Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-14
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upon the gentleman took 1t from the sockei
anu handing it to the "doctor,n said, g
nave not time TO stop for treatment; you ca
heep inc eye here, and as soon as you get
TO see | will call for it.
Some three or four weeks since. n voup,
man unused to labor, engaged to work for
farmer IN Michigan. Being quite delicate
ne was kindly treated by the family. Abou
week ago he requested an interview will
tue farmers son, when, after exactinp
,l ptoIllse OF secrecy for twentY-four hours. Ii,
.olu MN that he was ono of band of rob
oeIs' that they were to rob his father of hi
money, out that he had been so kindly treat
ca that he had abandoned the idea. ant
warned him to look out for others.
Clark McClung, of Clinton County, Ohio
recently sued John Owens for damages, ht
havlng been beaten by some young men who
had become intoxicated Dy drinking OUens
liquor. The court instructed the jurv tbat
under the State liquor Law, the seller of iiouoI
Is responsible for the damages done by tho
party to whom he cells. The Jury assessed
inc actual damages at $40, and added $50
exemplary. '' T'O
lhIee soldiers broke into store in Rich.
Inona on Monday night week, for the pur.
pose oil robbing it. They found Il young
man IN the room, whom they at once assault.
ca wlth slung shot, but he seized an axe
ana cleaned out the party in no time. and
tneir capture has since been effected, one OF
Ihe rogues being badly injured in the fight.
J0nh Dlckner is the name of the young man
VINO fought them so bravely.
When Gen. Sherman was al the American
Consulate's, in Havana, seeing large man
oil cuba, he stepped on chair and looked
over the chart, which caused some OF the
Nupahs, oil whom there were many in the
room, to exchange significant looks. and
others to whisper that the General was trv.
ing to discover points eligible for descent
upon Cuba He was studying the best route
to MRtanzas.
A few days since a mulatto woman and
her babe were shipped from Troy, Ohio. by
an an express company as ordinary freight.
She was taken to the office of the company,
her weight averaged, bill of lading made
out, and the usual label for packages tied
around her neck with a string. When the
Train started, she was placed in charge of the
messenger, and arrived at her place of des,
tnation in safety.
The Poughkeepse Eaglo has been nub
lished for thirty years and hall, having
been commenced on the goth day of Anrii
1898, and the same printer and editor who
conducted it from the beginning is still at
ms post, performing regularly nearly all the
editorial labors of daily morning paper
lie can have very few seniors in the Union.
MIR. Kayanah, elected to Parliament from
wexford, Ireland, has neither legs nor arms.
yet IS beautiful penman, an expert drafts
man capital driver Of four-in-hand, a
o fluent speaker and vivacious writer, which
is great deal more than can be said Of most
people who are fully supplied with arms and
legs.
Mrs. Moore, residing in Jefferson County.
Kentucky last week carelessly left a flask
of powder on the mantel piece, and her two
children, one aged about six and the other
four years, got hold of it in her absence, put
II IN the fre, and, Of course, their eyes were
blown out by the explosion.
The Kearney, Nebraska, Herald, saws that
band of rufiians and horse thieves are
operating on large scale between Cotton
wood and the Junction, on the Nebraska
Road, and the military and two vigilance
committees have their eyes upon them.
- A rattle snake was killed in CASTOR county,
N. e., short time since, said to be over SIX
feet in length, and in size as large as man q
thigh. 1t had twenty-six rattles and one
button--supposed to be twenty eight years
OLD. SO we learn from the Charlotte Guar
dian.
Three little girls, aged respectively eleven,
twelve and thirteen years, who had been en-
ticed from their homes in Buffalo, N. Y, by
band OF vagabond gipsies, made their es-
cape from the band at Pittsburg a few days
ago, and appealed TO the Mayor for protec-
tion.
We learn from the Meadvillo (Pa. } Repu5.
ncafi, that George Chambers, who was ar
rested for putting distractions on the track
Of the Oil Greek Railroad was tried at Frank
lin last week, in the Court of Sessions of
Venango County, and was found guilty of
the crime
One Of the murderers OF Mr.. Dinsmore,
in Washington County, Pa, has been arrest.
ed. He lost heel from his boot when en-.
gagged in the murder, and this led to his
arrest and Identification.
Since the year 1885, when Mount Blanc
was first assembled by Saussure, there have
been twelve fatal accidents during ascensions
of the mountain. Six of these have occur
red in the present year.
Colonel Thomas L. Jones, of Newport.
Kentucky, was fined eight hundred dollars,
on the fifth OF December, for failing to attach
revenue stamps TO four receipts given by
him.
Patrick Whalm, OF New Hartford, Conn,
died on Wednesday of last week. His death
was caused by lying on the ground when
tired and heated, afler playing base ball.
Letters from Fort Smith, Montana Terri
tory, state that about fifteen hundred lodges
Of Crow Indians were reported moving on
for its capture.
Mr.. John Kingland, farmer of Bradford
County, Pa, a short time since beat his wife
to death and then tried to shoot his son. He
was arrested.
In Boston, the other day, little boy pour
ed some alcohol on the pants of another boy
and then set fire to 1t, and the little fellow
was severely burned.
Some fifty distilleries have been seized in
Brooklyn, within the last few days, by the
ohcers OF the Internal Revenue, for alleged
evasion of the laws
A fellow robbed the Beaver Dam, Wiscon-
sin post office, confessed, returned the money
and was let go.
A gang in New Orleans steal children,
and then get reward for bringing them
back.
Mr.. John Morris, an old and highly re-
spectable citizen of Salisbury, Md, died on
Wednesday week.
The Nashville Banner says that Hon. John
Bell is ruralizing and deer hunting in the
neighborhood of Cumberland Iron Works.
A recent Catholic fair in Boston yielded
over $29, 600
General Baez, President of the Domi-
nican Republic, is in New York
The profits of the London Times last year
were $250,000.
Chattanooga, Tenn, is just now afflicted
with small pox epidemic.
john Schultz, aged III, is the oldest Metho-
dist alive.
In Louisville, Ky, the street cars are pro-
vided with little stoves.
A hog in Mansfield, Ohio, toro lady 80
badly that her life is despaired Of
A reward OF $1,000 has been offered in