Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-12-29

A CHEAP WIFE-A man named George Allen. has
just been tried at Buffalo. for marrying married
woman He was convicted and fined $3.50, which is
decidedly cheap if he guilty and rather dear if
innocent of the charge against him. The CONNER
ela says there many extenuatng circumstances
IN the case. 1t appeared from the evidence that
marriage engagement had previously existed between
the defendant and the woman be was mulcted Tor
marrying and that at the time of her first marriage
which was only two days previous to her second
both parties had made arrangements for consumma-
ting their engagement, which had not been broken
on the part of the defendant There was evidence
given tending TO show that the woman had entered in
to the first marriage contrary to her wishes and that
the defendant had no knowledge of its existence at
the time of his marriage. The jury found the de-
PENDANT guilty but recommended him TO the favor Of
the Court.
BSS~''If ever am married., said Ike. looking up
from the book he was reading, and kicking the stove
door to etically-"If ever I'm marred'-"Dont
speak of marriage, Isaac, till you are old enough 70
understand the bond that binds congealing souls
People mustn't speak of marriage with impnritv 1t
is the first thing that children think OF nowadays,
and young boys in pinafores, and young girls with
their heads fricaseed into spoon culs and full of
love sick stories, and talking of marriage before they
get into their teens. Think of such ones getting
married Yet there's Mr. Spad, when heaven TOOK
his wife away, went right TO young ladys cemetery
and got another, more fit to be at the head of
family than am to be the board of mayor and alder
man." She tapped the new box that her friend, the
colonel had given her. with her eye resting upon the
gold heart naid in the centre of the lid, as if the
hearts were rumps in her mind at the time while
Ike without finishing his sentence kept on with his
reading, accompanying himself with pedal perfor-
nance on the stove door, and a chatter upon the
round of his chair with the handle of fork in his
left hand
THE PRINTING BUs1NEss.-The n. Y Tribune
says
Experienced men say they have not known so
great depression of the printing business for many
years. Many of the leading Offices have discharged
two thirds of their employees, and have reduced the
remainder to twothrds of days work. A large
number of journeymen printers have left the city
others working day two in a week as sub
sttute in the offices OF the daily journals; but many
totally destitute of work The scale of pri-
ces established by the Union has not been mate
rally departed from ye that can learn, although
employers say that considerable reduction must
take place unless business improves, and that right
speedily"
Eastwood PApER--The Buffalo Democrat has re-
ceived three samples of paper made from Eastwood
by Mr.. Beardsey, of that city, The paper is said to
be strong, smooth and white. The wood is rendered
into pulp by means of revolving cutters. The
Democrat adds
Mr. Beardsley can make the pulp and make for
tune out of it by selling it at two cents the pound
An edition of the Albany Evening Journal, will soon
he printed upon the paper. Mr.. Beardsley last
week engaged in building machinery for paper mill
under his new process. The white cedar is said TO
yield the finest and strongest paper. There is talk
of setting that apart for bank notes The cotton
wood Of the South and the cypress said to be
peciallv adapted to it, as also is the tamarac
GosPoRT (VA) Navy YARD.-The are now about
1900 men employed in this yard. The Norfolk Bea
con states that the work on the two steam frg
ates, Roanoke and Colorado, is progressing rapidly :
the soop of war Constellation is nearly rugged the
fri 70 ho aHT7fo ryyo onI
the Raritan is in the dock undergoing repairs The
tremendous frame of the ship of the line New York is
still in the ship house, and has been there about 80
years.
LIQUOR Law IN ENGLAND.-The tone of the En-
glish press with reference to the law lately attemp-
ted to be carried prescribing that publchouses should
be closed at early hour on Sundays, sounds
ingly to US, who have been toleraby famiIiarized
with prohibitions the traffic in liquor. The Lon
don Sunday Times denounces the bill outrage
on the rights of Englishmen' and asks, in all
nestness if honest and sober citizens are to be
turned out of comfortable public houses. uncon-
scionable hour, to crafty the whims of fanatical
few It declares that such "tyrrany' will never be
endured by John Bull and, aItogether gets itself
into the pretiest conceivable rage about the matter
In fact the English people seem to share Shenstone Is
admiration for an nn and to consider the House of
Lords as the only public house which has no right
to exist, because it is nuisance and bore " Ma
tur is rum one" said Mr.. Squeers, and 80 is the
British nation. Wonder how Neal Dow would suit
that climate !
AS an indication of the extravaganza vljc', has
prevailed in the country for time an importing
house in New York has written letter stating that
the amount of duties paid for French artificial flow
es for the first quarter of the current fiscal year
almost double the amount of duties paid on Railroad
Iron
Perhaps the best Joke of the season IS the fact that
after the election in Lynn, Mass. it was discovered
that one of the newly elected Aldermen chosen by
the Know Nothings an lrishman, and had lately
| changed his name from ConreIly!
| CouNrERFE1rs- executed coun.erfeits OF the
demo mination Of ves the Bank Of the Valley, anC
tens and twenties on the Merchants Bank of Lynch
| burg, are in circulation in AleXandria.-Enq
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This wonderful Ointment will the most dangerous
burns scalds and other completely Identifies se
with the system mingng with the blood uls the pain
soohe the irritation and speedily heals the parts affected
Thousands of persons the Union have been saved from
all families recommended to keep supply of it constant
! ly by them.
and by respectable Druggists Dealers Medicine
i'm Bse % @ 81 50 eaeh Woeae by the
Drug houses of the Union and by A. o. BRADLEY, Whining
IL considerable saving by taking the largest
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are affixed to each box.
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LAMP & LAMP FEEDER.
| a NEW ARTICLE, warranted to prevent all Accident
from the use of Burning F1nid Co'"phems' @%d othe
This Invention is applied to all common Lamps and Lam
Feeders also to Solar G"@phspe Lamps Lanterns G &C.
sale by c. s. D. DUPRE, Druggists, Market street VIII
mington, N. c.
Having purchased the right for the State of \. G., or
the Patentee prepared to fill all Orders at short
tice for description and variety Of Lamps, &c.