The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-20

ouite worthlesa, and given away to any
one who would take the trouble to haul
II. il now, after having been ground
fine, to be used rs fertilizer. This new
fiisaoreeable odor of the ordinary fish
manure.
in 1s48 gentleman who was about
tn leave Worcester. Mass, wanted 10
sell his farm al the south part of the
citv. He was offered $1,000, but de-
manded 81, 500. 1t was lett with agents
for sale, and they have RENTED to him
SIOO, 600, and have half of the farm still
on hand.
The Berlin KreutZ. ZeitltM1, the Or
gan of the feudal aristocracy of PEus.
election to the United States Senate
with many groans and signs; but the
North German Universal Gazette, Bis
marks special organ, expressed much
satisfaction at Carl's success.
The following epitaph on bellows
member, by Ben Jonson, is not includ
ed In any edition of his works:
Here Ives 10. Potterell; a maker ofbellowes,
Master Of his trade, and king OF good fslIowes
lie that made believes could not mako
breath.
"A Georgia editor, indignant at the
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment,
can only express himself in the follow
ing language: "Let Congress fill its
Legislature can guZzle them without
blinking"
Sir SKenelm Disby, of England,
wrote to Gov. Winthrop, the second, OF
Massachusetts, in the eighteenth CEN
tury, and recommended the following
cure for tho ague; "Hare the patients
nails; put the parings in little bag
round the neck OF q live Gel, and put
him III tub OF water; the eel will die,
and the patient will recover"
Speaking of the youthful appear
ance of the Washington cOrrespOn-
dents, Don Piatt says: 1.-The young
gentleman who sends to the Cincinnati
Commercial such quantity of curt,
graphic, pointed kilograms, resembles
an infant Greeley, as II nature had
half contemplated another blunder,
such as the one found in the white hat
ted philosopher"
"A car-coupling, it is reported, has
been invented, in operating which 1t Is
not necessary to pass between the cars,
and thus run the risk OF being crush
ed. The other advantages OF the in
vention are, that by its use the disn-
greenble jerk in tho starting OF train
is avoided, a spring being so arranged
as to play on the adjustable head, and
take up the lost motion OF the link.
"A magnificent diamond bracelet
was recently found on the floor OF the
Princesses' Gallery in tho British
House of Lords, which on examination
proved to be of paste, and worth about
iT0 guineRs. or course the fair owner
never put in claim for her lost pro-
perry; but there is considerable curl
osity TO know who is the Princess that
wears such jewelry.
"A contemporary says, 1.-THE people
at Hancock, uoughton and Marquette,
Mich, got slightly inebriated when the
Copper Tariff bill passed the House; got
still tighter when 1t passed the Senate;
sobered of when it was vetoed; and
when 1t was passed over tho veto, they
all got drunk again, and We're still re-
manning in that delightful condition at
the latest date"
The frog in the fable that tried TO
attain the size of the OK, was pigmy
compared with one OF his tribe just
caught near Indian Camp Spring, Ten
nessee. The latter is descibed to be
three feet four inches in height, when
in a sitting posture, weighs 90 pounds,
and thinks nothing OF making leap OF
ten feet. Its eyes are two and half
inches in diameter, aud its general APP
pearance is hidiOus and repulsive in the
extreme. 1t was found i'll large cave,
and its captOr Tennessee farmer, in
tends to exhibit 1t to the public.
"A census OF tho Inhabitants of North
Western India Classics some of the
population under the following Singh
lar callings: mourners, 30; almStNkerS,
Ill; pedigrea makers, Is; tlatterers for
gain, 22ll; vagahond, !; housepainters,
l6; budmashes, 074; Eravediggers, 81;
ear piercers, Is; makers OF caste marks,
81: wrestlers. 2; charmers, 4; sturdy
beGgars, IS; professional thieves, u; in
former, l; hnnGmen, 1S3; fortune tellers,
3: jesters, ISL; nstrolloSers, ,l2}; nimtcs'
80
There is at the foot of the Green
Mountain, in YuuCey county, North
Carolina, near the road leading from
huntsville to Ashville,a rock some nine
feet in length by four in width, elevat-
ed three TeGt at one end and one foot at
the other above tho surrounding earth,
dipping to southwest eight or eleven
degrees, having the tracks of various
animals-Cows, dogs, bears. deer, &C.
so Enthusiastically imprinted on its sur
face that there can he no mistake as to
their penuinenesS. The southern end
OF the rock Is literally covered with
tracks.
New York has young lady who
divides up her tImO i'll the most metho-
dical manner, and never allows one
duty to infringe upon tho time devoted
to another. Recently Il friend chilled to
gently break to her the intelligence of
the death OF her much beloved grand
mother. The methOdical young woman
was affected even to tears. But drew
forth her watch at the most touching
point i'll the stGTY, and begged her
friend to cut it short Rs in four minutes
and tWentv.twO seconds she must
practice with her dumb bells.