New-York tribune., 1867-07-26
GENERAL n EHS'

The Santa Clara Valley, Calf, 'ia ran;taI II " nav
silk factory, with quarter Of million 'SP.''-
There is boy in Minnesota, IL ye''Ts ts itpa 1de
whose whose legs are only ten inches long and ''-''
| A Republican State Convention in Wise >pnslL
for the nomination OF candidates for State oicel >
called TO meet at Madison on the 4h Of September nex
Straitened circumstances have compelled
StOnewall Jacksons widow to sell the Generals war
horse to citizen of Macon, Ga.
Mrs SalOme Wheeler, Of Halifax, VT, drowned
herself IN ilpond few days ago. she widow,
a woman Of lovely character.
A man named George II. Greloth committed
suicide IN Cmcago, on Monday, because woman whom
ne had supported transferred her affections to another
lie was married man, his wife beiRg IN Philadelphia.
Lebanon, Conn, has the honor of giving five
than Trumbull, Joseph Trumbul Clark Bsse, and VIM.
A. buckingham.
A paper in Hamilton, G.. W., asserts that
little girl there driven by hunger attempt TO eat
live rat She had her teeth firmly Into the animals neck
women who were told Of the strange occurrence by
playmate Of the child.
A small party of ladies and gentlemen were
recently belaed mountain near Paterson, \. j., lost
their way and wandered about for hours in the ptchy
darkness. At time flash Of lightning revealed to
stoneguarry 100 feet deep into which, another second
the whole four would have been preciptated
Sixty young men have already passed exami-
nation for admission into the next Freshman class Of
Dartmouth College while others expected to present
Themselves at the opening Of the Fall term Aug 80 OF
the above 81 will 20 70 the Academioal Department. ana
eight will take the Scientific The Freshman class
for 1867 promises to be the largest for the past ten years
The Harvard College class of 1917 mustered
q Of its 80 living representatives at It's 5Oth anniversary
last week IN counting up the hOnOrs that had Deen be-
slowed upon members OF the class 10 was found that
there had been Attorney General Of the United
States, Secretary OF the Navy two foreign Minister'S
Judge of the Supreme Court three members OF Con
gfcsS Mayor OF Boston, one Mayor OF Cambridge one
candidate for Governor OF Massachusetts,, two College
Professors and one College President.
young fellow came to Chicago from LOusi
with $4,000 last week, TO marry girl to whom lie
and tried 10 drown himself IN the river but WAS rescue
then hotel ordered two bottles Of wine laid
his revolver the table, and wrote note to friend
stating that he had killed himself The friend rushed up
there and found him dead-drlnk on the hOor He had
apparently Intended ~ kl himself While under lhe lnu
ence of liquor, but took too much. Drink saved him.
Frank SchemerhOrn, a descendant of one of
the Old KnckerbOCkers, q resident OF Fort aTker,
Kansas while attending to lot Of customers at Osborne
Snyders store uddenly felt something crawl up hls
right leg and strlnng his leg where he thought the n
was received at the moment bite from IT.
The insect was large SPIDER called taTantula, OF
hour Mr.. Schemerhorn's body swollen terribly his
leg measuring about two feet around lie also felt na
scOus about the stomach and commenced 10 V0mt Vi0
lonty. He now assumed q perfectly 1yd hue, While he
experienced q difficulty OF breathing. Surgeons were
called In who bled him prOfusey, aud IN about SIX days
he was enabled be arOud but In the immediate neigh
bOrOOd OF the bitten part the cuticio1ppeared raw ana
10 Is supposed will always remain black Altogether ne
had a very narrow escape from death.