Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-11-05
Europe has lo2, oGl miles of railway

Europe has l02,0Gl miles Of railway in
operation.
Spain and Vesuvius broke out very
nearly together.
An oyster in his native bed is your frl.
low of settled principles
Massachusetts has an old lady of 81 who
recently walked fifteen miles in five hours.
The ''smal farm system is said to be
making gratifying Roadway in South Caro-
| lima.
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks English
theatres much smaller and poorer than those
in America
Detroit \ compelled by Il Supreme Court
decision TO devote all Police Court fines to n
public library.
= Missouri, il is said, has gained since the
close OF The war 100000 in population by
emmigtation.
r. Mere Is copper mine In Sweden, so
va'na'.c ilat ils owner has recently t,fused
mn offer Of e7n,0oo,0Oo.
| l.ontion lately observed ametcor so bright
that il caused the street gas lights to cast
sliedaw on the pavement,
Tie people Of Weedsport, N. Y, have
Invented u new church entertainment "a
''iUASh and milk sociable.
|
i i eslimaed thai out 4 The births in
london, seven daily arc bora who are dcs-
tined to lend life Of crime.
ilia schools and colleges in The South
Il. said 10 bc more numerotisIy attended
iiail n NJ. time since the war.
The Latest Chinese fantasy is said to be
ne covering # houses, walls, umbrellas and
Yeiytliing With old postage stamps.
tirnnsht for navigation in shallow water, but
lier 6oYvrhment does not mean war
la Connecticut, a boy Of 20 has Just mar
RED widow Of 80 who has seven children.
The eldest Is six years older than Ms new
papa.
The villa Of the Empress of Russia. by
LIKE Como, was lately inundated by the
sudden rising Of the lake to an unusual
height,
Rev William l.. Breckenridge has re-
signed the presidency of Centre College.
Kentucky, and is succeeded by Professor
ormand Beatty.
"A block Of granite, 100 feet long. %
thick, 90 wide. and weighing 5000 tons, has
been quarred ut Richmond, Va, by a Phil
adclphia company.
The island Of Jersey is the great garden
Of England for early potatoes, and the crop
Is so profitable that an acre Of early potatoes
i worth eight hundred dollars.
MIR. Thomas Noble the artist who mint
cd margaret Garner" s'John Brown IN
his Way 10 Execution" and ..The Slave
Mart in II. Lons, was rebel soldier dnring
The first years of the war
There are dozen or more ex-monarcsh
In Europe at the present time. and every |
one OF them is anxious to get his or her |
throne back again, but there may be said TO |
be not the slightest hope for one Of them.
"A woman was lately by mistake shut
IN the vaults ola small village church in
sweden, where she remained eleven DAVIS
when found she merely asked for some
water, and being treated with great care
perfectly recovered in a few days.
Andrew PopoG, of Sitka, Aalaska me-.
scented himself before the proper tribunal in
san francisco recently, declared his ipten-
lon TO become citizen of the United Safes
under the treaty for the purchase of Alaska
and took the oath of citizenship
1t is said that Prince Alfred of England
Is averse to the idea Of becoming King Of
Spain, while his mother, the Queen, and his
elder brother, the Prince of Wales. fnvor
me schcmc, the latter being Jealous of his
Younger brothers extreme popularity with
the English people. ~"
In The case of Woolcy and Kimhe,lv
against General Butler at Baltimore .Iud,,s
Dobbin, In the Superior Court, has rpfussd
10 vacate the summons against Butler an The
ground mat members OF Congress are moi
exempt from civ.l process, the disregard of
which would not subject them to attachment
or other ipGlestation,