Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-11

York Detector says: "The only way for the
public to protect themselves will be not to
take any one hundred dollar national bank
notes except they are received from source
of we'll known respectability.
->-%S-~
The midnight Albany train, few weeks
since, left load Of passengers at one of our
western towns Among the number was
nervous, fidgetY old man, who was in a great
stew about his baggage. His foot had hard
ly touched the platform, when he had CON-
menced begging the baggage-master for his
baggage. Finally, after being repeatedly
dunned for the baggage, before he had time
to get il at the bottom of the huge pile, the
baggage-master turned to the man and thus
addressed him "Mister, it's pity that you
want borne an elephant instead of jack
ass, and thin ye'd have had yer trunk al
ways under yer nose"
A Pantheist minister met DR.. Emmons,
one day, and aprubtly asked: "Mr. Emmons,
how old are your" "sixty, sir; and how
old are your" "As old as the creation"
was the answer, in triumphant tone. "Then
I 1Ou hAt buC chhiC dbp WAN <Ah0hA ohN H'St
Certainly; was in the garden when they
were there" ~ have always heard that
there was a third person in the garden with
them, " replied the doctor with great cool
ness; ''but never knew before that it was
you"
A Washington correspondent tells this
characteristic story concerning the Count
Gurowski. The Count was once in heated
argument with an ex-rebel Judge L.,
when he suddenly said Judge l.,
admire your "Why, returned the Judge,
81 cannot see how you can admire me, after
calling me such hard namesl' "Indeedr
roared the Count, II admire everysing zat
is perfeck and you are one perfeck scoun
drelln
An enraged parent had jerked his provok
ing son across his knee, and was operating
on the exposed portion of the urchin's per
son with great vehemence, when the yount
J one dug into the parental legs with his ven
omous little teeth. "Blazesl what are yol
, biting me for9" swell, dad, you beginet
' this here war"
Dilatory people are always behind time
and some one said to person of this class
III see that you belong to the three-hande
people," "Three-handed ~ said he, that
t rather uncommon" "oh, no, commo
Q enough" said the other; ''two hands lik
= other people-and little behind-handl"
The Centre Church, in Hartford, was o.
l. ganized in 1886, land is now two hundred an
9 thirty years old. In this time it had eleve
!, ministers, all of whom, except the last, die
n in his pastorate. DR.. Hayes, the late pasto
resigned after serving the church for NOR
c than forty years.
J y A fatal accident occurred during the jou
II ney of the Queen of Spain to Lisbon. I'll
explorator locomotive preceding the roy
train ran over the crowd assembled at I'll
"a station OF Daniel, a few miles before reacl
q. ing Cindad Real. About thirty persoi
were killed or wounded
10 A fossil human parietsl and frontal boz
IL has Just been found in Alsac in a stratum
clay of quarternary epoch, in company wi
p bones of small horse, a bison and elephar
IN A caravan was probably wrecked on Il
-, spot many years ago
' A park train at Camp Watson, orego
was stolen by Indians some time ago, al
nj the garrison, under Colonel Baker, pursu
,r- and overlook the thieves, when fight e
wv sued. Fourteen of the Indians were kill
~ "a. and all the stolen property recovered.
ali o. B. Duke a notorious Kentucky desI
ed RADIO, who has killed several persons, "
nd shot dead on the S1st ult. by a man who
On On he had threatened to kill
Of In New York, on Saturday, Thon
lu- Burke shot Fanny G. Willard through I
ere head, killing her instantly, and he then co
~, mitted suicide in the same manner. Ca,
jealousy
rse A spunky New Haven woman discover
ny a thief leaving her house with an overc
ery not his own, and promptly rushing by
i'm fastened the door, OBTAINING him until ass
I'M ance came, and he.was arrested.
a u. DR.. Usher Parsons is the only surviv
NIB commissioned officer who served under Ok
md modore Perry at the battle of Lake E
Rob He recently visited Boston.
az; Philadelphia is to have theatre for
the colored people, at which only colored ac
ien will play. White folks will be admitted
ave spectators.
'ce A meeting of golfers has been held
Tere Stanley, in Derbyshire, To- protest aga
the the tyranny Of trade unions, and to sup
and a .unioniSt society.
,1ea.y The Prussian General Piael, who
for commandant of Paris in 1915, died rece
rted in Berlin.
the James B. Campbell, the recently CHI
,siIi United States Senator from South Caro-
nore is a native of Oxford, Mass,
AT Pittsheld, Mass, one day last we,
the funeral party were compelled to abandon
',inS corpse in snow storm, and 1t remained
, the several hours in huge snow Drift.
indi- The post office at Tarrytown, N. Y,
were recently entered by thieves, and 5000 y
OF stamps, besides some eighteen or min,
-. dnll l...s IN small change carried off,
land and Richmond pApers say there are tw
eTas, crosses in Richmond aged respectivel
erc'di and 1O5 years.
TIE citizens of Columbia, 8. O., ar
'ed lin IN ginning to rebuild that city.
They Nineteen weddings took place at Con
leath. N II On cbristmas dav
ever
is not The body of man without head,
or legs was found floating in the East
sfeld, at New York, on Sunday evening.
a The One hundred and eighteen persons
seventy years Of age diedi Providsns'