The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-11
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the United States is declining
Necklaces and bracelets Of the genuine
small gold coins Of all nations are seen.
The University of Edinburgh contem
plates opening its doors TO women stu
dents.
Queens College, Oxford, has just cele
brated the 550th anniversary Of III
foundation.
Mary Moceiks, OF Erie, Pa, has the
record OF having eloped seven times
from one husband.
"a yacht manned entirely by women
Is promised as a novelty for the next
Newport season.
Chris. Brown, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
has agreed to walk from Aspinwall ID
Alaska for $4,000.
Gold thimbles are covered with NINA.
ture daisies in relief instead Of being
penetrated with the usual needle holes.
IT'S said there ia man in Atchinson
who smiles 80 sweetly that all the
women distrust him and the men refuse
to give him credit.
A swan was killed in Trinity county,
CAL, recently, whose wings measured
seven feet when spread out. 1twelghed
sixteen pounds.
A colored woman at Chester, Pa, ap.
piled to a local magistrate for law that
would prevent neighbor from placing
hoodoo spell on her.
A meteoric stone resembling granite
recently fell near the mouth OF Pistol
river, in Curry county, Oregon. It
weighs something over 400 pounds and
imbsdded itself several feet in the earth.
Great quantities Of buttons are now
made from potatoes. The tubers are
turned into pulp and hardened with
acids, and thereafter the stuff Ia cut up
and treated as in button-making with
bone, etc.
The latest addition to the Italian
navy, the Francesca Morosini, twin
screw battle ship Of II 900 tons and six.
teen and hall knots, carries four 105-
ton Armstrong guns mounted in pairs
on barbettes, besides other smaller
arms.
Doctors and citizens OF Schuyikill
Haven, Pa, engaged in public debate
on the cremation question. The judges
being unable to agree, the question was
put TO a vote. The audience favored
cremation almost unanimously. IN
A wealthy Atchison woman made her
will recently, and she says In it that at
the end offive years all her fortune is to
be given to her husband II he can prove
that he has visited her grave ten times
in that length of time.
Three young men Of ochlockonee, Ga,
drove out six miles Sunday TO see their
best girl, one young lady attracting a
balf.dozen gallants. When they arrived
at the young lady's home they learned
she bad just married another fellow.
A special service was being held in q
Boston church at which programmes
we're distributed. On them was printed :
Sermon at 1880, collection at 1890"
The word collection was a misprint fol
collation., and many people missed good
lunch.
Aparson whiting a parisbioner said
udN0 mlabb9N JOu Aun luaL pew VI
late, Mr.. stubbings." "Well, SIR" re.
plies the former, 81 hev been to meetin'
lately. But y see, Rev. Mr.. scowles O.
the chapel he bought some pigs o me,
aud | thought l ought to give him .
turn"
In booming It's candidate for Mayor
the Admission, Gala J hot Blast made the
familiar typographical blunder Of de.
claring Col. Miller to be q "battle.scared
veteran" In its next issue 1t explained
and apologized for the unfortunate error
but in the apology a iocose composition
rounded out and aggravated the oaenst
by making the Colonel "bottle-scarree
veteran"
During tho recent snow storm wher
the wires were all down and Kingston
N. Y, had no outside connection b!
wire, a stranger entered the Western
Union Telegraph Office to send tele
gram. He read the notice on the door
mo communications-wires all down.
Then he went to the desk and Wrotl
this message to his wife: "Wires al
down, can not telegraph you as prom
ised." Laying down quarter with
request to please send that" he wake,
out.