The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Boston lidrTiiscr Is OF the Opin.
ion that We are in condition to compete
with the manufacturers OF England in
some qualities Of cotton goods and fab
rlcI
The personal expenses Of the mem.
hers Of the firm Of Duncan, Sherman 4
Co, were at the rate Of SljO,0OO a year
villas, yachts, hOrsc', club, and city paln.
Ces.
There are 800 paper mills in the
United States, with a capital Of SlO,0OO,.
OOO, and producing annually S7OOOO,OOO
worth Of paper,
Its now confidently expected that
Edwin Booth will be able to commence
his engagement at the Fifth Avenue The.
atre at the time designated, the ith OF
October.
"A robins nest recently taken from a
trCeat Andoycr, Mass, contained, among
other articles, a lady's collar,with cambric
centre and lace Cdging, and several yards
VI lace.
-lL's m awful undertaking to go out
and spark girl half the night in Lap.
land, where the nights are six months
long. 1t takes six months forethOught
and much labor on the part Of young
man to lay In the provisions for II single
evenings counting.
"A Minnesota paper says that when n
New ulm woman wOs told that her hus.
band had been cut into thin stats by q
rcaping machine, she got out Of patience
and told them to stake the pieces into the
barn. | cant leave the goosberry patch
just now"
Some lleeCes Of wool clipped in JEFF.
lCrson county, Texas, this year weighed
as high as thirty.two pounds eight onnCes,
twenty-ninc, twenty-sevcn, twenty-five,
twenty-threc, twenty and eighteen pounds
each, and the wool is said to be "fnc, al.
most silky"
The debt Of the city of Brooklyn, I'm.
der Democratic management, has inCreas.
ed in fifteen years from $G,OOO,OOO to
A20OO,0OO. The total valuation of the
city il only $2OOOOO,OOO, and on this basis
ataN Of $l3,OOO,OOO Is annually levied, or
at the rate OF six and a half per cent,
james Hill, Chief Of the Cleveland
Fire Department, eloped several months
ago witha widow and her daughter, leav.
Ing wife and family. Recently he has
written to his wife, protesting repentance,
and begging, her to take him back. She
relh'es, however, to forgive him.
"A correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Va'e'te has taken the pains to cast up the
accounts Of dcialcntions and rusculities OF
State and county officials in Ohio since
1856. lfbc has been accurate in his cal.
Gnlatlons, the people have lost $780,.
SSl 2l through the dishonesty Of Dem.
ocral', and only $4,000 by Republican
maIlea'"ncc The comparison Is suSScst.
i've.
-lHe nlhOhacs say that the month of
August will be honcted with two now
moons, an occurrence that has not tokcn
place since the year 1865. An editor 70.
teFring to the occurrence says: mi, nar.
leycorn will swear he has seen two moon,
on the same night several time, since
them"
The PostOtice Department /. nrc.
pared to commence the issuc Of postal
cards Of the new design. PostmasieFs will
not, under amy circumstances, be per-
ml'ted to redeem or exchange postal cards
OF the oldstyle, or cards that may be mis-.
directed, spoiled in printing, or otherwise
rendered unfit for use in the hands Of
private holders,
-'Jone has got very nicelv-mrr.d
ankle, hasn't shc?' said John TO his wife
'ne other day And then John noticed a
strange, unearthly CLEAN in the eve Of hi.
spouse, which made him look yery nm.
Vom'orlablc-hc knew not why. But the
mex. day The place which Jane had filled
IN The domestic economy Of the household
was occupied by a middlc.aged woman
hCiict.