The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-01
GENERAL NOTES.

FRANK THORN, q foolhArdy Buffalo boy
,of about twenty-five year,, intends leap;
ing f0mlthg, centre pG tho new s1spn;
sion bridge at Slagar8 Fall, into tho
water q distance OF one hundred and
ninety :dyeieet, on the 18th Of next month.
A fewiHeaIs since he made o successful
leap into tie Allegheny river, In PennBJl;
yania, distance Of ninety feet 1f,sucf
cesslul in this adventure, as he seems cmi
fident Of being, he will receive $40, 600
He appears 70 have prepared himself well
for the dlght, and calculated closely tho
chances Of success md II he cam keep
himself upright inh the descent, may es-
cape withputi1juEYi He has tested his
lung, and finds hei can hold his breath
long enough TO reach the water 20 under
thirty feet, and come. up again. ? hbg q
oTHEid iosyncratlt propenSitieS towhich
Door human.hatufe q liable seem TO be
countless in number and exhahstl@s. In
vUriety.sRFor example,, here is soldier
in Detroit, who whenever he has taken a
drop TOO much; isiseizedwith an ire
sistiblG desire 70 cut of the tails OF dogs.
During o recent pRrOxysm, before he could
be arrested, this professor Of decahdali-
zation had deprived o. faithful dogs Of
their principal ornament and safeguard
against torture in ,ly-time. In this ago
however, allsorts oftAlent can DO utilized;
and II this genius, With tie passion for
Improving the personal appearance Of
dogs, cbuld be persuaded 10 live in some
Wool,growing district, md % modify his
practice by taking OF the tail just behind
the cars, what d valuable member Of So
clcty hemight become. 50,
The processes by which the Indian wars
are brought about consists among other
things in deliberate stealing. Tho Sou4t-
trR Kansas Adpqnce says that more than
800 families Of "pioneers" layo settled IN
the Cherokee country west Of the Goth do!
gree, west longitude. The rights Of these
Spioneers" to this land ut the present mo.
ment It would besdificult TO discover !;
but perhaps they claim 1t by right Of dis.
coYery.. They claim that this settlement
will serve as barrier against wild lndi.
ans; but the tame" Cherokees say that
there'lIaS never been any raid IRON that
direction; md they don't desire any
guard" that Is apt to provoke hosttlitics.
After q year or 50 these pioneers. will ap-
ply 10 Congress 70 have this land cut off
the Indian reservation, and granted to
these actual settlers. t.s...f
SEVERAL clerks belonging 10 store in
Lewiston, Me-, ut The clog Of business on
Wednesday night, found Ethat the key to
the outside door was missing. Surprising
ii TO have been stolen by some person who
would probably return during the night
to make mid upon the goods, and not
daring 10 leave the store, the young men
made up q bed upon the floor, and with
brave hearts lay down prepared to face the
danger. Tho long watches Of the night
wore away ut Inst, and the morning light
revealed the key lying upon n box, just
where It was placed when the store Wus
opened tho day previous.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Boston Daily
AdrcrtiSer, in Gnumerating the advantages
Of an inter.Oceanic canal across the 18th
mus Of Panama, connecting the Atlantic
with tho Pacific Of such capacity MS to
enable even lelargest class of ships 10
pass from one ocean TO the other without
going round Cape Horn or the Cape Of
Good Hope, says, India, ChinR, and Aus
tralia would be notionly much more aces
sible, but the voyage, ont and homc,would
be confined to ono tropiG, whilst at pres
cnt, n vessel must pass four times through
cach tropic. The length Of the proposed
canal is 453 miles from ocean TO ocean;
prism Of water $50 feet ut bottom, 27O
ut surface, and 30 deep the locks 400 feet
in length, and 90 IN clear width. The
summit level will he four miles long, the
greatest depth Of which will be 1870 feet,
and the average depth 40 feet. This level
10 lie supplied by feeder "a miles long,
to Chagrcs river, which river is 1856 Feet
above mean tide, and 50 above tho sum
nit level. Tho estimated cost Of such
work, including requisite harOOr i'm
provemcnts, is within CightymRli0nScf dol.
lars.
A LADY's sketching costume at the
White Mountains Is thus skGtchel by u
correspondent Of the New York Times I:
"a lady, when attircd and equipped for u
sketching excursion, presents quite an odd
appearance. The costume in vogue here
IS a water proof short dress with hoop
less skirt, broad brimmCd straw hat
tied down Mt the sides byR veil, and Il
handkerchief around the neck. The
hands find full occupation, as the lady
has to carry an artists box, containing
prints, brushes, pencils, canvas, paper,
&c, n camp chair, n large umbrella, aud u
pike, which answers the double purpose
Of support for the umbrella and an as.
siStant in climbing. The country people
orc oNcn puzzled TO know the vocation OF
these wanderers, and some amusing mis-
takes have occurred in consequence. Ono
country woman inquired Of two oil them,
who were passing her house, il they
mundOd paraSols and umbcr.Cl.las,"
lisa recent decIsion by Judge Barnard,
nl New York, in the case Of Barry Il.
Fisher ei A., il is laid down that where Il
firm owing debts takes in new member
| into the firm, an attachment will not lie
against the property Of the new firm for
the debts Of the old, even to the extent oil
the interests Of the partners who were
members OF tho old firm. This decision,
which seems 70 I've In conflict with the
settled Inv Of the State, suggests an easy
way by which firms mdispOscd TO pay
their debts may tic up their property out
of reach OF their creditors
Fossil. remains Of u large variety Of
extinct fishes IRE 10 b. seen on high
plateau in Nevada, and recently the bones
Of IN anlediluvin sen monster have been
discovered in this place, which is sup
uOscd TO have bCCn n ShOul, where the nm.
imals persisted rs the waters rCCCdCd.
The remains just discovered, II is csti-
mated, weigh about len tons, and rcScm.
Llea hump.baCkCd whale US 10 tho body,
and a polypus, with long feGlGts, Ns 10 the
front extremity Tho head Is fat and OBJ
long, with tho eyes 81 inches apart, and
the mouth Is filed with triple rows Of
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