The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-12
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GENERAL NOTES.

in the city of London az a perpetual
maintenance for three poor women and
cat. The property is now worth G4O,
900 year. The poor women and theil
cat-friends OF the trustees-are main
tanned aud the rest of the income
G3 $3.50 per annum, is expended in sal
aries on uncles, aunts, cousins, ap-
pointed as secretaries, treasurers, chapr
lains, visitors, &C., who see to the prop
er distribution of aims, chatechize the
old women, and stroke the cat.
-Late East India papers give ac-
counts of the violent earthquake which
shook various parts of Bengal between
January 10th and 1lth. 1t was most
severely felt in Cachar and Assam. The
earthquake was felt as far west of Cal
cutta as Dinapare. AT Cachar, where
il was most severe. the earth seemed
agitated by great wave, rising in q
swell 20 feet high, tossing trees and
buildings about, and making the hills
reel. The river changed its course and
ran upward for an hour, tossing the
water so feet into che air. The earth
opened in hundreds of places, vOmit.
ing up volumes of blue sand and water
and engulting houses, cattle and men,
in some cases closing over what 1t had
swallowed, and In others remaining in
yawning abysses, showing the roofs OF
houses 20 feet below the surface. The
convulsion was felt over all Lower Ben
gal at the same time, and continued
with great shocks for several days.
The water was warmed for the COM
fort of tho candidates on IA baptismal
occasion in a Baptist church at Provi-
dence, last week, Sunday. The rising
steam caused a general stampede
among the congregation and fninting
among the ladies, who thought the
the building was on fire.
Gen. John C. Breckenridge, after an
exile of nearly eight years, reached his
home at Lexington, Ky, early Tues
day morning. He will Immediately
renew the practice of the law, but care
fully eschew politics.
"A recently married couple in North.
ern Wisconsin are making bridal
tour on handsled.
Horse thieves in Tennessee are now
Iynched by drowning, like cats, with a
stone tied to their neck.
During the year 1869 the city of Gin
cinnati, In It's corporate capacity, Will
expend near $4,OOO,OOO.
"A Young lady went into fashiona-
BILE music store the other day, and
asked the polite proprietor II he had
"any feline intestines for lyrical pur-
poses?" She wanted cat-gut guitar
strings. For once in his life, the young
man "weakened," and was carried out
on a cancelled postage stamp.
The coming dictionary is to have this
among other new definitions SteW- art
the art of getting Cabinet in stew.
In Mercer county, this State, there
is Il family of thirteen children, all
living, the youngest of whom Is hfty
years old.
In Texas the wheat crop promises
we'll, and in some parts of the State
corn is rising in price, and Is now worth
fifty cents in specie per bushel. "A
short time since it could hardly be dis
posed of at any price.
The public schools of Norfolk, Va,
have received donation OF one thou
sand dollars from the agent of the Pea
body Southern school fund.
Near New Market, Jefferson coun-
ty, Tenn, is a cavernous region in
which farmer while plOwInR recently
lost his team of horses, extricating
himself with difficulty. Subsequently,
while plowing with team OF oxen,
they TOO broke through into cavern.
General Grant receives all his visit
ors with becoming grace and dignity.
lie seems pleased to see all who call,
but his visitors soon learn that appli-
cations for Office or long memorials
will not be heard. He will not listen to
long aud verbose communications, but
strictly requires that all such shall first
he subjected to the inspection OF Gen.
Dent.
-ConSressman Orth is n very happy
man, for his district seems to be almost
the only one which has no applicants
for office under tho new admintstra-
ton.
MIR. James s. Ely, of Chicago, has
been appointed short hand writer to
tho President.
Henry NJ. Steele, a native of Baltl-
more, and son of the sister of Philip
Barton Key, who was killed by Gener-
al Sickles, committed suicide yesterday
at his boarding house, No. Irving
Place, New York, by shooting himself
through the head. Mental depression.
Is assigned as the cause of the act.
A contemporary says of an elo-
uuent preacher: During the sermon,
lie paid a high tribute TO the character
OF Christi
Canada has had twelve feet depth
of snow, on level, this season.
The Sioux Indians call General
Sherman General Walk.a-heap."
BY IA recent experiment instituted
between Boston and San Francisco, 1t
has been found that electricity travels
at the rate Of six thousand mics In
something less than sixty seconds OF
time.
AT an Oakland, Ohio, hotel recent
ly a strong smell OF gas was discovered
issuing from the room of bridal par
ty from the country. Admission being
demanded to put out the gas, the rural
swain replied that "he blew it out, and
then the darned thing smelt SO bad that
he put his stocking over it," Sure
enough, there was the stocking drawn
over the burner and tied down with a
shoe string.
An Ohio paper tells OF conductor
who very kindly stopped his train to
allow two couples and a clergyman to
nlight and perform the marriage cere'
mony at house by the roadside. The
performance occupied about three min
utes, and the welded pairs getting
aboard again, the train Travelled on
"A three year old child, temporarily y
left in charge of its infant Drother IN
Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday evening
got angry with it and killed 1t by peat
ing it over the head with the nursing
bottle.
kentucky has "stern parent" who
keeps his daughter chained TO log, IN
order to prevent her marrying contrary
to his wishes.
The heirs of Noah Webster are saic
to receive $25 900 annually from the sale
of his dictionary.
THE assault of the redoubtable Binck
ley on Commissioner Rollins yesterday
will be explained perhaps by perusa
ofthe following extract from Mr.. Rol
Inns recent letter asking Mr.. BIS. dis
missal.