The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-19
pERsoNs AMI TnINGs.

Victor Emmanuels personal debts
amount to 100000.
Henry Ward Beecher's college rank
was lower than that OF any other gradu-
ate Of Amherst who has achieved dis
tlnction.
Captain Eads, the mouth Of the Mis-
sissippi man, Is spoken Of as q candidate
for United States Senator in Missouri.
The Washington Pot thinks that the
gallant Captain should "stick to the
river dentistry"
Emma Abbott wants To be the next
wOmanly victim Of ineineration. Now
where Is the man, as doubtless there Is
one among her rejected Suitors, who 10
cruel enough to second the motiont
Nearly four months Of Congress have
passed, and yel but ten bills and resclu.
tions, mostly unimportant, have been
passed. Over four thousand bills have
been offered, and over City OF these on
the question Of finance.
A seamstress in Port Jarvis sued a lady
customer for 50 90 for making dress,
but four other dress.makers testified that
the work was "wretchedly" done, and that
the goods were "rcally" worth less than
before being made up. The result was
that the seamstress lost her suit and had
to pay sl2 costs besides.
A woman has found out q comfortable
secret-carrying q small bottle OF hot
water in the muffto keep the hands warm
on long drives. The bottle Is dressed In
cardinal flannel, crosS:stitched with silk
and tied with ribbons, and is very gay
little companion.
The fiye.year daughter Of q Cleve'
land family the other day stood watching
her baby brother, who was making .
ersa. fuss over having his face washed
| The little miss at length lost her patience
and stamping her tiny foot said: "You
think you have lots Of trouble, but you
don't know any thing about II. Walt
till you're big enough toget lickin' and
then you'll see-won't he, mama"
AT London theatre recently a dis
graceful scene took place. A man In q
stage boz amused himself by fishing for
the ankles Of the ballet girls with the
crook Of his cane, causing one Of them to
retire in tears from the footlights. BE
then commenced abusing one OF the &c.
tors, who crossed over to the box and
slapped his prosecutors face. The man
climed out Of the box to the stage and
went for the actor; q real stage fight en-
sued, during which the curtain was drop
ped and the disturber Of peace given into
custody.
The Shreveport Times prints this i'm
portant and fashionable intelligence
"The young men Of Shreveport, though
exceptionally gallant, are, as rule, In
moderate circumstances, only having
their wages to live upon. Theatre tick
eta and the hire Of carriages make a slighi
chasm Ia their finances, and SO, unless the
weather Is too unfavorable for walking
it would be the part Of kindness and dis
erection for ladies to insist upon walking.
When the traditional boy coated the
seat Of his trowsers with nytro-glycerine
aud his irate mamma approached with
intent to chastise him, the situation
while it was critical, was extremely inter
e,,ing. There was no telling what a blow
would bring forth. This is about thu
state OF affairs in Europe just now
When Turkey gets very mad she turns
and spanks little Montenegro. II never
does any good, because Montenegro car
take more spanking to the square incl
and get fat on it, than any other countr,
in the world. But 1t keeps Turkeyt
hand in, and the Montenegrins seem e
enjoy II. The recent outburst vii
amount to but little.
A Mr.. Davis, Of Medford, Mass, a shor
time ago, while shaving, fell oackware
upon the floor, and was pronounced dead
As he had expressed fears that he nigh
be buried alive, the body was kept sever
al days in tue house and carefully
watched. The remains were finally bur
/ led at Maiden. After the funeral thu
widow and her daughter, who reside ii
different houses, on certain nigh
dreamed that the deceased was buried
alive and was trying TO release himself
from the grave. They told their dreams
to each other, and finally caused The
grave to be opened, To the horror Of al
the corpse was found lying on It's side
and the top of the casket broken, showing
that the man had made strenuous efforts
IA a.cana death nv anffocalion.