The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-01
NEWS AND GOSSIP.


from being washed into the Mississippi,
but IT is feared any relief will only be tenn
porary.
"A bill is before the California lcgisla.
ture to prohibit the employment Of wo.
mCn TO soil liquor in any "melodeon, beer
cellar, public garden or drinking saloon"
Butterflies were lively in the vicinity
of Bangor, Me, last week.
The United States Hotel, Richmond,
Va, Is soon to be turned into colorcd
theological college.
Mr.. Richard Bailey, Of Marion, Ala,'
has raised o lot Of fine Irisll potatoes lear
I've o6drich) in the open air this Winter,
the average size Of which Is about equal
to that Of large hens egg.
Two philosophical gentlemen of Pa
lucah, KY, offer 10 donate ground 10 the
extent OF seventy three acres, in lots to
suit those wishing 10 put manufacturing
establishments upon II.
-serioiIs iappf elleisipins arefelt at the
S6tth In behalf or the coming fplit crops
The unusual warmth ofthe winter has al
ready brought out the premonttory buds
offspring, which an early frost would
surely destroy.
"A charitable lady of Savannah, Ga,
has beQucathcd $4,000 for the benefit Of
seamCn visiting that port, which will be
used toward tic establishment Of q Sail
ors'' Home iJf Z 80 ~ .Btit
AN old lady has been discovered In
Portland, Me-, who, in her younger days,
refused to marry Daniel Webster .onfac
count of his using strong drink. She still
remains single. .g4l'. Hi.li
The strike of the iron moulders Of
Troy continues, with no prospects of an
agreement so as TO secure resumption oil
work, Conferences have been held, in
which the proprietors declared that they
could not afford to pay present wages,
while the workmcn said they could not
live on less, and no settlement could be CT
Iccted. ..,:E,i5i ~ sst.i}
,lAburglar in Detroit attempted to ply
his vocation, one night last week, but was
persuaded To deSist by spring gun which
had been "set" inside the door, He hasn't
been really happy since.
There arc now two cOlored women
entered at Howard University, Washing
ton, for tile study Of Inv. Their names
arc Charlotte E. Ray, of Maryland, and
Mrs. NJ. A. Cary, of Michigan.
Joseph A. Carpenter. WHO died at
South Pass, ILL.,, recently, lett one thou
sand dollars 10 establish public fountain
for the town, thus removing one very
prevalent EXCUSE for ,frequenttng So looms"
.lBears have been killed In seventy
towns and plantations In Maine the past
year. The bounties will amount to about
fifteen hundred dollars, N.nyHaN
The government buildings, grounds,
&C., in Washington cost $4S, 726t49O 334
-"Ross," the most thoroughly hated
and universally cursed 0yersCer oil Libby
Prison, Richmond, during the war, Is in
Washington, rumOr says, OtiIcc'secking,
Some of our boys In blue, who arc indcbt'
ed TO him for courtesies,, would like TO,
give him q job! 55say, Strengthening q rope
through atrap! door y 80 y = T.
They don't got drunk in Chicago
they sometimes suffer from wetgroceriess
California proposes to lot such youths Of
eighteen vote rs have distinguished them
selves by industry ind morality"
Nevada aud Californiaate puzzlingpycr
the cause of recent showers Of fish which
have occurred in portions Of these States.
Tho fish that 3D. mysteriOus1y visited the
localities were from two Inches to three
feet in length, and arc pronounced suit
water fish.
-Twot thousand applications for pardOns
are on file in tho Executive Chamber, nj
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Strawberries grown In the open ait
ae'Ssllingin Mobile alta tlollaf'a pint .
"A Texas beef condenslng machine re-
duccs q bullock TO twelve pounds pure OK
tract.
"A Mormon elder b a(lyecatingpolyt
ganiy on the Chicago popular platform,
and challenges, the Chicago clergy 70 meet
him in debate on the plurality wife sys'
zlN!se van { girl in Chicago recently
swallowed q gold sleeve button In the
dark, surprising 1t was an aromatic pill.
"A firm in KcnosIla, Wisconsin, have
shipped east during ttAe pHst year Rom
felnt bt twenty tlo,lsand chickens tnrs
keys, &c.
Ono hundred and ninety Swedes mr.
rived at New Orleans recently for colo.
ny in Mississippi. Three hundred more
arc coming in March. "''''''
"A physician in New Orleans recently
"hadn't time" 10 attend TO a youth who
had swallowed u quantity Of chemical
poison, and looked out for his own com.
fort while the poor creature died in agony,
Owing to mOlcm scientific improve.
ments, the little busy bee Is said To be no
longer responsible for much Of the canned
llongy, In die groe ers shGlR III ( 70
Henry WarI BeecIer says that the
most perfect description Of gentleman
ever written b contained In theithirtCGhth
chapter Of the first Corinthians.
Somebody writes from California that
It Is hard place for the poor man and Ia.
bOror there at the present time. Taxes
arc oppressive, the prices Of most com.
mOdItieS exorbitant, crime abundant, and
the courts corrupt.
Illinois has produced new swindlc.
II Is recipe for making two pounds Of
butter from one. The "agent" sells the
formula for $3.50, and as II requires clgh.
teen, days tOprerare Il, he.lssafely OUT Of
the way before the ftaud Is discovered.
The other day, in Indiana, a, trial for
divorce came 10 an unexpected end. The
principals In the suit, in relating how