The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-12
SMALL CHANGE.

"A San Francisco mineralOgist Is sait
to have discovered u method by which
substance harder than steel can he madI
by amalgamating iron and copper.
A Chicago spOrtsmans idea Of Heaven
VI would have tia bOundlCss prairie, will
an eternal September, and I'd have will
me an everlastin' gun and n never.dyin
dog" .' -. .a'..
Mr. William Fisher, of Ten Eyck
farm, near Dearborn, Mich, was, ut The
instigaLlon Of the devil, moved to find out
what the potatO.bug could be. lie there.
fore allowed the cattle to ramble over his
hand The consequence was that he was
bitten, remained delirOus for two hours
and was several days In recovering. Mr.,
Fishers curiosity is perfectly satisfied as
to the executive ability Of the potato.bug,
This Is the way one extraordinary
freak OF nature Is accounted for. Annie
Brown for years excited rural cOmmuni.
ties by exhibiting an unusual cause of af.
Fiction, and has been given over by many
doctors as one beyond cure. She has ap.
parently been troubled with IL snake
which, Mt intervals, thrust lis head out of
her mouth and instantly retreated down
her thrOat A suspicious physician In
the Wayne county Infrmary prepared
for sharp work the other morning, and
when the snake appeared seized the poor
woman by the neck so that thel reptile
might not retreat. LO, when disgOrged,
nothing more formidable than an india.
rubber imitation OF q snake came forth,
and now Annle's occupation Is gone.
"A very precocious child has up.
peared, II Is said, at jamestown, Penn.
Though barely three years old, he il four
feet high, has head, arms and legs as
large rs an ordinary mans, strong voice,
and remarkable mental powers. His de-.
lighted father, one George s. Kingston,
thinks of exhibiting his phenomenal son.
"A burglar, who attempted 10 enter II
house in Germantown, through window,
n few nights ago, startled little girl who
was sleeping In the room. EIaliawake, she
exclaimed, "Don't touch that candy" and
the burglar fled;
M. Pavyi Is going to hunt up u little
north pole of his own, In the blue Arctic
Ocean, far Off and alone, In an india.rub.
Der boat which car be packed In q flour
barrel and will carry 10000 pounds.
--"God made him; therefore, let him
pass for man." is the piods way In
which the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
heals an article In regard to q fellow who
passed one dollar counterfeit bill on n
child in thatCity
Mr.. Robert Bonner, Of New York,
has Just completed IA set Of sumptuOus or
drawing.rOom stables, FIFTY feet front by
one hundred and fllly feet deep, for the
famous horses Dexter, PocahOntas, Mem.
brinO BERTHE, and the rest Of his Inagnin.
cent stud.
The "polato hug" has put in an ap.
pearance in Kent County, Nd.
"A Mississippi farmer, last week, tried
coal oil MS remedy for potato hugs, and
met with eminent success. II killed bugs,
vines and everything else II came in con.
tact with.
"A dyspepiic read that by sending n
dollar by mail he would receive cure
for dyspepsia. lie sent the money, and
received q slip with the following printed
on II "Stop drinking and hoe ii the gar.
len.' The man was mad at first, then
laughed, and finally went to hoeing, and
stopped drinking, and Is now rs well as
ever.
"A lady in Pickway, Ohio packed
AWAY her silver ware In an old clothes
bag, and forgetIully sold the lot for three
cents u pound.
"A Utica man sat on his umbrella at a
lecture TO prevent It's theft. When he got
up II was gone, and he wants 10 know
where and how.