Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-12-17
CURRENT NOTES.

which has settled tho presidentialapd woman suf- ]
rage questions will next present this topie;-
Which is the most thoroughly extlnguishcd pub b
lie man-Andrew Johnson or Chief-Justice Chaser +,
My son, said iveteran atthe foot Of the stairs,
- arise and see tie newy risen luminary of day,
and hear the sweet birds singing their matin song
Of praise tn their great Creator; come while the
dew is on the grass and tender lambs arc bleaing
on the hillside l say, or I'll be up there
with switch and give you the worst lickiog
that you ever had y
A man in Warwick county, Va, recently
shot and wounded large buck deer, when the
animal turned upon him and with his antlers dis
emboweled him. The man, whose name Is W.
B. Jones' was at last accounts lying in very
precautions situation.
Tho Southern Insurance Company with
which the names of prominent rebels has been
associated, has failed, swindliag Its stockholders
to the extent of 100000.
The Germans of Chicago gave a reception
Monday evening at Maennerchor Hall, to Madame
Janausrhek, the celebrated German tragedlenne.
DIR. Fcssel made the reception speech, aid was
fcengy replied to by the Madame. During DR..
Fessels remarks he presented Jananschek
beautiful laurel wreath. musical entertain |
meut and supper followed, which lasted until |
late hour.
Ayers Almanac is responsible for the state
ment that "old Dog Tray" Is so atfectingly
played by some hand-organs, that troops OF pups
will squat before the machine, and wipe tears
from their eyes with their paws.
While the silk worm is dying out in the old
world ii is Ilourishng in the new. The effect of
10 tltat hp hest
worms and mos healthy eggs are produced there
that can be found anywhere in the world.
"A work recently published in New York city
contains spirited picture of Hendrix Hudson
discovering the river Of that name by sailing up
| it TN ahigh-pressure, stern-wheel steamboat.
A ioreiga paper contaius the following an
nounccment: 1t will, no doubt interest the
general public u learn that NJ. NJ. Wurtz has sue
ccedcd in preparing by synthesls carbohydrate
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II is in long
| deiquesceni needles, aud is identical with the
ucuride usually obtained from brain mattel"
OF course tnr public will be delighted to hear IL.
The laiies at the White House, it is expected,
will have afternoon receptions, this winter, in-
stead Of The evening. The conservatory Is now
fuly repaired, and filled with fragrant flowers
aud plants, and by holding afternoon receptions
visitors will get The benefit OF them. The Presi-
dent will holl several evening receptions after
New Years day.w.cn the season will commence.
Gen. Grant and Vice President Colfax will also
commence their receptions after the LIST proximo.
Altogether, the approaching season promises to
be unusually gay.
Ben Butler. Ia passing through New York,
recently. ut the Invitation of Mr. Schell, one OF
the Democratic National Committee dined at the
Manhattan Club, with a number of the magnatcs
Of the Democratic party. The democrats were
foolish enough To- believe Manton Marble and
Brick Pomcroy were in earnest about Bntcr.
On Thanksgiving day rue prisoners of of the
Maryland State Pcntcntary, about six hundred
in number, wers treated TO an exhibition of the
English Punch and Jady. It was their first audi
encc in America.
"A Baltimore publisher has completed five
copies Vi The proceedings Of the Plrnary Coun.
ell, printed on the finest paper and bound il
watcr,d six 10 be sent to the Pope and isur Car.
= dinas. The work is said to be equal to any cvei
done in this country.
-1heSputh i getting to be warm place ever
for southern editors Somebody is tireatenin.
to knock the head off of the local editor of thu
4,
lillment Of such threat would Hood that cit,
with bruus.
The Louisiana Presidential electors were onl
:, dssuaded from casting the vote of that State TO
; Grant and Cnlfax by the advice Of Belmont, Pen
! dctpn, aud other Northern Democrats. m1joi
, ity Of them, at their first meeting, agreed to d
If so, when the minority Immediately tclegraphe
to the individuals above mentioned, and the rs
,r suit WAS that they voted for Seymour and Blai
>. VERMONT contains no town six miles squar
N with more than 5000 inhabitants, it has no hous
m that Is not within half mile of n school, an
not more than hundred native born either
over twenty on years of aye who cannot rca
- and write
of Our excha' yes very generally advocate dou
h. away With villa ont ri them calls 9 the state
nd hut needless bo lies composing Colleges Of Ele
1t tors, they being clnmsy arrangement at varian
" with NIL American ideas Of drectncss.
OF "A corrspo ldent Of the Manchester IN. II
d ; ntrior, iSs that some two months since, ton
Is IN Pelham, owned jointly by several families, "
in found with the Jock broken u wrenched OFF u
,ly on ,n,cring III tomb there was found stran
ue coffin willn containing the body Of an app
,ix rcnily young woman. Nobody can recognize
VS. tell who placed ii there
lite The population Of the United States TAX
ip- by revenue officers approaches thirty-seven IN
nd. lions, and that tbout fifth Of the whole are q,
r." ored persons
ara 1t is said Of the poet rercival who used
,cv live hermit like life at New Haven, tina, beft
rcd women he was pne of the most bashful Of mt
M In their presence he g blushed TO the bones
Tile Centreyillc Observer denies positive