Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-04
Things Said and Done.


said to be rapidly populating that river.
A cotemporary, lauding well known eiti.
zen, just elected to office, says, ''He is one oil
the cleverest fellows that ever lifted a hat to
lady, or a boot to blackguard."
A gentleman, on taking volume to be
bound, was asked If he would have Il bound
in Russia. "0h, no p he replied, "Russla is
too far of, will have II done here"
The seventeenth OF May has been fixed as
the date for the meeting of the old and New
school General Assemblies of the Presbyte-
rian Church In New York city, when the
question of reunion will be finally settled.
1t is stated that the troops that Spain is
now sending out TO Cuba are not regular
soldiers, but some sort of volunteers raised
among the worst elements OF the Spanish
cities.
Foreign papers, in speaking of Mr..
Sprague, who has said something lately, state
that the Senator inherited one,half of the
State OF Rhode Island from his father, and
the other half he has since acquired.
During the convention of working women
| In Boston, Miss Phelps stated that there
are from 20, 600 10 100, 900 more women than
men In Massachusetts, and that thousands
have TO live on twenty cents day.
A clergyman In Mitchell county, Georgia,
SAYS that "the forbidden fruit that Eve par
took of and gavu TO Adam was tobacco. +"
Women repented, but men-the scamps-
kept right on eating the stuff.
An extensive and valuable gold mine has
recently been examined near Warsaw, Mil
ton county, Georgia, and its quality tested.
1t has eight distinct VEINS and has been
long known to tue old residents OF the coun-
ty.
The practice of applying the term ''late"
to deceased persons is liable to some abuse.
1t Is certainly q stretch Of the imagination to
designate gentleman who died about the
commencement oil the present century as the
"late Mr.. Jones'
The doctrines of the Radicals, as they
publicly profess them, may be TO the contra
ry, but their practice is decidedly in favor ol
the future observance of the rule that n>ne
but the rich should vote or have any voice
in the government
1t Is proposed to build tunnel under tbs
west end OF Baltimore, so as to facilitate th'
passage Of RAILROAD trains through the city
The expense is estimated at million dol
lars, and 1t Is believed that the work couls
be done by the middle of January next.
| An exchange says: "When the Peeiii
Railroad IS completed, Chicago will only b
known when the conductor cries cut: 'Chi
cago-ten minutes for refreshment,' Th
fellow who can enjoy, in ten minutes, th
kind OF reireshment Chicago furnishes is
, be congratulated.
: A widow in Brooklyn gets $50, 600 out
the estate Of husband with whom she ha
g not lived for thirty years. How many me
, are theia in the United States who woul
willingly pay double that amount to the
a wives to be allowed to live apart from the
:, thirty years
n A negro woman, living in Washingtt
Z. county, KY, on tue 29th OF last month, ga
l. birth TO child, and on the 7ih of-tt
e month, just nine days after, gave birth
II another, tho first was girl and was sti
al born, the other was boy, and lived only
short time. The mother is doing we'll.
IS In 1859 Miss Hodges was married to |
10 RaJah of Ruppoorthulla, in India. They
Y along together quite comfortably for
9, 1 years, but they then accidentally ca
y across a stray copy of a chicago paper, FIR
g which they Sanghl the divorce b Iaatina. q
=; ,,,.l ..s.se lnerris h-ontrset was disfoivse,
ur The spnoShtment Of a hIls-slmon v oil
wealthy a5brew OF Washington, TO be res
dc ter of deeds for the District of Columbia,
"a "a Office worth from 5000 to $4,000 per
,a mum, was made, 1t is said, in delerence
~ that class Of our citizens.
ID, A brother of the late Admiral Mar
iei lately fell in love with very beautiful
poor Jewish girl OF Prague. On account
fill the difficulties which would have at.en
oil the marriage IN that city, he betook b
in self to Heidelberg, where the more obliR
# authorities offered no opposition to
for uuion.
ylli There is a famous "seeper" in the Bic
mo Hospital, Paris. He has been snoring a
ge. for SIX months, during which time vain
i've attempts have been made to shake,
-ee. whip, and cudgel him into consciousr
ow. He is fed through probe put into his .
The whence the food passes into bis body, al
will growing fat under the treatment.
pro- The Gipsies regard their speech as
principal secret, and when asked for IL
q TO nation upon this subject, they betray s.
nan clon, and will submit to much self d.
ahor rather than impart 1t. II word be req
roe: ed, they will give a whole sentence,
be should the request be renewed, the
crop sentence Is given in varied form,
roau a;a A chestnut tree in the Tullleries, v
u"ie has invariably put out its leaves ON the
of March, the anniversary OF the return
:, the Elba, this year allowed itself TO grow
ce of ON the oath OF February, the anniversa
The the last revolution. Therefore, this
fire. there can be no chestnut tree on the ~
Y ap. March. The Bonapartists ere puzzlet
rmed their enemies exult. o.
omen omen There is something characteristic {
nail real texture of moral ideas in the intin
lysiel that certain portion of the senatorial
~ u ~, ~ sition to showing by whose lnftuen
"niyl i,yl poiptments arc made, is due TO q fear
eouiu should appear who OF these grave auI
-. ereud seigniors put the mostloose wol
the Treasury.
a. ~ re There is a report floating about Lexi
n gst Ky., that the negro who stole the h
, AHA week and fell dead under the weigh
resnlt while carrying 1t of is not truly dea
i, ,nc,vn Il seems that he is now alive and k
lew The story goes that he fell in a fit a
= ~ ~ unconscious for some thirty hours, al
!, 4 se,saif after his wife took the body, she, k
ain,a,,s his disease, refused to have him buri
'no,hsr sure enough, he came to life again,
er in now all right
es and The effect of the new whiskey tax
goose amount of revenue received is showl
ught 10 figures for one district oil Kentuek
1t seek number of gallons returned as manu-
rrors of in January was 20, 9,210; in February
lor the m March, 1853, $50. Ii is stated
sletons. amount manufactured during the n
April will probably exceed that for
ommon tire preceding quarter, which woul
Boston 1t almost or quite ten times that for
ig sport last.
10 inno- oo,o~oa man bis vv,fe his wife
ltion for ,nontba old w,
plishing anu u, da,yy Jay near New Road Statio
come W Carolina, on the night Of the l4th u
cath for ISN, r,,;ns of he honse an wi
,u when sngi1s 9 i;+.a5s I, IL snnnosed that
pieces, poei paG II w., IL the night and that n
iscision, 1se.,eS oISse VaS the nniortnnate neon
: = man sleeping,
bird 10 Two lads committed suicide in
let's and Fulton county, ILL.,, on Monday las
-a ferent places and at different tim