The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-12
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Items by Telegram ana Mail.

items by Telegraph and MAIL.
1.-THE Ghost" is mans last conun-
drum, and everybody is obliged to give
it up.
wailing the GOODNESS of his flock in re-
!igious matters, said very CURLY that
the church members of late, attended
too much TO the conversion of seven
thirties.
-Stranger-"Gardner, why do you
water the sidewalk so much?" Gard |
ner="Sure master has nothing to
amuse him, and he makes me keep the
sidewalk wet while he looks at the Ia
dies ankles"
a correspondent of the Springfield
Republican says, in reference to Dick
ems quarrel, that Ticknor IL Fields con-
slider the Bible, Shakespeare, and the
writings of Charles Dickens common
property, and lawfully to be used by
any publisher whatever. .ea-
An editor refused to respond to the
toast of woman" on the ground that
woman was able to speak for herself,
| and any man who undertook to do 1t
for her would get into trouble.
American hens are very grateful
for the protection accorded them by the
proposed tariff on Canadian eggs of
fowls of Canada will be obliged to shut
up shop.
Willie Collins, the novelist, is said
to be in a hopeless state of consump-
ton.
The Mississippi Legislature appro-
printed $50, 600 to be expended in de-
fence ofJefferson Davis.
The Governor of Illinois has signed
the bill making eight hours legal
days work in the Stale, in absence OF
contracts to the contrary.
The unanimous opinion of the Lon
don clubs is "that the recall of Mr.. Mot
ley from Vienna is disreputable to Mr..
| Seward, disgraceful to fhe President,
and a misfortune to the American peo-
pie.
"A mot of Prince Napoleon is being
repeated in the soLOns: 1.-THE Emperor
| has twice deceived France-frst in 1913,
in making her believe that he was a
fool; next, in 1865, in making her be-
lieve he was a genius"
Punch sometimes jokes on grave
subjects, and in one of its latest num-
beers represents little child asking its
mother: "Ma, dear. what do they play
the organ so loud for when church is
over? Is it to wake us up2
The last foreign arrival brings from
Spain the following item OF intelligence:
1.-THE Governor of CASTLE proclaims
that persons who edit, write or print
papers against religion. the queen or
the government, shall be punished by
death" This is the post etfectual way
we know of to choke off public dis
cussion.
The Methodist colleges in different
| parts of the country receive substantial
benefits from the centenary contrfbu-
| tions. The Ohio Wesleyan University
will realize from this source about
100000, Dickinson College, Pa, $780,
| 600, and Asbury University, Ind, ST.
600.
"A National Religious Convention,
the object of which is to secure n ma
tional recognition of the being and
providence of God, of the authority of
Jesus Christ, and the supremacy of the
Bible in civil affairs, met on Tuesday
evening in Philadelphia, Judge Strong
presiding. Addresses were made by
several eminent divines, and letters
from others were read, expressing SYM
pathy with the movement. Anamend-
ment to the Constitution was proposed,
recognizing almighty God as the
source of all authority and power in
civil government"
According to a report of the Ger
man Emigrant Society, two thousand
seven hundred and twenty eight of the
five thousand six hundred and ninety
i've emigrauts VINO landed ut New
York in February were Germans. Last
4 year the number of Germans arriving
during the same period was two thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-nine;
while in the corresponding period OF
the year previous it was only five hun
dred and forty seven. The whole num-
Der of German emigrants who have Ian
ded at New York since January LIST is
six thousand seven hundred and nine
teen.
1t may not be generally known, but
it is fact, that the removal OF any one
who has died in France costs u small
fortune. The first thing is a fee of $500
for permission to remove; add to this
the relatives must entirely refurnish
the apartment in which u person has
, died, and it costs another $500 to take
the body by rail as far as England,
every town through which the body
travels claiming other fees. 1t appears
+ cruel state of things, as it quite pre-
cledes the power of removing the dead
if the relatives have only moderate
means.
The Democrats of Connecticut have
selected for their prominent candidates
this spring men who can afford to pay
} tolerably heavy electioneering expen-
ses. The wealth of five of these candi-
dates, State and Congressional, is esti-
mated as follows: James e. English.
81 900 900; Edward B. Mosely, $500 600;
Julius Hotchkiss, $500, 900; VIM. II.
Baruum, $500, 900; Richard d. Hubbard,
S25O,OOO. Total, 81, 1850, 600. English,
Hotchkiss, and Barnum are large man
: ufacturers; NJ. Mosely is IA retired mer-
chant, and Mr.. Hubbard is lawyer.
The Democratic party always pro-
} posed to go for the "millions," but we
! never saw SO practical an illustration
OF the thing before. .---
Motto for the Fortieth Congress
NL-sior.
I
The Kentucky radicals are about
I to establish daily paper at Louisville.
Abundantcapitalis subscribed.
The Cherokee marriage ceremony
is very impressive. The man and
woman join hands over running water
to indicate that their lives are thence
forth to flow on in one stream.
.
THE position of the reform question
in the British Parliament seemed, Mt
the date OF our latest papers, to satisfy
nobody. The newspapers, whether
tory or liberal. showed themselves gem
orally dissatisfied with the course of
Mr.. DIsraeli and the ministry, the op-
, position were continually harassing
the government with questions which
were neither easy nor pleasant to an
swer, and in short, nobody was ready
to do anything or to allow anybody
else to do anything, yet everybody was
clamorous that something should be
, done. The Pail Mall Gazette pictures
this unpleasant state of affairs: