Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-06
Personal AND PARTICULAR.

i.--SuTprise parties are about.
-Kamehameha left a goodly estate,
Randolph Stewart, Earl of Galloway is dead
-Four new narrow-gauge railroads are pro-
jected in Utah.
sH--In Eastern Maine the snow Is nearly three
feet deep on alevel.9ioo" Al is.'d hhA la'i1al =
The specie in the Bank of France increased
10000 the past week.
The notorious Laura d. Fair has sued Gal
nornia carricaturist for libel.
st Louis had two hundred and thirty-four
tires last year. Loss, $685. ,3H.
AT the Scranton coal sale In New York on
lFridaypriceg were a shade lower.
The stormy weather still continues In Eng.
land, and much damage is reported.
They call them "taffy jerks" and " candy
yanks" in Georgia, instead of candy pulls"
The London Tunes thinks the Sandwich
Islands viii be annexed TO the United States.
"A terrific thundsT, stoEm accompanied by q
hurricane. prevailed IN England on Thursday
night.
Tho Spanish troops have captureds Col
lsidora and several other noted Cuban tnsur-
gents. lata -
Somebody thinks that Father Time must
this year have traded his scythe for an " Ice
sickle"
There is q time for all things Thetine to
leave il when young lady asks you how the
JAS. Gordon Bennett Jr., who is now in Eu.
rope, Is coming home shortly-to get married,
rumor says. t"'- - fi
-Mrs. Creswell, who is in Elkton, and has
been suffering with rheumatic affection, is in
better health.
The last offering to the Pope of Peters
pence" from eight countries amounted to seyen-
ty thousand francs. e-.--..
Mr.. John Clarke the comedian, is said to
have lost go, 900 by the failure Of tie Bowles
Brothers III London. ---.-5stg,aft
Mr., James Anthony Froude sailed from New
York on Saturday. for Europe, on the steamship
Oceanic, Of the White Star Line.
p -E! e. Norton, former of New York, is the
most prominent candidate for U. s., Senator
from Louisiana to sncceed Kellogg. Il. -
"A dispatch from st. Petersburg states that
the Ozarowitz is still IN precarious condition,
although his feebleness is subsiding.
All oustorn house employees in New Orleans
who ars also members Of the State Legislature,
have been suspended by the government.
The London Standard advises the annexa,
ton of the Fiji Islands, in case the Sandwich
Islands are annexed to the United States. !
Count Won Arnim, German ambassador to
France entertained President Theirs and num-
Der Of other dignitaries al Paris yesterday. .
An executive order will be Issued to-day di-
rectinS that no one shall be retained In the Fed
eral service who holds an Office under the State.
The horse disease is still raging at Denver,
Col. 1t affects the Eastern slope Of the Rocky
Mountains, for distance, north and south, Of
500 miles
Chief Justice Nicholson, of the Supreme
Court OF Tennessee, fell down flight Of steps az
the Capitol, in Nashville, on Friday, and frac-
tured his thigh bone.
We are informed that the Maharajah Of
Cashmere, Keeps a poet We wish the Mahar-
ajah would keep several poets inathis country
keep 'em quiet we mean.-B. Dddd.
The most deadly enemy of human life they
say, is our own breath. This may be So but it
Is not likely man will take away his breath, to
rid himself OF this deadly enemy.-B. Dadd.
The iron workers of England have held a
long conference at, birmingham, and the most
important result of the proceedings was the
unanimity among the delegates respecting ar
bitration OF all antagonistic questions between
employers and workmen. fIit