The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-20
NOTES ANp MOTIONS.

John Connerton, Of Louisville, Ky.
has mule which chews tobacco.
The double-breasted vest, out OF the
field Of fashion for a long time, has come
back TO it.
Snow drifts, from five to six feet deep,
are reported in the Catskills, near Tan.
nersville, N. Y.
Mr.. W. 6. Mellier, Of Kansas City, re-
Gently sold for 81 900 lis setter dog Bohe.
milan Girl, which he bought for 1914 two
years ago.
The heaviest mani in yirginiaisthought
to be Capt. Cab Maddux, OF Fauquier
county. He weighs 40 pounds and is u
hotel keeper.
Old boots and shoes, stamped to Il
pulp, are now converted into the soft
stamped, ornamental leather so popular
for artistic bookbinding.
Arbor day, which originated in Ne.
braska, has been the means OF causing
the plating of nearly 100000 acres OF
forest land in that State alone.
A New Yorker who had heard ser
mon on "RObert Elsmere" went to his
club and spent an hour looking for d
sketch OF Robert in the encyclopedia.
or the eighty.three persons in France
said to be Centenarians women form q
large majority, the proportion being
fifty-two women to thirty-one men.
Two 0cala, Fla, ladies' are the happy
possessors OF pieces OF one OF the court
dresses worn by Queen Isabella, wife OF
Edward H., who reigned over England
in the thirteenth century.
They couldn't imagine what allied
little Johnny Martin, OF Sioux City, tC
fall i'll and die, but post mortem show
ed thirteen marbles in his stomach,
where he had put them for safe keep
ing.
One Of st. Pauls wealthicst citizens is
William Dawson, who has fortune Of
So 100000. He reached st. Paul in 1861
with $1,000 in his pockets. His wealth
has been acquired in real estate.
The saYory nutmeg is placed on the
list of active poisons by the Hospital OF
London, because u boy OF S years, after
eating two whole nutmegs, fell into q
comatose state and died within twelve
hours.
A Chinaman, who, after several years
residence in this country, returned to
China, has been telling his Countrymen
that the Americans worship mysteri'
GUS being who is called All Nit Dol
Lar.
The old saying, "Cold enough to stop
clock" has been actually exemplified
in Maine this winter. The recent storm
OF snow and sleet froze the hands Of the
two clocks in Bangor solidly down on
their faces.
Eight gigantic pears from Stanislaus
county, CAL, that were recently exhi-
bited in San Francisco, weighed thirty
three and one-third pounds, or four and
one-sixth pounds each, and they com.
pleteIy filed tive-gallon glass jar.
Until quite recently no blacksmith in
the north OF England would drive nail
on Friday, the anniversary OF the cruel
tixion, and no edged tool was used in
Yorkshire, nor was it anything but I'M
lucky 10 wash clothes on that day.
A shipbuilding feat never before up
preached was lately performed by the
Fairfield Company on the Clyde. A
5000 ton steamer for the German line to
New York was launched on Saturday,
which had been built in less than four
months.
Tourist to stage-drivCr in the Yellow
stone region: "Are there any wonderful
curioBities to be seen in this region,
driver?" Stage driver: "Wonderful Gu
riositiesL Well, | should say there were
Why, you drop rock down that gorge,
come back in three days, and you can
hear the echo"