The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-13
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John Teale, Of Williamson, n. Y, has
picked nearly 10000 quarts Of blackbeIriea
this season.
Gold mines in the famous Wilderness,
Spottsylyania county, Va. are being worked,
Il Is stated, with profit.
A lady at Saratoga has become blind
from using something to make her eyes
brilliant. She sees herfolly, though.
A man failed in trying to commit suicide
at Mansfield, Mass, and the next day o
railroad train ran over him accidentally.
Theprice Of wife in Siberia is eight
dogs, and some Of them are considered
dear at that. When the bride 10 dressed
up the difference in the article OF barter 10.
10 all appearances, very slight.
There are three girls OF one family in
Polk county, Alabama, whose average
weight Is 242 pounds. The oldest is near
Nv IS and weighs over 800, while the young
est is ~ and tips the beam at 200.
A cougar was recently killed near Ne
yaukum. Washington territory, that meas
ured 81 feet from tip to tip, and weighed
ITO pounds. The animal had killed $40
worth Of hogs for the man who killed 1t.
An old lady who does not believe in the
co.education Of the sexes was rejoicing the
other day to find that, although the girls
and boys in large seminary seemed TO be
PLAYING some sort OF game together, the
school authorities had wisely hung q long
net between them.
A Minnesota. man returned after years
OF absence TO find his vile married to an.
other. As the present owner declined to
Weld his claims, and the doubly-wedded
woman showed no desire to return TO her
first love, he promptly called on Q lawyer
and asked him to draw upa quit claim
deed in favor OF his successor.
Out OF 255 million people in In.
dia, one hundred and eighty-eight millions
are Hindoos, ftty.one millions are Moham'
medans, three and q half millions are Bud
dhists, less than two millions are native
Christians-moetly Roman Catholics. The
remainder European Christians or native
heather. The Hindoos are divided into
many sects.
Gen. Grant does not like to travel Sun
day II he can help It. The other day Gen.
Porter telepraphed to him in the Catskill
mountains that Directors car was at his
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Gen. Grant politely declined 1t saying: II
always tried not to travel Sunday when l
held Office, and there does not seem to be
any reasonable excuse for it now."
Ice is not to be procured in Mexico, and
ice water would be most injurious beyer-
age there, even 1t could be had. Yet the
water used for drinking purposes has to be
cooled in order 10 make it palatable, and
The way It Is done is to cover the recepta-
Gle with one or two thicknesses Of blanket,
saturate the covering and hang the whole
in droughty place away from the sun.
The result Is cool water
Miss Benedicta Price, aged 83 years, ar.
rived in Philadelphia few days since, and
when landing from the steamship British
Grown, was met by her intended husband,
aged 20. They had been engaged for over
thirty year,, and had not seen each other
for twenty:eight years. The meeting in
the saloon OF the steamer was tender and
alIectionate. After receiving the congratu-
lations OF the passengers and the company
assembled, they left the ship, with the in
tention OF being married Immediately.