The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-28
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Eight years ago C. Rohr bought sixty
three acres OF land on an island near
Atchison, Kas. In six years the accre-
ton amounted to $50 acres. Two years
ago, Immediately after the formation Of
Doniphan lake, the river began to cut
the island, and to-day Mr.. Rohr has not
a foot OF ground left. He went to the
island the other morning, but none OF
his farm was left, SO he did not pay the
last half OF the taxes. He lost with the
land q house and barn and 5000 six
year-old catalpa trees. He actually put
$1,000 into the land.
In Minnesota 70 per cent OF the males
OF voting age are foreign born, in Wis
cousin 50 per cent, in Indiana u per
cent. In those states, with Ohio, Hi.
nois and Michigan as a whole, 3S per
cent OF the males OF voting age are for
eign born. There are nearly $4,000 col
ored voters in Ohio, $4,000 in Indiana,
$4,000 in Illinois and 5000 in Michigan,
hut comparatively few in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
During u recent severe rain storm
lightning struck the barn OF John
Specie, near Whiteland, Ind, "and
although the boards on the four cor
ners were loosened and a wide swath
was cut through the hay NOV, neither
contents nor building took fire. Two
horses we're in the barn, and the halter
strap of one was cut in two. but the ami
NAL was not even stunned"
A curious incident occurred at He
ceta Head, Ore, the other day. One OF
the workmen on the lighthouse acct
dentally let 90 OF his w~heelbarrow,
which rolled down the cliffs, over
rocks, a distance Of $50 feet, into the
ocean, and was a few days later picked
up on the beach, ten miles this side OF
Heceta, in perfect good order.
The youngest journalist in Missouri
is Austin Leftwich, OF the Miami NeWs.
He is nine years old, and a son OF Gus
Leftwich, proprietor Of the Miami NelCs.
This young man sets more than a
column OF type each day, assists in
making up forms, solicits advertise
ments and prepares local news.
In one Of the towns OF Illinois a
banker put his private mark on the
money he paid out one Saturday night
to the wage workers of the town who
patronized his bank. OF the 500 thus
paid out over $500 came back to him on
the Monday from drinking saloons in
the districts.
Pairs ofarticIes-such as gloves, shoes,
socks, etc.-are not transmissible by
mail to foreign countries at the postage
rates and conditions applicable to
samples of merchandise" but one
article Of. a pair may be SO transmitted.
In the Wiltshire Englandl Times the
following advertisement lately ap-
peared: "Notice-Baptizing by Rev.
A. E. Johnson, Stonmore Water, next
Sunday at 1880 u. M. Photographers
invited"
An applicant for a teachers certificate
at the Butler county kan institute is
said to have written that he Thought
each child should be supplied with u
dictionary ten years old"
1t is said that in New York city 5000
chattel mortgages on 5000 saloons are
held by twenty brewers, distillers and
wholesale liquor dealers.
The school children OF Pennsylvania
will observe Columbus day, October p,
by the planting of columbus trees"
Three hundred harmless inmates Of
the asylum for tho insane at Topeka
visited the Kansas state fair last week.
At the castle OF Simonetta, Italy,
there is an angle in the building, which
re-echoes a pistol shot %sixty-one times.