The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-28
PERSONS AND THINGS.

SVuh hlllCe Tue war,
Mas, Van Colt, the revival preacher,
has almost lost her voice, bnt Is still con.
Quoting services at saugertis', MY.
ltBACHELoRs, attention Among the Wis.
ltors at Atlantic City this summer Ia an
unmarried lady whose fortune Dame
Rumor Gxes at ten million dollars.
THE Richmond IYhig dem. now speaks
oil President Hayes as "thc wise and pa.
triotic man who now fills the Chief Mag.
iStracy Of the Union"
UNDER the new registry law in Rhode
Island the voter Is required TO register in
person annually and to certify under
oath 10 his qualification, and also to pay
his poll tax several weeks before election.
THE Chief OF Police Of Reading, Pa,
only escaped instant death, when the mil.
itary fired on the mob there on Monday,
by having thick memorandum book in
his pocket, lie was struck squarely in
the breast by bullet, but the book turned
it aside.
In this country the proportion Of per.
sons having sound teeth Is only to 50;
hence II comes that we have 1900 den.
lists in active service, who use up an.
nually half ton Of pure gold, besides
cheaper filling material.
GENERAL BENJAMIN lARRIsoS Of In.
diannpolis, cmphatically denies that he
he has been offered the Russian mission,
and says further, al think l may say |
know Of no position am hankering
after at this time.'
DR., J. c. AVER is 10 be removed from
the asylum for the insane to a country
house in Massachusetts. Physically his
health is excellent, but mentally, It isun.
derStood, he shows little improvement.
LET Us REASON TooErHER.-By and
by We shall have to reason together with
view 10 some wise method Of settling
disputes between workingmen and their
employers. But we cannot reason with
arms in our hands, and we cannot lay
down our arms until order is rcstorcd.-
N y. Posi-,
THERE has been secured for the com.
ing Exposition in Pittsburgh the first
train ever run in the State OF Pennsyl-
vania. 1t comprises an engine and two
passenger coaches, and was built by John
Stevenson, in 1872, for the Hudson River
Railroad.
AT certain English orphanage a boy
gets % dement's for kissing girl. Al
another they "apply the hair OF the dog
to cure the bite" When boy kisses u
girl, Il very ugly boys stand in row on
the rostrum in the chapel, and the often.
der is required to kiss them all, and kiss
them well. The girl also, If she is will
ing to be kissed by the boy, is required
to kiss dozen ugly girls. The ceremony
drawsa full house, and has never failed
to cure.
Two or three men and various dogs
having been devoured by sharks of Mel.
bourne, Australia, the Government offered
a rewardfor the capture Of these fish, ard
5000 were caught in one week; but mas
much as the reward was ut the rate Of
one shilling foot, and no reward is given
for sharks under two feet, the fishermen
threw the babies" into the sea until
they grew worth catching. Some men
have been making from SIS to $50 day
by shark fishing.
A STORY for heartlesS dog catchers: A
noble Newfoundland dog in Louisville
was left behind when his master moved
away from the city. The lonesome brute
whined for hours at n time at the door Of
the empty house, at times running fran
tically around it, or hunting in the neigh.
boring houses for his lost master. lie
refused to eat, and would not notice any
body. Finally it was believed by all who
saw him that he had become mad, and a
policeman was persuaded to take him
away and kill him.
a BLACK Hill newspaper says that
one thousand women would find not only
remunerativc employment there, but
good husbands also. II expresses regret
that so few females have sought the
Black Hills, and adds that "ii hard work.
ing, sensible, and virtuOus Eastern girls
would come even to Cheyenne they would
very speedily better their condition and
lind independent aud welI.to.do hus.
bands"
SnARr-wIrrED boys are said to be re-
ducins the receipts of the Union Ferry
Company in New York ut the rate OF
$4,000 per annum by buying up the
ferry tickets and retailing them. The
Company will not sell direct to street
Arabs, but they get adults to buy twenty
five centS' worth Of tickets for them at a
time. The purchaser then gets his pas
sage for nothing, and The boy gets sixteen
tickets for twenty-five cents, which he
he sells so as to make profit OF seven
cents. The Company growls, but there ap.
peurs 10 be no remedy.
A "WnlTTLISu School,, has been es-
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