The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-28
CURRENT NOTES.

lIhSc men WHO llAAkG II pTbClcc W ~
Clhe everybody with whom ho has u diiItr'
encc, Of inildelity to party, 1t Is not u
very high4niuled mode Of carrying ON 20
Iitical controversy, hut It suits Ganeral
Butler, or lie would not be 80 extremely
partial to it. Rcprisals in such cases are
generally very easy, and Mr.. FFnsworth
read General Butler lesson which the
public will not sOOn forget II had been Il
Republican" said he, "fOr twenty-five
years, when the gentleman from Massa.
IrhusettS was chasing fugitive slaves an
|pVer the State" Perhaps General Butler
had forgotten this little episode In hh he,
and N1nc of his Republican associates
wMllttNst tOrrmiml him oft II hGWere
lt4si ready IL launl others with 'treachcry."
The gallant gentleman from MAssaChu.
sets has COntrtvel to furnish his full share
Of personalities To tlIr debates ~ far rs
llIey havey yet gone.
VIZ wonder at the slampetles which fire.
quently occur among l0ur-i0otcd animals
and yet we arp constantly receiving nc.
counts Of equally scnseless ranics and
rights among human beings. Two such
occurred on Sunday Tie rush for the
doors was so great ut a Liverpool Church,
when the cry Of fire was heard, that fifteen
people were ACTUALLY stamped IN death;
and calamity rlllya terrible might have
resulted from the same Callsc To religious
body convened in Boston, Ind not the
police very fortunately appeared, in the
nick Of time, and QueIlcl the alarm. Rare
" do We hear Of AL individual being burn
cd Ia death, hut instances arc almost week
" reported Of individuals who have been
injured by u sudden rush TO escape real or
imaginary COntlagatiOns, In nine hundred
and nincty.niMC CAses ont Of thousand,
IN assembled audience would be able TO
escape with perfect SaIrty, no matter in
how Close proximity the dcvnuring flames
might he, were they to keep cool And cX'
crcisc ordinary seIr:ppsseSSion.
TmERE is a story going the rounds Of
the pr.ss to the effect that MI individual
who had secured contract during the
war furnished the same Identical gnods
over aud over again 10 the government,
The latter could not use them, and on
their delivery, rs stipulated Ivy contract,
sold them at auction. The contractor
would bid them in at every sale, and re-.
furnish them, rs l~r agreement, I" the
government
I MARYLAND proposes OtHkG some steps
toprcvcnl her soil from hereafter heing
the battle ground Of hruiscrs The pre-.
tentative is very easy and simple. Mary.
land has but u adopt the vigorous GouSs
pursued by Massachusetts toward prize
| fighters, aud she will never Ike troubled
with their presence again Ever since
O'Baldwin was arrested near Boston, on
the point Of entering the ring, and sent to
the FitChburg House If Correction for n
year professional hruiscrs have kept agO0d
,mnny miles between Themselves aud the
old Bay State,
To SUPPOSE, says the Richmond Wig,
that Virginia will employ the newly &C.
uuircd power Of scIcg0vcrnmcnt I" in.
trnducC tic icuds that have ~ cursed
Tennessee, and the race antngoniSm that
have 80 recently retarded the admission
Of Georgia, Is to suppose INN she is be-
nril Of reason Virginia was bcrel Of her
reason many years We can but hope
that with her restoration IN the Union
will als0 come II complete restoration 10
sanity.
Now AMI then a railroad company is
brought up with u round turn. and made
Ia understand that the public have some
rights which corporations are bound To
respect One Of the roads running into
Baltimore has just lIcen fined 81 800 for
Ohs:ruCting the thNrOughiarcs. and pcr'
emploriAlly ordered To remove, ut its own
| cost, various nuiSHnCcs gathered along the
tracks, and 10 fill up every hole and cavity
which it has cXcavatcd,
TIE Missouri Legislature proposes TO
reward the soldiers Of that State who
served in the late war with cheap lithO.
grnph adorned with battle scenes, pOr-
| trails, monuments, suuOurSts, &c, two
and lLalf y two feet IN size. estimated
nnminallv NJ the price Of SIC, hut worth,
in fact, about t. or Sc. The whole thing
looks very like u lithngraphcr's Spccuh'
ton.
4 STORY comes from Texas which quite
eclipscS the famous performance accredit
ed to William Tell We ARE told that
some few months since party Of Texans
were practiciig with six-slOoterS at q
target, when wager was proposed that a
piece Of silver should lc placed on cork,
on the head Of one OF the number, and the
cork shot ont, leaving the coin resting on
the mans head. Tie wager was made,
and at distance Of five PAGES the parties
were placed in position, the target adjust
ed, and the feat performed without injury
to the supporter Of tho target.
THE Supreme Judicial Court Of MnssA-
chuselts has recently made an Important
decision in prosecution arising from the
sale Of bottle of bittcrs, in which tue de.
PENDANT asserted tina, lie had soll the
liquid in cool faith as medicine. The
Judge trying the case, however, charged
the Jury that IL the bitten" wNs an In.
toXiCating liquor, the sale oF 1t in good
faith was not valid defence, and this 20.
sition WAS maintained BY the Supreme Jul
dicial Court As consequence Of this
decision the State ConsiablcS are sciEing