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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-22
REPUBLICAN, RALLY.
ATwEsr ALExASD ], 81 YESTERDAY mn s,
A Great bay Anon. tho Republicans OF Ohio
md Washington cpunties--rwo speechesf
toa Large Crowd, and n Dig blaine
Denomination 10 tho Evening.

Yesterday was great day in West
Alexander. The picturesque old town
perchcd high on the hills was reached by
West Virginia cavalrymcn who were met
on tho hospitable spot by the Pcnnsylva.
na brethren tn large numbers. Republic
cans OH this bordcrland assembled to
show their devotion 10 Republican prin.
ciples nnd make tho welkin ring with
cheers for Blaine and Logan. F5l-a Is
Before dinner the mounted clubs began
10 file into town, preceded by their bands.
Tho Garfield Republican club Of West
Liberty, commanded by Col. W.'D. Cur.
tis, nude ilno appearance and received
much attention. Tho Washington county
clubs were out strong and did themselves
credit. Hon. George V, Lawrence, mem.
Der OF Congress for the district, and Mr.,
Charles Burdett Hart, OF Wheeling, were
met ut the station, driven to places at the
head Of tho line, md tho fine procession
moved through tho town to the music OF
patriotic airs. go
at tho place Of speaking nearly two
thousand persons were gathered. Many
ladies' were present and showed their in.
tcrest in tile cause. Tho meeting was
called to order by Mr.. G.. Chany, who
proposed Hon. ]. Il. Mctain for Prcsi.
dent. The Vice Presidents were Mcssrs
J. +. Whitham, George Taylor and John
Bottsiorl, Of West Virginia; David Scott
|I.M. Crothers and John Thompson, o.
Washington county. .sa.5 l2F8 Sac
Mr., Mcl.ain, Oh taking the chair, made
q short and appropriate address, and In
troduccd Mr.. Hart, whoreviewed the issue.
OF tho campaign and dwclt particular,
on tho tariff. Mr.. Lawrence followed
In n strong speech, urging ever,
| Republican to do llis share Of
election day. Tho two speeches lastc,
about two hours and 4 half, during whicl
tho large audience gave tho closest attcn
ton and frequently applauded the speak
Hfpx ~
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4 Tho following shows the range Of the
Thermometer rs observed at ScltncpPs
drug store, Opera House corner, yesterday
IA: NJ, 5S';; ~ MIS-; sr. NJ, ISL NJ,
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TIE fellow, who, by mistake, sent his
authenticated sweetheart instead OF bot
tie OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup a bottle OF
hair-dye, wants to know the best way to
commit suicide. .Jl 60
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BEST FOR ANYTHING,

Having used your cu,icum Remedies for cigh.
teen months for letter, aud finally cured 1t, am
anxious to set It to sell OIL commission can re-.
commend Il beyond any rcElEdles have ever used
meIinlnp hayc eyer tried for anything. ~ q
MYRTLE II. salf 2 's,sli i.igl -, 4. S. HORTON,
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new ionK, Oct 2l.-cotton steady at 91a1olIc;
futures r,!sy; October 9.7Sc: November oslo; q.
S e 9;ssG; January ?92c; February lo.0sc;
~ n,a iN gc April >lo.33o; May l0l7c June
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At night there was torchliglt parade
and general illumination. West 4 exander
was ablaze with Republican enthusiasm.
Her people were determined that the af-
fair should be success, and they made it
memorable. rtLaGE ~ SOS gsotT@
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.G,1ttc,1ra.

have had the Psoriasis for ninc months. About
five months ago ! applied to doctor near Boston,
who helped mo. but unfortunately had 10 leave,
but continued takiug bis medicine for nearly three
months, but the disease did not leave. ] saw Mr..
his case perfectly described mine. tried the I'll,
ticuR Remedies, using Two bottles Resotveut. and
Cuticum and C,llicura Soap In proportion, and call
myself completely cured. St5.I .ssJ
~ 8 L. F, BARNARD. /.
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PnlLApELfllIA. Pa, Oct. ?l,-F,our dull. Wheat
steady; No. , red October ~ lIaS!jsc; November 81
as!Itc; DetSmbrr, s3JSnsiHc; january sJttasGlic
Corn. options dull md lower; sar lots weak re.
white Doc; No. g. yellow DC; steamer mixed 81 i$a
bSic; sail mixed October b7a5SIkc; November b3,S
n5,c; December 47aisc: Janinry l6.i7c 0ats
steady am. ~ moderate demand; 80. amlxetl 99II
white a.aa,>ssc. Lard quiet; butchers LOOSE 7.2'i
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DALrIaoRE, Oct. cl-Flonr quiet and nontnnlly
steady. Wheat western iuli aud steady; No. !
winter red rot sl1saslssc; October SlIsasl9lc;
western dull and nominal at GaaC5c, Hay easy and
quiet. Provisions dull aud chsy; bulk meats tim
for. eho!ce. Eggs quiet; western 1U.9ic. Coilee
dull and e,sy: Rio cargocs, ordinary to tair, do
Strn,iv nj 81 lsul M - ~ ''s
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uaiy !!oa'.sse "! February ,I Butter quiet

bno htin' Suee9v4atet una MN. ~ a. NIX MI
CHICAGO. III. Oct q. Flour quiet and I'm.
changed. Wheat IN fnir demand aud towards the
close Of the regular session. when quite active
,horts were eoyering fully. prices advanced mate
rally ths market s!osinE ls oyer yc,icniay pies
yember 7la7S5fe, closed al 1S].c:I December 7sjta
no, cio6ed Al I7oi january 10, closed n
7i1ic, May S3sas. e, closet at si,sc; No. cei.
cago spring. closed at 7i}sc; No. 8 DO
5VIe; No.. Icd ~ sa76c., No. o ned S5c.S Corn In
fair demand. irregular aud Within moderate rlnnc
opep.d shade higher. weakened. dccliucd 5sAIl "a
and closed With near options psaIc lower, dista,t
options higher: chslk ii9saATt+I, closed ut s7I<c
October 47atSIte, closed NJ 47Isc. November is5,a
i7c, closed At 4dsc; year +1tatJ{c closed al 4VSC
January s7}sage; May &ssai0e. closed AZ ,.i0c
Oats firms and 10 hleher: CASH 2y1En: October VI
a21''4c. closed ht 2S,Sae'3tc: November 21]I426o
sSic, May sa2o}sc. closed a, s Sssl,)sc.
Ryc easier At SO, barley neglected nj 4 81.
Flaxsced firm Ut u Sc. f'ork IN fair demand md
nc higher: closed steady: cash SIS 7balG st Oclo.
her sis ~: year sll DJill VIZ closed At ST. Ma
II w; January 81 9ai2 IN, CLOSED NJ Si2 iOa
u l?fS. Lard IN fair demand bai0c higher cash
7,s0Nt.25ct October TN; November T0jSiI. lUC,
closed at 7,O1Ha7. lOc December 7.l!lSn; January
7.l5aT17iie. Lux meats IN hlr demand and
easier; shoulders 6.3jc; short rib $3.50; short clear
lo.esjc. whisky steady and unchanged At g. u.
Halter da!! eitFa creamery .Ds9;e; extra daily
25aeIc; good TO choco lfa2ic Eggs firm nj 2oi.
Afternoon Noard--Wheat hgayy; oil r,,lnor Of for.
clgn commercial disaster declined SAKE. Corn
very weak and decidedly lower; ,Gc ior October;
HIic November; 3yJ Il year; ;EJle May Oats irrSs.
ular; November advanced No: year DECLINED HS;
May tsc Fork easter: year and JNHuart tleeituei
lOQ, Card custer At 2illbc. III go - M :
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Every species o. I:ehing, scaly, plmply, .scsotu.
lous Inherited and coatEaioGs Rumors, with Loss
OF Hair, cured by sCutioQEa ItsSolvepI the new
blood Purifier Internally, and Cuucura and CUT.
cUf4 Eoap the great Skin curcs externally. g4s7
Sold esasSw6ere.f Price, cuticura. " cents; Soap,
: f ss4 h bs1o esb CsirucA Co. no,ton
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EAST LIBERTY, Pa, Oct. 2l.-Cat,lc market
fair at unchanged prices; receipts 100 head; ship.
menH aol head. Hog market slow; receipts ,GoO
mead; shipments 200 head; Philadelphia S 10
10 o.: workers. IS 0oa5 10. Sheep market fair nj
aaaensnsed prices; receipts t,fo6 head: shipments
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CiSct$SATl, o.. Oct. 2l.-Livc hogs weak; com
y 5o5 To- receipts 200 head; shipments us head
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-22

NOTICE TO CITY TAX.pAYENS-
- Yhe CITY Taxes for the year 1851 viii L. ia
On ,. M"a' W. The p dgy q E6ytmhsr and NJ
INST lay o! December. lSSi, will be- sn,HeiiV ,ho
discount OF two percent thereon Npon ali " NJ
taScs On real estate not lad on or LeTCr, IN S,y
Dsr iSi. lHnal!y at mo mite Of tn pSrrpi ~.
ocsl Y. FltEnERlCH uNRuil. CI,y tolcc,O, Is
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2cau1 nnttccs.

THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
u ONO COUNTY. M 4 e,
N tho Circuit Court OF Ohio County, West VII.
sihin. October Rules. $751;
Marcus w: Amick, Executor Of the cA,G;e Of
Thomas II. Wins, deceased,
=, 5fI.t,. =. i&iii5t'1-'N Vs. III J-zlrT ,.
Nancy Sullivan. Jo.cphus Sullivan, William II;
sullivan; i.ocsy Ami Boyd md Robert /, Rya
Mer husband, Lcana jane Rhodes mid Jarvis j;
ithodeS her husband. Mary i. Simmons and
James Madison simmons bel husband, Mary +.
Alexander. aud James II. Alexander her hln.
1and, md Thomas u. Wins, Willinin y. Kerry,
t Fan sh .. Martha Dennn md Mary hstly.
Ellza Hnsh, mud Alexander Wins, william J.
irwin, Mary Hale, Jane Auslin. Martha James.
u atu Matilda simmons, Mnry GIiilin. the M.
known ,, heirs at lay and distributes Of sa;ah
ann Beaver, and the unknown hclrs mud dis
tributes Of said Thumns H.. Wins.
S9yI9l ~ va In Chuucery.
The object Of this suit Is to cons,rne the eighth
clause OF the will OF said Thomas II, Wins, dc.
ceased to settle the accounts Of shid executor and
70 distribute tho .aid estate among thoc entitled 70
art aled In shs cause, q, these rules that The de-
PENDANTS nbOvc named nrc not residents OF the State
Of west virginia. and that the IiatIcs OF the sAid
parties TO the bill ~ Mid suit mRde dtfennnllss as
having been served with process III this stiff, on
motion Of tho complainant, by his solicitor, TINS
order Of publication Is entered against them, n,'i
It + ordered that the said defendants, known and
unknown, nre required to appear within D'lc
month after the date OF the iIrt publication Of this
order. md do what Is necessary to project theft n
ietests Is further ordered that this otier he pun.
lished aud posted as required by law.
b Witness, John ". Mitchell, Clerk OF sah Court;
a. The Court House Of said county, this sh DAY 0!
october, 1854, to-wIt: October Rules, ISL. -,
!. 4, Z, '.IsA e JOHN ". MITCHELL, CicFEt
q tublshcdth the 1nt time October 0. ISL
p Attest s:i5tlgil JOHN w, MITCHELL Clcfs.
s$ssEEs b Solicitor for coupla.aau,. 0e?ta
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10 GRAND BARGAINS !!

100 Black anu White Checked MI wool
Slnwls, S2 90. +
4 3 Bales Sllectiny, and SC.
F. 1 Case Bingham, sc.
goo MI Wo0i Misses Clath CloakS, 50. Z.
$50 Dozen Ladies' Mcrlno Hose, 10 and
12 lee II pair.
100 Dozen MI Linen Towels, 81 81 and
80 40 per dOXen.
Is, I Case Shaw knit IInlf Hose, 81 80 per
dozen, or l0c n pair. These are seamless.
y 500 Ladies' Wraps, 50, 81 so. 81, s.,
SO, IS, $40, $i2, SIS, SIS md $25.
so Dozen lOck-Stitclel Ladies' Vests,
SOC piece. 4,
g (, Is Dozen Gents Iaundried Shirts ut
ss5c . piece.
~ III. ENISI91EENIER,
Eleventh Street.
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iRauntv For Chnppel aud Oily Skin.
h r, " Cpttcnra soap, n h
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SCROFIIIOVSI SOREg, I

Z Ind dozen bad sores upoa M. body, and tried
all remedies could hear Of end 1T las, tried you,
Cuticura Remedies and they have curod mo- 80
I, 5s1t9 liH;2s ss.Ss JOHN GASklLI. Z
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CtNclSsArI, O.. Oct. 9l.-Fiour dull; family
s. aNSG5; fancy, 81 soai 10. Wheat III far demand
10. .rch 7Sc. Corn dull; No. 9, $50. Oats In ialr
abe. Barley steady and unchanged. rorg dill
and nominal al SIG .. Lard stronger NJ &c. bulk
mta,s, npi enough here TO establish quotations.
lheon firm and unchanged Whisky steady at
ut lsal9c Chane quic, aud unchanged. II 81
TOLEDO. Oct. ?l.--Wi,cal ouict md s,en,ly: No. .
rel cash Ili<c skc,l October re ilskcd November
7Hc Gske,l I,ecembcr 7lHc; No. 2 soft nc. Corr
dun aud nnnlnat; cash null October &c bid; No.
No, CASH and October 2S1l4c; November and ycai
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VALUABLE COAL PROPERTY,
A GOOD FARM! FOR sALE-l WILL

-; oner Ut private sale for thirty days, my Farm
y brooke county, Buffalo township, near Vest
Liberty, containing 20O acres. Snid fam Is in 4
good Suite Of cultivation with inir Improvements
ahd Al nnderlaid with superior vein Of coal
Hult and well. watercd. Convenient 10 Church.
Normal School and Bethany College Possession
given az once II desired. Terms reasonable. FER.
GUS SMITH. Call on or address, j. i. SMITH,
NSst l.loeEty, W. va, -4lsfr ~ pftIp
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ABOUT PEOPLE.

Strangers in the City md Wheeling Folks
~ ,Abrond. "a -. q
Mrs. Kate Savage has returned home
from visit OF four or five months to Ire
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Live Stock,

Live hogs-Reccipts 1900 head; shipments 5'Oj0
head: market active md 5nloc higher; rough
packing 81 soa4 20; packing mud shipping S. 6tli
~; lisht g l0;skips s. 5Jal co. Ca,tle-teccipts
urn and scarce ut 81 Conf so: good to choice ship.
piuS % Nt!6 %; common 10 fair 81 a5a5 50: rintc
cattle steady; Texans cows 81 90a3 30; steers s. ;al
~ sheep-Receipts 1900 head: shipments 800
=. w 'Ve,aNN1 sHSteN. W '"..
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Dry GOptls.

!, NEW ioEK. Oct. ol.-Thc market was very o,,iet
~ az departments. Snail orders aud selections
Keep the tmde alive. but The Die weather
~ OIL Il high temperature checks cousulnp
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-08-29

A gentleman informed us last eve"
ming that Ross Cartee was assaulted
in Shoshone Monday about noon, by
Young man who claimed that Car
tee had made way with his money. 1t
Seems that when Cartee was banker
at Shoshone the young man left a
sum Of money perhaps slOo-with
him, and instructed him to send a
draft for the same to his (the young
mans mother) Recently the young
man learned that his mothor had not
received the draft, and yesterday he
met Cartee and asked if the draft
had ever been sent. Cartee said he
had not seen it, whereupon the young
man demanded the money back
Words ran high, and Cartee was bad
" knocked out by the young man.
This same fellow has been around
Eagle Rock with partner taking
photographs of buildings and offer
Ing them for sale. They claim t.
represent some Eastern publishing
house, but their story is doubted
News Miner.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-08-29
II Kearny Street, San Franc SEQ "a
Notice to the Public.

Persons dealing with one Jos jackson,
near Centerville, are hereby notified that
he is not in my employ, nor is he in any
manner interested with me in mining or
any other kind of business. | am the sole
owner of the Golden Fleece and Golden
Star mines, near the quartz mill, about
one mile east of Centerville, and the said
Jost phi jackson, and all persons, are here
by notified not to trespass on either of said
mines, as any one who shall do so will be
dealt with according to law.
MARION F. WALDRON.
CENTERvILLE, July l, 1884.
Title Abstract of Deed
From Dryden McClintock, Sheriff, to
M. +, Waldron, deciding all those certain
quartz lodes known as the Golden Fleece
and Golden Star mines, situated in Cen.
terville mining district, Boise county, I
IT.
rate of deed, March 2S, 1883, and recor
| ded March 20, 1888 at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ In
book Is, on pages 800, 400, 4O1 and 40a
Deed records of Boise county, 1T.
Territory of Idaho,
County of Boise
do hereby certify ,hat the foregoing i
a true and correct abstract, as appears q
record.
Witness my hand and seal q
Seal f g. iss us 9th s day ., july
Auditor Boise Co, |. IT
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Levi Knott, who was under SEN
tence of death to be executed Au-
gust 10th, was reprieved by the usu-
nj course of what is termed law, and
his death put off for an indefinite Pc
Rod. The people of Colfax are tired
OF such humbug, and determined to
take the law into their own hands. a
Geographic dispatch OF Tuesday says:
Between | and 2 o'clock this morn
ING Sheriff Marsh, who lives adjoin-
ing the Jail, was awakened by ham
mering upon the door, and upon IN
ves.igation found party OF about nj
ty men outside, who claimed to have
a prisoner. Being told by his wife
that there were other men in the rear
OF the house, the Sheriff had suspl.
cion of foul play. No other course
being open, he slipped out, and was
immediately seized and the keys 70
The Jail demanded.
Not having the key to the yard, It
being in possession Of the Jaller IN
side, tho leader called for sledges and
orowbars, which were at once pro-
duced by the mob, and the outside
door forced open. The jail door was
then unlocked and the mob filed IN
proceeding to Knott's cell. After
lighting a candle, they placed rope
over the head of the miserable wretch
and led him out into the jail yard
There was but little ceremony about
the whole affair, and in a short inter
val of time Knott was swinging be
tween heaven and earth, paying thu
awful penalty of an awful crime.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-13
SlOyenly Reading.

The Journal of Progress warns all
men, old and young, against an evil
thing which has been described as the
prevailing pestilence of slovenly read
ing" This pest;lence has laid low
many one who egan life with excellent
prospects. 1t is Iuinous both to mind
and morals. 1t is apt even to injure a
mans business habits and prevent him
from winning success in pra atical af
fairs. In time it will confound all his
faculties; it will destroy his capacity
for clear perception, for pr, else thought
and for proper reasoning. 1t viii throw
into confusion his judgment and his
memory. Ii he does not get rid of il g
can never become a good writer, or do
any literary work Of any kind W r;h
looking at. How many slovenly + adj
ers are to be found in these times!
They viii, in their sloyenly fash on,
read newspaper article, perhaps a
very excellent one. and when they have
GOT to the end of it, or, as they say,
| when thev have Cooked through it OF
"glanoed over it, You will find that
! they are unable to give any curate ac-
count OF its argum mt, or that they do
rot apprehend its fundamental points,
or that they have lost one Of its links,
or that they have overlooked an i'm
portant illus,rat on, or that they have
| failed to seize 4 word which IS the very
hinge of the writer's thought. OF hat
they have wholly misunderstood TIC
drift and purpose of the article which
they have wasted their time in glancn
over. These slovenly readers are an
affection to care nj and correct writer.
| When such writer sees how his rea-
soning and his language are so ted
by them, bis mind is apt to become
ruffled, and very one knows how {
ruffled mind units man for tn work
of perspicacious composition. We are
of the opinion that the prevailing Pesti
lence of s'ovenly reading is largely du'
TO the slovenly way in which children
are taught to read at school. Teacher
must BE- very careful about tbs thing
they must teach their scholars to TcaC
with precision and understanding
thinking of every word, getting tht
sense Of each ,eatence, and Graspinl
tie ! me3-ing Of any piece that ma
De lie o. hem.-- Scica4iic -4mcrtcaR.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-13
The White Elephant.

The elephant is not white but of a
very disagreeable leprous looking shade
of flesh color. This is probably the
first time one of these albinos has eyer
gone out of Asia, and the chances are
that it woald not have done so even
now if the present sovereign of Bur-
nah hal not been a lunatc. King
Iheebaw is as mad as ever any halter
was, and q ruffian as we'll. Ali that he
has yet done in the way of extravagant
execution of his autocratic power is as
nothing compared to the sale of
white elephant. Hitherto it had been
death to remove from the kingdom, OF
even to conceal the fact of the existence
9f such an animal; for TO do so was
! Facrilege in the high st degree. But tc
teli white elephant! There is no Ian.
Lua &c in Asia TO express the infamy of
such transaction, since the white ele-
9hant is the sacred emblem and abode
Df Burman d y;mtY. 1t is addressed as
Lord of Lord" Priests PROSTATE
hens Tvs as it passes By. All the
donors Of worship are paid to it. A
noble OF high rank has to be its cham
erlain. 1t; retinue is fit for q prince
IF the royal Hood Not that such al.
sance, VIE e it is not sacred, elephants
atched with pink are by no means I'm
| rOmmon:
But from time immemO ial, when the
Old Count Of Ava was great power in
| Asia, it has been one o. the emblems OF
| kjngly rank, symbol of a divnely giyel
soyele gnty, the incarnation OF the ia.
vors OF heaven, nay, incarnate divin ty
| itself Sickness among the sacr. d ami
mails was ominous of coming evil; their
| demeanOr and gestures afforded augur-
les, auspicious or sinister. They were
he oracles of Burmah, and more than
this, the Palladia too Yet, for the sake OF
| dollars, King Theebaw has sold a white
elephant. He has plenty more, it is
true-and elephants are expensive pets
to keep-but in all its history did Egypt
ever desceAd to bargain over a god, OF
Rome or Greece part, for cash or othel
consideration, with anything that is re
vered? That the elephant will like it il
hardly probable, since it is one thingto be
n sacred animal, fed upon all the deli
cacies of tn season, and with nothing
to do but march on great occasions il
a pro cssion, and quite another to be
come the property of a Snowman
These natural curiosities are proven
hially delicate in constitution, and TO
all that the new pOssessor knows hi
Majesty may have sold him one tina
was already in i'll health. King Thee
baw is quite INSCRIPTIONS enough for an!
enormty-even getting the best of al
American speculator. Cor. LO4d0i
| Telegraph.