The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-28
VARIETIES.

Inhfe are ABOUT llu pnfyAAutntunVhl
societies in England.
Kansas has twice the area Of growing
wheat this season that ithad last,
A curious fact about the dead langua.
ges, noted by HaPsrl Balar, Is that they
still live.
II stated that a movement is on foot
10 enter upon the active workings OF the
alleged rice gold mines at BrldgeWateF,
One OF the meanest thieves on record
has been arrested at Los Angeles, CAL
itornia, He stole Q Washboard from q
poor old Washerwoman.
The Custer Monument In Montana
has been so greatly detaGed by Indians
shooting at II that 1t has been found
necessary to recut the names on It,
A woman, aged %, in steubenyille,
Ohio, wants separation from her hps-
band, who l. forty years her junior. In
her application 70 the Court she de-
clares he mAltrests her,
A Wichita man hauled 800 cart loads
Of dirt In one month, and the boom ed
itor OF the Journal published II as $500
transfers Of real estate for the month";
Kan'aI GtySGar,
When the crematory in St, Louis
caught fire there was Q body In the
course OF inCineration, but 1t was i'm
possible to save II, Several urns con-
tanning the ashes OF the dead were con-
sumed in the flames,
Casper Lindeman, aged "A, who died
on Wednesday night in Union Hill, N,
w was q recluse, and had not been out
side OF his house for Rfteen years,
although he had enjoyed good health
during all that time.
"Well, my dear, what did you think Of
Dr. Verbose's sermon this morning?"
"Why, l was very much surprised, /
never knew before that the apparently
simple text he chose was SO hard to ex'
plain"
A small colored boy was charged by a
policeman In q Washington, D. o.,
court, Thursday, with the very heinous
crime OF having exclaimed rats when
ordered to move on" The youngster
was given some advice by the Judge and
then discharged.
A big iaguar at the 1900" in Washing.
ton, alter submitting for mnny minutes
to teasing from a dog, which pranced
up and down in front Of the, cage, bark.
ing loudly, made q spring, and, catching
tho offender by the throat, took all the
playfulness, and life, too, out him.
A KIrTERY Mel man, whose fields
SvaFa an unInr Uaknn In thh autttnoy, M
TO make moving impossible, did not lose
courage, but improved the first chance
to make his hay while the sun shone,
which was not until January 10, Then
he gotout his moving machine and went
over field Of about forty acres.
The Kansas Senate, pn Wednesday,
passed unanimously a bill TO restrict the
ownership OF real estate In that State to
American citizens and those who have
lawfully declared their intention to be-
come such, and TO limit the quantity OF
land which corporations might hold or
own to one section or less.
Aierocious wild animal Is frightening
the residents OF Freeport, l.. /. On
Wednesday evening while several col
ored people Were going home, they were
brought 10 q sudden halt by an animal
which they think was q wildcat. The
villagers were alarmed and all day
Thursday and far into the night were out
hunting for the disturbEr.
Lady Thyra (reading catalogue)-Two
dogs. after Landseer. i
Lady Myra-But where Is Landseer2
I don't sec him. "
Lady Thyra-Why, surely, you don't
suppose he would stay there with those
two Notwithstanding brutes after him.
l know shouldn't II / were in his place.
Pick Ne Up.
A novel Sunday school has been or.
ganized by the telegraph operators OF the
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis rail.
road. Every Sunday morning the school
Is called 10. order by the Superintendent
Operator Bramblet, who telegraphs his
order from Wartrace, Tenn. After
prayer and the reading Of a chapter from
the Bible, all OF which is done over the
wire, questions are asked the class by Mr.. |
Bramblet, and the first man to answer
captures the circuit.
The late Dr.. Breck, Of Springfield, |
Mass, died at the bedside OF a patient.
In the close air OF the sick room, relates |
the New York Tribune, he realized that
his lungs were congested. Stepping to
the open window, his cough raised a lit
tie blood. Instantly barring his arm he
said to his brother doctor, ''Bleed me-"
The sight Of the slow, dark drops was
sufficient, and he at once realized In his
own case that all was over. In few
moments he sank into Inconsistencies
and death.