The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-11
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Inquiries as to the speed at which
the overwhelming mass that recently
caused such great destruction in the ST
Gervais district travelled down the val
ley have resulted in settling upon TWEEN
~ miles an hour us very near the actual
rate. Prof. Forel says it was the mosi
gigantic example Of an avalanche or
record.
Macrocytis, a sea weed OF the South
Pacific, it is said, often grows to be
thirty or forty inches in diameter ano
1900 to 1000 feet in length. In nc
case do any of these have roots IN the
proper sense, their nourishment being
absorbed from the water by all parts
alike.
1t is only a little over forty years age
that a Russian farmer began the cult
walton Of the sunfiower in order to ex.
tract oil from the seeds. Now 100000
acres in Russia are in s%unfowers, aud
the original founder of the industry il
q millionaire.
The Chicago Society for the Proven
ton Of Smoke has commenced suit
against the owners Of the ". j. Chal'
mers building, 307 Wabash avenue, fol
violation Of the smoke ordinance. W
]. Chalmers Is q director Of the society
Horace Claret, son Of a New Haven
blacksmith. has made q ninety-toot
Jump from the mast Of the schooner
Mabel Thomas into tho QuinnipiaC
river. He Is eighteen years old and de-
clares he will make further jumps.
For the first time the Canadians have
begun shipping ice to Philadelphia,
several cargoes having already arrived
there and been found equal to the best
Name product.
There are fifteen national banks in
New York city which have deposits ex.
ceeding S15, 000,0O0 each, the largest
amount beingSS3 5000, in the National
Park.
The New York health board reports
that 100 persons died of sunstroke last
week. In the previous week, the hot
test Of the season, there were only
ninety.
A Mississippi man who brought suit
against q railroad company for the value
Of a ticket which he bought, and was
unable TO use, won his case.
The Greek government has voted the
sum o. 100000 drachms to be expended
on the reproduction OF antique works Of
art for the Worlds Fair.
A recent novelty is a composite metal
wheel made up OF a skeleton OF wire for
the spokes, hub and rim, the whole be-
ing imbedded in cast iron.
The pops has presented his portrait
to the queen regent OF Spain, Monsignor
Del Val being commissioned to convey
it TO her.
The men who bought W. K. Wander.
bits yacht, the Alva, under water, ex-
pect to make 100000 out Of the trans
action.
The baby clothes made by Mrs. John
Adams for her son, John Quincy Ad.
ANS, will be exhibited at the Worlds
fair.
July is said to have been q more sue
cessful month at the watering places
this season than for several years past.
The biggest of fresh water fish, the
arapima Of the Amazon in South Amer.
lea grows to six feet in length.
The poBtofie in Chicago does a larger
registered-letter business than any 9TH
er in the country.
Crop exports estimate that the two
Dakotas will produce 125, 0O0,0 900 bushels
Of wheat this year.
A Moscow dentist has successfully
made false teeth assume a fixed place in
toothless gums.
Eight Indiana counties bear the names
OF heroes Of the battles of Tippecanoe,
One person in every nine Is left-hand,
ed.