Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-06-10
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Bears are unusually plentiful In north /
ern New Hampahire this spring.
p. s.. Gilmore, who has been having a |
successful western tour with his brass |
band, is said to have invested 81 1000 in
northwestern real estate wilhelm st. Paul.
The bootblaclSs Of San Francisco have
organized protective union. Ten cents
is TO be the uniform price for a shine, and
destitute members will be taken care of.
An entire family of negroes were found
dead in their cabin near Yorktown the
other day, Without doubt they were
killed by lightning during heavy thun-
der-storm that passed over two days
before.
A Swear girl fell from the balcony
ON the fourth floor Of Hartford house
the other day, but she struck squarely
across clothes line stretched from the
third floor, and the rebound threw her
into balcony there. almost unhurt.
1t is charged that certain Minneapolis
physicians, who at the time were praised
for the promptness with which they
rushed TO the aid of the st. Cloud tornado
sufferers, have since put in large bills
against the fund which was raised fol the
unfortunate people.
A California farmer sent IS to man I'M
the east in exchange for six gourd seeds
warranted to produce gourds of q capacity
of 40 gallons. After waiting long for the
seeds to sprout, he investigated aud found
that they were artistically carved out of
Eastwood.
A lot of little boys in Adams, Oregon,
played at lynohing the other day, and
Charley Springler agreed to be the VIC
tim. He was swinging gracefully from
the limb of tree and quite black in the
face when neighbor discovered him and
cut him down.
Pickerel shooting has become afavorite
sport at Lake Whitney, near New Haven.
The sportsman with his rifle walks along
the bank, and when a pickerel darts out
from near the shore and stops an instant
near the surface he fires, and, if he is a
good shot, kills the fish.
well-known ballet dancer of ire
proachable character, when asked if
changing her short skirts and tights for
the long robe of "Katisha" in "Mikado"
ballet did not annoy her in dancing, an. /
swered: mo, not that way, but felt |
awfully ashamed when first appeared in |
it."
A dweller ON the banks of the Codorus,
in Pennsylvania, ties short lines with |
baited fish hooks 20 tho legs of his geese
and drives them into thewater. The fish
bite and jerk the lines, and then the
frightened geese hurry to shore, dragging
the fish after them. So says the York Age.
Several wild horses have been captured
in ROop county, Cal, where they have
been roaming for years. Among them
was magnificent stallion that for eight
years had deiied the efforts of the most
skilful vaqueros. The horses are the de-
scendhnts of some fine stock belonging 10
a former owner of the range.
II the purpose is to give an idea of
the peculiar talent of ''wheols man +" the
public ought to be favored with view of
his legs. 10 give famous bicyclist's
head in a picture is as absured as il would
be to publish an engraving of Webstcr's
calves or Shakespeare's feet. -D6tr0it Free
Press. ....
The printer yesterday made us say that
Senator Frye had put together his bar
Der pole and gone aiishing." We did not
write any such thing. We said he had
puttogether his bamboo pole-b-a. IN boo
can read that; the idea of the little
senator from Maine fishing with barber
pole-huh!- FLORIDA 1imes-t Union.
Men sit crosslegged at their pleasure,
but when the average mule gets cross
| legged there is trouble in the land. One
got his legs crossed in East Macon, and
fell down with II buggy attached to him,
and for while there was panic. At
length, however, policeman, three
| grocers, dry goods clerk and tramp
| got around the animal and raised him,
increased the legs, and he went away
rejoicing -1tlantG Constitution.
The tenor in one of our church choirs
had his equanimity somewhat disturbed
last Sunday evening by a large pinch bug
| flying in his mouth while he was in the
middle of rendering beautiful musical
selection. The hard winged specimen
was expelled with great velocity, and died
au nntimely death, not, however, before
he had considerably marred the effect of
tie anthem. -Sagiaa0 Mich NeDS.
There is a fellow in Chicago, not
strange to say, who takes the cake for
"nnadulterated gall He sends his cir
cularB out all over the country, inclosing
a return envelope, addressed, The Lead
ing Clothing Salesman of America" with
street and number Chicago, ILL.,, and in
the corner of the envelope is printed his
name as special partner in the firm which
he claims to represent. Verify, Chicago
is great in all things Minneapolis Tri-
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