Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-03-01
NEWS ITEMS.

A lawyer is strongest when he is feeblest.
Congressional eloQuence-6ooO arosO I
) ccooc!
A letter writer from Naples "drank in
the whole sweep of the bay"
Georgetown, KY, has a mad dog and O
mad hog.
A new opera house in New Orleans is TO
cost $3.50, 900.
| Four bears were killed last week within
twenty miles of st. Louis.
Wife beaters in Memphis are let off with
a fine of $15.
! A Denver alderman was injured by the
accidental discharge of his duties.
Russian telegraph wires have been
coated with ice six inches thick this winter.
Pine wood is distilled in New Jersey at O
large profit
Wyandotte county, Ohio, has wildcat
four feet long.
Melthomania is the new name for consti-
tutional and chronic drunkenness.
The latest Russian iron clad bears the
sweet name of the Petropaolawska.
Hanging in Montana is styled climbing
the pine limb.
A tunnel under the Potomac isIadvoca-
ted in place of Long Bridge.
Quibble says that Virginia has the "ru-
ling passion strong in DEATH"
Wild geese are flying to the North; Prob
ably on some wild goose chase.
"Dew of the Alps" is favorite drink in
Houston, Texas.
Form no matrimonial ties in travelling,
lest you miss your railroad connections.
A village in New York has petitioned to
have its name changed to "Risck Crook"
Five horse thieves were executed under
Lynch Law in Missouri week before last.
The New Bedford Standard has Just COM
menced its eighteenth volume.
Four bears were killed last week within
20 miles of st. Louis.
A Richmond artist has completed the
clay model of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart.
A tunnel under the Potomac is advocated
in place of Long Bridge.
The fifth edition of the late Mr.. Buckles
History of Civilization has appeared in
| London.
''Fort HILL" the house of Calhoun is to
be sold by auction next month under de-
cree of the Court of Equity.
A contemporary, in closing the obituary of
a young lady, says: "She had an amiable
temper and other delicacies."
A meteor passed over Bordeaux the other
night. burst, and burned three holes in q
gingham umbrella.
It is estimated that 10, $50, 900 tons of
anthracite coal will be mined in Pennsyl-
vania this year.
A Denver journal says that sit would
make savage smile" to see the way some
of the Denverians worship in church.
The Rocky Mountains were "whitewash-
ed" with snow, lately, says Montana pa
per.
| The Indians are waiting for grass to
grow before commencing to scalp white
people.
Philadelphia is to have more air. DR..
Aver, the pill man, is about to erect fac
tory there.
M. Mono, of st. Louis, has Just married
his seventh wife. He is certainly Mono
maniac.
Norfolk has a geological curisoity in the
shape of a whistling rat. He whistles on
the "rat-a-plan."
! Mrs. Catherine Brant, the last surviving
daughter of Joseph Brant, the celebrated
Indian chief, died few days since in
Canada.
1t has been hard year for Maine lum-
bermen on account of the deep snow. The
Machian Union says it is the worst remem-
bered on that river.
The art committee recently elected by the
Union League Club of New York are
Messrs Putnam, Kensett, Cropsey, Colyer,
Butler, Stone and Holbrook.
The Petersburg Express says that after
all the display by the Southern Relief AS
sociation in New York they only raised the
pitiful sum of $22,0O
The jury in the SWett trial at Saco, Me-,
after being out ten hours and half,
brought in verdict of manslaughter
against Jane M. SWEET. A motion is made
for new trial.
The members of the Philadelphia Corn
Exchange passed o vote of thanks to Sen
ator Cattell of New Jersey for his efforts in
securing the passage of the League Island
! bill.
The Roanoke (Va) Times records Gu
rious casualty i'll Salem. school girl
fell through the sidewalk, which gave
way owing to the thaw, and she was
crushed to death before she could be ex-
tricated
A collection of modern oil paintings,
comprising the entire gallery of A. Cadart,
of Paris, was sold in New York last week.
The 'Marionettes, A." by Montfallet, brought
$4OO, which was the highest price obtained
for any. The entire sum realized by the
sale was Sc, 752.
The schooner Fleece, which arrived at
Pensacola from Havana, Cuba, with a cargo
of West India fruit, presented an anomaly
in having colored captain and crew, who
own the vessel. The Pensacola Observer
thought it strange enough to be chronicled
under the head of Arrival Extraordinary"
The Pope is reported to have given his
impressions of the heads of the English
liberal party, recently resident in Rome, as
| follows: Lord Clarendon I like and un-
derstood. Mr.. Gladstone l liked, but
couldn't understand. The Duke of Argyll
understood, but didn't like. Lord Rus
sell 1 didn't like and didn't understand.
Two thousand autographs collected by
the late Mr.. j. X. Tefft, of Savannah, Ga,
will be sold in New York soon In the col
lection are two books containing complete
sets of the autograph letters and autographs
of the Declaration of Independence and the
signers of the Constitution of the United
| States.
! The Democrats of Connecticut are circu-