The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-09
NEWS Ann GOSSIP.

The sun shines eighteen hours 0u
or twenty-four in some parts of Alaska
There are $4,000 Asiatics in Cali
fornia.
The Hartford Times devotes col.
umn to what it calls "old personals
Chicago furnishes about one hun
dred recruits per month to the regular
army.
The Chinese want specimens of ou1
fractional currency.
-"Horse OIL" instead of butter, is
frequently used III dressing vegetables
in Paris.
"A new granite block pavement is to
be laid in broadway, in place of the
Russ pavement.
-Seyenty-eight miles an hour was
made on the New York Central Rail
road, the other day.
The young men of Atlanta, Ga, are
irving to establish a public library In
that town.
When the Pacific Railroad and the
Suez Canal are completed, we can
steam il around the world in ninety
days.
Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise,
10 swear is neither brave, polite nor wise.
Tho Italians shout Long live Prus-
siavr Straws show which way the wind
blows.
A Frenchman, it is said, has been
in iail without trial in Richmond for
eighteen months, on chargG 1f pass
ing a,counterteit - cent note.
The liquor law i'll Massachusetts
has caused the Boston Post to sny that
Temperance is no special virtue "here
there is nothing TO imbibe."
An editor became martial, aud was
created captain. on parade. instead OF
1.-TWO PAGES in front-advance!" he I'M
consciously bawled out, "Cash-two
dollars Il year-advance!"
The Samaritan. like rivalry between
the Orthodox and Young Mems Chris
tinn Associations of Chicago Is produ-
cling a double harvest of charity TO the
poor. Its an i'll wind that blows no
one good
AS an inducement to tho citizens of
Baltimore to "shUtfle OF this mortal
coil !" the san states that one of the
handsomest hearses in the world has
recently been made in that city.
A new idea with regard to we'd
dings has been invented in Connectl-
cut. a citizen of that State announces
that his golden wedding will come OH
lust thirty years from now, aud offers a
liberal discount on any presents his
friends then design to make him.
The President has directed the At
tOrueY General TO issue instructions TO
the United States authorities to turn
over to she agent of Gen. O'Nelll, allth
arms, about 10000 IN number, which
were seized by the government at the
time the Fenian INVASION OF Canaua
was suppressed.
-THREE DEERS AT a SHOT.-One day
last week colored man of Cumber-
hi1nflnV observed
three deerS approaching him, and
taking coed aim he fired at the lot, and
brought down all three, killing two OF
them and wounding the other. he Sc
cured two, but the wounded one mar
aged to get away.
The Boston Post thinks that where
n gentleman steps on that Superhuous
extremity of lady's dress which gath
ers odorOus richness from the flag
stones and pavement, neither should
apologize, because the lady has an un-
doubted right TO cover an unlimited
amount of space with her struggling
dry goods, and the gentleman has an
inuliennble right to step in that space,
covered or uncovered. 1t thinks, now
ever, that the action is more damaging
to the lady's garments than to the gen.
tlemau's boots.
ACCIDENTS IN ENGLISH FACTORIES.
During the last six months ending
with the last of April of this year, there
were 1880 accidents. Fifty-four OF
these resulted fatally, and more than
six hundred persons suffered from
fractured limbs, or We're obliged TO
have them arnputated.
The total number of clerks. mes
sengers and labOrers employed in the
Treasury Department and the various
bureaus thereof, in Washington, is
2,54l. In several of the bureaus the
work has for some time past been rap
idly on the decrease, and already about
one hundred clerks have been dismissed
on account of no work. The force will
be further reduced in the course of the
next six months.