The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-01
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Seth Green s,ys that li,h become the
most obedient Of pets. Ia ~ lts5 lad
The total taxable value Of live stock in
Maine Is about ST. 100000. ~ 5sR5t
A Michigan man has trained Ills cat 10
visi. a grocery and steal maekerel Tor him.
The MACS OF mankind were poor when
the Pyramids were built, and will DO poor
when they have rotted.
Tho Mackey postal.telegraph scheme
proposes q uniform rate Of half cent q
word for any distance, 10 be prepaid by
stamps. This is the best yet.
Painters in Alabama are conceding that
the cold spell has compensation In the
death Of cutworms and grubs that have
been destructive Of truck products. INK
A prolonged trial at Rockford, ILL.,. haa
resulted In setting aside the will Of John
Campbell, who ignored SIX married daugh.
ters and left $4,000 10 bis two sons.l The
foolish old man had supposed that his
daughters husbands would take care Of
them. y5iii5rs " ,fsFr sS FHi9 VIZ
Sir John Lubbock has trained black
poodle 10 present different cards when 1t
desires 10 be fed or 90 out. The words
flood, ""out" and "bone," are printed on
them, and the animal has been success.
fully trained 10 associate these cards with
the desired events Of the day. &
The Illinois State battle flags are to be
placed in the art gallery Of tue State capitol
In Springfield. Among them Ia the relic Of
the battle flag used by Grants first regi.
ment. It's badly rid1led by bullets and
Is in shreda, and It was a very hard matter
to fix 1t go It so that It could be preserved
at all. INA. l.Igs5ld Ne =. !.
A novel cure Of pneumonia has been Of
fected on patient at Oneonta, Oisego
county, N. Y.J5After the physician con
sidered his case hopeless neighbor placed
cat akin across his chest, when he COM
menced breathing easier and has continued
improving since. The alin was still warm
with animal heat when applied. ,hEa II
Salmon fishing on the Sacramento river
is now very active, and is going on day and
night, more than 1900 men being employed
in 1t. The California tiah commissioners
keep officers on duty to sec that no nets
are used with mesheB less than u inches
long. During the past year eighty.iour
arrests have beea made Tor violation Of the
law, and convictions were secured in nearly
every Gaze. iHJ ee+t'sg 20 z; gi} q
The managers Of the London Z,o possess
m ape which ID declared to be the most ex.
traordinary ape ever seen in Europe. It is
a male baldheaded chimpanzse, known to
the readers Of Du ChaiIu as q Kooloo
Kamba. Du Chaillu found this ape 10 rare
that he could secure only one specimen Of
it. 1t possesses much intelligence along
with dangerous temper. Its crsnial ca.
paciiy is the largest an ape has been known
to possess. 49, '5,tjt.t II
Not far from Berlin on the Havel lies a
village named Pafey, with upward Of 500
inhabitants, mostly well.to.do peasants,
and during thetb years from November
!, 1850, to November l, 1888, it Is affirmed
that the village register had neither birth
q death, o marriage, nor baptism 10 record
Late in November there occurred to break
to this monotony wedding, and the entire
500 people in the town were invited to the
show. Ok 5t,E, EgI.lz. f=5n