The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-28
PERSONS AND THINGS.

A machine that will knit stockings in
ono piece at the rate Of one per minute,
"a the invention Of swede Of Rockford,
Ill. Twelve machines can be operated
by one boy, whose wages, $3.50 per week,
make the cost Of knitting ons cent fof
sixIy stockings.
The average length Of life Of QuakerS
Is remarkably high in England. The
greatest number Of deaths occur between
seventy and eighty years Of ago. No
doubt this is in great measure owing 70
the circumstances that the members Of the
society belong largely to the middle class,
and 10 their habits Of thrift. and sobriety.
oleomargarine, or artificial butter, is
retailed in New York city at from twenty
to twenty-five cents pound. and is, 1t Is
claimed, always pure and fresh. Over
one thousand pounds have been sold in
one night over the counter Of a retail
store In Eighth avenue. There are now
over twenty Of these stores in the me-
tropolis, and new ones are daily being
opened. The profits Of the wholesale
butter dealers and commission merchants
are being greatly curtailed.
The things left behind on the Centen'
NAL Exhibition grounds are being sold by
auction in Philadelphia. A large lot Of
stuff from the French restaurant, which
will be remembered by visitors princi-
pally for It's high charges, has been dis
posed Of. There were fitty.two cases oil
Portuguese wine. which the proprietors
had not thought worth the cost oil re-
moyal, although 1t had figured on their
bills Of fare at one dollar bottle. Twas
sold for dollar the dozen. Five breech,
loading cannon, from a French. exhibit
were sold for $500. ~
Henry Clines barroom In Chicago ID
frequented by actors and agents. Of travel
Ing companies. Cline told Buffalo Bill'i
agents that 1t was customary TO leave
$500 or $500 with him, with which te
bride the newspaper critics. Buffalo Bill
said that no money had ever. before beer
asked Of him for such purpose, and thai
he would no. give any. The fact ther
came out that Cline had fooled number
Of gullible showmen, the only drawback
to his business being tina. criticisms
which he bad bargained should be lauda'
tory, were often OF an opposite character
In such cases he was compelled to give
back the money with some plausible ex-
cuse.
The Congregational Church Of Brim'
field, Mass, is divided against itself
Pastor Pierce has been preaching doc
trines that arc nearly heterodox, and has
been asked by some Of the members to
resign. Another cause Of trouble is, OF
course, the choir. The congregation has
usually stood up and turned to face the
organ during the singing. The singers
don't like to be stared at. The soprano,
especially, doesn't look pretty with her
mouth open, and has refused to sing in
the faces Of the people, a msiority of whom
persist in the old custom.
Peter Royal, Of Lee, Maine, is ITO years
old, has daughter who is eighty.tour,
and two sons, one eighty-two, and one
lightweight. He used tobacco constantly
till he was 100 years old and then reform.
ed aud discarded the weed, as it might
afftc. his health. He also gave up tea
and coffee at the same tender age. His
hair which has been white, is turning
black. He has good health, and a fair
appetite, and is SO we'll preserved that he
thinks Of getting married again.