The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-26

Los Angeles, Cal.,recently shipped l,l25,-
600 oranges in asiugle day.
From 1900 to Ia, 900 people visit the
summit Of Mount Washington cyetyseason.
Society item: Mrs. Gen. Karl schutzsn-
himmel gave u small German last evening
to her husband.-EE.
Narragansett, in a quiet and inexpensive
sort OF way, is quite gay, informal dances
and morning Germans being very popular.
Mrs. IL. NJ. Cole, OF Adrian, Michigan,
makes u public statement that she was
cured by faith and prayer, a few nights ago,
oil a spinal affection abe has endured for
many years.
A girl at Cape May playtully threw sand
int the eyes OF u young man who scruti;;
nized hel bathing attire too closely, and
there is danger that he will never look at
anything again.
The French have actually taken u mo.
tom from the Americans! hc'COmpagnie
de lOuest has now a regular system oil
Idiping-cars" on its line. The fare is capt.
tai and the price moderate.
A u man in Athens, Ga is proba-
Div the stoutest man in Georgia. He a
take i've sacks OF shot. weighing l25 pounds,
in each band, holding the bags between
his fingers, and raise them from the floor.
A day or two ago MIR. j. lrown, who
lives a short distance above Columbus, Ga,
killed a snake and threw it out in front o!
his gate. His chickens afterwards ate OF The
snake, and seven Of them died on the spot,
An enormous spiders web seen recently
in Franconia Valley, n. f., was OF the geo
metrical kind, stretched between two trees.
The guys or supports were fifteen feet long,
while the web was three feet in circumter-
ence. rli
Anaked wild manis dashing about the
country near BOerne, Texas. He runs
with great speed, is yery tall and slender,
with long locks flying in the wind. He has
outstripped chasing horsemen, but a purity
has been organized for his capture.
The consumption OF coffee in this coun-
try in 1882 was S % pounds for each per
son, and OF tea, LAC pounds. In 1879 the
French nsed only 30i pounds per capita,
and the English but 90 OF a pound; but the
people OF the Netherlands consumed IL 90,
those OF Belgium 0.l3, those OF Norway
S.73 and those Of Cape Colony 7.72.
| IeTTllllC Fuhhb btuIy SohVn AAoh AN'1
nixyille, N. Y. Two men visited an old
mine, when they IA something that
looked like a stoye.pipe. Suddenly a great
head, with eyes that looked like diamonds,
shot high into the air, and o snake fifteen
feet long unCoiled itself about one OF the
men, breaking his leg. The serpent was
finally beaten oil and made it, escape.
/. A new sort OF beetle has appeared in the
vineyards about Fresno, Cal. II is from
half an inch to an incn and q half in
length, with a hard shell, and Is jet black.
Il works by night and lies by during the
daytime. This beetle destroyed about ten
acres for a nan before he discovered what
was the matter will hlH vines, Rupposing
the destruction to be the work OF rabbits.
The high rocky bluff neal the residence
Of Daniel 7. Dyer, in Canton, Conn.,, is
called "Rattksnake Mountain" aud its
name was given to it on account Of the fol-
lowing incident: Soon alter the settlement
Of the place, q woman named Wilcox was
driving home her cows, when, OF the base
OF this mouutaiD, she encountered q num-.
Der Of rattlesnakts, which she heroicaliy
killed. After the battle che counted over
forty full-grown reptiles which she had
slain.