The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

when R0lu ID Vuoleu ~ CAV ~ III
ounce platinum brings $50 an ounce.
There nre 20S,7l0 railroad bridges in
the United States, spanning 3,2l3 miles.
Nine.tenths.otthe.reading time ofmost
zen and that OF n large proportion OF
women is given to newspapers.
Lafcadlo Hearn Is being criticised
somewhat widely for using the word
"audition" in the sense OF hearing.
The Croton acqueduct is now prac.
tically completed aud in use. The sup.
ply Is SIS, 100000 gallons Of water per
day.
The acceptance by Rev. DIR. David
Gregg, Of Boston, OF the call Of the La.
layette Presbyterian church, Of Brooklyn,
is announced.
Gen. John Pope is now citizen OF St.
Louis, the old .homo OF his father, Judge
Nathaniel Pope. He is we'll preserved
man Of sixty.seyen.
Seventeen head OF cattle, standing
near wire fence at Collinsville, Texas,
during transform, were killed by an
electric current n lew days ago.
Gu. Hamlin, the millionaire horse
man Of Buffalo, is seventy years Of age,
and recently drove his lrottiDg team,
Belle Hamlin and Justina, mile in
2:l3l,
There Is o man up in Maine who Is
likely to cause some profanity among
stenographers and mailing clerks. His
name is Glorious Florious George Wash.
ington Stout Pcch. ,sIa g.
In Bourbon county, Kansas, father
and son were opposing candidates for the
Legislature, while in Jefferson county q
brother and sister ran against each other
for school commissioner.
Since George Francis Train got back
to New York, a short time ago, after q
long residence in the farthest West, he
has not been nearly SO tlamboyant as he
used to be in the olden days.
Among the many cases OF saving life
from drowning which have recently
been reported to the British Royal Hu.
name Society for recognition, there are
thirteen in which the ages Of The heroes
ranged from eight years to sixteen.
A curious art imposition has been dis.
covered in Paris. An ingenious person
stole bronze and marble busts from the
cemetery OF Montparnesse, Paris touch.
ed them up and sold them as eiIigies Of
famous heroes, statesmen and orators.
NJ. Rsmaudin, to whom the Anti-To.
bacco society OF France always pointed
with pride as q long.lived example OF
tho beneficial results Of abstaining from
the use OF the weed, died lately at Vile
EHrard, at the reputed age OF 10G years.
Several Of the large institutions for
women in England have organized fire
brigades composed exclusively of won.
en-. The ladies understand and perform
their duties well, but have not yet
found 4 costume that is entirely salts.
factory. Z.
Miss Elizabeth Peabody, who first in
troduced into this country from Ger
many the kindergarten method Of teach.
ing children, is still living in Boston at
the age OF eighty-seyen years, and re-.
tains much interest in educational
matters.
a Minneeota husband gave the alarm
that his wife had mysteriously disap.
penred, and 400 people turned out 10
search Tor her. After eighteen hours
OF search she was found in her own bed,
whore she had retired 10 sulk because
her husband said the potatoes weren't
done enough.-Detrot Free Press.
Mrs. Harrison has accepted an invita-.
ton TO a luncheon in Baltimore, in com.
papy with the committee OF ladies who
recently raised 100000 to open the
Johns Hopkins Medical School to their
sex. The compliment is offered by the
trustees; aud Mrs. Harrison: ut their re-
quest, names November II for the affair.
William Waldorf Astor was offered
five cents a word for n story OF 1900
words. Mr.. Astor accepted the offer,
conditioned upon his being able to find
a good theme during his present trip
abroad. He said the pay was not Of
much consequence to him, but he would
accept the honorarium and devote it TO
some worthy object. ID