Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-04-07
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A ruhoue. Iowa, man has just shipped
I 100 cats and 200 dogs to Dakota, where
the animals are wanted to e4termlnate
ground mice.
Tuscumbis. Ala, was excited the other
day over negro who could drink whole
pailfulls of cold water and est glass WIFE
an evident relish.
The hereditary grand falconer OF Great
Britain is the duke of st. Adams, VINO re-
ceives q salary OF 81, 825 year for holding
the title,
Peachstones are used for fuel in Vallejo,
Cal. They brig s. tor. The aprico'
stone doee not burn SO well and does rot
bring SO coed price.
A Grifiu, Co., citizen who shaves three
times a week, has noticed that his beard
grows much faster in bright, sunny wealth
er than when it is cloudy.
Herds of buffalo are said to be still
roaming in the Businesses Of the Guadalupe
Mountains in New Mexico, which are also
full of ether large game, such rs elk and
bear.
A little girl Of Savannah, Ga, owned a
cat and a dog which were great friends.
The dog died, and the cat, overcome with
grief, lay down betwixt the dogs paws and
gave up the ghost So the etory goes.
A Toledo woman has been married six
times and has had bat four husbands. A
southern woman this week eloped with
TWO men, anda Utah man recently ran away
With the four wives of mormon. Pick
out the winner.
A young lady teacher in Mercer County,
Missouri, knocked an unruly pupil down
with poker. TIE boys parents prose
cuted her. After The jury had acquitted
her the people made up purse and paid
her attorneys fees.
An inhabitapt of Portland, Oregon, not
long ago offered to sell twelve acres OF
land for $3.50 per acre. His wife refused
10 siga the deed, and though ne was angry
at the time he is more thar pacified now,
as the property will bring $40 900 readily,
An old negro passed through Athens, Ga,
recently holding a rope that was Tied
around the neck of young girl who was
thought to be his daughter. He wac fire.
auenty asked the cause of having her tied
and the only answer he would give was
runaway niger"
Mary Beard, an old colOred woman llv-
i-gin Guyton, Ga, has Just returned from
Florida, where she was reunited with her
mother, from whom she was separated fifty
four years ago, and had not seen her since
She was taken from her mother when only
five years old.
Catherine l., o. Russia, had a musical
watch In the interior was the holy sepul'
cher and the Roman guard. By touching
q sprirg the stones moved away from the
sepulcher, the guard kueeled down, angels
appeared, a.d the holy wOman stepped in
to the tomb and sang the Easter song Of
the Russian churches.
A fine setter dog owned by Henry Dixon,
& Georgia negro man, took his own life last
week. He hsd block attached 20 his neck,
and was prowling around over the pLants'
ton and attempted to cross gully, depth
ten feet or more, on aplsok, and fell, when
the block fastened itself around the plank,
causing instant death.
Paper doors ere said 20 be great improv-
ments over wooden ones. They are formed
of two thick psIer hOarde, stamped and
nodded into panels and GLAZED together
with glue and potash and then rolled
through heavy rollers. After being covered
with waterproof coating and one that is
fireproof, they sre painted, vsrDished and
hung in the usual way.
Mrs. C. A. Byrd, of Brooks County, Ca,
owns the skillet her great grandmother
uaed. II as good as new, Notwithstanding
something over one hundred and fifty years
old. MIS-. Byrd also has small lightwood
k-ot her grandfather Tora around his neck
for nalpitaiion Of the heart. l. is worn
perfectly smooth, and ia said 10 greatly ben
eft the ailment mentioned.
A railroad is 20 be constructed IN Austria
La from Eucla to Perth, distance of 500
miles. which when ompleted, will brig
into railway competition Perth, Adeleide,
Melbourne. Sydney, aud Brisbane. 1t ia
expected that the work will occupy tea
yearp. bat as the line tTsverses the whole
ieugth Of the Australian Bigbt-stilI practi-
csllv an unknown land, in crossing which
several explorers lost their lives-some
scspticism prevails on the subject.
4 short time egl attention was called N
the New Mexico Legislature to the fact that
the sheriff Of Grant County was allowed four
horses and charged for ter days IN ag9re-
gate mileage of 81 $50 miles, or more than
800 miles. day for each horse. The &C.
couui vas syyorn to and the court approved
the same. This is sufficient proof tina! New
Mexico is the place TO raise fast horses
Kentucky cannot produce four horses that
can average 800 miles day for ten days.
New Berne, n c has just held en- oyster
aud game fair, which was largely attended.
The exhibits OF oysters, clans, shaG, rock
fish and trout were remarkably fine. The
game dep 3rtment vas surprise to al visit
ors. Live dear. Wild geese, ducks, tuT-
keys, swan, partridges, robins, and many
other birds known to spOrtsmen were eNhib-
itel in great prolusioD. The agricultural
display indicated great natural weslth OF
resources and products. Over one hundred
specimens of msrl from several COMMITTEES
were shown, and nearly fifty yacieiiea OF
natural wood.
A wee baby, whose eyes had Just opened
on this big world, was left Saturday night
on the doorstep OF the Babies Home in Mll-
waukee The baby is supposed TO have lay
ed there from midnight until daylight Sun
day morning with the thermometer II de-
grees below zsro. It's cries Attracted the at
tention ola lettercarIier, who called MatroD
Jones to the door, The babe was wrapped
up in common cloth and two old shawls.
The tiny hands of the babe appear to have
been f,o3t-bitten, otherwise i. was all
right.
Here is a cheerful paragraph from the
Anneston, Ala, Times: The city of Aunis-
ton spreads its form over $500 square acres,
OF a circular surface embracing nintey lots
of forty scres each. Its sixty-eight streets
covere distance of eighty miles, while its al
legs add eighty miles more to the diatsnoe
that one must travel to take in every part
and section of the town. The average value
of the land is about 81 800 per acre, some
acres running up ss high as 81, 500; not an
acre in the city could be purchased for lees
than 81, 600.
Oae day short time ago Mira. Harrison,
looking out OF the window OF her home, "a"
. 1-----1 ot dim on tho side