The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-23
PERSONS AND THINGS.

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him on his European trip little black
Jug fllsd with an antidoie against sea.
sickness. Taey use the same kind on
The Wabash.
The Philadelphia NorG american says
the summer regulation uniform Of the
Philadelphia police consists Of light
Kossuth hat, blue blouse, and fancy
rattan. This is light raiment, even for
an inland city, says the New York Tina.
The wife Of Captain g. NJ. Taylor, Of
Bowling Green, KY, had a young lady
friend visiting her last fall, and upon her
departure missed $500. Tho young "lady"
has been arrested and a portion Of the
money recovered.
The Hon. A. II. slephens is going home
from Washington this week with health
greatly improved. There Ia one thing
about Stephens health what there ia Of
it, is solid. Atauy rate, it is packed into
very email compass.
The New York Times has been sued
for libel, and S2J, 900 exemplary damages
claimed, because It expressed doubts Of
the genuinencSs Of a collection Of "old
masters" which were offered in lump
for $4,000. Included in the lot were
several Claude Lorraines and Nicholas
POuRens, one Of which might easily be
worth twice the SUN asked for the entire
collection.
NOTHING is more certain 10 make a
man confirmed enemy Of female suf.
irnge than the sight Of his wife, after he
has deliberately fitted up the house with
speaking-tubes, standing at the head Of
the stairs and yelling at the hired girl in
a voice sufficiently dulcet to be heard all
over the Congressional district.
THosE!farmers who lost watches TWEEN.
ty years ago bave commenced to pillow
them upin their fields. When farmer
misses his watch he don't worry much
over the loss; he knows that the time.
piece will turn up good rs new some day
twenty years hence while he is in the field
blowing. All farmers watches dot Is
a fashion in which they have become ad.
dicted.
GENERAL GRANT is the first ex.Presi.
dent to go TO foreign parts since the days
Of Frank Pierce. OF the nineteen Presi.
dents, Washington, Madison, jackson,
Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Lincoln
and johnson never crossed tho ocean,
Those who visited foreign lands were
John Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Quincy
Adams, Van Buren,, Fillnore, Pierce and
Buchanan.
"ARETHE CHILDREN SAFE p asked the
Christian Union, Quite safe, we assure
you. They are up in the garnet, playing
hotel fire. Jimmie is the clerk, and is
trying TO slide down the water pipe to the
ground. Willie is a guest, hanging to the
window sill and waiting for the flames to
reach his hands before he tries to drop to
the shed roof, two stories below, and Tom
Is heroic fireman, and has tied his fish.
ing line around the baby's body, and lie
letting it down to the ground. Oh, yea,
the children are all right; just finish your
call and don't fret about the children
Burlington Harkcyc
PREvlous TO the Inauguration Of Pres.
ident Hayes, the number of colored PEG.
pie killed each month in the South, for
political reasons, ran from ten to hun.
dred-nveraging, perhaps, fifty. Since
the introduction Of the new policy Of
peace and friendship between the two
races there have been no negroes killed
for political reasons; and yet the Impla-
cables are Disconnected. What they de-
sire is liberal destruction OF blacks for
the good OF the cause Of machine and
carpet.bag politics, and In order that they
may magnify Themselves as the champions
OF the rights Of man." With the ccssa.
ton OF negro.murders, the wind ia all
knocked out OF their sails, and they de
uOunCe Hayes Tor destroying their oCcu-
patton.
THE New York Sun had the incredible
meanness 10 devote an entire issue 10 per.
sOnal abuse Of President Hayes the day Of
his being entertained at dinner by the
Chamber OF Commerce. Thrco.quarlers
Of the editorial was given up to this pur.
pose, and vile wood cut on the fret page
represented the President, with tho word
Fraud" branded on his forehead. Below
the picture was a quotation from the let
ter Of Charles Francis Adams. As cor.
respondent Of the New York Post aptly
says: It's not believed that the Sun will
hurt President Hayes much; but We can't
help feeling sorry for Charles Francis
Adams. It's still more difficult, we may
add, to help feeling sorry for Charles A,
Dana, the editor Of the Sun Chicago Tri.
bune.