New-York tribune., 1868-07-24
STR1Y NOTES.

Many Mormons are migrating from Canada.
They call the Columbus lookup "The Sim
ners' Rest"
There is large settlement Of Mormons near
Belmont Nevada.
Texas contains 15GO0OO00 acres, and is six
! uHles as large as OHIO.
The Mannheim CPenn) camp meeting con-
/ uhues 10 attract immense orowd8
r. -Four. -Four hundred emigrants passed through
/ Cuum"Vs o. on the 18th. bound gor the West
! The strect-cars in New Orleans arc TO be pro-
! power
Some Of the Montreal pawnbrokers are
mpeouniOg5.
It has heon discovered chat coal exposed TO
the weather loses III nHo months so per cont OF s value
/ as fucl, and nearly as much gas-makng material
The last snake story, which appeared re-
Gently in The 3qsLBHe BdpHer rather fshy. Perhaps
/ the MISUNDERSTANDING account for the fact.
The Texas Convention has passed resolu-
oh @ sch1I&ng their official reporter and disseminating
INC SUBSCRIPTION TO various newspapers
a new magazine called The Oyorlaad Monthly
makes } me- 'y A. Roman q Co Of san Francisco
Frank Bret Harte '''' "'oA II VI" ~ SU''U "
The first steamboat that loated on the waters
~, & ii @ I Nsi tle New-Oreans, t00 tuns, built "a
year. and reached wOreaus abolt two months later
On Tuesday Cornelius n. Payne, the AIb1ny
friends wager that he eau walk tic same distance On
| track IN two hours.
A few days ago several Of the authorities of
Montreal visited the JAZZ TO examine the mental state Of
the prisoners After their Inspection y persons were
were women and eight men,
COuldocll has been warmly received in San
Fmnciso Oh his benefit night the receipts al the Metro
politan were $25j the highest sum ever recorded IN tbs
prices, aud the house was filed from pit % dome.
It is reported that Thomas Vandelar of
I l.t J. ~
10 q Mr. Jones OF this city, for $4,000 and that Robcrt
Booth has sold another PAGER TO the gentleman for
10000.
Several parties Of M0rmons, consisting Of
l,295 men, women, and children have passed through
Chicago during the past week. on their way to Salt Lake,
They go by rail 10 the Benton crossing 0f the n0rh FORK
OF the Platte, and flush their long journey by wagon
Mrs. Hole-in-the-Day is a white woman. She
fascinated the iustroUs Chief now deceased on one OF
about two years go one Of Mr Is Chippewa
danshters educated at the Catholic school at ST. Paul.
1t is related of the Miss Foote who has just
married Senator Henderson, that when She and her
now deceased Of Woodstock, VI, grammatical servant
OF the Hbculan persuasion announced: "snator Foot
| and the two Misses Ecet!"
! young Indian maid. visiting Touring
@ II WnG1 aS a T bsuSt Eot T Ti q s s
NOrths CHOICE IN bright red letters after which sls
srutcd down street. % the horror OK the Aforesaid Es
worth, who owns the nlu' and who IS q bachelor.
A shrewd citizen Of Springfield Mass, when
paronzng the omnibus. carries BIS pockets full Of tickets
and always the forward end Obge the
passengers by taking their scrip; but ne passes in
stead OF each ten cent Bit ticket which cost lin at
Wholesale but nine cents.
At q meeting Of the Canadian chronological
Society the other day Prof Croft OF Toronto elected
President The Society appears 70 De a aourshng
duon ana VIII soon publish peliodlCal 10 DC caled Iht
Canadian EHt0WOlOgiSt OF which the Rev. q. j. B.
Bethune OF Cobourg, viii be editor.
The WeStcbeSter PENN Republican says that
the tin wedding Of clergyman IN that county re-
Gently celebrated. and that the pastor was called upon
for speech, which hc responded in little impromp
IN talk, which, through hc pOtitcHeSS0f NE company was
Lieut.. Charles L. l.. B. Davis, United States
Army 0f Newaven Conn.,, has bCcna appointed Professor
Of Mathematics no the West Point Military Academy
Lieut. Davis graduated 40 West Point ma 1906 and laa
been stationed a Boston and go Nlcts Point His
father Prof Davis, the mathematician, author OF Da-
/ yis's series OF arithmetics, &c.
| The planet of Venus was seen at noon one
day last month from Greenwich, Eugiand TIE saine
planet appeared at the 4Jl or Nay, 1890 TIC day
Charles H. was born. and the sight created great sen-
sion. 1t considered omen OF bright promise Tor
tie Young Prince. COWley Waller, and Dryden all ap0s-
trOpIzed ts supposed au-pclOus star after CharieFs
restoration ~ Lily the astrolOser WHO first iden-
tilted it as tle planet OF Venus.
An immense a6rolitc fell in the neighbOrhOOd
OF Selma, Kansas teN days ago, exploding VITA loud
uoso as fell. on the day. aud tAe same hour
Irving the state. -pOUcflt describes It
a globe OF fire, apparently several times larger than
the It's northwest, and when approach
ing the earth exploded with a sound like thunder
The Secretary of the Ohio State Board of
Agriculture makes statement ia regard to tie wool
crop which shows that " Counties have reported the fol-
lowing aggregates
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