The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-16
CURRENT NOTES.


A CANADA paper says that, on the 18th
Of january, people living on the shore OF
ST. Clair Lake heard two loud reports us
Of q cannon, Immediately Nncr which they
felt gentle swaying Of the earth, and
discovered That Ice and trees and logs
from the lake Ind been suddenly piled In
a iumbled mass on the shore. The waters
also suddenly rose, and It was n week be-
fore they subsidized into their ordinary
boundary. No explanation Of the pho.
nOmcna llns been given.
Az eccentric rich man In Nashville,
Tenn, alter leaving all his property to
outsiders, winds up his will IN this way
Before any Of these requests shall be per.
formed there must first be erected over
my wife andmyself nice monument. /
have not given anything To my witc's re-
IatiOns because they did not visit my wife
during her sickness, nor aitCr she was
dead, md my wilG's sister desired me ia
send close carriage for her while her Sis
ter, my wife, was dying"
A New York World reporter has been
looking up the hat trade, and finds that In
the BOwCry "Don Junn" Int in one es.
tablislment Is called III. W. Bcocllcr" in
another.
BEELzEDuD, said 10 mean In Hebrew
"thc great lly.frightener," Is the latest sup
posed author Of "Shoo Fly"
A SERVANT girl got up in her sleep in
Concord, N. H., on Thursday night, and
her movements awakening her mistress,
the latter thought burglars were around,
md vigorously blew tin horn to attract
the attention Of the police. The girl was
awakened by the sound, and imagining II
to he Gabrlcrs last trump, very promptly
lhinted away. Tablcau.
TIE Milwaukee Wisconsin explains that
II Is tic custom in that State to print the
Governors message IN several foreign
languages, not TO accommodate citizens Of
foreign birth, but that It may be sent
abroad rs NJ advertisement Of the Condl.
ton and resources Of the State, SO that
cmigrants may be induced 10 make their
homes there,
TIE spccular iron ores Of Pilot KrOb
arc roasted ut the charcoal furnaces in
piles, each containing about 1000 TO 5000
tons, and burning six weeks Tho bottom
Of such II pile Is made Of sticks Of wood,
laid about five feet apart, and closely COW
cred with other sticks put CrOSswisc.
Upon this bed arc spread alternately lay.
Crs Of orc about IS inches thick, ind Of
COal-tlust 4 to @ inches thick. Tho orc is
broken 10 small fist size. RONstCd orc is
red outside, and composed of cOnCcntriC
shells, which inclosc II kernel. This kGr.
mel is commonly rather raw; when well
burnt II Is brOwnish in hue.
4 SOUTHERN paper remarks that the
Mayor Of its city rarely misses Ill oppOr'
tunity Of making mistake"
\ FORr SCoTT man, in cXcavNting a
cellar, came upon n vein Of yellow OChre
SIX feet thick, which sold for s. II lOnd as
ilst rs taken ont. Digging cellars in that
vicinity is now crowded profession.
Tyo stock farmers IN California had a
dispute as to whether Cashmere goats or
tlnc.bl0Olcd sheep furnished the finest
meat. A jury was appointed, and about
100 persons partOOk Of the barbecue with
which the trial was celebrated. The jury
decided In favor Of Goat by n vote of 8 to 4.
Charleston, says u Southern writer,
comes out like II tongue from the main
laMd to tNstC the salt Of the sea, not salts
fled with the brackish waters Of Ashley
and Cooper Rivers, TINT mOisten it on
either side. .a 81.
ONE Of the Eastern Governors assured
the Legislature in late message that
capital, like water, would always seek its
highest level" 1t wNs probably n slip OF
the pen. .' t
SmAp from the Chesapeake and the 20.
tOmacl have made their appearance in
Baltimore, and Nre hawked through the
streets Mt flily cents per pair.