Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-12-26
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skeleton of donkey, made very natural
quotation. "Ah, said he, 1--WE are fearfully
and wonderfully made 8 NgfFy4s 4f}tr
One ofa party of musical friends refer
| ring TO an exquisite musical composition,
said: '.that song always carries me away
when hear it," ssCan any one sing iti"
| asked Jerrold. N4H
Tea is coming to the Atlantic ports now
| by way of San Francisco, and some ship
pers are said TO prefer that route to the old
| one through The East Indies and around the
Cape of Good Hope.
Three couples who were married on
| the same day fifty years ago in Marlboro,
Mass, celebrated their golden wedding a
few days since. lhag ~ taiistss-Is
The barber shop advertisements in a
California paper placed under the head of
''Tousorial Saloons"
Three persons were killed and forty
seriously wounded at the Clerkenwell Prison
explosion. Es,s
Learning is wealth to the poor, honor
to the rich, and q support and comfort to
old age. ftg he a "a ~
Who aims at excellence will be above
mediocrty; who aims at mediocrity will fall
short of it. sa.1 W, Il,
Great destitution exists in may parts of
Alabama.
The Benton mills Dam property in Mar
iposa, CAL, was recently carried away by u
flood. Loss, $4,000. VI. ,,,a mr.
From one ton of quartz a Minnesota
gold company obtained sixty-seyen ounces
of bullion valued at seven hundred dollars.
An English firm of brewers have had a
"bIewing pan" made that will hold 1900
barrels. 1t is the largest one in Great Bri-
tain. k4e ,3 sre5
Montana is young Territory, but she
already has debt of $57 ,000 The valua-
ton ofproperly in the Territory is about
Sc, 900, goo. sa e
There is said to be breed of cats in
Plainvillc, Conn, that are born wholly with
out tails.
-Beecher drew Boston more numerously
than anybody else but Dickens. asi
The scholars in the public schools at
Clinton, Iowa, attend school but half day
the boys in the morning and the girls in the
afternoon.
The knights of Virginia are still marry
ing descendants of Pocallontas. But the
blood has run thin and poor. i
The registered vote of Texas is 104, ,229.
General Steadmen declines to take any
position in the Cabinet unless the remainder
of the Presidents counsellors resign. Truly,
modest man.
Samuel B. Ruggles, our delegate to the
International Monetary Conference, at Par
is, has made his report, and it has been sent
by Secretary Seward to the Senate. Unfit
cation in money matters is distinctly brought
before the government for Its consideration
and decision. 1 Ii slp4E i9leys
Ship building must be very duh indeed
around New York, if the following state
| ment is true: There are only couple of
of the East river, and only two steamboats,
and sailing vessel on the Brooklyn side;
and with some repairing, this is all the
work which is being done. 'si8
A man is in jail in Ohio for breaking
into faro bank.
-Meerschaum is made from the foam Of
the sea. Is the making of pipes, then, a
surge-ical operation?
Cincinnati boot-blacks suit their servi-
ces to the season by greasing the boots of
their patrons when desired.
Two rich men of Chicago are at law
about lot of four inches front on one of
the streets Of that city. A8ss
General Sherman goes 10 New York to-
day. tx
"A Louisville vagrant, who has bean f.
ned regularly every week for drunkenness,
| requested the magistrate to fine him by the
year at reduced rate.
Gen. Tom Thumb and his party were
on the train which was thrown from the
| track of the Lehigh valley railroad near
Wilkcsbarre, Pa, Saturday night.
Miss Longworth, the million-heiress Of
Cinsinnati, it is said, has given her hand,
heart and fortune to Major G. w. Nichols,
author of 'sShcrman's March to the Sea"
The New York Mail says: s'There is
| no such thing as a labor panic in this city,
sensation morning papers to the contrary
notwithstanding. .a.H-a
| The treasury building at Washington
will cost nearly five Millions, and will be
the finest executive edfice in the world.
An Erian (Pa.) wounded dog visits a
| physician daily at regular hour, and takes
his treatment without yelp or a howl.
Prof Loomis, of New Hayen, says the
wind blew one hundred and fifty miles
day last month. 4a 5ass taf
---Krupp, the steel king OF Prussia, en-
ploys $4,000 workmen. He consumes ZOO
tons Of coal day. What fire-eaterl
Governor Haight of California claims
that the child is living that will sec 10000,
0C0 people in the State and 2,000,000 in
San Francisco.
The Tribune recommends, as the
| easiest ard cheapest way TO carry the cleo
tions, the circulation of good newspapers
among the mass of the people. Sensible
| Tribune.
The gross income of the Atlantic Cable
is $4,000 day.
The brother of the Tycoon was to re-
coive royal honors in London. stG- lSl VI
"A Louisville court has decided that
man may not open his wife's private letters,
"A busy barber is said to be like tele-,
| graphic despatch, because he runs from poll
| to poll.
lVl-''Drunk and disorderlies, saw the city
wood in Minneapolis. aea 20
--Jennison, the jayhawker, is member
| of the Kansas Legislature.
| Wendell Phillips says the Characteristic
of the American Press is its sycophancy
II cant be accused of sycophancy toward
him.
-sn architect proposes to build a Bach
elor's Hail." which will differ from most
houses in having no Ewes. 'iop as' y
| HAYES CITY, Kansas, has not a house
within its limits that is four months old,
but il has 1000 inhabitants and newspa,
per.
"A trial trip-a trip with two Saratoga
trunks, four band boxes and a-woman.
| LoVeU Courier. d "a i3iaaits.tf Ills II.
The French troops are being fed with
''hard biscuits TO prepare them for warfare.
The largest mill in the Northwest cuts
100000 feet of lumber in IL hours. q
The widow of Sam Houston died of yell
low fever at Independence, Texas, on the
9th inst. ~-si
| I'm California, sd. D." after mans
name signifies ''drunk and disorderly. hli
Draw poker and old sledge are said to
be fayorite games with blacksmiths ia n +
The Hudson river ia choked with ice
throught its entire length, bss .w ~ ,s,.
| There is an unocupied water privilege
at yewett city capable of driving $4,000 OF
$4,000 spindles. '-s-'N - H'F 3l'N
| "A Canadian editor who was attacked
| by rascal on bridge, threw his assailant
into the river and made an item of him.
1t is said that there are 20, 600 Catholics
4 in Janau "a dacoaalax.so ,f sha nrx,papfo