Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-16
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

A GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, teacher. aged so,
is teaching the children of her early
pupils.
''The love of money is the root of all
evil, but nothing has been written
against the "love OF spring bonnet.
The Lord Chancellor of England has
''set down ON the newly revised Testa-
ment. lie declares it illegal, but the
booksellers are still at work.
A Philadelphia boy made $l20 in two
days by taking worthless checks for small
sums to grocers, each with forged note
from one OF that particular grocer's best
customers asking for the cash as favor
An ingenious merchant of Konigsberg,
Prussia has been making money by
advertising for feminine correspondents
with view TO matrimony, and then
threatening to publish the letters received
by him unless the fair writers paid him
to refrain. lie was arrested i'll the Post
Office at Hanover while taking money
thus eXtorted out OF a letter.
The brakemen on the Central Hudson
| railway have received orders to appear in
the following uniform in blue Cutaway
coat with two brass buttons on each sleeve,
two On the rear and four on the front ;
six brass buttons on the vest u blue cap
with three white hands and "A brass badge
| luttered, "Tran hand, - and tashionahly
| cut pair of pants.-.Sgrdcuse Sunday Times.
AT Decatur, on Thursday, three small
boys We're under a stationary car at the
Wabash r0undhOuse fishing for orawtish
IN branch. julius Loser, aged seven
years, was ON top OF small bridge, look
ing downward at his companions in the
branch, with his neck On the rail. a
switch engine backed up against the ear
and two wheels cut the boys head clean
oil.
There are 1000 French Canadian mill
operatives in llulyoke, Mass, and the
children among them have learned to
speak English. The majority of the Can.
adams do not like this, and have petit
toned for a French public school. They
have also appointed committee to revise
| all the names OF their people, i'll order to
restore to the original iorm all those that
Rave in any degree become Americanized
IN spelling or pronunciation.
A somewhat curious story comes from
town in Columbia county, N. y. Some
years ago, as it runs, loving couple
h.,.ltn, pstraue.H Bach tu,rri,.d and in
IA. Inns. nf M. Tho ,nI,nou,nns nf hoth
airi y4ar ar "a lat.r Ia. comm. mai
and not long after they were married. A
irw months ago they both died within
lie" hours at each "tler' Ihey We're
buried Oh the same day, the wife by the
SIDE OF her lrst husband, the husband be
side his first wife.
Two na,i4uts in mn I,wa asvln,,
u man, Ana woman esr,nnd hv ,m.,ns of
4 ruri. lnId.r saldlni horses in In.
Stable ,t tho iiIstitutinu rod. N nils +,
a Clergyman. and by him were married
n. the no,nin, notI,u, IN th,ir manner
at mat time indicating mat they were
hot sane. The par continued Their jour
hey uh'il afternoon, when each hetalne
e"hNihot that the other was delhehted,
ana applleh Tor protection
The b.Stowal by Oueru Vietoria of th.
titL. of K,d.,ht ~, a nr,nl,.r or di.,in-
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ofthin, IL L.lnt "n "aus ,I. n,,a,r.
Heto'd. We trust the gentlemen feel
hon"rcd, because that is the only recon-
pense they will receive for enduring pub
lie ridicule,N says the Toronto Giobe.
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prei-rring to anguish in iail until his