Weekly Delaware State journal and statesman. (Wilmington, Del.) 18??-18??, 1869-02-05
Things Said and Done.

, Things Said and Done.
The MY. correspondent ola Buffalo pape
! has seen ESQ he declares) ushers in Broad
! way theatre commence capping and stamp
Ing at the rising OF the curtain, and keep II
up every five minutes for three hours, to the
disgust OF all before the footlights, excepting
themselves. In another Broadway theatre
when the uehers began their preconcerted
applause, and man near one of them very
Justly exercised his privilege Of kissing, he
has seen couple of ushers go TO that man
and threaten TO put him out II he did moi
stop. This question Of the right TO hiss
should be plainly decided by the highest
Court, so that such insolence could be pro-
perly resented and punished
The religion OF the Mormons IS very ex-
phcit upon two points-polygam and the
shedding OF the blood of enemies. The
former they believe To be ordained OF God
to restore the human race to its primal con.
dition OF strength and beauty, as means OF
counteracting sin-in short, that II will re-
generate the human family. The latter is
also firmly believed in as divine right aud
necessity, and is carried out by secret,
oath-bound order, known as the Avengers.
There is no doubt that many murders have
been committed by the Avengers. Since
the organization OF the Territory not one OF
the murderers Las been brought to Justice.
The Mexican brigauds drive hard bar
gains. A Senior Zenon Ruiz, kidnapped
some time ago near Guadalajara, has been
returned TO his family and friends, these
having paid his captors g., 900 for his ran-
som. A Senior Gurza, kidnapped about the
same time near Zacatecaa City, was not
bought out of captivity so easily; his son
having had TO pay as high as $50, 900 Tor his
release.
Minnesota must be fisherman's paradise.
A paper of the State tells a story OF two
brothers who set net and at one haul cap
tured two hundred fish, the smallest weigh
ing eight pounds, the largest twelve, and
the average more than ten, the most OF
which were trout. What kind OF trout is
not stated.
The heir presumptive 10 the Russian
throne is reported by correspondent to be
at daggers drawn with the Minister oil the
Interior Count Schouyalof, and General
Potapof. He ought to be. These names
are barbarous enough to make anybody
draw daggers on the owners
The White Cloud Chief says Lincoln
College, at Topeka, Kansas, named In honor
OF the martyr President, has sold It's name
fer $25, 900, to one Washburne, Of Massa-
chusetls. One Esau did somewhat SINH
lar trick, on smaller scale, several years
| ago.
A revenue agent In Cincinnati, visiting
suspected distillerY, came upon one room
marked "private," and securely locked.
After some little delay he managed 10 effect
an entrance, only to discover young man
on bed in the worst stage of small pox.
The agent did not stop 10 confiscate any
thing.
New Albany has had another sensation.
One Burkely was kidnapped short time
since, carried off and kept immured In the
cellar of a haunted house for a week, when
he was as mysteriously returned 10 his anx-
ious friends.
The dairy interests Of the United States
employ capital of 800, 900, 900, while the
cheese product of last year was valued at
$25 100000, and the butter product was
$100, 900, 900, while there are eight hundred
cheese factories in New York Stale alone.
A little child died in jackson, Ill. the
| other day, when her father came to chicago,
purchased metallic burial case, and has
since kept the coffin with the child's body
in It, In his sleeping apartment, refusing to
bury it,
No wonder that things are latterly In
lulAtu huQ tACllcQ otilC III AhhQlies WYNN
ty-twe newspapers are published from that
city. AS but fifteen of them are noted as
worth reading, the remainder must be filled
with the most wonderful contents.
Prof. Liebig assures as that / ,450 quarts
of the best Bavarian beer contain exactly
the nourishment of two and 9 half pound
loaf OF bread. This beer Is similar to the
famous English Allsop's, and our more pops.
ular American beer.
Mr.. Roswell s. Burrows, of Albion, has
recently made donation to the Baptist
Theological Seminary at Rochester of one
hundred thousand dollars he may possibly
increase II TO one hundred and fifty thou
sand.
A valuable gold mine has been discovered
| in Pocotillo, Utah. Several working tests
made of the orc yielded rates varying from
IS, 900 TO s12, 900 TO the ton 1t Is pronoun-
ccd one of the most valuable mines in that
section.
A big haul In one net was made by fish
erman named John Sheets, on the 5usque-
hanna, last Sunday, 2, ZOO fish at one haul
suckers and mullets. The net was set
Saturday evening and raised Sunday after
| noon.
The Royal Insurance Company will take
the utter want OF protection against fres.
Water, even for the most ordinary house
hold purposes, has 10 be carried up steep
banks.
Japanese tea, to be properly prepared, it
IS stated, should be treated differently from
tea from China. The japan tea should be
nearly boiled. Tea carefully drawn, 1t is
asserted, Is most powerful anti-spssmodic.
Napoleon has notion of concllatinR the
various religious bodies of France by APP
pointing the President OF the Protestant
Consistory and the Grand Rabbi of France
as Senators.
John Broughmsn rightly denominates
the velocipede excitement velocipedementia.
1t is growing into nuisance and a bore.
We are famous, the world over, for carry
ing everything to extremes.
David Thomas, saloon keeper, who sho,
Alexander Maxwell at ConshohockeD, on
New Year's eve has been committed TO pri.
son on the charge of murder, Maxwell hay
ing died from the effects of the wounds.
"More haste less speed" said man In
Reading the other day, when, having run
down two boys in bis frantic attempt 10 gc
on the cars, be found himself on the wrong
train.
General Mcmahon, our new Minister L
Paraguay, says in effect that the Brazilllani
know so little, or lie SO much about thi
Paraguayan war, that ii is impossible to ge
, at the truth.
The recent accident to tho steamship
Perelre resulted in the death Of six person.
three of the crew and three passengers
None Of the American passengers were In
iured.
A "gelunivipede' has been invented il
Massachusetts. 1t is an instrument for thu
raj I'd propulsion of hand sleds. What will
be the next progressive inventionf