The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-19

"A Masonic Lodge is about to be
opened at Fairview, Hancock county,
Waat VirOinia

opened at talrVle", hducOCh county
West Virginia.
The last official act of Mr.. Wash
| burne was to countersign Mr.. Fish e
commission as Secretary of State, and
the first official act of Mr.. Fish was Ia
countersign Mr.. Washburne's commits
sion as Minister to France.
In the Maine Legislature, last week
one member, a doctor, moved to amend
the Capital Punishment Bill by prOvi-
ding that chlOrofOrm be administered
to persons on the scaffold. Another
doctor opposed the proposal, as all
physicians admitted that the admins
tratiOn OF chlOrOfOrm was dangerous to
life. The amendment was rejected.
"A policeman in Memphis received
challenge last week from n man whom
he had arrested for being drunk and
disorderly. Both the challenger and the
man who delivered it were promptly
arrested.
"A burlesque, on the latest sensa-
tiOnal plan, has been constructed and
performed in Louisville, which gets its
plot from the Ku-Klux Khan and the
Whisky Ring. The title is "BO.Peep,"
the name OF the hero who runs an un-
derground distillery in Tennessee.
Among the other experiments on
pigeons recently made is that of freeZ-
ing their brain by a spray of either.
This produces unconsCiOusness, but not
death. When the brain thaws the pi-
geon goes on with what it was doing
just before the experiment.
According to Professor Nordenski-
old, OF the Swedish Arctic Expedition
of last year, the Polar ice Is far more
open in the Autumn than at any other
season, but the idea of an open Polar
Sea is chimerical. The pole must be
reached by sledges, he says, or not at
all.
"A conductors duty on tho Pacific
Railroad involves certain personal
risks peculiar to the far West. a gen
tleman who has recently passed over
the road relates Il scene he witnessed on
one train. The conductor told rough
looking traveller that he wanted his fare.
"The hi You do,' was the only an
swer. The conductor persisted. ''Wall
here's my pass" said the traveller, pre-
senting IL heavy revolver at the official g
head. Another huge fellow interpOsed
at this point, presenting pistol to his
fellow passengers temple, with Il me-
nacing look, "NOne of that stranger;
fair play, shell OUT" This settled the
matter, and the fare was paid.
The salaries of the different mon
nTChs of Europe are given as follows by
u German statlsticiau:
Alexander II.........sS $50 900 or So, COO a day
Abdul AZiz............ G0O0,O0O or $4,000 a day
NapbleON III .......... D 900 COO or l4,2lJ Il day
Francis Josepn... 4OOO'OOO or lO'O5O day
Fred. William H.. J 600 100 or S,1IO Il day
Victor Emmanuel. 2,iOO.OOO or G,6lO day
Victoria. 600 or $40 n day
Isabella 1I............... ,SUO0LO or l,6i3 uhy
Leopold d................... 100000 or 1,GI3 day
In addition TO this salary, each of
these individuals is furnished with Il
dozen or more first. class houses TO live
in without any charge for rent.
Advice to those about to go to law {:
First ask yourself this question: "Are
you morally in the right?" If the an
swer is mo" go to law by all means,
you'll be sure to owiu.-I'OmlGhd'Vk.
"A meeting of the friends OF the Char
tiers Valley Railway, will be held at
Canonsburgh, on Saturday, the Goth of
March, at O'Clock, T.. NJ, and at WASH
ington at 7 o'clock the same evening, to
hear the reports of the several commit
tees who have been engaged in prOcur-
ing a transfer OF stock from original
books, so as to be made payable month
ly at five dollars per share, instead of
quarterly,as was originally subscribed,
payable after the work was done.
Should the committees fail by that time
to secure the transfers of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, the question
will have then to be determined wheth-
er any further effort will be made or at
enterprise.
The Commissioners OF the Pan
Handle Railroad are to hold Il meeting
In the Court House, Wellsburgh, on
the Goth inst. The S25, 900 required by
their charter has been raised, and the
matter begins to assume a definite
form. This road is to run from point
near Steubenville on the Pittsburgh,
Columbus and st. Louis railroad to the
town of WellsburEh and thence to
Wheeling. Brooke county last fall
voted 100000 to further the project.
The town of Now Cumberland,
West Va, and the whole country for
two or three miles around, is provided
with light "free gratis" by the burning
gas which rushes from well, situated
Mt "DeeD Gut" about one mile above
the town. This we'll was bored several
years ago with the view of finding oil.
When the depth of six hundred feet
was reached a tremendous volume of
gas rushed out, and still continues to
escape with apparently undimlnlshed
force. 1t is regarded by all who have
seen it as being the most extensive gas
works extant.
Large numbers OF Northerners are
said to be making money by ratsing
oranges in Florida.
-Bamboos have been imported from
China to California with design TO
cultivate them in that State.
Charles Gildemeister, the architect
of the New Pork Crystal Palace, died
at Bremen, Germany, after prOtracted
illness, February last.
"A strong effort is making In St.
Louis to secure direct ocean trade with
Liverpool, by way of New Orleans.
MFR. George Peabody was at Brigh-
ton at last accounts, but has found little
benefit for his failing health in the sea
breezes there.
The burning of dead bodies is be-
ng strongly advocated in Paris. is
thought that the French Assembly may
make cremation legal.