The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-06
OUT OF THE GENERAL RUN:

Letters and documents signed by
George Washington, Lafayette, Queen
Anne, the Earl OF Sunderland, Thomas
jefferson, William II and William Ill,
William Byrd. of Westover, repeiyer
general OF revenues of Virginia, George
II and other historic personages were
advertised for sale at Boston, Mass, on
Saturday at public auction, but the sale
did not take place. The commonwealth
Of Virginia secured an injunction re-
straining the sale, claiming the. .docuJ
ments were stolen from the archives. oil,
the state. Tho auctioneers refuse to tell
who placed the documents in their
hands. The case will be carried into
court.
1t is stated that there is scarcely a
living fish in any OF the creeks or rivers
in Sweet Home, Tex, or vicinity, in
consequence OF the late rain, which
worked down so much sediment from
the black land that the water became
SO thick the fish could not breathe.
Thousands are found on the banks and
seen floating down the streams. % y
On one of the islands off the coast OF
Maine lives a man now fifty years old,
who was born there, and has never been
off the island. He has accumulated q
fortune in the grocery business, and is
content to live and die on a few seagirt
acres. "l'
Edward Jackson, who came from
England in 1913 and settled in Newton,
Mass, has been succeeded in the same
estate by seven generations, six Of
which were born on and occupied it.
The famous locomotive, "General"
used by Andrews, and his raiders in
their dash toward Tennessee, April u,
1862, has been repaired and will be
brought to the Worlds Fair. q
A Knoxville man has captured a
curiosity in the form OF a mocking bird,
or, in reality, two birds grown together
in body, but separate in heads and
song. ~ hI
A Des Moines 1owa) jury has
afTronted public opinion in that city by
accepting banquet from wealthy
man whom it recently acquitted.
A house in the city of Mexico adver-
tises "bull fight fans in stock" These
are for ladies who fan themselves at the
fashionable bull fights.
Two mahogany tables that are SOU
venirs Of the illustrious highwayman
Jack Sheppard were sold in London re-
Gently for guinea
Nine times the grand juries Of Hanni-
bal, Mo-, have invested the Stillwell
murder case, and have failed to find an
indictment.
Automatic bootblacks will be put on
the market soon by Nuremberg firm.
They will be run on the nickel-in-the.
slot plan.
A bicycle insurance company, tehn-
sure bicycles against accidental break
age, has been started in New York.
The Harvard "Annex" for the accom-
mediation of women students now has
PAL names on its books. e'i1
An unfortunate woman at Wichita
is becoming insane from fear OF light
ming.
The site of the. city of Boston was
sold in 1886, by John Blackstone for
$3.50. sy
A petrifed canoe is said to be the'lat-
est find in Wyoming.
No OTHER sarsaparilla has the merit
by which Hoods Sarsaparilla has won
such firm hold upon the confidence OF
the people. u /,
No OTHER combines the economy and
strength which make 400 Doses One
Dollar" true only OF Hoods sarsaparilla.
No OTHER possesses the Combination,
Proportion and Process which make
Hooda sarsaparilla peculiar to itself.
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