New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-09
GENERAL NOTES.

GkAEh1L AOIEo'
The Rev. Richard Eddy, Universalist cler-
gyman formerly Of Canton, ST. Lawrence County New.
York. and Chaplain of the sixeth NewYork Regiment
during the war; has just been elected to the Massa
chusetts of Representatives from the Thirteenth
Norfolk District on the straight Republican tGkea and
as a ProhlbiuOnist receiving the largest vote ana
the largest majority ever gvena representative IRON THIS
District
The progress of Minnesota in the production
Of wheat among the agricultural marves OF the age IL
estimated that surplus wheat OF that State the pres
EFT year will be fully 100000 bushels while but little
OF the great grain plateau embraced within its limits has
yet been brought under cultivation. One farmer, the
10 bushels the This section, while much OF II s
far north for growing corn viii evidently Decomethe
Odessa of America in the production OF wheat
A Paris newspaper sent lady critic to
Munich recently TO report the performance or Wagners
"Reingod" She grew enthusiastic over the music, and
wrote Of the which rickle down ike drops OF
milk; Of the light that trcmbles the kettcdrums
of tie mailed brillancy OF the trums OF giants %nose
massive tread roCchOes in the double BASES OF hames
that play around the yions of the gold that gstens IN
magnificent tremlO OF the cYmDalS OF dragon WHOSE
hOrrd voice speaks out Of the trombones OF the mys
ferrous atmosphere OF the horns and lot more oil Tie
same sort.
The Rev. William w. Merritt, formerly of
Perrepont st. Lawrence County, New.York Universal
st minister and brother OF Gen. L. A. Merritt, Naval
officer Of this Port been elected TO the Iowa Legsa
ture from the XXh (Senae) District, composing Mont.
me result. saws Mr. Merritt is man Of ability, in.
tegrlty aud good Judgment able Gc6ater aud sound
cans We congratulate the District on his election It
gratifying to the friends Of Mr. Merritt to learn that lie
ran ahead of the State ticket IN this county"
"The number of women studying medicine
at the University of Munich says The Pd Nal gazette.
increases steadily in geometrio progression. Four
years ago there but the next year there we're
two the next four last year there were eight and
partisan Of the InOvemenU that none Of the incOn-
venenees which 1t feared might arise from women
being allowed to share the schOOi Win men nave nv
present experienced the classes large
and the Dean reports that the innovation has undonDt
edly improved the discipline OF the school"
On Saturday evening, a young married woman
made appearance at the police headquarters in Hart
ford and was INDUCING such violent fit OF laughter
that she could hardly tell what she wanted 90 dear-
Ia, Ia, ha THAT girl saidha ha ha ha land said
-ha ha ha la land she wclted me over the head with
-ha, Ia, ha, Ia with Aha with "a turnip, ha, a,
Ia, ha" well what otltT inquired the Ghlei: dld u
sponse 81 guess It did But it did MT hurt YOU great
dealt Do you want her arrestcdf" %, mol was pass.
Having recovered from her laughter she passed out In
moro serious mood.
FayetLe, Mo-, boasts of lightning calcn-
lator who can beat Barnum's prodigy" out Of his
boots" He can neither read nor write, and knows
nothing Of written arithmetic, but solve mathenet
cal problems mentally in wonderfully short space Of
time. Some instances OF this facility given. The
number of fax seed necessary TO reach to the sun.
and thirteen grains OF wheat to the inch
4694g7 OOOOO, answered In two minutes Another
problem What would 5000 amount to In ten years
compromising interest at 10 cent he worked ont in
three minutes absolutely correct what would horse
for the first for the second o. a, 81, aud so ont was
wered correctly in three minutes.
The Rev. Mark TiaftOn, in his lecture on
"The Coming Woman" claims that woman should find
open her all those avenues, and only those
for securing living. into which it safe and proper
for her to enter alone. The coming woman he sad, will
inquire not so much what can do" what q mOd-
est respect for the fitness Of things permits to do"
with man for any work which she does equally as we'll
To the question, VIII the coming woman vote r. he
vote ~ Law is simply the basis of social order II
creates nothing only safety and peace The
the protection she receives f6m the law no injustice
done her. therefore. by withholding the ballot Mr..
in politics, they could purify u.
The Marlborough IN. H. NetCS reports that
student at Yale College, Of DR.. Walker Of Boston,
visited Mount Chocorua, in Albany, oct /. in company
with several others Srayng from the party no got lost
and wandered the woods nearly four days. with lnoth
to eat one cracker, piece Of tobacco and few
wild berries On Monday, Oct 4, the day OF the great
storm he was seen on the north side Of Swift River,
the inervae, waving his hat signal for aid that
side OF the river nnnhabted man went over TO him
water unable to get away. The water continued to rise
fast that they could not the river but with the
aid Of the boat they succeeded IN reaching an old de-
serted house where they stayed till the following morn
ing On Wednesday the unfortunate young man started
for home the almost npassable condition Of the roads
Obging him 90 foot The people Of Albany and vi
cuity have heard nothing from him he crossed the
SacO toward North Conway, and somewhat anxious
TO know that he reached his destination in safety
In the good hunting country of the Ardennes
France. wolves have been already seen cold Winter
and fine sport are expected Last Winter In the month
OF November strange animal gave much trouble the
wolf hunters 1t spread terror in the DeigbborhOod OF
vouzlers 1t was larger, stronger and moro intrepid
than a wolf with an enormous head and square Jaw 10
was, IN short a between large male wolf n
powerful dOg.btch. II stood hcrcey at bay and disa
bled eight dogs before rifle ball laid II low
The Pyrenees will also be full OF wolves The bathing
stations WHOM buried under snow, present curious
pect The Inhabitants have abandoned them, the houses
are smut up the wolves through the streets with
iDonrDfu hOw This spectacle IL TO DO witnessed
at Bagneres dc LuchOn There frequent fierce srug
giles between the wolves aud the formidable Pyrenean
dogs, whose coat and power remind OF the finest
kewfoundlands. The necks Of those which guard the
country honses protected by collars brst
ling with sharp spikes, which specially manufactured
In the Pyrenees and carefully and we'll finished that
some Of them are almost works Of art. lie Sport
letter from Calabria cOntainsfhe following
curious statement OF an industry hitherto almost I'M
known:
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