The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-03
CURRENT NOTES.

An aged couple at Fairfield, Me, re.
Gently celebrated their golden wedding by
separating. II took them fifty years to
find out that they were only welded, not
mated.
DR.. Bull.Run Russell, wishing to ex.
press delicately the corrupt habits OF a
certain Prince Of India, wrote as follows /;
ale is a very ableruler, with strong com.
mercial tendencies, which are developed
to benefit his own interests"
The bill legalizing the marriage Of Jas.
Parton and his step-daughter has passed
the Lower House OF the Massach usetts
Legislature by vote OF Of to SO, notwith.
standing the adverse report Of the Com
mittee.
The quantity Of salt imported from
Goderich and Kincardine, Canada, to the
United States in 1875, amounted to $4,000
tons, while the total exports OF salt from
the United States amounted to only a
htlC ONSI 1IVVV LULSs
A Partisan drcssmaker named Dang.
lard has sent invitations to all her Gus.
toners to call andinspect the magnificent
bridal trosseau which she has made up
for one Of the Rothschild heiresses. Her
salons are said to resound with incessant
EXPLANATIONS Of admiration from the
throngs Of ladies'
A movement is on foot in Canada to
stop the running OF all railroad trains
between Saturday midnight and Sunday
midnight; locks on canals to be similarly
closed; no delivery to be made ut any
postoilicc on Sunday, and no mails made
up or dispatched. -
Gov. Dix says, in his letter opposing
the taxation Of churches: u do not be.
lieve that any community which seeks to
throw It's secular expenses on the worship
Of God, by levying contributions on the
edifces consecratCd to His services, can
long escape the chastisement itprovokes.' y
A letter has come to light from Lucre.
cia Borgia to her husband, the Duke Of
Ferrara, in which she says: "My august
Lord, ] thank your Highness infinitely
for the coincidence you have expressed in
your dear letter. It has much diminish.
cd the little grief I at times and maLpe
moi felt at the death Of my mother"
The burning OF lime has become bus.
mess OF considerable magnitude at Read
ing, and about 10000 bushels arc burned
in and near the city annually. Some Of
the stones are quarried in the immediate
vicinity, while the rest are brought from
Meyertown, Norristown and Springfield.
Altogether about seventy hands are en-
gagged in this trade.
Henry Clay Dean lostin the fire which
destroyed his house last week fine IL
brary OF 1000 TO 5000 volumes, contain
ing many rare books and not q trashy
one. At the same time were destroyed
Mr.. Deans own works in manuscript, as
yet unpublished, including a volume Of
poems, and his correspondence with emf
ncnt men during the past forty years.
Taken as whole, the spring sale Of
boots and shoes has been very satisiac.
tory one TO Massachusetts manufacturers.
It commenced very slowly, and has been
marked by unusual caution on the part
OF buyers and makers. The factories
have been kept running, however, activ.
ly, and duplicate orders have kept up,
until fully the usual volume OF trade has
been reached. The season has been very
free from important failures, and the
prospects for the fall sale are generally
excellent.