The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-24
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Exchanges anA Srccia! Dispatches,
Two perfectly developed calf heads o,
one neck were exhibited by Jerry Cray
lord and II. D. Whisteker at thei
butcher shop In Putnam county, TIL,
monstioslty was born u! Poca; but dice
at birth. wv =
There Is guinea rooster In town VIII.
Is not only cock OF the walk on Mair
street, bit who refuses 10 allow any rel
headed people To stop md look ut him
All rcd headed children who pass b,
nm have to get DIP and Dust jtet:e
Democrat. M, -
A few days since, Mr.. laaac Jackson
IN tearing down what Is known M th,
old Powers House" on his brother
Minter's farm near Janelew, found thu
head OF cane, artistically carved from Q
ouck,s horn; on the top Is the following
INSCRIPTION: "Born July IS, 100. A.
A skunk ranch Is n new enterprise
just started near Lightburn. Marshall
Stalnaker 4 Go. now have a corrcll OF
tiity grown skunks, or polecats, rs breed.
ers, all doing well. Tho stock will be
increased to 100. The proprietors Of
this oderilerous ranch say thero Is biz
money in 1t. =" 20
Tho County Court Of Mononpalia
county has ordered the payment Of 500
each to George Gamble and Andrew j,
frum. in pursuance OF IN agreement
made by the county during tho war to
pay $500 to every drafted muir procuring
q substitute. There has been a good
deal Of litigation about tho matter,
The Fairmont Iader says: Mr.. Albert
Knight, Of Pawpaw district, has on his
iarm sorrel mare which was left with
him at the timo ofJoaes' raid on the lass
Of April, 1868. The animal was gu pposed
TO he about five years old ut the time of
tho raid, ind has been with Mr.. knight
IRON that time on, and has proven to be
one OF the best horses that ever was In
this country. She ID now ut least 80
years OF age and Is right spry yet. She
is thought to be Of the Kentucky stock.
An exchange remarks That from Logan
q. II. to Warren is Is miles, We. the mail
routes between those places is 200 miles
long, aud a letter goes through four Of
fees on tho route. q Whereupon the
Mooretield Examiner says: We have
several Offices in our county in pretty
much the same fix. There is Peru, IS
miles up the South Fork; but to get a
letter there it must 20 10 Petersburg,
then 70 Masonville and on over. A let.
ter will 60 from here to Texas one day
quicker than TO Peru. And there is Lost
River postoiiice-not more than Is miles,
as the crow flies. Yet to, get mail there
it must travel around by Bakers run
and pass through three Offices. The
Examiner, mailed on the same day, will
reach subscribers in Mexico in less time
than it gets to Lost River postotfice. d.
A series Of sensational highway rob.
berries have lately been committed in
remote part of Jackson county. The
other night A. D. Mitchell, well.to-do
farmer, was stopped Oh the road near his
home by two masked men, who pre-.
eented revolvcrs and demanded his
money. While the robbers were search.
ing Mitchell II party OF friends arrived
and the highwayman fled.
They were pursued and took refuge in
house, but were finally captured. The
pursuers we're amazed to find, when the
masks were torn from their faces, that
they were two women, the wives Of esti-
Unable farmers. in the. county named
Mitchell aud Jones. The women broke
down and confessed to large number
Of bold robberies. - 81, IT,. - !,