The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-15
PERSONS AND THINGS.

nkNt beeh ubb h4SA WAY
wa. too exemplary; they was so good they
want good for nothing elSe.-Joh BIZ
lsSa
The Turks declare that "old Nick .
won the war. Then 1t is only right that
Young Nick should EiEu the treaty Of
peace.
Now does the frugal young bachelor
spread his last years ulster on the floor
and walk around the edges thereof, sew.
ing on buttons.-Waeester Res.
The old maximum. aBe chsste and
you'll be happy" Is contradicted point
black by a Black Hills man, who was
recently chased ten miles by a party Of
redskins.
A stranger stopping at ono Of the
hotels asked what the people lived on,
ave-" said the proprietor, "Why, we live
on oysters and Itranges."-NW Bedford
Mercury.
The level Of the Niagara was very low
a. the Falls last week. The channel be-
tween Goat hland and the First Sister
was dry, and there were only marrow
streams between the Second and Third
Sister.
Sixty thousand commercial travellers
are employed by the wholesale merchants
Of the United States, at an average annual
expense Of $1,000, at least, making In
the aggregate the enormous sum oil
Sls0000,000.
Thirty-odd years ago child was born
in Welsh roor.houSe. A few days age
the charity.boy, since the hero Of many
strange adventures and vicissitudeS, dined
with the Prince Of Wales and received ar
ovation from the Royal Geographical
Society. Was there ever any wilder ro-
nance than the life Of stanleyi
A Dublin bill disceunter, who doe.
business to the extent Of 1000 to $780,
900 month, lives alone In large house
in a respectable street, sleeping on
stretcher, and having bills on the house
announcing It to be let, in order that he
may avoid, as he has actually succeeded
in avoiding, the payment Of rates, on the
plea that be was merely taking care Of
the house.
A Chicago man, visiting In Pittsburgh,
was crossing lonely bridge, when well
dressed lady met him, knocked him down,
and took from his pocket every cent. BE
was frightened nearly to death. made
complaint, and had the woman arrested.
It transpired that she was his wife, and
knew that he could not 60 to Pittsburgh
without getting dunk and wasting bis
substance. He smiled sad smile and
Withdrew the complaint.
Near Lumberton, N. O., a few days ago
while digging mari in aswampsome work
men found imbedded some eight or ten
feet below the surface a schooner in lis
natural shape, sixty feet long and forty
wide. The nails or spikes with which ii
was put together were made Of wrought
iron. There we're various kinds Of bone
and teeth around and near it.
A Baltimore lady thinks that the sill
yer question is rather dense. Having
had hat trimmed by a milliner she ten
dsred in payment four silver dOllarr
The milllner refused to take them and
demanded 80 cents more on account Of
the s per cent discount on each silver
dollar. The young lady therefore con-
sidered herself bound to pay the premium
and did SO.
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer contains
this statement: 1.-TWO double cousins mar
ried perhaps 80 yeArs ago. They are now
dead. They lived in Harris county, and
raised 12 children, all Of whom lived tc
be 60 years old and upward. Alternately
deaf and dumb infant was born, making
six Of soundIbody and six afflicted. The
six deaf and dumb children lost their
sight at 90 years. Three Of the unfor-
tunates are, or were boys, I'VE don't know
bow many live or have died. and three
girls.n