Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-03-14

The difference between pound of meat
and drummer boy-one weighs pound
and the other pounds way.
"A new street in Paris is to be called the
Boulevard Jcanne-d'Arc, and is to be en-
bcllished with a statue of the Maid Of Or
leans.
AT Bucyrus, much excitement has pre-
vailed for some weeks, owing TO the suppos-
ed discovery of silver mine. A German
made the discovery through vision, ana a
company has been formed TO work the mine
AT a sale of autographs in New York on
Monday, the signature of William Bradford
brought nineteen dollars; that of james Fem
nimore Cooper, sixteen dollars Aaron Burr's
eight dollars and a-half, and William Bart
rams, thirteen dollars.
The Fort Smith New Era, which has
been pronounced dead, denies the story in
very lively manner:-
"What! die here; Collapse now, after all
the glorious achievements of the national
arms, To hear the rebels shouting Dixie over
our ruins? Never. As long as there is a
f0othold for loyalty in Arkansas, the New
Era will be fouhd ON its feet"
A Portland railroad conductor saved a
woman from falling under the cars by grasp
ing her waterfall--the handiest thing he
could get hold of.
The Norfolk Journal denominates the
resolutions passed at Dover by the recent
excursionists, a "Dovcr's powder" calcula-
ted to soothe.
Pennsylvania, among other things, will
be represented at the Paris Exposition by a
lump of anthracite coal weighing six tons
Montana sends bar of gold worth about
100000.
The Turkish tynnts who ruled in Crete
were careful not to allow the people to estab-
lish schools and obtain an education In
their address sent to be presented in the
French Legislative Assembly the Cretans say,
"If we had schools we might learn some
thing in them, and thus at least, console our
selves for our physical sufferings but The
barbarians condemn us to the most complete
ignorance. Very few men in Crete know
how to write"
The Huntsville (Alabama) Advocate,
in pressing the claims of Union mass meet
ing which has been called, reckons that the
unconditional Union element in the State
oranges from 10000 to $4,000 votes, and is
constantly on the increase, while the con-
"servatives are much stronger"
"A Washington paper says the best dress
ed man among the new members of the
House is John Morrissey, of New York. He
is better looking man than we had sup.
posed. His hair is jet black, luxuiant and
closely curled, and he appears fifteen years
younger than we had imagined him.
Hon. John A. Griswold, M. C. from the
18th New York District gave a reunion din
ner party to all his fellow Congressman from
his State, on Monday afternoon, in Wash
ington. Chanler hob-nobbed with Dodge
Fernando Wood with Van Wyck, and Nor
rissey with Conkling.
"A clergyman was reproving an old In
dian for his cruel conduct toward them iha
had offended him. " You should love you
enemies observed the minister. 81 dc
love my enemies" retorted the son of ma
ture. "No such thing, returned the cler
gyman, 'you don't love your enemies" %
do" "Who are the enemies you love ?
Rum and Cider
"A Wheeling d. D. advertises French
medicine, one bottle of which will enable
person to talk French in about three weeks
Governor Bullock, of Massach !, ,ha
appointed George L. Rutfin, a colored citi
zen, a justice Of the peace for the county 0
Suffolk.