The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-25
VARIETIES.

COMMUNICATION the boy who stood
on the burning deck" has been arrested 10
New Orleans as a wholesale dealer IN
spurious money. .N tg Y q
AMERICAN Correspondent are not al.
LOWED 70 "iutefyicw RorlIetort, and
characterize the proceeding rs Sbrutal"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Philadelphia
Letiqer suggests that the Pennsylvania
Legislature should have biennial instead
of annual sessions. lie says: ITS deliOe-
rations do very little good, and 1t manages
10 keep every one in u HemOr until 1t nd
journS.
TIE New York Herald predicts "thC
overthrow OF the DEM cfAtic party In the
next State election, and. with the loss Of
New York, the rapid disintcgration and
dissolution Of the party throughout the
United States" 'llr
THE Macon (Ga.) Telegraph cOmmends
General Breckenridge for branding the
Ku.Klux, those masked maraudGrs ind
nsSassinS," rs they deserve; and after de-
clnring that he could not have said one
superllOus word in dGnnnciation Of their
midnight deeds, adds that they must be
put down some dry, and the sooner tho
better.
The Kentucky Legislature proposes to
POSTPONE TIC election Of Congressman I'M
tilAugusL, 1871, thus leaving that State
unrcprcsented in the next Congress until
that time, II is boldly announced that It
Is anticipated by that time q pretty good
understanding will be arrived nj III To
how the accession Of the negroes to the
voting population Of Kentucky will aIlect
tho political status OF the State.
PHILADELPHIA is building great sew
or. The section now In process Of CON
struction Is 2,O47 feet long. 1t Is laid in
dry stone, with IL brick lining eighteen
inches thick laid in cement, The stone
wall is ut least thirty feet wide ut the bAsc,
hut becomes narrower at the top The
conduit is OF twenty feet diameter from
side 10 side and of about nineteen feet In
height, 1t is estimated that 100000 cubic
feel OF water per minute can pass through
this conduit on q gradient of 322 feet per
mile, or Il inches in 100 feet.
IIUpE, the celebrated London bunker
who was suffering from an inCxorablG
nalady which prevented him from eating,
seeing friend ut work upon chop, ex-
claimed with accents Of emotion, stopping
his friends llnnd rs it was conveying II
pi0co Of chop on fork to his mouth,
"ChcrishCd friend, | would give millions
To be able to ent that chop US thou art do
ing." And NJ. Nathaniel ROthschild, who
was ,Mralyzed, On hearing Of IN accident
to his brother from fall from his horse,
exclaimed, "Ah! how happy he must be
to be able to get on horseback nj the risk
oven Of breaking his neck by Il fall! |
would give million to be ablC TO risk rs
much"
Az extraordinary cuse Of suicide has just
occurred ut Paris. 4 well.drcSSCd man Of
about 10 descended the Quai DIES Tuilcrics,
and, seating himself man who was
fishing lit cigar. lie then offered one
10 his ncighbOr, and, atlCr few minutes
conversation. plunged hcadforcmost into
the river. The fisherman dropped his rod
and jumped In alter him, but the first i'm.
mediatcly struck out and swan away, and
the other regAinCd the bank. The former
shortly after returned, and, while smim'
ming in front Of his temporary acquNint'
ancc, drew three NapOlCOnS from lis
pocket and commenced tossing them in
the uir like II juggler. At the approach
Ora number OF persons, alarmed by the
cries ofthe spectators OF this strnngc scene,
he swallowed the coins, and, diving under