The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-21
PERSONS AND THINGS.

That lille affair at Washington, Pen
nylyania, shows that woman will have
the last retort II she have TO die to make
II.
oa the morning after the iall Of Pleynn
the London Daily Telegraph 1t ia stated on
authority, issued an edition Of $4,000
copies.
They are trying TO suppress quacks by
statute in Illinois, WiseonSin, Minnesota,
Massachusetts,, and Iowa, relying mainly
upon boards Of examiners TO decide who
are competent to praice medicine.
The Virginia Legislature has q mem
Der who has voted against every bill in.
troduced. He belongs to the Independent
reform party, and is opposed to every.
thing but drawing his mileage.
A man % years old, on trial in Glove.
land, Ohio, for disorderly conduct, testi.
Fed that hs had been married ten times.
Had he been believed, probably his mari.
tai experiences would have been accept
ed as sufficient excuse.
A pioneer cremationist in New York
asserts that he can destroy four human
bodies for the Insignificant sum Of two
dollars and half. II the undertakes
don't succeed in seeing" this economist
soon, there Is danger that he may ruin
their trade.
For thirty years (up to 1889 the Con.
stitution of Mississippi provided that no
person who denied the existence Of God,
or a future state Of reward or punish.
ment, should hold any Office in the civil
department OF the State. II is proposed
to restore the clause.
mr.. Henry c. Terry, a Philadelphia law
yer, obtained $4,000 damages for the
Kensington and Oxford Turnpike Com.
pany, and only charged $4,000 for his
services. The courts have granted a rule
forbidding him to expend the balance he
has not turned over.
General Robert Toombs, whose voice,
thinks the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, "is
worth more votes to any cause in Georgia
than that Of any man within its Dor.
ders," told reporter a few days ago that
he thought that the promoters Oh the de-
monatization act Of 1873 ought to be
punished for fraud.
The Danbury Nersis authority for the
statement that when a lady tainted the
other day, on a railway car, thirteen
tasks Of liquor were Immediately placed
at her disposal. The maxim, "Do unto
others as you would have others do unto
you," could not have been SO beautifully
exemplifed anywhere save IN Maine.
The expectation OF forest tree seeds is
assuming dimensions in this country.
California sends 100000 worth per year.
The principal purchases are made for
Germany, Austria, England and the Col.
onies in Australia and New Zealand, and
at present the demand exceeds the supply.
The seeds Of the Oregon pine, known also
as the yellow fr, are most in demand.
The timber Of the tree is as good as British
oak for ship building, and has been found
sound after eighteen years use for this
purpose. The South Sea Colonies are
planting the California red wood tree ex.
tensiyely.
Rachel q. Whip, has gone to the Ohio
State prison for seven years. She mar.
ried an aged and wealthy widower in
Medina in the expectation that he wonld
soon die and leave her his property; but
he continued in robust health, and threat
ened to make a will giving her no more
than the law compelled him to. One
night he awoke to find a moose around
his neck, and his wife pulling at the iope,
which ran through a staple in the wall
OF the room. She intended to hang him
and make people believe he had COM
mitted suicide. -
AT the representation at the Opera, in
Madrid, after the late royal marriage
festivities, it Is said that 10000, 900 ster.
ling worth OF diamonds and jewels were
in the house. The day after the wedding
the King and Queen received at thel leve
twenty-five couples who had been mar.
tied on the royal wedding day. The
costumes Of each pair were different, and
represented the national dress Of twenty.
five different provinces. The Queen
among her presents received nine rich
Prayer. Books and 100000 worth Of jew
els. A crown Of diamonds and fine
necklace Of pearls were much admired.
1t IL said that one Paris millines sold IA,
900 francs worth Of bonnets for Madrid.