New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-05
STR4Y NOTES.


The Franklin Co. fKy.( Fair begins Sept. Is.
The Pop Gun is published monthly at Laporte,
Sullivan Co., Pa eHI tIft-I I.-i./r ga
Gen. Lee is at the Greenbnar White Sulphur
Springs Virginia II OF
The disease called "charbOn,r or carbunele.
has appeared among the cattle Ia Louisiana
A Mr.. Elson. is trying to walk 800 miles in
six consecutive days. in Maine AT last accounts he
| The oldest inhabitant of Schenectady SAW
that has raned in that city on the 2Sth Of July for the
past IS years. rar 10, sr.f rsila ..IIg -o..5,,
| There is dog in New.Albany, Of the black
ounces, and IS most perfectly formed . 1850
VIM. H. Summons OF Pawtucket, R. l., has
Which were made about zoo years ago. -,
| Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames, one of the clever.
respondent Of The Chicago Post ''''
| Sherman, the. highest point on the Union
Pacific Railroad s2sS feet above the level Of the sa
| Two thousand one hundred and ninety.two
July y - : it, = l-
I Ninety locomotives are now in use on the
Union Pacific Railroad and l0 Others have been OF.
dered .rIDo.I
| The American Watch Company, at Waltham,
Mass have invited the Chinese Embassy to visit their
works. l ~, d.. ,-. .f f.1 ....rI
| The Public Shirt has been sold to the pub
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| consolidated. -1 o.
An old offender was lately introduced to q
new county justice In ulpos ar John simmons, ala.
SSe isst a1es s Brlns on Alice jones'
A Connecticut correspondent writes that
company Of fishermen recently I TOOK S SassS weigh
ing S PS Se a. SiGis e Of 'h'H AZ '
| John McDevitt, the young billiard expert
was married few days ago IN Chicago. GodthwsI:ei
at Penn Yam, Carne is out West and IsdoTe Gayraudh
Philadelphia, -,4 r . .....
| A stove merchant of Troy, n. Y, has re.
ceiyed an order from the wife OF American missionary
in for rstcass cOokstoYe, for the use Of some
| the princesses OF that kingdom. ..r ..r ...
! A coat of gum copal varnish applied to the
soles Of boots and shoes and repeated as dries until
the pores filed and the surface shines Ike polished
mahogany will make the sOles waterproof, and aiss
them last three times long as ordinary soes
| a Troy paper is informed that go or 20 work.
employed IN building the new reservoir OF the water
works are IN the habit ngnS OF pAs a ~ one q tas
citizens.
| Laramie, on the Union Pacific Railroad, %
miles west Of Cheyenne, is 7,l3i feet above the sea- s
built OF canvas, and contains 1900 inhabitants mOsa
whom indulge in Keno faro and other ampsements dt
similar character. 1..nt -
The editor of The MOrristOgr Gazette dum
his patrons as follows: "a mi,sht as well attena
TO quench the phosphorescent ations from the tai
end of ghtningb9g with sQOrtgun, as to try tSrsa
newspaper without money" LID r... ."....
The Toledo Blade sDys that gentleman Of
Toledo who has just retuT ed from Lake Superior norn
it that the woods sar st. Marie and for distances
80 miles east are on re and that the deyourng eem
IS raging OotR eSc and west Of the 6ault WIN ieAri4
rapidly. I7|'9I1 '.l
Sometimes a pedantc word is much stronger
IMAM c. fcumOcution For instance NOT long sgo Ger
paper az being Iypertrophed' This means that thY
we fattened spoils, or in other words, Widened
! rAe expense OF the corporation. l.t j,
| Capt. Holder Allen of pilot boat Rhoda G,
reports that on the 2st ut he struck sperm whales
feet long of the pulpit Block Island The fellow we.i
down. throwing his ukes almost oyer r ,bibt he c "a
soon came up, near that Capt Auen tnks ne ecaa
have killed him il he had had lance Inc s Sna' V'
| The strike of the coal-miners in the Chesa4es
Valley has Increased the price of coal In Meadye Psaa
20 per cent. Meadvile paper says; We have ne
means VI relief within our reach IN the immense peat M
OF Conneaut Marsh and soon as that vast deposits
fuel is made available, the coal OF Chenang6 Vs
never come in competition With our peat In any respss
That peat can be manufactured for "a per tun, whehn
cheaper than coal can be mined Why, then, should
be compelled to pay Sc and 81 tun for our fuels
| 1t is said that a mixture made up as follow
and taken in quantities equal TO ordinary dram snt
as OFTEN as the desire for strong drink returns viii er
the worst case Of drunkenness: sulphate OF iron Ave
grains; peppermint water, eleven dTachms spirts u
nutmeg one drachm. This preparation acts as tcps
accustomed liquor and prevents that absolute physical
and moral prostration that follows sudden breaking q
use OF stimulating drinks IL Is to be taken IN
quantities equal TO ordinary dram and as often hs
desire for . dram returns.
The Rev. Mr.. Dascomb, of Woodstock, Vt,
tian Woman" said: Let such moderation in dress b
cultivated by Christian women will not drive frou
their presence, especially I'm the church. those who
poor or in moderate circumstances II neries must b
worn let them be kept out OF the sanctuary Far hence
Sose w3 have av annsrs and sSo%y yest%sn Ia
them adorn themselves in modest apparel with shame
acedness and sobrey not with braided hair or gold OF
pearls or costly array
A correspondent of The Rochester Unios
throws light the recent Of the convicted
saye-trader, calling himself Appleton oakesmth" who
His Fne name is Smith, and he Is the son OF sebs
smith G, Major JACK pownins lately deceased and
mother took hts children 10 him In the Summer OF 1885,
but would not permit ms forsaken wife TO know where
she had carried them that the father has taken himself
another wife the other side OF the Atanc and that
he has offered to return the children to the mother IL she
to recover her little any terms II sue is
PEELED to resort to law which at present she Is too poor
Of Marshal Reyes. 80
Iowa has been visited this season by myradsof
grasshoppers which have committed great depredaton
in parts Of the STATE but have enabiedn
utterly destroy the crops. Their greatest rayages have
Mones River, below the city Of that name, line
tending southwark to the Missouri These insects peye
In appearance they almost Identical with the gra
hOPpers, and their mode Of progression jump halt
large army, they toward their destination solid
masses They may be Murdered in their onward march
for time but nothing can cause them TO alter theif
course Hopping along Win their merry ehirp, they
destroy they and leave all behind them desoiae
II prairie fire had passed the ground This year
their line OF march commenced at the junction OF Utah
and NewMexico continued thence nortbeaserly to IN
nois, and from the latter State struck of at angle
toward Iowa IL will probably end In the great lakes,
where the army viii be disbanded. In the second chap
ter OF the prophet Joel q locusts described
very exactly Notwithstanding the poetcal construction
and vivid imagery Of the language: "A fire deyonreth
before them, and behind them flame burneth the land
Is as the garden OF Eden before Them and behind them
The appearance Of them is as the appearance o horses
and. as hoTsemen 80 shall they run Ike the noise on
noise OF fame OF Are shall they deyOur the stubbe like
strong people set battle array They shall run like
mighty MEN, they shall climb the we'll Ike men Of yalor
they shall march every IN his and shall nos
break their ranks They shall to and fro In the city,
they shall upon the WALL they shall climb up upon