Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-07-20

'" t"uAi Vi july celebration near Cler-
mont, Iowa, the cannon burst, killing two
young ladies' (sislers) instantly, and wound
lng another woman 80 that she died in a few
hours Several others were injured. The
iadles were in little bower over fifty yards
from the cannon.
A little girl, eight Or nine years of age,
was brought up in the General Sessions in
New York, few days ago, and sentenced
to the penitentlary for one month for an
attempt to steal 81 worth of artificial flow
ers at school commencement.
MIR. John Page, 80 years of age. a well.
known citizen of Newburyport, Mass, com.
mitted suicide on Tuesday week by cutting
mis- throat. 1t is supposed that he was labor
ing under depression of spirits caused by
pecuniary endorsements.
Some boys at Sedalia, Mo, fired off an
anvil on the fourth, by way of celebrating
the day, and finally burst IT. One piece
went lengthwise through the store of Shields
q Co., doing no further damage than perfo-
rating the building at boti ends. A piece
weighing seven pounds was thrown on the
top OF the Parker House. Strange to say.
there was nobody hurt
A small vial, containing about an ounce of
grayish powder, has been given to every out
door custom house officer, by order of the
Board of Customs at Leith, Scotland, with
instructions to give quantity of the powder
to any person who may be seized with
diagrh@a. The vial bears label with in
structions for using the powder.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says an old lady
arrived in that city in the last company OF
emigrants from Norway, who is now nearly
@ hundred and five years OF age. She had
in the company four children, all married,
twenty grandchildren, fifteen of W HON are
married, forty-four great-grand.children, six
OF whom are married, and ten great-great
grandchildren, making in all seventy.eight
descendents-or adding the husbands and
wives, family of a hundred and three per;
sons.
The sYmpathies of the Queen of England
must be strangely divided in the contest on
the continent. The husband of her eldest
daughter commands division of the Prus-
sian army, in which near relatives of her
late husband occupy prominent positions.
The husband of her. second daughter has
command in the Austrian army Prince
TEX, just married to the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, has accepted command in the
Austrian army, and sets out for the seat of
war, with his bride, before the honeymoon
is half over.
The Mormons at Deseret were treated to
fall of twenty-five inches of snow and II
quantity of hail on the 18th of June.
In Brooklyn, a child seven years old was
handed loaded revolver to play with. He
discharged it into his grandmother's brain,
killing her instantly.
Secretary Seward has written letter, un.
der date of July 18th, approving of the
Philadelphia Convention.
Watermelons are selling in New York at
dollar and half each
S. Morgan Smith, a colored American ira
gedian, has heen playing othello, Hamlet
Macbeth, Lear, Richard III and shylock, in
England.
AT Savannah, on the 10th, manwas found
dead on the leyee, with 40 stabs in his
body. His ears were cut off both eyes torn
out, and the body was otherwise ffightfilly
mutilated The case is involved in mystery.
The body is not yet identified.
mulatto and young white lady, who
eloped from Mobile recently, were overtaken
and brought back. The friends of the young
lady took the African to parts unknown. 1t
is believed that they lynched HIM. His
father who has considerable property, is
determined to fully investigate the matter.
|. A joint conference of the members of the
Virginia State Executive Committees of the
Breckenridge, Bell and Douglas parties of
1860, was held on Monday in Richmond,
and resolutions approving of the Philadel-
phia Convention, and recommending the
election of delegates, were adopted
A. G. Robinson and some of his friends,
near oskaloosa, Iowa, indulged in the pastime
of hanging a negro wlaom they suspected of
stealing pair of pants. The negro hung
three minutes when he was rescued by some
persons who passed that way, and A. c.
Robinson is in jail, with fair prospect of
the State Prison.
A correspondent of the Detroit Post tells
the following tale Of elopement and baffled
love: "An elopement almost occurred q few
days ago in the town of Thornapple, near
the village of Hastings, Michigan. A long,
lean, lank specimen of the genus homo-a
regular n.footer-fancying that he had
discovered charms in young lady superior
to those possessed by his wife and family,
made vigorous attack upon the fortress OF
her affections, and carried it by storm. An
attempt to'elope was the natural result. The
two lovers started together on foot, for, no.
body knows where, all the time indulging in
blissful anticipations of future happiness
But, alasl their experience verified the truth
of the old adage, the course of true love
never did run smooth, for the friends of the
young lady, having becoIue advised of the
state of affairs, soon started in pursuit. The
short step and small track of the young lady,
close by the side of the long stride of hei
lover, pointed out Enthusiastically, the direc
ton taken by the fugitives; they were over
taken in the town of Irving, about six milei
from the starting point, and the girl wa'
taken back to the paternal mansion. The
gay lover, when he discovered the pursuit
broke for the woods, where he was subse
quently found in the top of a tree, and cap
tured. A disappointed lover up tree, hi
idol ruthlessly snatched from his embrace
and all his bright anticipations blasted, it i
no wonder that his feelings took religion
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