Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-22
VARIETIES.

exquisite
"A man was stabbed with an umbrella in
New York.
Many bloated frame is tub without
the Diogenes.
Soldiers generally shoot too high-thats
the upshot of it.
Painters for the winter are to be cushions
OF down, for warmth.
The lcprosy is prevailing in portions Of
the Sandwich Islands.
The .'Hunchbael Pelk'--we mean the
"Grecan Bend Polka, is just out.
Coal has been discovered in Nevada, on
the line of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Benjamin Cutler, Surveyor General of
New Mexico, died on Sunday at Santa Fe.
In New Jersey the cider makers have
formed an association, and call 1t u ''Press
Club"
"A regular train lately went through
a mile minute.
A man named Love has withdrawn from
the contest in Western district. This is
cloves sacrifice
The author of the hymn beginning, 81
would not live Away" is ncarly eighty years
Of age, and still living.
Days new scnsalian play, the 'Itd
Scarf, contains u saw mill where the hero is
bound ON The log carriage.
A convention OF Railroad Condut ors to
form Mutual Life Insurance ,onpAny be-
gan al Cincinnati yesterday.
lin SOME portions of Minnesota, bank
checks for s and - pass current on account
Of the scarcity OF small notes.
The engine Pennsylvania" nn the
a.
States. Ii weighs ioriy-iour tons.
Voters in Italy have to pay a tax and be
| able to read and write Such II lazy here
would kill many democratic votes.
Rev. Mr.. Hcpworth says no man can
| write u good sermon with an unpaid prJvi
| sion bill lying on the table before him.
The feature Ola new drama is II log car
riagc, which ought to be popular with the
| politicians who are partial to logrolling.
| The ditlercnce-New York has Forrest
with less rant than ever before, and Boston
has Morrant which il never had before.
The great female gymnast is Mile Turn
cure, a change of one letter in whose name
would make il consistent with hcr profess
sion.
IA ropc-walker in Ohio falls oil, is injur-
ell badly, his pal collects money for the
/ y
town.
| After 4 recent execution ut Macon, Ga,
the hangmans rope was eagerly cut up into
bits by some Of the spectators, to BIZ used as
charms.
Salmon angling is popular in England,
having superseded the chase. Neither Of
these pasttimes are us popular here now ms
formerly
The women Of Gc,many are to have Al
convention NJ Stuttgart this month. MOI 10
| demand the suffrage hui Ito discuss the hest
way of managing babies
"A meeting ofcaptalists fayoring the con-
struction OF n ship canal across The isihmus
| of Darien, was held al The residence of Peter
Cooper, in New York. last night.
"A workman in Louisville, repairing an
old railroad freight car, found in one end, IL
rats nest, containing five 800 bills, three of
which were Understanding notes
Mrs. Mary Small, of-Arooslook, Me, 81
years old has u children, ~ grand children,
l19 great grandchildren. and great great
grand children. That is not such 'Small"
family
"A. T. Stewart paid more tax on his in
come for 1865, than was paid by the people
of ten States and four Territories, and more
than was paid by either one of Seventeen :
other States.
"A correspondent { The New York SIM
| intimatcs that Arterlit, NYMd's will. lispus-
ing OF large amlnl VI prpp .ty "a En-
| land, was his last ',e.,ik, :nt tln5 fS
no such properly.
"A number Of Boston clergyman M lax
1 ing lessons in clucutiun under edwin !, m;3s
rhey.are giving At The Boston Ihc;ir each
evening, and are regarded AS quite tls best
TO be had in the city.
Baltimore has an .'oyster po'ict )" who
patrol the soyster ground and sometimes
indulge in an "oyster war EE. No doubt
he oitens INDUCES in an oyster war-ii you
spell war backwards.
English papers state OH the authority Of
Mr.. licycrdy johnson that President John
son has informed the former that he has
formed u resolution 10 visit England when
his term ms President has expired.
"A race lately took place in England be-
tween man and a horse. They were to
start even and the distance was one hundred
yards. The horse won in seven and half
seconds, beating the II IN twenty yards.
--tnly think Of 100 souls surviving the
earthquake of Ecuador cut of 10000, who
were swallowed mp in an il slant by the sub
sidcnce Of the whole district, which is row
covered by II lake Horror enough for one
day.
"A lady in Baltimore has sent the Sccre-
tary oithe Treasury two cents, telling him
that the compound interest on it ina thou
sand years will pay the national debt, and
save the country from the crime of repudia-
ton.
/ The assassination OF State Senator Ran
d0lph, has caused great excitement among
the colored people Of Charleston, S. G. x
negro who was supposed to have shot at two
whites, was killed in Ncwbe,y S. G., on
Monday.
"A lady being asked for Il recipe for
whooping cough, for little twin patients, CO.
pied by mistake something referring to the
picking of onions, which said g Ii not loo
young, skin them pretty closely: immersc
in scalding water; sprinkle plcntiiully with
salt; and leave them for week in strong
brine"
Postmaster General Randall is in New
York arranging for the transportation of the
overland mails between the termiui of Tie
Union and Central Pacific Railroads. See
rotary Seward is also there in consultation.
it is said, with Peter Cooper and various
capitalists about schemes for Il canal across
the lsihmus of Darien.
"A detection ofchestnut leaves (castpeu
Uiscd) is said To lie sovereign remedy for
whooping cough Steep three or rnur
"."Nu h' VI WY ichNcs III DolllnS water, and
give IL either hot or cold, with or without
sugar. Carbolatc of lime should be put in
sancers about the room in which there is a
sufferer from this disease. 1t prevents nlec-
tion.
Tic wife Of New York banker, and
the daughter OF Il Baltimore manufacturer,
have been notified by the master of ccremo-
mics Of the Empress Eugene that the permits
sion formerly granted TO them to appear at
the Monday evening receptions Of the Emp