The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-22
PERSONS AND THINGS,

Dr.. Mary Walker pulls of her slippers
with bOOt,jack.
Aman who jumped overheard recently
to save his wife has explained the affair
satisfactorily 10 his friends. lie said she
had good deal Of iewelry on her person.
Wade Hampton Is to have a reception
by the Manhattan Club, In New York.
This iSintended, no doubt, rs a reward Tor
his services in behalf Of liberty and pro.
greGs during the last seventeen years.
The llghinlnHI glared; she hid her head,
The thunder TOlTBd. "Delr mo n Aho SAID
Then meath the chin no ehuckel her,
And Whispered, "lf " lcIel you arc,
Why dyn't you take hob-tilled car
Fur that's a nOn-eondueiotW
-Np IaL GrsPhie,
A Western paper says that lawyers
fees have come down in that section.
They used 10 want the whole Of an eSta te
for settling it, but now they allow the
widow enough to cover the funeral ex.
penSes.
Illinois has passed a law prohibiting
newspapers from publishing those "di.
vOrce without publicity" advertisements.
A St. Louis lawyer who engaged in the
business was expelled from the bar fol
unproiessional conduct. ....r
"My dear" said an aiIectionate wife to
her husband as she looked out Of the
window, "doy you notice how green and
beautiful the gra1 looks on The neigh.
boring hillS% "Well," was the unpoetiC
response, "what other color would you
have il at this time Of yearT
A Sabbath school teacher was attempt,
ing to teach very small boy the mean.
ing Of wages in the passage, "Thc wages
otsin is death" and asked him, "Whal
does your father get on Saturday night''
Drunk, ma'am!" answered the boy, with
out any hesitation.
The Newport, r. l., Mercury under
stands that it has been decided to have nc
liquor Of any kind at the Governors
headquarters In Providence during army
reunions, and that there will be no liquors
at any Of the dinners gwen to President
Hayes while in the State.
Mamma" tearfully inquired an up
toMn=girlr "why can't 1 have pony
phaeton this summer Everybody that
is anybody has one" Ny child, you
know l have passed the appropriation
but your pa has vetoed tho BILL" More
tears and a promise Of a new croquet sci
out Of the market money.
Michigan girls use dry corn husks tc
Gil out their bustles, and the young men
until they learned what the material was
were filled with wonder by the mysteriou,
rustling that they heard whenever one OIL
the fair creatures stirred. However, the
"husks" are supposed to be very attrac,
tive to "prodigal sons"
Aman on West Hill has brought peace
into his family circle, forever. Last week
he moved into new house containing 4
bay window and twenty-threo closets, and
he bought his wife nine miles Of clothes,
line, cord Of clothes.line props and 124
dozen clothes.pins. And the angels just
come down and sit around on the side
fence and envy that wOman's perfect hap
pinesS !-BurlingIOn Harkeys.
Brooklyn women seek divorce on q
very slight pretext. Mrs. Pratt, OF tha
city, asks legal separation from hel
husband because he flung apitcher nj
her, hit her with lighted kerosene lamp
drew knife across her neck and threat.
ened to cut her throat, threw a glass bot.
tie at her, stuck a fork in her leg, poured
hot tea over her, hit her in the back with
boot jack, and refused 10 give her
money 10 80 TO circns.-M. Y. Mail.
Down East when you see 4 man with
bit ofred ribbon on his vest, it means
thathe belongs to the "anti.treating "
society, and will neither treat or be trea.
ted, but will pay for his own drinks,
Now il there is only a color which signi.
iies that the wearer has an aversion to
treating anybody, but will endure all the
treats that can be handed down to him,
you can start of the organization in
Burlington with thirty thousand mem.