The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-12
PERSONS AND THINGS.

LHc lhtbeht bee hu's'S w. 49,. ~
northern coast has Just been caught in tht
Vineyard Sound, near Woods Hole II
weighs 900 pounds:
, alas that Jury agreedT' asked the
iudpe Of sheriff whom he met on the
stairs with a bucket in his hrhd. yes
replied Patrick; @thsy have agreed 10 send
out for a half gallon"
"Oh. my dear, how came you to be SO
wetY" inquired au afectionate mother o.
. her ,op. "Why, ma, ono Of the boys said
daren't jump into the creek, and, l tell
YOU ain't to be dared" r.
A graPhopper was found in Fillmore
Neb., on the 2sth Of August with paper
tied on It's neck on which was written
"Custer City, August TO-" Custer City Ia
100 miles from Fillmore.
Fevers are being engendered at Mon
treal by burning collins which were ex-
humcd from an old burying ground at
the new canal basin. The bodies Inferred
in the collins were those who died in lS47
OF the ship fever.
A London woman with a babe in her
arms provoked her husband so much that
he SHE'D knife at her. Itkilled the baby,
entering two inches deep into the head.
The jury acquitted the father by render:
ing a verdict Of Accidental DEATH" and
severely reprimanded the mother for hav-
ing aggravated her husband.
Mrs. Richards, nm English woman, 81
years old, amuscs herself in England by
walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours. She
walks two miles from quarter before till
n quarter past ., and so on each success.
siyc two hours, taking rest in the inter-
walls. She tloea her mile in len minutes;
and although she has for nearly two
months been walking in this way, she does
not display the slighteatsymptoms Of dH.
treas. OIL. rr-...
In Hungary there is a large fund for
pensioning teachers who have given the
best years Of their lives TO the service. A
teacher can retire on hali.pay after twcn.
ty years service, 'three-fourths pay after
thirty years service, and those who, by
reason Of greater vitality or general
health, continue forty years in this branch
OF their country's service, receive full
pay during the remainder OF their lives
l.
Mr.. Sullivan, the Illinois farmer, who
may be we'll called "great," il the size
Of his farm-iO,OO0 acres--bc considered,
IL about to sell half OF it. 1t is eighty
milea square, and 10000 acres Of it are
now covered with corn. lie says: ii
have come 10 the conclusion that mo.
nopolize more territory than any one
man had ought to, especially Mt my time
OF life, and have determined to diminish
my cares and give every one who wants
farm OF moderate size cianCe.--M Y.
Tribune.
A typo writer is on exhibition in the
Russian department OF the Centennial,
the principal Of which is entirely differ
ent from that OF any Of the similar in
ventions used in this country. The types
are all cast on one large, solid cylinder,
which il turned by hand, the writer
facing dial and turning the cylinder un-
I'll tho index finger points to the proper
letter; the cylinder which carries the
paper il then brought forcibly up against
The type by means Of a treadle worked by
the feet. The print is very clear, but one
must bc quite expert to write rapidly
with the machine.
After the passage OF law supplying
disabled soldiers with artificial legs and
arms the Democratic Congress cut down
the appropriation to $4,000. This
amount will be entirely exhausted by to.
day, before supplying more than one
quarter OF those entitled. Notices will
be sent next week to the rest Of the appli-
cants stating that no action can be taken
in their cases until Congress shall provide
deficiency appropriation. Surgeon Gen
eral Barnes has estimated fora deficiency
Of $250,O00. Disabled soldiers will ap'
preciate at It's true value this stale Demo.
cratic trick OF promising them aid and
Withholding the funds.
Our actors arc beginning the season in
very bad humor. There comes whis-
pered story Of trouble in the Union
Square company. The management in
tends opening the regular season with a
revival Of the "Two orphans,R with
Misses Claxton and Harrison as the or
phans, and Mr.. Thorne in his original
part. In Chicago Mr.. o'Neil, the new
leading man, was cast in the part OF the
cripple, "Pierre Frochard," ," and made a
great "hit" Of It. The management now
proposes to have him make his first ap.
pearance before New York audience in
that character; but since Mr. Mackay has
played il here and has set bis hard artis-
lie style as the fashion, the ambitious
young Chicagoan will find there will bc
an insurmounLahle prejudice against him
in the character. He will, therefore, de-
cline to play the part, and II the manage
lhent insist, there will be trouble in the