Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-10-03
SENSATIONAL ITEMS.

Among the society women of Londor
Is an old lady, eighty-thrse years o
age, who Ia quite a wonder. She has =
very youthful figure, and across 6
room would be taken for a woman o.
thirty. Her complexion Is enamelled
and she always wears In the evening
the regulation decollete neck and shor1
sleeves, dressing in the height of fash
ion and in youthful colors. She is an
accomplished equestrienne, sits hel
horse very gracefully and wears a tall
beaver when riding. She seems to BIZ in
perfect health, being much better pre-.
served than her husband, who looks old
and feeble. She is a great favorite with
young people and always has a crowd
ofthem about her, as she is fascina.
ting talker.
The Rev. G. A. Cleveland, of Glou-
cester, Mass, in q letter says: In
hunting cartridges before now I have
with one Of their tricks. On my com.
ing2near the flock the male partridge
would rush toward me with feathers
stuck out like frill, wing. tapping
and making q terrible fuss In every
possible way. After a time, though,
found that this was only trick. While
my attention was being drawn to the
bluster before me the female, with
smooth feathers and dropped head, was
hurrying off with the brood to place
Of safety. And when tn had been
accomplished there were no longer any
partridgesin sight, male or female"
Expert bar tenders are scare in Lon.
don. Bar maids abound, and their du.
ties are very simple. They have only
to turn the spigot of the vessel holding
the beer or spirits, ELL the measure
aud deposit Its contents in glass, after
which they pass along decanter Of
water, from which the consumer may
help himself. They make no mixed
drinks excepting the "lemon squash.
When a bar-maid IL asked if she can
mix gin cocktail, q whisky punch,
or q sherry cObbler, she stands amazed,
with gaping mouth, looking as ii she
were trying to satisfy herself whether
the questioner is mad. To ask her
for gin fzz" would only set her
laughing
A carriage with one wheel Is report.
I'd. 1t consis' of q wheel which will
be attached TO Il horse by means of a
pair Of buggy shafts, and which will
carry AZ the other end a buggy seat.
The inventor claims that by means OF
the new contrivance absolute safety In
driving IL secured, rs the wheel c;ln
ouly tip or urn over in case the horse
does tine same thing. Besides, h.
claims that his new vehicle can get any.
where where horse can get, and that
the horse will be able to make greater
speed in this contrivance than in any
sulky Of the old p ,ttern.
The simplest post office in the world
is In Magellan Straits, and has been es
tablished there for many years. 1t Con.
sists Of small cask, which Is chained
to ttfe rock of the extreme cape in the
straits, opposite Terra del Fuego. Each
passing ship sends boat to open the
cask and take letters out and place 9th.
ers in it. The post offic. IL -elf acting,
therefore it IL under the protection Of
all the navies Of all nations, and up to
the present rime there is not single
case to repDrti in which any abuse Of the
riyileges it affords has taken pace.
A Syracuse undertaken was mortified
the other night that the body Of child
had been discovered in box In the
Keller Block hall. Fastening to the
indicated locality he found the box
marked "Medical College, Syracuse. >
Taking the box in charge he conveyed
it to the norgue, When, being DESTROYS
of knowing the condition of the subject
he removed the cover and discovered
chopped mp watermelon rinds.
Caspar Gross, who was killed by the
train in Illinois, belonged GA family
| Singularly unfortunate in unnatural
deaths. His Oldest brother froza tC
death in NapnleOn's retreat from Mos
COW in 1872, one was drowned in the
Rhine, one was gored to death bya bull,
one dropped dead in graveyard while
attending the funeral Of a neighbor, and
Il sister was run over by horses and
killed.
Stout was to be hanged at Rockville,
Ind, and Dunbar, a brother Of the
man he had murdered, intended to
see the execution. just as Dunbar was
about to start, messenger tapped him
on the shoulder and told him that his
daughter had committed suicide Grief
over the death of her uncle and joy
at the doom of the assassin had mad.
dened her.
That the Irish are not marrying
people would appear incontestable from
this fact, drawn from recent statistics
Among the thousands Of Mormons that
have passed through Castle Garden
and there are about twenty-five hun.
dred every year-there never was an
Irishman discovered.
Some Londonera have taken to the
Thames throughout the summer
months, aud ca. drink, and sleep In
what are known as house boats. These
usually contain a snug dlnning-room
and sitting-rOU combined, two or three
small bedrooms, II kitchen, and veranda.
A local statesman of Marion, Kansas,
offered % for Il bc'i-qniit produced in
silence, rather than stitched in gossip,
after the usual fashion Of sewing
societies. Twenty-tl,ree womAa per-
formed the work in two hours without
speaking word.
The street car drivers Of Houston.
Texas, will hereafter he armed, one of
their number having been attacked by
u negro.
Six cowboys who went to Dallas,
Texas, to take the town, were carried
Oft in collins.
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