The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-06
CURRENT NOTES.

CURRENT NOTES.
AMONG the rumors accepted in quld
nunc circles is that II Col. Forney accepts
the position Of Postmaster General, now
reported to be at his command, Mr.. ores'
well will go to Spain as Minister Resi-.
dent, Gen. .Sickles having. 1t is known
definitely determined to seek political
preierment at home. Hc wants to be
Governor of New York. ar,fl
A BLACKsMITu's bellows exploded re-
Gently at louisville, on account of gas
being drawn into it from the fire, and
then iguiting. It went OF witha report
like a cannon, and was torn 10 pieces, but
no one was injured. And here is an.
other: A sweet potato has exploded in
Indiana and seriously scaldcd a child
First it was mncc pic, then lager beer
and now a blacksmith's bellows and q
sweet potato have turned TO engines Of
destruction. Next! -.a.Gas. ls. e
THE Pittsburgh Gazette says the Pitts
burgh, Virginia and Charleston road is
almost ready for the iron asfar as Dravos'
burg, and will be open for traffic 10 that
point the first Of May or June. No con
tracts have been let beyond Dravosburg,
but the line has been surveyed and loca.
ted as far as Monongahela city, and it is
expected that the construction Of that
portion will be commemorate q very short
time. ..... .-..,
MATRMoNY is not only the source Of
joys innumerable, but the occasion Of
many jokes. A particularly funny wed.
ding occurred lately in Maryland. The
bridegroom at the last moment, lost cour-
age, and appeared not, but he was soon
hunted and dragged to the sacrifice. The
bride then took a notion to be offended ut
his apparent reluctance, and refused to be
joined in the holy bonds with such a
coward. Thereupon he became all eager
ness, and the influence Of the minister and
threats Of the sheriff were brought into
reQuisition to induce the lady to come to
terms. She finally submitted and the two
were made one. They will get used to
each other in time. ,gg,E ,.......
THERE has been much speculation ON
the question whether mans soul ever
actually leaves his body during sleep or
atany other time before death, but It is
very rare that we get any palpable cvi.
dencc onthe mysterious enigma. There
is story told in the Louisville Courier.
Journal, however, of merchant OF that
city who, while travelling on sleeping
car in Mississippi, had a vivid experience
as Of visiting his home and seeing his
wiIc and children asleep, and noticing
that his cight-day family clock had run
down, he wound it up and set 1t going.
He then returned to his berth, which was
rafting along at the rate Of forty miles
an hour in the sleeping car, saw his own
body distinctly, and Iresumed his place
within Its well.ftting encascment. On
writing to his wilc about it, he learned
that Ithe clock had been mysteriously
wound up on the nightsof his spiritual
peregrination.
A CORRESPONDENT, who lately paid q
visit to Harrisburg, Penn, gives a very
dolelul account of its sanitary condition.
He says that there is authority for the
statement that some ten thousand persons
are now suffering from a disease which
has its source in tho waters OF the Schuyl.
kill. Upon the banks of this river, there
are scores OF factories and Lighthouses,
whose refuse mingles together and flows
with the currentinto the houses of Harris.
burg. Heretofore the water has been
purified by mountain streams, but this
year there has been a drouth, and the re-
suit is as stated. The symptoms Of the
disease produced in this shocking way are
diarrhGa, cramps, and cold extremities;
and its effects arc alike on young and old.
Philadelphia, II appears, suffers, 10 a GER
tain extent, in a like manner. From the
Schuylkill that city also draws its water
supply. So far, however, the attention Of
the physicians in the latter city has not
been called to the matter with tho same
degree of interest as at Harrisburg. .