The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-02
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Partisan theatrical managers, driven
to desperation By the ambitious, stage
struck girl, have combined in q schedule
OF charges for time occupied in hearing
| her rohcarsals. The English translation
Of a sign to be encountered ut tho chief
theatrical offices OF the French capital
is rs follows: "Any person DESTROYS Of
speaking to tho manager Is requested
first to obtain 4 ticket OF conversation ut
the pay desk. Price for one hour, El;
half an hour, los; a quarter OF MI hour,
5s."
Five American miners went from Cali
fornia on May Z last to prospect for gold
along the river Maranon, in Peru, the
head waters OF the Amazon. A South
American paper says that one Of the
party returned to Lima about three
weeks ago completely broken down By
sickness. He was unable to continue
his journeyings, and reports the death
in the mountains OF his four compan-
ions.
Tho Archduke Francis Ferdinand OF
Austria, has received q curious present
from n tourist agency in Palestine. 1t
is 4 bag full of earth taken from the
Mount Of Olives, and is meant TO be
placed in the archduke's coffin when he
dies. Earth from this sacred spot is be.
lievcd TO preserve mortal remains with
which it is buried. The gift will be de.
voted to the use which the givcr de-
signed.
The disposition of an estate amount
ing to $1,000 in Chicago recently de-
pended on the question whether in n
murder and suicide case the wife or
husband died first. They had no chill
dren and all the property would there
fore legally 60 to either the mans rela-
tives or the woman's. In the lack OF
evidence the judge OF probate divided
the property equally among all the
claimants. 81
Hartford, Conn, boasts q remarkable
man in the person OF VIM. Cotter, Jr.,
registrar of voters. The Times says that
OF 1900 names on the list Mr.. Cotter
claims to be able to tell from memory
the residence and politics Of every one,
and also, in cases where n person has
been absent in Europe, or staying in
some other part Of the country, to tell
where and when he went away.
A fond mother in New York was de-
scribing her lost baby at police head.
quarters, when the little tot, who had
been hiding behind the captains desk,
popped up his curly head and greeted
her with: Hello, mamma; Use been
found" He had been found asleep on
q railroad track the night before and
was rescued US q train WIS bearing
down on him.
The hanging seen in q drama being
performed in st. Louis was more real
istic than was intended the other night,
the unfortunate being insensible when
cut down, owing to his failure to prop
crly adjust some OF his harness. 1t re-
quircd more than half an hour to fully
restore him to consciousness.
The remains Of about a hundred ele-
plants have been found at Mont-Dall,
in Brittany, where they are gathered
on n surface OF about 1900 square me-
tiers. All the bones are broken, and it
is thought that the animals must have
been eaten by prehistoric men.
The financial difficulties OF the Italian
government have compelled it to re-
duce the yearly allowance iorathe ex-
cavations OF Pompeii to such an extent
as to practically suspend the work.
The largest dog in the world is the
ST. Bernard Lord Butte, now at the Men
thon kennels at PhGnixville, Pa. He
was bought from Thomas Shillcock, OF
Birmingham, England, for $3.50.
Advertisement in an English provin-
cial paper: Ayoung man on the point
OF getting married is DESTROYS Of meet
ing man OF experience who will dis
suade him from the step.
a lad OF sixteen years in Frostburg,
Md, is said to have been growing at the
rate OF half an inch q month Tor two
years. He is now six feet four and
and weighs 1856 pounds.
Owing to the immense number of re:
cruits wanted in the French army the
standard OF height has constantly been
reduced. 1t is at present little moro
than five feet.
The Supreme Court OF New York has
issued an injunction restraining cer-
tain persons from erecting a monu-
ment, members OF the subjects family
Directing.
Among other specific qualifications
needed in a coachman advertised for in
n Boston paper is the ability to con-
verse in German and French.
Taking tho officers holding honorary
rank into account there are 1850 gen
erals in the British army, or nearly Il
for every hundred soldiers.
"The Seven Sisters, Stars OF the Mw-
FERROUS Ten and Daughters OF the sepul-
chrc," is the title OF a colorcd assessment
society in Texas.
An adder was recently killed near
Dahlonega, Ga, which had two distinct
and perfect heads and four eyes.