New-York tribune., 1867-08-21
GENERAL NEWS.

lewis Albrton, the highwlyman, was exc
cutcd BY hanging at Newborn, n C., on Friday.
A dissipated soldier named Henry Hildreth
committed suicide last week at house Of ifame ia
Sashyilc, Tenn He was formerly in the lst Ohio Cav
ahy.
A lottery agent, named Barnes, was arrested
I'm Rochester for neglect to pay the tax on the roceeuso
hi. gift enterprise and taken 20 Buffalo IN irons Oh TIE
18TH for trial. He was unable TO obtain bail
Geo. Beall, agent for the COvington, KY
Lottery has been missing IN caro- since tne iS,h, u'
had complained OF not feeling righ- about tIe eaN ana
had between 500 or 500 on his person when last seen
A remarkable sulphur spring has been brought
into notice lately In Henry County Ienneosee ~tIn ten
hours journey OF Memphis; The stream OF tne Mc t
flows with great violence anu lue HH'. - ~ S = 80
ssr 1t before getting within quarter Oh m''e
OF the spring
The capital stock, 81 100000 for the construc-
on OF bridge across the Mississippi River az Dubuque
iai hoen sui1scril,cd and the work will be soon
mcnoed s5oOoOOO railroad bridge across the Mississ-
unite that place with Omaha and the Pacific Railroad
While printer named VIM. Moore was an
moving drunken Norwegian salior IN Chcas3, Ils,
Meek tf ,o sJer vsaT saaGs S,d q sgrb force HAT il
penetrated the BRAIN The physicians were unable 10
remove the weapon.
A correspondent of q Democratic paper, who
says he has just been in prison with two of Quantres
i'm Meyico and asserti that Quantreu mortally
wounded m lght i'm Keuucy in the Fall OF 1864 cap
tured and imprisoned In Louisville aud died there under
assumed name.
fixed the salaries Of state officers as follows Governor
Sio0 Secretary OF state, $500 state Treasurer $500
Attorney General. S2O00 Commissioner OF state Land
Office, $4,000 Auditor General, s2'DE supreme Coul
Judges, 5000 Circuit Judgcs, 5000 superintendent Oh
Public Instruction, 1880.
The L4mn Reporter SAYS that one morning last
week the steamer Ulysses. when on Nahan wharf came
among a flock OF about 20 flying hsh which darted. and
cancr9d and fed in all directions right underneath her
bows capt Clarke an old and experienced sailor, says
hc never heard of any dying fish being seen IN this lA
tude before being rarely met with north OF Cape Hat
teras.
While two young boys sons of NJ rs. Adolphus
Taft of Norfolk, n. " were engaged IN hayug week
denly Unt his ab0rs remakng the time 10 bis brother
that he had performed his last days work, and left the
Lis brother ard upOn entering the barn behcd him
pended from beam by halter lieless corpse. Inc
lad was bright, Intelligent ana INDUSTRIOUS ana IoVeu py
We find the following card published in The
EimirG Advertiser which handed 70 the local editor
Of that paper by the ticket agent OF the circus
whether be truly written not the lesson taught Is
equally good " 10 the Proprietor Of me Nctr- lor circus
In purchasing this ticket pay the last 90 cents nave III
the world OF fortune Of $4,000 LETT me two years
ago. Now not a cent remoins what shalt dot Money
gone, anG no friends LEFT Beware OF wine ana women
A fine display of meteors was witnessed at
Dubuque the morning OF the nth inst They darted
from all parts " the heavens to the number OF 100 or
pcarcd In numbers IL Invisible beings in different
places throwing mctcOrs at each other Then the sky
interval Of minutes duration would elapse before
another star would shoot The beauty Of the spectacle
One of the mills of the Massachusetts Powder
Works IN Barre blew up the 18th, at few minutes
nfter O'clock The explosion Itself brought the news to
the central village, two and half miles away shaking
the houses perceptbly Investigation proved that the
disaster had occurred In the mixing mill which contained
the time about kegs Of powder PrOvdenuauy the
man who had charge Of the mill during the night had left
promptly at his appointed hour OF and the day hand
was coming few minutes behind his time from late
breakfast, so that no lives were lost.
A successful experiment was made last week
on the Ohio River with petroleum substitute for coal
IN naVlgaton The Cincinnati gazette says OF the
method Of raising steam; "The advantages OF this
rangement obvious that seems almost superiu
speak of them yeswc cannot resist pointing out
few Of them. First have the economy OF the fuel
ITSELF $40 worth OF petroleum being equal 60 $50 worth OF
coal Then there Is the economy OF weight and space,
which Is MS one 10 TO- In addition TO this, have tho
saving Of wages OF remen and cOalhcaVers che saving
OF time In taking the fuel on board, and above ALL the
perfect control of the engineer over the fire, and complete
absence Of danger from sparks The explosive qualities
OF petroleum have hitherto been the great bugbear by
which enerprsng steamboat builders and machnlsts
have been scared or We not at all surprised at this
for steam itself had to struggle hard IL could assert
Its supremacy every other power In and we feel
satisfied that coal will give way 10 petroleum avs the tow
path gave way 10 the railway"