The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-20
VARIETIES.

other day, by the return OF bull Walcn
he had sent 10 magazine editor, with q
notice. that the manuscript was respect
fully declined"
'-A woman not far from Atchlson, Mo,
whose husband had just been buried by
the Masonic fraternity, sald 10 friend IN
giving an account Of the obsequies: "Qh,
you ought to havc been therc--we had .
splendid time"
According to Gladstone the wealth Of
England increases 5OOIOO0,OOO every
year. a.'l '..1 aE'-'.- = f.lE ,t.a
"A stranger lately went 10 the village
Of Storm Lake, Iowa, TO inspect his pur-
chase Of a section Ofland, and found It 10.
Gated in the ceptre Of the lake. He had
paid four dollars and half an acre. oii
Belgium, q little kingdom Of 1882
square miles-about the size. oil Maryland
gives comfortable support 10 over 6,00O,-
900 people, or about 800 to the square
mile. ~
I. AN Indiana paper reports that Mrs.
Jabez Ellison, of De Kalb county, recent
" whipped Jabez within IN inch Of his
precious life, the monster having C0nclud.
ed matrimonial quarrel, in which he
failed to sustain himself, by splitting on
some iritters in course Ofpreparation for
supper. b.. ...."'. Vi. u.
Congress not being in session, Wssh-
ington has begun raid on the hogs,
goats, geese anu cows that roam Its streets.
Boston has resident who has started
on his second century with fair prospect
of completing II. There Is, Of course, no
induCemcnt to leave Boston 10 so 10
Heaven.
The English language undergOes some
remarkable changes in tropical climates.
Here is the Panama Star aud Herald CIV
ing an announcement Of certain deaths
under the head Of "detunctions." ~
"A secondhand clothier Of New Fla.
ven, Ct, publicly announces that he has
''lett off clothing of every description"
Tho coming Republican State Con-
vention of Missouri, 10 nominate Candt-
date for Governor and other State offices,
will number 797 delegates. l
GA noted burglar, now at large, told an
ex. United States Marshal, a day or two
since, that mo botch did that job at Ma
than's house" ......'.
"A bankrupt died in Chicago while
his application Tor the benefit Of the Bank
rupt Act was under consideration. His
affairs were all brought to tho usual ter
mination, however, and lis attorney up.
piled for tho discharge. The court de-
eided that it could not be granted, because
the law says mo discharge shall be grant
ed to any bankrupt until he shall take and
subscribe an oath to the effect that he has
not done, suffered, or been prtvy to any
act, matter, or thing specified in this act
rs ground for Withholding such dis
charge, or as inVHlidating such discharge,
if'granted.M This man, being dead, can
not subscribe to this oath, and nobody
can do it for him. In
general LIE Beuf's little speech to
the six young Gardes Mobiles who were
his secretaries, seems to have been very
much to the purpose: gentlemen, we
are beginning the campaign; we will live
well when the circumstances arc favor
able; when we can get nothing, which
may happen, we will buckle our waist
bands in tightly. You wilG>,llavc much
work and little rest, my esteem, the GER
tainty of being useful to your country,
aud on. the least indiscreti0n u ball
through your head. And now, gentle
men, break up"
"A Paris correspondent writes that
among the fashionable vagaries there, are
two new inventions:-"No. l Is to keep
the mouth slightly Open-itis difficult to
understand precisely why, tor continental
women seldom have good teeth, except 1t
be to impart look Of idiocy, in which
case the desired result Is arrived ut TO
perfection. No. 3 is supposed to have
been imagined by certain ultra arblter in
matters Of fashion, who, having exhausted
mediRval costumes, are turning to the
classic. 1t consists in carrying small
snake rolled around the arm or in the DO.
som, after the fashion of Cleopatra, in her
las moments. This innovation was first
commenced alter the Empress return
from Sucz last autumn, but did not be-
come general, probably because harmless
reptiles were not then easily obtained, but
as dealer in beasts, birds, &C., has re.
Gently imported u stock warranted not
to bite, we may shortly expect to see
quite display Of this strange pet in the
places Of public amusement, particularly
as the handsome actress, MademoisollC
Rfcrson, Of tho Gymnase, appeared with
a green and gold. monster wrlggling
around her arm, a few evenings since, ut
Bessedclicvre's concert, In the Champs
Elysecs." 1 9.. l..t,N q.