Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-26

brute In London was recently fined SIS for pull
the eyes Of bire to improve Its song.
From present appearance thls VIII DO q busy s,a-
and the Methodist Church will be renewed.
A young man III Massachusetts, found married ne
too much for him, AMI became hopeessy insane with
in two weeks after his wedding
The Sublime Porte has sent to the Dutch Govern
ment protest against the war with Acheen.
The Sultan gave an audience on Friday to the
khedlye Of Egypt whose reception is stated to have
The latest news from the Modoe war is good news.
The Hot Spring Msdocs. numbering IS men, women
and children, have surrendered ndiaonally to
General Davis The number includes Is warriors,
some Of whom are among Captain jacks best men.
The remainder Of the Modocs, about 20 warriors with
Captain Jack, viii no vigorously pushed until the
war isended. lit
Rev. Mr. RUSSIAN, drew student is to sup
p iy the pulpit Of Rev. ID. G. Rldgeway, of Mil.
fri, who will start for Europe In company
with Revs. 7. l.. Poulson and DIR. Ball, Of
Washington, on the goth inst
He met Miss Kitty at ball. Afler talking,
abut the balloon ascension, the weather, and
| other things, he said rather abruptly; "Where
| Is your mother?' "Oh," said the sweet dam
sci, 81 have left her ut home. l generally do
when come to a ball what is q home with
out mother"
TROUT are caught in such abundance on the
beach near Milford Cedar Bedch) they tcan't
! be disposed of at any price. Men are employed
to take out the sounds and then the fish are
left To sp oil ON tie shore. 800 bushels are
caught ut L single haul.
On Mon lay Prof Joseph Leidy Of the I'M
versity Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, in cou
pany with three other scientific gentlemen Of
the same city, paid visit to the Corundum
mines of Ball, Chandler, Pusev and Newlin, III
order 10 get some specimens Of the mineral
While there piece weighing 1000 lbs was
blasted, Which We don't suppose was carried
of by the visitors, intact.
4 Barbefous Aci.-The Pottstown Ledge
! says: "One night last week some person mad
n barber pole of the sign post Of the Old Bucl
! Hotel, South Coventry township, Chester co.
by smearing it with red paint, and mailing
E large pasteboard sign, on which a razor wa
0 painted, TO the post. Mr.. Cow had just ha
y every thing neatly whitewashed, and the sig
e post looked quite neat. The landlords i
CHESTER county are obliged to shave prett
/, close to make both ends meet since the loci
:, option law Went into effect" A little fine fc
: malicious mischief might make the perpetra
? tor Of the vandalism less ready for such jot
:, In the future.
If One who has actually :ricd it, says that, a
Al though there are three scruples In a drachn
10 the more drains one takes, the fewer scrupl,
lie one has
IS "Ah, Jenny, Jenny" said the Bishop
4 Derry 10 drunken blacksmith, "I'm cory
!, see you beginning your evil course again: an
II Jenny, lin very anxious To know what v,
y interd TO do with that fine lad, your SOM"
le Intend, SIR" said Jenny, "to do for him VIII
~ you cannot do for your son. "Fh, eli, how
Nc that?" To which Jenny, with burst
~ genuine feeling, sad ~ intend to make him
better man than his father"