Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-02-05
Things Said and Done.

horrible murder recently occurred in New
Orleans. Salvador Fernandez, young creole
Il seems bad heen the aflianced lover of Mile
LaVelle previous to the war He went off win
the confederate troops and served as a Lieuten
ant In one of the Lonisiana regiments, re-
port was received in New Orleans that he was
klned' md his betrothed, after mourning for
nun a"hiie' bestowed her band in marriage on
MT. Lewis Martin, merchant. Fernando
turned up again after the war. much To Tho
horror of the Martins, and since then has heen
uneeasing in hiH attentions to the lady Inst
"eun'fday Martin put an end to his infatuation
by shooting him.
One hundred and thirty persons died in San
FRANCISCO IN one month of small pox, and of
lhese torty' three were under FIVE years of npe
ihe California Farmer denies that the disease il
SMALLPOX, aud contends that il is in reality tbe
spotted plague of China. The structures nnon
The conduct of the city authorities in regard 10
'ne sanitary measures for the staying Of the
plague are very severe.
system OF metallic ceilings, which consists
10 me application to the joisting Of very thin
stamped metal, in ornamental, embossed nanels
has lately baen invented. These slammed 49,
els are htted for every kind of decoration in COL
or, and II inserted as plain surfaces may be used
as Inc ground Tor every description of cartoon
painting, combining with lightness md dur.Lil..
ny artistic and ornamental effect, at a compar-
atyely small cost 'pa'-
An elopement in high life has Just startled
the Brooklynitss The principals are the VIII.
OF cotton broker in Broad Street, New York
and the son Of a wealthy grain merchant in
Chicago. They sailed by Saturdays steamer
for Europe, and in order that funds might moi
oe wanting, the lady, sometime a Baltimore
belle, look with her iewelfy valued at $40 900
aud about $50, 900 in money.
A Russian student in Cornell Uoiveraitv 10
being initiated into American college customs
Noticing that boots were placed at the doors of
certain rooms at night (ihe ProfessorsD he nut
bis out too, but next morning, instead or being
hnely polished be found them full Of water. Tbs
joke being explained to him, he took il in good
part.
The corporation Of York, England, has passed
resolution directing the clerk to sue a gentle
man Of the city for refusing to accept the Office
Of Alderman, to watch he had been elected
The fine is $3.50. As such an event could MOI
possibly occur in New York; there is no danger
that the two places will be COMPOUNDED.
Glowing" wife in Madison, Ohio HAVING
by forging her husbands name, obtained posses. |
sion Of $1,000, eloped with another man. This |
was at Christmas but, after having enioyed |
the holidays, no doubt satisfactorily TO them |
selves, on ~ 900, they were caught in Cleveland |
'ho ututf uf1s
The jury box now used by the city Of LYNN
Mass, bears the dato Of 1892, and ali the i1rv-
men from Lynn since that year have been drawn
rom it. Notwithstanding its long service, il is
still sound and In good condition, promising TO
scar another century II necessary.
Fifteen years ago II gentleman sold q piece of
and in Des Moines Iowa, for $500. A week
'go he bought the same lot from the person 10
Thom he sold it, at the slightly advanced price
# S27, 600
A man 10 Greensboro, Vermont, nearly broke
us wires neck recently by playfully shaking
Ter. Her neck cracked, she became partiaIlV
lsralyzed, aud WAS confined in bed several DAYS.
young lady in Davenport, Iowa, descen-
lent of one John Mullen. who fought in 1893
or the independence of Texas, is his heiress 10 ,
he tune of Sl00 co.,
], P. Houston and his wife have been arrested
q Dubuque, Iowa, on the charge of prostitutin0
heir own child, girl between fifteen and six !
zen years Of age.