Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12
KEOIEORIAL NOTEx.

| commemOration in verse OF the Prince s
trip to India.
CHINA now proposes to appoint Chi
nese oonsuls at AL the most important
9 ports Of the globe.
: THE soundings for the submarine
tunnel between England and France are
being carried on actively.
AN Indiana Court has decided that
n girl may. if she wishes, simnlta-
neousIy sue fifty young men 70, breach
of promise.
Our of 5000 prostitutes in Paris,
according to Duckatelet, only thirty
five had an occupation previons to
their fall which would support them.
GEN. JEFF. THOMPSON, is floating
down the Mississippi river, on duty
as an engineer in superintendance of
the IcOees On the river and it's bay
ous.
VICTOR HUGO is making a new ar
tangem.Et of his play OF Cromwell,
which Rossi intends bring 'ng on the
sage in Paris, during the coming
winter
THE Louisville Courier Journal got
tired of receiving election returns and
said that General But er was tired of
silver spoons aud had b,ugae gold
cine.
MEssRs. MACMILLAN & Co, will pub
ish this fall an account of Journey
opnd the world, which dos not fol
low in the beaten track. 1t is w:tt4n
by air. J. F. C,mpb4ll.
GoUSoD, the composer, fell down
stairs. At the seventh stair he yelled
"fortissinao p and as he struck the
last octave he looked like one trying
10 play duet.
ILLINOIS, which is principally Chica
go in this instance proudly ranks fifth
in business failures for the three quar-
ters of the year previous. They num-
Der 277. amounting to Sc, ,Ol3, go.
Mrs. LINCOLN is now n Springfield, |
Ill. She takes occasional short walks |
upon the streets, and seems t. be |
somewhat improving from her late de-
preston of spirits.
Gov. ALLEN. cancelled his engage
EMS TO eprek in Pennsylvania in the
recent canvass and returned to his |
home IN Ohio. His reasons for SO
dring were not made public, but we |
can infer them.
A MIsH1EvoUs elItor rem lrks that |
the suggestion that ladies' dresses msy |
be made of the newly discovered, un-
Lreakab!e and elastic glass, prompts
the hope that it isn't the transparent |
kind
"HoUsEHoLD ELEG ASCTEs," " by Henry |
y. Williams and Mrs. G. s. Jones, is
forthcoming illustrated book on
house furnishing and decoration-sub-
iects now producing considerable liter
ature.
In order to evade the Maine liquor
" an ingenious contrivance has been
invented at Bangor. It consists of
barrel within barrel. furnished with |
a faucet, which. when turned one way
Supplies sweet cider, and when turned |
The project of the Prussian Govern
ent Of having casts taken of all the
principal mc 1uments and works of
sculpture in Ita;y, for the Berlin Mu-
scum. has already been hegun, The
artists chosen to execute this work are
the brothers Karl ard Robert Gamer of
| krenzuach, Germany.
! The will of the late Frederic Hudson,
<. bich has been submitted TO probate
| gives to Mrs. Hudson his residence in
Concord, with the lots opp 'site. and to
MS son Woodward a farm Of twenty
two acres and his books and manu-
scripts The residue of the property
is left TO wife and son, share and share
alike.
A CORRESPONDENT writes on the au-
thoritv of q Confederate staff officer
q eft Stonewal Jackson go: his sobri-
uuet from General Bee, who said in
the heat of contest :-"Men, we have
cot to win this battle alone. There
tauds jackson like q stone wall, and
will not help Us. let every man that
is 4 man follow me-"
THE anniversary of the birthday of
Csrventes was celebrated in the City
% Alcala de Henares, Spain, on the 9th
inst. Various literary and scientif fc
bodies took par: III the festival, and
pr;ze was offered for tn" best mono
grahrn on the proper way to found a
Gown library, TO h. ctiied " La BIB
iorDca Cervantico- .lca!a ina,
The Prince Of Wales has taken wi =
him to lad a eight fire engines, al. of
Which lave been made expressly to
stand the Indian climate, the works
beipg entirely of gun metal and cop
per. ard the woodwork of well-eea-
soned oak. They are fnished in
sup. rjor manner. having the garter
ard collar Of tiie Pr:nca of Wales ard
tie star Of the Order of India en-
biyzJned on each.
IT is stated by owners of vessels en-
rlrea in Weet IIdia trade that the los
ses to shipping will probably be great
pr during the present season than for
many years past, Severe Storms. es-
.>ec;alIv 9nvin9 the last two months,
lave been unusually frequr a.. a num-
OF craft which left West Iudia ports
about the middle OF September have
not yet been heard from, and it is
feared they never viii be. The loss to
shippers, as well as owners, has been
immense, but the actual amount can
,lGt yet be stated.
The maIuf tcture Of barrel OF pc
o ! troleu,n into fixed gas, says the An-
thrac5te Record, an be accomplished
+ at less cost than into refined oil. Nu-
+ merous wo,ks for this purpose are now
Z ! II, op..ratiOn aud more are beinr cree