The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-22
SINGULAR MARRIAGE.

1 ~ a III the amount with the gander,
SINGULAR MARRIAGE.
I gentleman aged II. conrted a LADY. aged
and it is fully believed that nc cohtihuca
k,i' visits yuiarly once tortnlght'' -, %
II 8,aars and that the time was appointed ,or
he marriage, five or SIX times curing ln's
- ,rr;od. but from some cause, uhkho"h W
" person except themselves they were NOV
8narred The time was again aPpoihteu ~
h u on the 18th December last; the geh'ie-
8nan attended accordingly, out Tue 'aas sen.
INN off as he went; she, however, III iem
&lays, changed her notion; wrote nun no'e
I'm that effect; he went to her mouse, tak'ns
Ahe parson with him, and they were iih"ily
*,narried on the 2lst OF December without
athe knowledge Of any part OF. the family
&,yho were astonished on coming mo she
8,,anse at night, finding the couple married,
Hand an elegant supper on the table. ms
shows. in part, the uncertainty OF things;
sbut he that is faithful to the END snail DC
saved.
fs,.tou Muse Auecdote.-Thc n. York
! ,Iorning Chronicle says:-Two merchants
Il sometime ago, being at the Deputy Collect
4 or,s desk. (who at that time, was absent OH
temporary business,) waiting to swear to
4 their entries, one took up the Bible, opened
i 1. and the FIRST passage on which his eye lit,
/ was the following
eThis peop,c tlraweth nigh unto me with
i their nouth, and honoureth me with their
I ms; but their heart is fdrJrom me-
n The Carrier Of the New-E York Daily Adj
Nyertiser, was assaled on Thursday morning
Nlast in the street about three o'clock, by a
Aparty of young men ripe for fun, who broke
This lamp and took from him his papers: the
l8watch aided i'll securing part OF them
#The young gentlemen settled the matter
Il with the carrier, but they have yet to settle
with the Editors, and we should Judge from
s8appearances, they will find this no easy mat
&ter.
All Singular Discouery.-- examined two
Ssculls last evening, and some other bones,
S$uch as rib, and one which looked like the
\ bone of chid's arm, which were taken out
s'tf an old cistern in Madison street, by some
Ayorkmen who were excavating the EARTH
The cistern was filled up some fifteen or
20 years ago, but the wood of which it was
&COnStI |Cl Rdi tldtl} lcinaiCd. oHS VI
= lthe skulls was that of female, with a fine
Forehead, and beautifully arched eyebrows,
gbut it had been fractured by blow, appar-
4ently from an axe. Along with this skull
&was found the remains of tin kettle, within
(which, (the sides being compressed together
Ito conceal it) was large hatchet, with the
3marks of coagulated blood, fresh in colour,
atut completely ntlurated. Adhering to the
#hatchct, and the half decaved tin. was a
8cluster of hair, and the remains OF a coarse
#cap or other cloth. 1t looked like murder
3but it must have been perpetrated SO long
'#ago that unless a second Elspeth fingers or
Sthe brink of eternity, too guilty to depar
swithout making disclosure, the mystery
lean hardly be uravclled.-.A. York CONNER
E.iav.
On the 18th ult the log hut Of coloret
man named Daniel Annette, was burnt, a
Ashtabula, Ohio, together with his thre,
q children! The mans wife had left him
and he usually locked his children in th
house during the day, which was the cas-
on the above fatal morning.
The New York Arcade is finished AM
the shops are opened to the public, occupi
Il ed by Jewellers, Booksellers, Millners, fan
cy goods of all sorts, Confectioners Fruiters
Tialors, &c. &c. The building is an ele
giant one, and the conveniences it offers ar
great
FASHION.
# There are moments of reflection whic|
press upon us in the midst of gaiety, an