The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-31
PERSONS AND THINGS.

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The Potter Committee express theme
selves not At al pleased with Atlantic
City, and glad 70 get away. They say twas
the mosquitoes that troubled chem. We
suspect Il Was the Witnesses.
The following correspondence explains
itsslf: "Desr Mrs. Jones-Please LEI me
have "a .hali.doEen tomatoes II you can.
salIie Smith" "Dear Mrs. smith-We
are NOT going 70 can; we propose TO
pickle. Hannah Jonea.ss. -.,.,>----.----
A woman will carry . pocket handker-
chief till Ihe loses It. She regards It a.
an ornament. H the bAby's nose Ia TO be
depleted, or her own black silk to %
du,ted, or # the silver Is TO be cleaned,
she always borroWs her husbands hand
kerchiet.-&. Louis journal.
An old woman was lately arrested at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for selling cal.
mon which she had heavily weighted with
sand and small pebbles. The inser-
ton Of this ballGst Was 20 ingeniously
performed that for months before The
trickery was discovered she had been
reaping large profits. . l"ialH,t sal
The Charleston Is. o. Journalcf Com
nae, which was edited BY R II. Rhetti
IT,, member OF the notorious sire eat
ing" family, suspended publication LAST
Thursday. Sixty thousand dollars were
lost IN two years by this paper, whose
demise Is untimely, In view Of the revival
Of Estate rights" in the old South State
great invasion Of kaDgaroos recent.
" occurred 10 various settled parts Of
Australls, especially Queensland, the anil
mails being, no doubt driven from the In
terror BY the drought and its effects in
search Of food. They came in thousands
devouring everything in the shape o.
herbs or grain, SO that the sheep and cat
lie were often reduced to dry leaves FOL
fodder. The colonists promptly met the
attack, in some cases driving the kanga
roos into an enclosure and shooting them
In the battle more than 5000 kangarooI
were killed in four days. ,A s-n,
What is believed to be the lRrgesl
striped bass OF this season has Just beer
caught by Mr.. Frank G. Herring, Of New
Bedford, MsSs., and is now on exhibition
In Park Row restaurant, New York
The fsh IL four feet six inches long, ant
weighs sixty and one-half pounds, OIL
only few pounds less, We believe, thar
the largest bass taken on the Rhode ISL
and coast, famed for its fsh Of this ape
cies. 14- q. .L l-al
A commission appointed to investigate
fraudulent practices in the delivery O
supplies to the Russian army during tn,
war has been in session in Odessa, AMI
has exposed astounding trickery. A
Colonel Of a regiment endeavored TO
pocket $4,000 rubles by reporting thai
flour TO that value wss lost in 4 storm
In another instance an enormous quantity
Of hay was falsely reported TO have beer
spoiled by rain. At fifteen different
places bread intended for the army wa.
discovered that was only half baked, ant
was partly composed OF entirely indigesti
BILE ingredients. The yodki tgrog), tha
in Russia is an indispensable part Of th'
army supplies, was most nnblushipgly
watered.
Queen Mercedes estate was easily set
tied. According TO Spanish law hel
lands, jewels and dover should have beer
returned 10 her father, aud the King hat
ordered inventories 10 be taken, when Thu
Duke Of Montpensier interfered and In
sisted that the King should retain hi
wiie's property. Altonzo refused to con-
sent to this, as it would be an act Of in
Justice towards the Dukes children ant
their heirs, but the Conite de Paris and
the Inianta Christine counselled him to
accept. The King thus comes into pos
session Of the palace and estate Of Cas-
tilleja, near Seville, Of the Queens won
derful jewels, and Of her marriage por'
ton Of S5,O00O00. The dividends upor
the stocks Of which the dover IL compos
ed had not been collected, nor had thl
Queens allowance from the Spanish
Treasury been drawn at the time Of hel
death, These sums are 10 he distributes
among the poor Of Madrid.