The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-23
mIscELLANEous MATTERS.


lnehthl iarmsI are 10 De placed in Ches-
ter county. ri-. II
The liquor shops in St. Louis re-
turned sales to the amount of 500, 900
during the month of September.
"A woman was put in the station
\ for drunkenness, who had on Il shawl
/ worth $40.
| Tho yellow fever in New Orleans,
has been particularly severe on the edi-
tors of that city, having attacked four
teen of them. Only one died, how
ever. = Tg.s
! "A convention OF the Christian
churches of Pennsylvania. Ohio and
| West Virginia, will be held in Pitts
burgh from the I'D yesterday to the
24th of this month, inclusive.
| Had there been congressional cleo
| tiOnS this month the Democrats would
have gained nine Congressman in Ohio
and fiVe in Pennsylvania, according to
the reported majorities In the districts.
England and Ireland, during the
| first eight months of 1867, sent abroad
I,7S9, 176, ,406 yards of cotton piece goods,
or more than million miles, thus Civ
ing the world "something to wear"
A poor seamstiess in New York,
who makes pantaloons for eight cents
pair, WAS kicked ont ofdoors few
days ago by her brutal employer be-
cause she refused 10 take twenty-five
| cents for four pairs.
Cattle are guillotined in France in
stead of stunned and stabbed.
Mortimer Thompson ("Doesticks")
is studying medicine.
Nearly two-thirds of the tobacco
crop in Kentucky is already cut aud
housed.
An Ohio nar1orrOt ooD,a b0na oil
the way from Chill, South America, to
vote the straight ticket. .GG.-
"A machine which will remove the
pits from 100 cherries minute has been
invented in Germany.
Among the candidates for United
States Senator in California is Creed
Raymond, a nephew of Gen. Raymond,
formerly of Fairmout, now of Rich
mond.
The Old School Presbyterian Synod
of Indiana has declared in favor OF the
reunion OF the different branches of
Presbyterians., r ..--.-..-, -rro-., :
Hon. Burton Craige, the author of
the secession ordinance of North Caro-
lima, has been pardoned by the Presi-
dent. ilr#t ..-pi ri.'H Fl
Chicago is eating frogs vorRciously
this season, and has already consumed
100000, with expectation. of trebliuR the
number next year.
Several OF the largest houses in the
whisky business were seized by Gov
ernment officials at New York, on
Saturday. The most important results
are expected from this action
The introduction of music into the
public schools of Lowell. Mass, hHs
been so successfully accomplished that
each ofthe grammar schools is now TO
have Il piano.
The Charlottesville and University
CVa.) gas works, which originally cost
$40 900, were sold on Tuesday for 81 l, ,499.
The ex-King of Hanover is to re-
ceive the snug sum OF So, 900, 600 in spe-
Gle, from the Prussiau Government,
for his private claims i'll Hanover.
The tobacco crop of Buckingham
county, Va, has been very seriously
Injured by the late frosts.
There is a female brass band at De-
catur, Illinois. I'LL.
-"Hoops," says "Inebrius," sur
round the best things on earth-wine
and women.
Never carry sword i'll your tongue
to wound the reputation of any man.
-"In the index to recent treatise on
parochial law, under the letter V ap-
pears the following "Vagabonds-See
Sheriffs.'"
You are just taking leave of the
world, and have you not yet learned to
be friends with everybody? and that to
be an honest man is the only way to be
a wise oneT
"A Chinese maxim says: I'VE re-
quire four things of women: That vir-
tue dwell in her heart; that modesty
play on her brow; that sweetness flow
from her lips, and that industry occupy
her hand.
An improved nursing apparatus''
is advertised. We don't believe the old
way can be improved very much. There
are some things that are about complet-
ed at the beginning. III
The Philadelphia Ledger tells OF a
schooIteacher who makes the reading
OF newspaper regular exercises OF the
school, and says tue scholars like it
greatly.
notwithstanding the present de-
preston in that city, the New Orleans
papers say the signs of Il good iall
business prevail on all sides.
In the index to u book of commen-
taries on law, is the following: Judge
S.-his great mind" Turning TO the
page indicated, was the follo.Si {:
1.-THE Judge said he had great mind to
commit the prisoner.
The Maine Medical Association has
decided that no physiciOn is justified in
producing abortion except when neces-
sAry to save life.
The Mayor OF Norfolk resigns be-
cause his pay is too poor. In this in
stance it is the want of money that
makes the mayor go.-NeIr York Nei0s.
We need not care how short onr
passage out of this life Is, So II be safe;
never any traveller complained that he
came too soon to his journeys end.
Lucy Stone said: "There is cotton
in the ears OF man, and hope in the
bosom of woman" Lucy made "a mis-
take and got the cotton in the wrong
place.
The ladies who "indulge" have
their, own set OF phrases. "Spotted
| siils.,' for instance Is mint julep and
.gingham fiouuced" is Bourbon
straight.
The "Brothers" society of Yale is a
hundred years old.
Philadelphia threw vote OF 1922
600 at the recent election, only one
thousand short of the vote of last year.
A nautical exchange thinks the
ortiv use OF chignOn Is rs Delaying
block for a hat haWseF. ~
"A new brick machine which has
made over lOO, 900 bricks in the three
| working days, is on exhibition in Chi
caRo, where it was invented.
An ear of corn with 999 kernels is
an achievement of Minnesota. 1t Is
| twelve inches long.
-Thev have ghost In Pittsburgh,
Pa, which tips over the tea Kettles, e1-
| tinIuishes lamps, and lays his, her or
its icy but invisible hand on women >
nj, ,,,,. T,,,o,rass Hall. at Sara