The Delaware herald., 1854-06-07

New PHRAsEs.--The landlords have invent
ed new drink, which they call "Gcv. Sey-
mour."
When man has got gloriously drunk and
fallen into the ditch. he is said to be vetoed"
! 1t is rare sight i'll our quiet town, but we
did see man in our streets, few days since,
more than half "vetoed." A two-thrds vote
would hardly" pass him " along without foreign
aid.
| ACCIDENTAL HANGING IN SPoRT.--A boy by
the name of Warren Auchmoody, about Ia
years OF age. residing at Rosedale, New York,
lately came to his death while playing with
chain, which was attached to hitchlng post
Putting the chain round his neck, he observed:
How easily | might hang myself with this
! chaia," when his feet Slipped and the chain
tightening with the jerk, his neck was instantly
broken, -
CHOLERA FROM LIoUoR DRINK1NG.--Seven
persons in the employ Of Mr.. Thomas Gillian in
! Missouri, recently died of cholera within two or
three days, They had been paid on Saturday for
some extra work, and on Sunday indulged very
freely in beer, ale, cider and cakes, and at night
made hearty supper on fresh fish. During the
night and on Monday, eleven were taken sick,
Of whom seven died.
BABIEs.-A baby show was recently held at
Bytown, Canada, at which prizes of fifty dollars
were given for two babies of sixteen and seven
teen months respectively. Appropriate speeches
} Were made by the Judges, after which one of the
lucky mothers announced that she would have
another baby to show at the same time and
, place next year, if there was any premium to
be given"
0Ir The Panama Railroad is now finished to
within fNup t,oi1au al Al. /
!. tance Is travelled over a good road 1t now
takes but five hours to cross the Isthmus, incli-
ding stoppages. In October next, the road will
! be completed, and then the passage to Califor-
MIA will be shorn of all its terrors.
Q 01~ Matt. F. Ward made application, last
= Sunday, to the officers of the steamer Fawn. al
Louisville, Ky, for passage down the river
: when they utterly refused him any accommo-
/; d2tons. Surely this man can well say "my
ii punishment is greater than can bear.'
i FIRE AT LoUIsvILLE.-Louisui1le,J June s.
I'll The Office of I" The Louisville Courier" was de-
stroyed by fire, about 5 o'clock this morning.
The loss is about $1,000 covered by insurance
The presses, books, and job office, were saved
1t Was the work of an incendiary.
LARGE CONTRAcT.-The Delaware Railroad
r Company last Thursday closed contract Will
Alontour iron company, of Pennsylvania, fo
II 5000 tons of iron. The rail is TO be so lbs. t
's the yard. Thspurchase we are told is snficien
= for the entire road, turn-outs, switches &C., in
: cluded.
DEATH FROM THE STING OF A WAsp.-Mr
Or lsham Williams, of Madison county, Geo, cam
to to his death ON the 10th ult, from being stun.
IN on the arm BY wasp. 1t is stated that he die,
l, Ill less than ten minutes after being stung.
in OF A quantity of mail matter was found ;
in few days since by man engaged in breaking
Q. prairie, in Peoria county, Illinois. The mai
,e was robbed in that vicinity in January last an
n. the letters found were evidently taken from tn
0. mail at that time and concealed by the robbeI
e 0C~5- According to the last census, the popUla
~ ton of Prussia has increased to- Is 935 400 =
81 The proportion of evangelical Protestants
" l0,35O, ,994; of Roman Catholics, g. ,332 293; Z
y Jews, 226, ,S68; of Greek Catholics, 1888; an
of Menonites, l4,7S0. e..
%, 0~F 1t is estimated that the entire bill of eS
s; pense attending the proceedings connected wit
IL the slave case in Boston, will exceed the SUI
al of thirty thousand dollars. .-,
o. or Since Louis Napoleon became Enipero
ed nine line-of-battlc ships, mounting nine hundre
tn and ten guns, have been launched from Ii
m French dock-yards.
as or The editor of the Cincinnati Comn,erci,
is says he never drinks brandy except when a
~ ~ the water is required for purposes o. naUig,
az tion!
III On the I'd Of April, four men of the man-o
re- war, Neptune, in the Baltic, were almost par
an Used with cold, and one died from it So to
nd rihly cold was i there. .s .ssse-s....s .
he or Snowsis still lying in the woods back
4, Montreal, a thing not known in June for the Ia
es- % years. 5'' lit'..-s "' - F,tt
zee Or Frederika Bremen has written war
IN appeal to the Swedish parliament in favor
o,' the gews' sef.is, = 2sls soi. sees 1sEs tlii
tho tho or There are in the Maryland pepitentiar
,hsl $40 prisoners, of which $50 are males and
erel iemaies. - ,f Z. - {. Z s..r- .to.-
er- 65r There is not a single Jew in the Unit
OF States engaged in agriculture. i n ~ 5syas
thed = !. -.
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orel e. IF .ATEST ARRIVAL