Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-18
NO. lOl.
dIsoELLANEous ITEMS.

\ number OF benevolent ladies of Phila
aelphla, impressed with the importance n
furnishing place of residence TO YOUNG
g.rIs engaged In store in that city, who ar,
,' nnaoIe 10 pay the rates charged ut boarding
houses, recently decided to establish home
Where board could be had at small cost and
wnere also young women arriving In the
ciiy could abide until they succeeded in oh.
ualnlng employment. The ladies who started
Ine enterprise purchased two handsome
.nree-story brick dwellings, which they fur
hlsned plainly, but with everything thai
coulu contribute to the comfort of the m
,.. MATES. mere large number of respectable
nome, and the institution has proved a great
benefit. PA''SN siea'
The Richmond (va.) Enquirer confers
pVve,WTIs:paper canonization upon Mr.. John
Wins, OF Nelson county, in that State. who
IN the ninetieth year of his age, is now on n
Ieer nunt near Craigsville, Augusta county.
heretofore he has always gone on fool
sixty miles and back. This wear for the
llrst time in his life, he entered railroad
car, and proceeded upwards of a hundred
miles TO the hunting grounds, without an
utehuant' Ihis old patriarch has reared
thirteen thirteen children, eleven of whom are now
hig hisl1ig, an9 ne has also upward of one hun
drcd grandchildren living, and many of the
fourth and fifth generations. He works
every day and all day on his farm, and has
boyhood '-'' e"iS
Traces of prehistoric civilization have
Deen found in st. Anthony, Minn. A tran
dioor, secured by curiously shaped lock was
ulscoYered in the floor of a cellar. and on
pushing investigation further 1t was opened
ana a spiral staircase, leading down one hun.
drea ana twenty-three steps, appeared. Il
eh9eo In passage which led into an arti6.
claI cave about which were strewn iron and
eopper Instruments, and at one side of which
was an elevated platform and rude seats "A
stone sareophagus was also found In another
apartment, which, on being opened. dis.
closed human skeleton.
Numerous measures for the relief of the
people are pending in the Legislature Of
North Carolina. The sentiment of the mem
Ders is decidedly adverse to repudiation of
the State debt. The interest on the state
debt IS to be funded, the present condition
OF the people precluding its Immediate nav.
ment, Resolutions asserting the loyalty Of
the state and decrying the alleged persecu4
elo1 w ro Oh the Union men have passed the House
of Commons by large vote.
There is another element In the romance
Oh Ihe Surratt case. The assassin was be-.
lrayed to Minister King by soldier named
81 ,t' Dlaile, VINO had formerly served in the
Union army. Both Surrait and ST. Marie
loved the same woman at Washington and
Inc soldier was instigated by jealousy ON
account OF the success OF his rival. 81
Marie says Surratt told him that the assas.
slnation OF MIR. Lincoln not only had the
appreciation of the authorities at Richmond.
but was directed by them.
Four gentlemen recently took tickets on
one OF the French railways, TO enable them
TO proceed by a certain train IN another di.
rection. During the journey the engine
oroke down. and to reach their destination
they hired u special train, which a civil
Iourt ,'o.l has declded the railway company Is
hound TO pay for, with interest on the money
from the time of the occurrence
and the cost Of the action. IA
General Heningsen is now making a liviue
by distilling whisky in Richmond. If tbere
ever was a soldier OF fortune born 10 bad Incl
henlngsen is the man. He has been on Inc
losing side in no less than four wars-tbe
Carnst war in Spain, the Hungarian war.
inc Nlcaraguan war, and the late war in this
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1t is stated that there are at this time in
south Carolina eleven cotton factories in
successful operation, running %, 200 spindIes
and 996 looms, the largest one the Kalmin
Mills, having 10000 spindles and 900 looms
ana the smallest one, the Valley Falls Fac
Tory, having 500 spindles.
A porter in an oil store in New York. has
been detected in supplying folks with the oil
d ms employers without their consent He
la9 established considerable custom, and
had been driving quiet but thriving bust
ness @ lor a couple Of years past. He has
oeen i u arrested ana told all about his business,
and OF course is very sorry now.
n.,A 49, a.as
Us. Joseph Worthington, charged with lar
ness produced for the State was Geo. Miller
colored man. Counsel for the defendant
objected, but Judge French decided thai
'he civil rights bill settled the matter. ami
he negro gave his testimony.
On Saturday night week, Louis Warner
steward of Battle House at Mobile. on com,
ng down flight of stairs, mistook win
low opening on the street for a door. and
walked out of it, falling thirty feet 10 the
sidewalk below. He struck upon his head
md was instantly killed; being shockingiy
In the village of Colebrook, Cass county
N. H., Dec. 9TH, Horace Luther shot vonne
nan named Taylor, supposed fatally, and
men shot himself through the heart. Both
we're young men. Cause said to be jealousy
Some time since in New York, Caroline
Retford lost limb through the negligence
u conductor on the Seventh Avenue rail-
DAD. She brought suit against the company.
md a jury on Wednesday awarded her
\, 800 damages
About five thousand letters have been re-
'elved at Cincinnati, written by fools who
we're informed that they had drawn lottery
prizes, winch would be forwarded them on
ecelpt oil remittance of ten dollars each.
Richard Yates, the intensely radical sena.
or from Illinois, is the latest suggested can.
luaie ior the Presidency. He is put for.
ward by 'the Grand Army of the Repnblicu
"a powerful Western military Organization.
Two visitors to the opera in Paris few
weeks ago dlsagreed over the merits of Patti.
lnlil one OF them interrupted the criticism
If the other with pistol shot, Happily no
me was hurt, and the offender was arrested.
The chain gang has been put into opera,
ION IN Richmond. A corps of criminals en-
listed therein assisted the city in digging a
'ulvert last week.
The Gazette de France is the oldest news.
PAPER extant. 1t is now in its two hundred
md thirty-sixth year, and was already ma.
ure before the revolution of 1888.
A line of sailing vessels, to run direct be.
ween Wilmington, N. c., and Liverpool. il
The first vessel is advertised to
all from Wilmington early in January.
A child of Hezekiah Wetzel, near Liberty
own, Frederick county, was shocklncIv
'urned few days ago by falling into a
iettle of hot lard.
A man travelled one hundred and 6tv
niles in skitf with basket of yegetahles
o exhibit at the fair recentlv heid N ~,