Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-29
rrEMs OF INTEREST.

The mouth of the Mississippi river is
again filling up with sand and debris, de-
spite the Eads system Of clearage.
"This is 7ly,p sighed q lovely Washing
tonian as beautiful lieutenant of the
Seventh placed his Rrmor round her.
Washington Critic.
Scan February March ~ asked the
punster,. with sickly smile. "Perhaps
not" replied the quiet man, Shut April
May. "-Bostos Transcript.
Tho great strike of the N. s. N. +. (No
Seat No Fair) association in this city next
July will mark an epoch in the history of
the street-car monopolies. = Chicago Mail.
Birmingham, Ala, and Chattanooga,
Tenn, owing to nm abundance of iron
ores, coal and labor, are putting pig iron
on the market cheaper than Pittsburg
can.
De Lesseps says the Panama canal will
most fifty commemorate the fourth CEN
tennial of Americas discovery by convey
ing steamships in 1899 from ocean 10
ocean.
The trouble with the Dallas fire depart
ment is that it is too good. II always
puts the fire out, and never gives the re-
porter chance to begin q report with
Horrible Holocaust. "-DGlLdS N01Ds.
joaquin Miller announces his intention
of moving TO Mexico. II is to be hoped in
view of their excitable natures, that this
information will be broken gently to the
Mexicans. Paul Globe.
There is dim suspicion that the move
ment to boycott Jay Gould will score its
greatest success by inveigling him into q
game of baseball and trusting to the
ordinary results.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The craze for birds-on-the. hats in the
east, it is said, will seriously interfere
With the peach crop. The bird that is
roosting on the hat of belle ought to
be picking vermin from the fruit trees. -
DailGS Net0s.
The London World announces that
Lady Huyter has sent out invitations
for parties on the It'll and 14th inst.n 1t
is presumed that Lady Hayter is west
end refinement for Noman-hater. -Ne,o
York World.
Isaac Jacobs, a negro of Philadelphia,
has the honor 10 be the first of his color
to be appointed to the fire department of
that city He has been mnde n hoseman
on engine No 29,and is said 10 be capable.
The oldest merchant vessel atloRt is said
to be the bark True Love, which was built
in Philadelphia i'm 1854, and is therefore,
1872 years old. She is still in active SER
vice, and is owned by j. $. Ward of Lon
don.
| We tried TO say in this column yeste-l
day that "free-trade Democrats CON
sidered Hon. Samuel Randall as an often.
siye parti-sam,n but the intelligent com
positor wouldn't have it. The /. C. is m
o. p. himself. - Washington Critic.
Henry Brewer of Irwinton, Ga, whilc
waiting for rabbit to run by which wal
chased by his dogs, was attacked by {
mad dog. The boy had light Woo
knot in his hand and when the dol
jumped at him he killed it with one blow
A record kept in central Dakota show
that the past winter was unusually mild
There were but 80 days when the mercur,
stood at or below zero. The preceding
winter had SO such days, the one befor
so and in the winter of 1882. there wer
81.
Six weeks ago John ,Miches of Parker
Ind, at the risk of his life saved sewers
children that were with him in q WACO
when his team ran away. The excitemer
an9 exertion unbalanced his mind, an
IN Thursday he killed himself with IT
volver.
, Pretty Nellie Dusey of Grand Rapit
fell in love with gambler named Hi
kock and as she had $1,000 he Marie
her. After spending all her money /
deserted her. She followed him, and Il
other day met him in the street of S
Paul He roughly repulsed her, and 81
fell dead at his feet.
1t is pleasant to see that the streets CT
companies who at first declared that the
4 could not run street-cars in the evenil
y under 3.hour schedule, are discovefiI
t the possibility of doing it. Nothing is
d convincing with regard to the prac'
. cability of anything, us the knowledt
: that money is lost by not doing it.
Il I'tttSJUt9 Dispatch,