Wilmington journal., 1875-09-03

tiles, aud we do not want to have then
brought back again into prominenc
if we can avoid it..
/ THE new census IN New Yorkian,
| massachusetts shows that the coun
ties which depend upon agricultur
are decreasing in population, and tha
those towns which are full of mills ar
rapidly increasing in population. Eur
pean immigrants 60 directly from Ney
York and Boston to the busy hives o
| industry.
SEvt@ Inrtnher' of the Furty-folrtl
Congrt IS az, dead, and yet the reguia
labOrs nf 1iInt boiy will no, c.mnrnc
for m',nttrs. TIE vacant chairs ar,
those ii Senator Andrew .JOhusou, ant
OF Representatives Mcmillan of Gcor
gla, E'ilingt III of Massachu etts, Her
sey OF Maluc, Allen of Now IoIk, HeaC
OF ienl'.Saer, nud LID w of Oregon
HE advantage of American railwa,
cars over EUROPEAN Ones has frequent
| Iy been extolled. But since the tria
and conviction of Col. Baker they viii
be more euloglzed than ever. We al
ways knew that they were more luxuri
ant and civilized thun the English
coaches, but now it appears that they
are more conducive to the interest oi
| morality, which is better than all the
res
BRIDGE building has been going OIL
SO extensively all over the North and
West during the last ten years that the
Detroit Free Press estimates these
structures to have cost one hundred
and fifty millions of dollars. The
bridges across the Missouri river have
cost eleven millions, those over the
ONO river sixteen millions, those over
the Mississippi river twenty-five mil
lions, those a. Philadt lphia four mil
lions, and the East river bridge at
New York, unfinished, six millions.
ENGLISH Catholic journals claim that
the question Of Cardinal Manning's pre-
cedence has been indirectly settled.
At the Prince of Wales garden-party
the Prince met him on his entrance,
shook hands with him cordially, and
presented him to tn Queen, who con-
versed with him for some time. The
Cardlna! remained within the royal cir
Gle for long period, privilege only
accorded to those of the very higest
rank.
SOME years since, it will be recollec-
ted, fnvorite method Of committing
suicide in Paris was to throw ones self
from the top of the Vendome Column.
After the Communists pulled the col
umn down the suicides were compel
led to give up that mode of destruc-
tiOn; but now that it has once more
been set up the unfortunates have be-
gun to precipifate themselves from it
TO the pavement below, The column
should have an iron grating placed on
the top.
Talk about the Keely motor is re-
engine will be completed within three
or four weeks, when a private exhi-
bIt!on will be given to members of the
press at Mr.. Keeley's residence. The
machine, it is reported, is now under
mense power can be generated in an
instant, yet such improvements have
been made as to allow the engineer
t. so manipulate it as 10 reduce the
pressure from fifteen thousand pounds
to the sqrare inch down to zero.
An engine for railroad purposes is
also being made.
They tell pretty story of Chicago
girl at Watch Hall, r. l. She is said
to be about IS years of ege, and the
prettiest girl at tho place. For long
time young doctor followed her
about, though keeping a respectful
distance. He had never been intro
duced. But one morning the sly IN iss
went bathing, when the ycung doctor
was within easy hailing distance
Young miss waded into deep water,
lost her footing, turned her pretty
toes up to the sun, and dag gravel
with her taper fingers horrible
The young doctor rushed to the res
cue, pulled the girl ashore, revived
her, aud is going to marry her. Was
it maiden forethonght, or innocence ?
The Lexington Press says that Gov
Leslie is making good use of the short
the gubernatorial Office. He created
a batch of colonels the other day,
thirteen i'll all, and sppointed them a.
his aids. The funniest pointment
was that of ''Coi." Edmund T. Duff,
son Of Hon. Gee T.i Drff assistant
secretary OF state. The Colonel is
only about six months old, but will
says the Press, probably do as gallant
service in the field as his conrad IS.
We are afraid this will have ten
dency to degrade the popular rank of
Colonel. This is no trivial matter in
Texas whero all white male persons
assume the title on coming of age.
1t is stated that Mr.. Ed. Mercer,
of Atlanta, Ga, has been
conceded the privilege cf erecting
restaurant on the Centennial ground,
Mr.. Mercer was in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, with Colonel Robert A. AL
stou, Of the Atlanta Herald. They in
tend to establish headquarters for
gence bureau, in which every souther-
ner coming to the Exhibition shall be
with his address. Their
influence in the meantime is being
used to arouse an interest in the Ex-
hihition in the south.
a CONTEMPORARY says that fishing
in the Tennessee river is pretty good
just now. The other day a fisherman
hauled mp his wife, who had been
missing for two weeks, and he saved
the 5000 reward he had offered for her
recovery.
TIE "wheat belt is enlarging in
its area. Arkansas, for instance. will
export small grains this year, for the
first time in its history. The same
general endency to raise more and
buy less is observable throughout the
South.
GOVERNOR Beveridge, of Illinois,
has discovered, after deep lucubra-
tions, that Kl.kluxism in that State is
not a penal offence, and gives that as
n reason for his long Indifference to the
Williamson county outrages.
O~r Cf tho foropooet of fboco Rock-