Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

fields before he entered clerical college for
his education. He was afterwards known
as man of extensive learning, and became
Bishop Of Perigueux in 1885, He was pro-
noted to the Archbishopric of Rheims in
1910, on the death of Mgr. De Latil. He
was created cardinal in 1850.
Charlotte Hough has brought suit against
the firm Of Jordan, Marsh s. Co., of Boston,
for money due her from cotton speculations
during the war. She claims that she was
employed by the firm during the war to buy
cotton in the Southern States and manipulate
Government employees for the purpose of
passing 1t through the lines, and that the
firm made 100000 by her agency, and re-
fuse to divide. General Butler and j. II.
Sweetzer are employed by her as counsel
Advices from Fort Phil. Kearney say that
the Indians are still hostile, and it was with
great difficulty that the bodies of the victims
OF the late massacre could be buried, owing
to the presence in the immediate vicinity of
bands of savages.
The lives of three children, who were
buried in snow drift at Gloucester, Mass,
week before last, while going home from
school, were saved by the barking of a dog,
which brought help to the place, though the
youngsters were nearly frozen to death be-
fore they were rescued.
A Catholic church excluaively for colored
people is to be built at St. Louis.
A fire occurred in oswego on Sunday
morning by which three blocks of buildings
were destroyed, involving loss of $50, 900.
Governor Brownlow, Of Tennessee, has
pardoned a federal soldier and two accom-.
plices under sentence of death for killing q
Nashville policeman.
G. v, Fox, Esq, late Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, is tarrying with his family al
Portsmouth, N. Fl. He has retired from the
public service.
For the second time only since 1908 new
town has been constituted in Rhode Island
There are now thirtysfour towns in the State
The new one is called Woonsocket.
Rev. Mr.. Bahia, who was recently triet
and acquitted of the charge of numbering
his sister at Ottawa, Canada, has been de
prived of his clerical connection with til
Church OF England.
The Detroit Post calculates that in tn
"great storm" 1 ,41o,O00,0O0 ions of snov
fell, or more than ten times as much
weight as all the wheat grown in the terri
tory of the United States since the discover
of the Continent by Columbus.
The very latest amusement in New Yor
is dropping lighted matches in the postoffiC
boxes among the letters.
Forty million dollars is the irifing lit
a amount which Virginia owes.
' Canada has two regiments of militia G
: snow shoes
Y Two citizens of Salt Lake got into qua
rel in the theatre concerning the merits
i the play, and went outside to fight due
They We're prevented by the police. Thu
;. were Mormons, of course; had they bel
, Gentiles the authorizes would willingly ha
n let them shoot each other.
n Wilmington, N. c., has an association
young men, each of whom has sworn
n marry no woman worth less than TWEEN
i thousand dollars.
a Mrs. Wellby kicked conductor in /
4, mouth at Freeport, Pa, because he would
N let herself and husband get on the tram wi
h out showing their tickets.
!, The Mauch Chunk (Pa.) Episcopalia
are going to erect new church. It "
q, cost $685.
), Queen Victoria weighs one hundred a
III seventy pounds.
Il. A Memphis lady took chloroform, wi
! about to have a swollen finger lanced, o
died.
IN Salt water of great strength has b.
Al. reached within the city limits at Lawren
he Kansas, at depth Of rs feet Parties hi
or leased all the city property in the vicin
and much excitement exists over the mat
- Under the head of "Capricious Justlc
the London Examiner has the followil
"a 1--WE see that in Essex boy of eight ye
=. Of age has been sentenced to fourteen do
$40 imprisonment with hard labor, and al
wards four years in reformatory, for ct
~ ing piece of wood for his mothers fire.
me the urchin had put the wood on railwa
pa order to upset train, he would have escs
inc with IN admonition."
er, The Charlotte IN n ! T,ras iooks ,
hc OuuAAOtto AiNs Asl IlnSb iOoha
pain and dread to the results OF the pre-
ice year. In that one of the most fru
d 1t regions of the State, ii 10 credibly infor
OBJ. there are numerous families who are
'or actually suffering for want of bread. N
be- ly every one is more or less in debt.
Times appeals to the Legislature an
res, creditors for relief
Did The citizens of Hancock, Brooks and
unit counties, (the Pan Handle in West
kled ginia, it is stated, are about to petition
punt Legislature to be disannexed from that
and to become attached to Pennsylvani
'ig's Mr.. Jacob Near, residing in Webste
Y, and probably the Oldest man in Nc
r be county, died on Monday, January 49,.
she was born in England, June 0, 1868, and
the consequently nearly ITO years old at HI
cease. He came TO this country fifty
Mise. ago, and during the last twelve years
: has lived in Webster. He retained his int
I yet tual faculties to remarkable degree
about month before he died.
on The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
that the First National Bank of thai
was has, in period of four years, account
surplus greater than It's original ca
1 are and, without impairing this surplus, it
its proprietors dividend for the past
is re- of fifty per cent
The Nashville Banner reports that
ing robbery was committed at Russe
iicide KY, on Monday evening of last we
umn. about $780, Five medium-sized men