The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-15
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Canada .haa m enrolled militia
force numbering 650, ,069 men. s'I
-ClncInnAu presents as 4 curiosity
nine-pouhd sweet potato. ggnGpIIUg,
"A hymn, has already been written
for the inauguration OF the Suez Canal.
There have been imported to Eng.
land this season $4,000, 900 lbs OF black
tea. r a.as7u BIO. .',,,,s
Massachusetts, thinks she will have
10 an average cranberry crop this year.
London 10mahdiUk thinks that
misplaced Y confidence Is that ylbe.
Slowed on iriend.'
| 1T requires one hundred ounces Of
qulhin6 o weeklto combat the shakes
In Frankfort, Indiana.
-Columbus, Georgia, IL said 10 not
haVe d single lawyer who relurna an
Income large enough to tax. l4rI ..Iil
1T 10 said that the best paid people
on earth are 'ptima donne, English
bishops and patent medicine sellera. n
Salt Lake has had so many peaches
that great Quantities have rotted on the
ground for want Of a market.
| MI. Jaffsraon received four thong.
and dollars for four nights Perform
ancs Of Rip Van Wlnkle Id Brooklyn.
In the Japanese idol, temples, the
priests relieve each other every fifteen.
mlnutes, and the relieved retire to
smoke. r. , --.-,---,-
| Tho late President Pierce LEFT no
family. His wife died several years
ago, and their two children died before
her, :.
"a Troy lawyer who cleared fellow
ofcounterteiting hndB that hia fee waS,
ungratefully paid In bogus gresnbacks.
"a family hRs been found In q stary.
Ing condition In jersey City, and one
OF the members, q child, has since d led.
4 "A keg OF gunpowder recently ex.
plo1ed In the hands OF o PennSylyania
miner, and Injured, but did not klLt,the
holder. i :.
Henry Homer has been crier OF 4
court In Boston for forty years. He,
may be set down as the champion crier
Of America.
The Cooperative Laundry In
Massachusetts 10 10 haye $4,000 capital,
and to do the washing OF tlny families
The Ottawa Times complains that
immortality is increasing In the Domln.
lon, but doesn't charge It 10 the advent.
OF Arthur. 'T1'.F, s-a p
| An Illinois insurance company had
lts safe broken open last week, at
JanesvllleGand S7li 900 In sScurltIes8nd
money stolen. ~ q =
The New York Herald says thai
Jas. Flax, Jr., began life as = menagsriS
enploye, and served q long time In.
stirring up the animals' He h&snp
forgotten his trade. - p
"A Canadian alderman, at whose
house Prince Arthur recently, STAYED
two days, has sent In bill for $500 for
his board and lodging. y
Portland, Me-, has hackman,
Joseph Ramsey by name, who took q
we'll filled pocket book which he found
In his coach to the Police Station. n,
The New York Express wants the
laws against indecent publications en-
forced against Mrs. Stowe'a proposed
renewal Of the Byron controversy. q, ,I
An advertisement In the London
Telegraph announces rppartial board In
. house kept by q ladyiand her daughl-.
or. Buses and boats convenient
I The New York Telegram describes
the present phase OF the gold-speculat-
ing sqHabblein New York as the I'Erle.
pressible contest between Corbln and
Fisk.a ~ eJllAlLtl .4E9GG1'
Two, persons are at law about the
custody OF the key. OF a Sunday school
| library In Indiana. The costs have
already reached the value OF three hun.
dred and thlrty!three keys. hEiH'Fhs
The latest from England is that
subscription Is being taken to erect q
monument to Adam, the father OF man.
kind, to be located on the supposed site
Of the Garden OF Eden, In Messopota-
| mia. B. ........ ............ s5fp, d. :, .l-
| The snail season has commenced In
4 Paris. Here Is the recipe: Boil In salt
and water, shell dry In napkin, chop
up with butter, and tine herbs replace
In their shells, and Fyhen roasted, serve.
--AOG Ghinaman In California thinks
that when one man ia hit,by another
and the iassailant In lnedrtWenty,dol-
lars, the money ought 10 20 to the hit
man instead Of the Government, This
is the way they do things In China = /, Z {
"A French cattle fair, at Roche.Po2
~.
Incident almost iaSi terrible and more
Extraordinary than the IndIRnapolIs
disaster The stings OF u swarm Of,in.,
sects infuriated the oxen, so. that they
broke loose 10 the number ofsix hun
dred; rushing in all directions, and
kno6lt11g down and tramplInE more
than hundred and thirty people. ,'.'
An enterprising colored man OF
Trenton, N. j., devised apetition 70 the
Common Council Of that cityi asking
for an enlargement OF the school house
J for colored children. It occurred 10
him that the signatures OF certain white
folks might be serViceable, and he 'ap-
piled for and obtained large number.
The petition commences "We,r the pa
rents OF the colored children !'' ~ Y
The New York Journal of Commerce
says: "A great'many ministers 10 this
city preached on Sunday last on the
moral LESSONS of the financial panie.
Their sermons bear q striking re.
Remblanee to the best editorial leaders
Of the New York papers on the same
subject. This l8 not the first time that
popular preachers, like .Congressmeti
and other political speakers, have taken
from the press the cue for their most
eloquent and effective addresses.'5 T,
Wien Mark Twain wrote his first
article o Call iiorntR publisher told him
that he hadn't brains enough TO keep o
mule going straight ahead In a ten. acre
lot. ''rn.'7' y, -. W! o. II '-.''.
Vice President oolfax says: 'Twen.
Ety- Eve years. experience has convinced
me that the beat, wisest and safest rule
for all, young and old, and even more
ESPECIALLY for those In public life, Is
total abstinence from All that can in
toxicate,i u IT. c1a1d ~ -. 10
d, & u Y CLEVELAND; q IA II
The Cleveland Leader jubilates after
this fashion: :'.'A|4' mo =
All honor and glorY to the Republic
cans Of the city Of Cleveland. They
have given, Hayes % majority Of $50,
gain OF 1lS over Sherwood's majority OF
last year. In the face OF the temperance
bolt, and of the general Republican
apathy, this 10 splendid victory. The
county OF CuyAhoga has covered Itself
with unexpected glory. No one claim
ed yesterday o majority OF over 5000