Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-03-25


New Haven's cat show was boycotted
last week because its prizes were made by
a firm under the labor ban.
The Caucasian petroleum, exeelled all
others in illuminating power, Is said to be
greatly inferior AS lubricant to the
American oils.
There ia on the plantation of Capt. John
Z. Martin, near Washington, Ga, q pine
tree that bears acorus and pine burs with
great impartiality.
The st Paul Globe praises Mary Ander-
son highly, and says that she pleases the
pliin yeomanry OF thenorth-west, because
she has demonstrated that she has sand
In her cfaw.p
An aesthetic Worcester horse will tear
any cheap blanket iii ut may he thrown
over II into shreds, Int seems immensely
pleased when covered with one that is
costly and beautiful.
: According to the Lond, n PractirdiC Con
tecttOaer 1.-THE potato introduced in Eng
land in 1900 was first eaten as sweetme;it,
stewed in sack wine and sugar"
The recent census in Bavaria has
brought to light the following terse,
though somewhat lengthy title; "a -----
-, Royal Observation-Disclosures
tionsectionhrewood observation-disclosures"
Robert Morris, Georgia murderer, has
been sentenced to be hanged on April
10th. When the judge sentenced him he
laughed, and to the sheriff he said
''Send me plenty to eat, SO that / will be
heavy enough to break my neck when
fall
A column article in the Denver Neps
describes the finding in Middle Park, at
the depth of so feet, the ngatized timbers
of ship of unknown length, '.eyidently
moved by sails" Some observers, how
ever, consider the supposed ship Every
like whale"
The Rev. j. s. Lane, pastor of the
Haddington M. e. Church of Philadel-
phia, on whose advice Abe Buzzard sur
rendered himself, insists that the famous
Pennsylvania outlaw was converted
before he surrendered, and that he has
been unjustly convicted and Imprisoned.
We learn from Mr.. A. T. b. De Witt
that the piece entitled s''0stler Joe, ;"
which has recently created so much sem
sation, was published by him in 1881 in
book compiled by Mr.. G. Williams, the
well-known comedian. The title then
given to the piece was "Phryne's Hus-
band.n
Barbara Robinson, little uneducated
nine-year-old negro girl of West Point,
Ga, bids fair to rival Blind Tom as
pianist. She plays with wonderful cor
rectness any composition that she has
once heard. Like Tom she seems oblivi-
Gus to everything else when listening to
music or playing the piano.
A young colored woman called upon a
Lincolnton, Ga, judge recently, and
asked for marriage license. When the
| judge asked for the name of her intended
husband she said she hadn't decided vet
but thought it would be good thing &c
have license in case some man should
offer himself. She didn't get it.
A drunken Lcuisvillian went into
brokers' office where there were tire,
boys employed He ordered them IL
"fall in" at the point of his pistol
marched them into back room, ant
there, under threats of immediate death
forced them to drink wine until the,
were all drunk and very sick.
A prosperous farmer of Owingsyille
KY, n well-preserved widower of over SO
has two sons, who We're both in love wit
the same girl. She found difficulty in de
Gliding which to take, and the old maj
solved the problem by sending the boy
off on business and marrying the gin
himself while they were away.
The citizens nf Augusta, Ga, are talk
ing about resorting to force to. drive th
Chinese out of the town II has lon
been the headquarters of Chinese immi
grafton south, and there are hundred
there; and many new arrivals and til
promise of more seem likely to result in
decided anti Chinese movement.
The usual story of the remarkabl
travels of Il pin is at hand. This time til
the scene is laid in Newton, Ia, where /
B years ago Mrs. Cyrus Gage dropped a pi
in her ear. The pin in due course ,
= time dropped into her throat and wa
/ swallowed. The other day doctor toe
it out of her left leg near the ankle.
q The superintendent of the Mather Ele
o trio Light Company has offered to III
t Sibley College of Cornell University
y complete plant, machinery and lamps fC
/? the use of the university and students
I electrical engineering. 1t is evident th
e Cornell is to have more complete electr
light outfit than any university in I'll
world.
! As White House wit seems 10 be popI
lar in newspapers how is this2 1t o.
CURED at Mss Cleveland's reception In
; Saturday: "Oh, Miss Cleveland, ha,
read yourbook," said II la1y in the han,
shaking throng. "Chesuluts," remurke
Miss o., without smile, and the sur,
, ing throng continued to SURGE Vas
ington Critic.
A few nights ago Mr.. A. NJ. league lie
his hooks and lines in the water where |
! had been fishing for pickerel The ne
Z morning, on pulling up one of his line
he found on one of his hooks not
pickerel, but good sized duck. III
: duck evidently spied the miuuow fro
q the surface and made dive for what 81
considered dainty morsel. Rochiah
(Me.) Opint0n.
On yesterday Mr.. j. Nj. Dodds col
planned of n lack of employment, and NJ
/ Pink Mayfield proposed TO give him
Y cents to carry brick all day back M
n forth from the public we'll to the churc
J. a distance of one-fourth mile the ruu1
8 trip. Mr.. Dodds accepted the offer M
:. carried the brick the entire day, maki1
V over 80 round trips in the day, and, +
i, ceived his pay at night. Milton, Ga
|. Democrat.
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