Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-22

lterated the OLD text ana ttauRelf anu y
adly we shall look now al the laet handi-
work Of this great leader In literature, who
las maintained his powers and his pre-
iminence TO the end.
It will, we arc sure, be pleasing
hought to every one to know that his son Z
md successor whose duties as Secretary :
" Legation at Vienna had latterly kept !
lin almost constantly abroad, but who,
IN occasion of his recent promotion to the
lame position at Paris, was able for {
lime 10 visit this county, wac thus allow 9
ID, along with his family, TO be with Lord
Lytton during the last two months OF his
life; aud the father breathed his last, rest I
ng peacefully In his sons arms
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HAND TAKEN ORA man named /
Clement Chance had bis right hand caught
in the cog wheel of the angle Iron shears
At the yard Of the Harlan & Hollingsworth
Company, aud had It crushed to the wrist,
between II and i9 O'Clock on the 18TH
New MusIo.-we have received from
]. l.. Peters, New York, through Rohelen
& Bro, Of this city, three pieces Of music
entitled, Z" Pm Lonely so Lonely"
" Laughing Eyes Of Other Days" and
" Ten Little Rogues."
RETAINED. - Jacob Moore, ESQ, of
Georgetown, has been employed by the
heirs Of Jehu Cend8nel to attend TO their
interest 10 the estate Of the deceased. He
has letely been to Philadelphia looking
after their interest.
sHrhIrf's sAtr.-sheriff Armstrong
sold Monday three carding machines,
the property Of John Halg, a small cotton
g. ~ nra.,Avstfina
DuPont's. Seahedd & Burtwell, Of Phlla-
delphia, purchased them for $3.50.
A PROLIFIC Cow.-Mrs. James Roberts,
Of East Brandywiue township, Chester |
county, is the happy possessor of COW |
that within a period Of one year has given |
birth to four calves. This same motherly |
bovine has also furnished in one week, ten |
pounds Of rich, yellow, buttbi. WIS hae |
one to excel her.
BRIDGE DAMAGED The railroad bridge !
on the Delaware road at Laurel, was con-
slderahly damaged on Saturday by the
floating ice and timber. A construction
train was sent down and repaired
It. The train due here A. e.bb yesterday
afternoon did not arrive until G.14 In the
evening.
"PAuENcE ExrREME."-There Is an
old lady residing uear Lewes, who has for
the last forty years been engaged In an
attempt 10 reduce a largeSized orow-bar
10 the consistency Of a cambrlc needle.
Working o. nights ana rainy days, she has
been able to secure the oolhti and II MOTH
ing intervenes she hopes to be able by the
end Of 20 years more to secure fac simtle.
-Le'Ces Light
! SINGULAR. Shorty after Miss Martha
Akin, daughter of John Akin, had re-
tired on Sunday night she was attacked
with pain In her arm, which was so Sc
we're that she could not rest. DR.. johnson
was called in and examined her arm and
cut out of ii a piece of needle three
quarters Of an inch long which had been
driven into the bone. Had ii been allowed
to remain It might have caused serious re-
suits, as ii was liable to cause loek-iaw at
any moment.
AccIpEST. Levin Pettyjohn. son Of
Haok Pcttyjohn, residing at the Draw
bridge, was accidentally shot in the shout
der by his brother while carelessly h md
ling revolver last Thursday afternoon.
When will persons exercise caution in
handling firearms since putting the
cidence that Mr.. Peityiohn was accident
ally shot by the same lad two years age
In the same month, and on the same day
! Of the month.-LeWes LigM.
t MAN KtLLfD.-Hcnry Mulveeney, al
j Irishmau, lately employed &C a laborer Of
E the Brrks County Railroad, was ruth owe
} at the Askew bridge and instantly killed
1 while in the act, ii is supposed OF cross
I ing the tracks. His body was fOunl
, shortly after the accident. He had beei
to the Upper Station for the purpose o
seeing friend of who left on the tveniui
a train for Lancaster. His remains wer
5 taken charge of, aud were Inferred oi
S Saturday afternoon from his late boarding
4 house on South Sixth street. The deceased
! was about as years of age.-Readbp
q Times.
Az UNusutL VIsiroR.-uur East Nant
= meal corresponds writes; About weel
4 ago there appeared in oNr kitchen win
n dows a common yellow butterfly, and still
. romans at the present writing, Februar
= t2 IL is a great mystory 70 us ti,sv. u.
q i,,,le lnseot got into the house or where
4 came from. Certainly il IS doing all
ii can to cheer us on our way through III
,e storms Of winter. On last Monday mori
W ing we thought our pet was dead, 20 "
,f decided without the aid Of the COrone
~ but II was only frozen. VIII some kin
10 buttcriiyist explain how ii is possible {,
il Il to come into existence At this season
Of the yearl- West Chester Record.
To RAILROAD ACCIDENT y esterday NOR
O. ing rs the mp mail train on the Rea
10 ing Road was nearing Hampdcn Crossin
about three miles he other side OF Bird
n boro, the engine ran into a large 70,
> which had fallen upon the track, demo
"a ishing the pilot and otherwise iniuring Il
n. machinc-y. The train ran about tv
er squares when the tender jumped the trac
After considerable difficulty the pilot W
mr. unshipped, aud under the direction
m Civil Engineer Steel, the tender was
liz placed on the track, and the train pT
of ceeded to Birdshoro after a delay Of sol
k. 30 minutes. The Reading passengers co
n. nected with the Reading up express al
as reache Reading at II O'Clock.
eli FooLING THE WREcKEns The Brea
u '0at'r Light says; A report was start
We on Wednesday last. 10y that ever prcse
on mischief maker, Mr.. Nobody to the eli,
ut tfat large brig was ashore l,tlc vi
lis south Of Indian River Inlet. Tho ri,
-er wrcgking companies that is TO say.
az depuinlion from each -scimpered oil pe
be nell foe the scene of disaster. After ii
n ing 10 miles through q cold, driving raj
he and Laundering through mud almost up
lot the backs Of their hOrscs, they were ma
as acquainted with the Stern rcali IN
Ice "nary brig was there" They at on
rat faced about, chewing the solemn cud
bis reflection and mutlering deep anathcm
.na against " MIR. Nobody or somebody else