. A
practical chemist states that he has ex.
amined specimens In the hands oil
dealers. adultersted TO the extent o,
thirty per cent. Some western specl.
mems held from ten 10 twenty per cent,
Of water.
Horace Greely, as all who knew him
were aware he would, declines the Aus.
trian mission. He will not leave the
country until after the Presidential
election, he says; not then either, he
might have added. The Tribune Ia too
near the venerable journalists heart
for any divorce, save that OF death, 10
part the two. 1t Is TO him what France
was to Richelleu.
An inventor In Canada has Construct
ed an arrangement by which cars can
be coupled or uncoupled without go.
ing between them, or even crossing the
track. The principle Is precisely the
same as that In common use ut present,
link and Rpin. The invention not only
prevents all possibility OF accident 20
employees, but saves much labor, time
and expense.
An understanding is reported to have
been reached between the several old
Express Companies and the Merchants
Union Express Company, by which
the former cease their warfare upon the
new company, etc. The stock OF the
Merchants Union, which month age
was "A, Is quoted at AN, being TX pei
cent more than the amount paid for the
same by the stockholders.
Theodore Tilton had Just entered q
hotel ina western town, and was going
up stairs very travel.stained to change
his toilet preparatory to lscturlng
when he encountered on the second
floor an ovsr-dressed and vulgar wo,
man. "Are you the porter" question
ed the woman, laying her hand upon
Theodors's arm2 "No, madam" waI
the quiet response, "are you the chain
beruIaidH"
Weston having reached his destina
tlon, an amateur pedestrian make.
the following offer in u western paper
II will walk with any good looking
girl, who has torture in her ow1
right, upon any given moonlight night
both parties TO 20 rs slow as they
please, and neither TO hurry back tc
the starting.point. will then, on the
word, walk 10 TO her affections, and
walk otf with her fortune"
Machine betting Is now being man
ufactured Of paper by firm at Dalton
Massachusetts. This betting Is report
cd TO be In use In several New England
mills, and the Dalton manufacturer
has made II paper belt seventy. fiv(
feet long and eight inches wide. Tht
paper betting IL said to have ull TIT
merits OF leather and some advantages
A curiosity In the way of question
and answer is reported In the testI'
mony taken before the Cornor's Jury
that Is investigating the recent rallroat
disaster near Cincinnati. To a witness
was asked tho question, "Suppose III,
brakes In good order, and the engine
reversed, the wheels sliding, with Lht
momentum of the train driving Il
alOng-hOw far would she go" Tt
which lie replied, "She would keep 20
Ing till she would STOP"
Congress- Is addressing itself vigo'
roualy to questions financIak 10 thu
debt, to the currency, and 10 taxation
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