The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-28
VARIETIES.

"A writer In the Providence Journal,
addressing Senator SprRgue, says:
Governor, you have no idea how much
money one able bodied, industrious
man can lend, In the course OF q CAv, lf
he IL 90 disposed.
"A man named Death lost $50 900 bv
the burning OF his stlllery at Warsaw,
ILL.,, the other day. We will bet two 10
lost anything In the whisky business,
Tho ::AssInIbolne Indians Of Mon.
tanA stole q blanket from q Bteamer'a
crew, and soon after the small .pox
broke out among them. The Sioux
tribe hlched the same from them, but
received the malignant disease with Il.
for which they are now goInR 10 war
with the Asslnlbolnes. This war and
the smallpox will save the Indian
agents some trouble.
Chinese girls are not considered of
sufficient account 10 be named, go thew
are simply numbered-nrst daughter,
second daughter, 80. A recent letter
from lady missionary, near Pekln,
speaks OF a Sunday school In her charge
In which very encouraging progress is
made N promoting the Individuality
and selt-respect Of the girls, The
teachers Insist on giving them names,
The Concord Patriot says the rare
atmospheric display called the mirage
was seen In Dunbarton, N. H., few
days ago. An old house with lis sur.
roundings, which stands many feet be-
low the surface OF q hill, about one and
half miles distant, and usually en-.
tirely entirely hidden from the place OF
observation. was distinctly seen BY
several persons, apparently on hill
much higher than the intervening one,
remaining some time, then gradually
disappearing behind the hill again.
The occurrence ID very rare In New
Hampshire.
-Mlnnesota 10 In o local suuabble
over the location Of the State Universi.
", st. Paul 10 taking Its revenge on
Minneapolis for advocating the remoy.
al OF the State capital to KandyohI, BY
urging that the University be removed
from st. Anthony to the city OF the
same unpronouno eable name.
The Lancet. In an article on this
subject, remarks that the custom Of
wearing high boot.heels, and those, too
90 much smaller than the actual heel OF
the wearer as to afford no solid sup
port, but only balancing point, Is q
source OF much mischief, because Il /
throws the centre OF gravity OF the body
go far forward that free and gracefni-
" erect carriage 10 impossible, and there
being no firm support to the heel, las
dies are very apt to twist the ankle
suddenly by overbalanclng themselves:
and then the effect OF driving the foot
constantly forward into the toe OF the
boot is to produce very ugly and pain.
ful distortion OF the great toe joint
Next Christmas eve is set for the
marriage OF some five hundred cousins
In New Hampshire, as after that date
the intermarrlage OF first cousins will
be prohibited there.
The old building In Richmond,
known all over the United States as
Libby Prison, has recently been leased,
9no 10 now occupied by parties engaged
In grinding sumac and bones.
A Brazilian dletarian has lived one
hundred and thirty-dVe years on scrap.
ed cheese and vinegar, and 10 10 be
continued.
DIR. H. G. Hamlin, OF Maine, says
that valuable diamonds exist In Ala
bama. and could be gathered and pros
pected for by expert lRborers. They
have been found near Gainesville, and
further to the northeast, at the Glade
and Horshaw gold mines. Some OF
these stones were of several carats'
weight and OF fine water.
THERE'S child In Pembroke, Mass,
blessed with ten living ancestors-two
Rrandtathers and two grandmothers,
TWO great.grandfathers and two great
grandmothers, one great-greRtsgrand-
father and one graat-great. grand.
mother. The latter are ninety and
eighty.two years Of age.