The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-16
PERSONS AND THINGS.

I HMamman said young hoPe4uI, "'O
against his will was made TO rock Tue
cradle Of his baby brother, "if the LORD
has any more babies to give away don't
you take EN-"
A sr.cial election last Friday for Pres,
ident Of the Seneca Nation Of Indians,
On 1u sss q Cattnrausts and Allegheny Reser-
y" v",ions, inn in New York, resulted in the
choics Of John Jacket, descendant Of
Red jacket, the famous Indian chief.
Two sensitive gentleraen in St. Louis
have petitioned the court 70 allow .
change from the name Of Pigy TO thst Of
Peuke. They could find no ladies Of gu.
perior minds who would consent to be-
come the Mesdames Pigg, and the mere
thought Of having children known as the
little Pigs caused them unatterable
anguish.
Judge Hilton, in, conversation with 9
correspondent at Saratoga, referred to the
establishment Of the branch house Of AT.
Stewart & Co. in Chicago. eve can't
fold our hands and remain idle" said he;
1--WE must follow trade; II it is in Chicago,
We may "a we'll meet it there as in New
York or Boston" .i! Ng!
This is the obituary Of the late General
JEFF Thompson in the New Orleans
gTimes"-"General JEFF Thompson is
dead. Atst. Joseph, Mo, at five o'clock
last evening, that genial, ,whOle.souled,
deyil.may-care personifcation Of eccen-
tricity climbed the golden stair. Known
and very generally liked the length and
breadth OF the land, scarcely an act Of
his life challenged criticism, and certain.
" none was provocative Of lasting en-.
nifty"
Bishop Whipple illustrates the cost Of
ihe Indian war rather strikingly. Here
Gently remarked tofa correspondent Of
tile Omaha Herald. that il tenssoldiers
we're placed in a line with an Indian at
one end, and the American people could
be brought to understand that in order
10 secure the scalp OF that one Indian it
would require the sacrifice OF ten soldiers
and an expenditure OF $500, 900 in money,
they might be led to inquire whether the
scalp was really worth the outlay.
A young man at St. Louis recently
forged the namesof the proper officers to
some blank Howard county (Mo.) bonds,
and borrowed money on them MS security
from a bank in St. Louis. The forgery
Is said to have been for more than fifty
thousand dollars, but this IS not definite.
| ly known. It is, however, known that he
obtained thirty.fve hundred dollars in
/ ST. Louis on seven thousand dollars
worth Of bonds, and it is believed that he
raised some fifteen thousand dollars in
an Eastern city, supposed to be New
York.
A New York paper says that there are
more actors and theatrical people gener.
ally out Of employment now than there
have been at any time within the past
fifty years, at this season Of the year. The
cause is assigned that managers expect a
hard season, and will not go on the road.
Presidential election seasons are always
bad, on account Of the political meetings
professions, &C.; and this combined with
tho present dull times, has such an effect
upon managers that for every ten com.
panies that were on the road during for
iner seasons only two or three will be ont
this season, and they will start Very late
some waiting until after election.