Wilmington journal., 1875-09-03

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/ the Republican nomination for Gov.
3 ernor of Massachusetts. He is Ben
BUTLER'S candidate and will be al
easy man to beat. There is every
prospect that GAsToN andDemocracy
, will again triumph this year..
The senatorial contest in Kentucky
, is really narrowed down to Senator
, Stevenson and Mr.. Beck. The latter
? is 80 strong, that an alliance has been
{ formed between Stevenson, Williams,
and Leslie to concentrate all their
strength on the former, in case it is
necessary, to beat Beck, Anything to
beat Beck Is the cry. They may sue
, ceed. but 1t looks AS if he would give
them all a hard fight.
JEFFERION Davis has accepted an
Invitation 10 deliver an address at the
Knox county, Illinois, agriculture fai r,
to be held at ti3iieahurg, the county
seat, next month. Ex-senator Doolit-
tie has consented to address the Win
nebago idiots. It is proper to state
ry strongholder, but it's people have
sense enough to resist the appeals of
the malignant and subsidized Inter
Ocean.
The West has another source of
trouble. After escaping the ravages
of the grasshoppers. and the damag-
ing effects of high waters, we see by
our exchanges that the potatoes are
actually crowding each other out of
the beds. Nature must succumb to
these numerous Affections.
TWO of the monkeys at the Jardin
des Plantes, at Paris fought q duel
with knives the other day By some
accident two large clrsp knives were
left by one of the keepers in the cage
of the animals, and no sooner had they
been perceived, than two of the larg-
est monkeys seized them, opened the
blades, and fell upon each other like a
pair of men. One of them was killed
OF the first pass, whilst his adversary
had one of his paws nearly cut off.
THERE is d great deal said in Re
publican papers about 'idleness in
the South, " "the workers of the
South" ETC., but it is noticeable that
every one of these devote column
or more daily to the subject of the
"tramp nuisance" in Northern States.
Judging from their own statements
there are several hundred thousand
idlers of the most vicious kind PROV
ling about town and country robbing
and swindling wheneysr they get
| chance. -COurier-.JOitTnai
A NOTABLE person has just
arrived at Paris. His style and title is
Duke If Marmalade. He is the frienp
of the semi-barbarous potentate Soulo-
| que, who was born a slave III 1889,
helped to expel the French from Hay
| ii in 1913, rose through the grades Of
| the local army, till in 1S49 he declar-
ed himself Emperor; and, after dis
| playing gross lncapaclty and mlscOn-
duct, was driven from Hayti in 1856,
| and took refuge in the country of his
old foes-France. The Duke of Mar
malade is, like his alate sovereign, a
negro, and is very tall and stout. He
is seventy-three years old, and, hav-
ing scraped together a considerable
fortune, has gone to Paris to spend
1T. His name strikes one as rather
co mical; but the New York Herald re-
marks that the Duke of Marmalade
is not more Outre than King Cof-
fee.
AND they have open war with the
negroes at two points in Florida. It
looks like some evil genius is teaching
the negro to revolt against law. Before
the thing is over we will know the
facts. But the question for statesmen
to consider is, if the negro exhibits
such spirit ten years after he is set
free, what may we expect in twenty
five years?
The W0n1a,a's Journal claims that
"women printers were known half a
century before the Revolution. A
woman, Margaret Draper, of Boston,
conducted the first newspaper in
America. The original declaration of
independence was printed by Mary
Catharine Goddard
A doubtful story comes from Rome
to the effect that the late ex-Emperor
of Austria, Ferdinand, left $6, 900, 900
to the Pope. The sum is said 20 have
been paid If Ferdinand had had it,
he probably wouldn't have disposed of
it in that way; aud if be had, his low
ing relatives probably wouldn't have
paid it.
THE japanese are shipping bricks to
California, and sell them cheaper than
those made in that State, notwith-
standing that there is an ad valorem
duty of 20 per cent on them. The ia
panese brick is 81 inches long, A. in
ches wide, and D inches thick.
A NEW grove of colossal redwood |
trees has been discovered in California,
one of which eclipses all that have
It's circumference as high as man
can reach standing and passing tape |
line around is only few inches less
than $50 feet, which is beyond the
measurement of any tree in the Gala
veras grove. The height is estima-
ted at 16O feet. and part of the top |
lying on the ground is over 100 feet |
in il ngth.
The editor of the Ogden (Utah) |
Freeman certainly deserves we'll of
her country and of her sex. We
should like to see the man that could |
excel this record: "Be it recorded as
part of the history of Utah that Vir
ginia born and bred lady came into
Utah uuacquainted with single soul,
huu "1tHlI PClIoNh VI oiA l1Aohbho VI
ganized, established and conducted
the Ogden freeman, took charge of
two infant sons and gave birth to a
third"
THE members of the Geographical
Congress during their stay in Paris
made trip through the famous sewers
OF that city. The trip is an interesting
one, and unattended with the disagree
able trials which naturally suggest
themselves. The sewers are lighted
with oil lamps, and bear the names of
the corresponding streets above in
in white and blue enameled letters, so
that the drainsmen always knows where
they are. The voyage is divided into
two narts. one by rail and the other by