New-York tribune., 1868-07-23
STRAY NOTES.

Summer. '...'
A mine of superior camel coal has been
opened near jacksonville, Ill. t..r. ...
Tho Texas papers deny that many shecg
killed Dy disease last Winter I|L
The Hon William Bigler is lying seriously ID
at his residence IN Clearfold Penn.
There are AZ Mexican Generals who have an
ambition for tho Presidency of their country.
Hole -the-Day's SON. now chief of his tribe,
is but IL. The widow OF the deceased is worth sOOo9
Cen Beauregard has returned TO New-0r-
leans aud has resumed his duties "a President OF the Jack
son Railroad Company
David Barker, the "main poet of Maine" was
present at the meeting of the L. A. r. al Bangor. tho
other day, and read several OF his poems
Last Tuesday morning there were on the
counter OF the First National Bank OF Denver hye goS
bars weighing IN the aggregate about 80 ounces, and
worth from si7 TO sl9 per ounce In coin.
n. b. Forrest of Fort Pillow notoriety, and =
Ieasrile Ky on the iSth accompanied by Capt j.
Harvey Matthias Of The Memphis Ardto"ehe -
A panther was seen in the Driving Park OF
Dubuque few days ago. The animal venured into hs
city on ono OF the very hot days under tho natural u-
preston that tue people bad al moved away. .
The Hon. j. Ross SnOwd0n, late Director OF
sS gGS aS Sfef % 6eEe a o 5
the 18th FOR tour through the mountain country.
A Western amateur gardener planted some
days to see it sprouf but was not gratfed He then
aned tue hills and found in each nothing but poppe&
corn.
If ia mucl, to be regretted that the notorious
Billy Thompson OF Texas reported killed few days ago,
not dead. The victim Of the waylaycrs rifle was ona
Tape, who had assumed Thompsons name tor purposes
OF his own.
A Colorado paper says that train OF ~
wagons from Salt Lake recently passed through Cheg'
women. and children with the train These people had
become disgusted With polygamy.
German editors, authors, aud publishers arc
making efforts TO increase the circulation
P0ms Magasine in their country in order 10 manlfese
their gratitude toward MI Putnam for the energy with
h. "a reet inc he mo-
national copyright law
Capt J. NJ. Hudson, whose trip across the
much attention is in reduced circumstances in London
and without the means TO return to this country se
accident his wife has been the chief cause OF s
embaIrassments His little ship is under seizure TOE
debt and appeal has been made in London in his be-
half
The International Union Of Taors, composed
OF representatives the various Unions througout
country, will hold its regular annual sessions Ia Wash
ingOn Monday, August 10. There will be about sixty
delegates present The Union will be in session about
week and at close the delegates will spend fewdays
Baltimore, where grand mass meeting OF the trade
will be held.
The CONGREGATIONAL Quarterly publishes list
Of benefactous American literary institutions during
sj?l2JOO These individual gft and IN addition 60
State approximations They are divided as @ oS%s S o
emies Ss5O,OOo Societies. $4,000; Education H2soST
Schools S3S5.0Oo
According to the new Boston directory, the
Browns OF that city number 800 the ClaTks 49 ths
Davis's the Joness S50 the Kely Murphy = ana
smiths ioce OF the latter known to their friends
BY the name Of T9 Of dfrG rS over P years This nv
partly owing TO the recent annexation Oh Hoh
bury
The Salt Lake Telegraph and Ihe Montara
Post are at loggerheads-or, as Mrs. Parngton mghs
say after reading The Post" at logarithns ne Iee-
he Post thus replied Give them Dor and they wons
go in tiers Mixed numbers, multiplied ny poygaHmhs
contracOns, produce interminabe vulgar ractons Inc
saints don't appear relish their own system OF ar'th
metlcal progression.
dissertation on tenement houses, recently
rnsfion On an important SUBJECT 1t believed that
there are twenty thousand tenement houses IA
city which contain, an average four fsmes 20 esco
story with five persons to each family each person nav
Ing aDoH, m deeR s9sTS rn fcet s, OF thousand euS
feet OF air being absolutely necessary Tor tue ho'n Oh
each individual
Washington sculpture gets this honorable mem
tion in a recent letter from the Capital THE town n
fu of statues OF dwarfs, crippes. rocking horses snd
the rain coossalv pointing to the Patent Once whcro
his breeches Lincoln is Oase-bah pltShef on lns
TOP OF a column. pea green jefferson, deaf and dumb.
ia asking aims with paper before the White House.
Near BY Gen Jackson is riding to victory III landscape
OF foaning mugs Of lagerbler
The Lancaster (Pa.) ErpreSs says that the
camp meeting being held at Mannheim Is tho iargess
ever held in that section There now 100 tents on ths
ESda SeSSaSi s Nearly 400 ministers q the Methodist Church
take part in the religious exercises Among the 1S ,
General Conference Rev Gray Presiding sh Ss Esor GS a.
G.. w. Monk, once Il General in the Army
and after the War; American Consul at MatamOrUs sun
seoueuty employed RegsteT-cerk IN the New-Uueans
post Office has been arrested for rObblng the iaits
March last he obtained leave OF absence Tor cw JAYS
aud took passage for EUROPE lie rstsG t Hay
ing been suspected OF robbng the mails detectives wete
set 10 work and on his arrival at St LOUIS hs MS o.,
ycsteJ II il alleged that he has distracted uOui the
Posi- Office at various times about so'OVV'
Mrs Betsey Rogers of New6ury, MASS, hai
foowed lie business Of picking berries for 20 years sue
will be % next month. Ihe NeccHEIot1 HeI"o Say9s.
IN her birthday she proposes 10 walk 10 Town "A naI-
do1en ueswh tho same old berry basket on her arm,
and walk back She ought TO have pupic reeeptoh "
her old friends and patrons She belongs 10 touga ana
lon0liyed race. Her mother feacled tue ago vi yi-
Thse are others OF the same sort in Byheld We saw an
old woman the other day who had been picking berries
an day in the hot sum- walking over two miles 10 her
over g. She told she had walked te town to sell
berries and walked back-a Journey Of ten miles-sx dt
ferent tunes this season.
The Minnesota WinnebagOs who were re-
moved TO tho upper Missouri fve years and placed
ON sandy reservation, destitute OF wood water
They number only about 500, ana are leo ny ohOes
Wing an old warrior, who sort OF Commissioners
to Washington IN ls46 when the treaty Mas nsne a
his trse In appearance he very strongly resembles a-
drew Jackson, aud is aman OF strong mental power hs
saws that more than Of his people died ot starVaou
Oh the Upper Missouri Ihe Ld crosse h<Pa0sSa,n III;
announcing the arrival OF the Indians says; Ihey VIII
have their great feast and dance on "Wednesday Mser
noon the edge OF the grove below towh when tney
will bo in readiness to entertain their Whs ite Tts nd
will be a rare and Interesting spectacle Ihe CuIe, snu
his band arrived here destitute, and our pcopo Wl ~
doubt be glad TO contribute somewhat 10 tnclr ~
neeas They were received with much kinuhess Nv os'
Inus Tho Mayor made little speech az tnet oanoo'
and the citizens gave thom slG0 ia money and PROVISIONS
Their hairbrced interpreter aud treasurer ecae1 tns
same ovoniBg with AL tho money hHe Vhe ua"oo ''s
tae Indis@ wip sake for tho net'y '"d'r"s