New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20
GENERAL NOTES.

A circus proprietor in Ohio, whose hVlng
wild beasts OF prey seized for debt, claimed eNen
ton of his performing mules from attachment Oh 'no
ground that they his homestead. The claim was
not allowed
A Kansas journal says that the Identical star
spangled banner which Hoated over Fort hchenl! WV"
Key wrote national song. is owned by Tue n0 ,to
Col Arnistead. who commanded the ior' anu "'F'
historic bunting. b., &C.
RisboD GARRISON has ordained three Sah'ee
Indians m the north west OF Nebraska 10 inc nm
isrv Of the Episcopal Church They will be employed as
missionaries am@ns ,nsr GT the P ehaca
AT one of the latest breach of promise cases,
,od IN Ioudop the plaintiff was servant woman OF o.
and the defendant equity old man OF ~ Inc promise
os alleged 10 nave been given 70 years ago Inc Wo,
man who Was introduced TO the court as Tue "H"u0'u
bride OF the defendant, recovered 900
A materialist surgeon Of Paris lately showed
70 one OF his friends Of his Instruments the handle
OF which was carved In bone. DO you know ne
asked Of what this handle is nader "Of ivory,
smnosc me" said the doctor. while tears almost
choked voice, II Is the thlgbOne OF my poor aunt
A japanese history of the British Parliament
has been published JeddO. The object appears 10 DO
to help the first japanese Parliament to an understand
ing Of its functions The work compiled from the best
English authorities On the British constitution, Is Ruo
lsbed In two volumes, and contains severn" goou mus
tratiOns.
Chicago needs, moro than anything else,
10000 Cinnamon 10 act as domestcs. Such thing as
good well trained servant, is more to be found mere
than living specimen Of the mound builders Inc Few
female servants that may be found mainly interested
i ~ lChicagO Times.
Three interesting fossils have recently been
found in the township Of Seymour Canada The hrSt Is
spparcntly a pctrifcd human head, winch shows the
tongue eyeba and muscles OF the face. the bead hay-
Ing the rodd,bIOTn appearance OF an ore OF ron my
other relies pe The foot and leg OF young girl, about
years old and section Of meat from the side OF ah
OK. showing three ribs.
The Rev. G. S. Thompson of Cincinnati,
preached 10 young Sunday evening last on the
subject "sins Of YOul-A bitter inheritance for Man
hood" During vivid illustration, prefaced with the
words Thou the man." young man IN the oacK
part OF the honso pang his feet and exclaimed, Yes
The aisle sobbns, knc aud exclaimed, Christians pray
Tor me" pause for two minutes occurred IN the ser
mon, while the congregation seemed petrihed, anu Inc
discourse was then finished.
An Irish paper chronicles the departure from
Iouisburg Mayo, Of three children, aged respec-
lively H. and years. for Chicago by way OF Dublin,
Liverpool, and New-York. They travelled alone, and
provided only with through ticket and ten shll-
ngs IN money. Their father sent for them and they
started mm. Some benevolent persons met them,
and learning their story gave them better equipment
was help upon which they had not recIOned and for
which they would not have asked.
MIR. Jason Ware, of Hancock, N. H., now in
his SD year. the Oldest man in town. he has moved
every year for 70 the last lie used the rake
aud pchfork usual slowing away the biggest part OF
large barn full Of hay. His habits have always been
temperate regular and he has never used tobacco III
any form His wife, few years younger, is also hale
aud hearty. dong her own work and assisting her chill
drcn Neither If them has rode In stage-coach,
railroad steamboat any other public c0nyeya9ee
They married in l6l3PeteTboro IN HI transcript
A curious idea is started by correspondent
of the English periodical, Land aud Water. lie proposes
that criminals be fed horsefesh for meat The advan-
tagos would he thinks be numerous The flesh good,
wholesome aud cheap. The criminals, well as most
she restriction of the animal diet TO this meat would,
therefore. be punishment and mortileatlon OF the
hesh without working any real injury to the eu pll
while tho prospect OF having 10 hVo upon morse meat
would excellent deterrent from crime, and the use
Of 1t would serve to utilize what Is now Wholly WaSeo
Wendell Phillips sets himself up a model
D literary accuracy, and as an authority III facts Yet he
told, in his lecture last night how he felt concerning
before that secession journal was started Aud again
he talked about the old custom OF the people OF AdPe
Adriatie lie probably meant the Doges OF Venice.
Venice, he should know is situated on the Adratic;
he of any lecturer who did not, Phillips
matters lHartfOrd Times.
Utah bookkeeping is as hard to understand
as some Of It's grammar One Of tue papers printed in
that territory appeared with the following notice at the
head oft columns the other day Notice is hereby
friWccSiy, sSmweekiy, or weekly that we want them
10 notify us at once how their subscriptions stand;
advance, aud il how long how far AHEAD or behind
they are All not answering to this notice VIII be deemed
delinquent subscribers and their paper stopped at once
We obliged TO take this course, We have recently
taken lease TIE ROr6r and can tell nothing from
predecessors books how the subscribers stand with
lie paper"
The largest wagon ever built on the Pacific
Coast has recently been completed at Hamilton. White
Pine aud to be used for transporting from the
South Aurora Mine TO the Stanford Mill Here
of the dlmensiOns The spindes inches In diane.
ter OF the best quality OF lron tires inches wlde by ~
inches thick; sORes, inches thck hubs, 10 inches in
diameter by 90 inches long; hight Of tho hind wheels
feet inches The bed is capable Of holding 5000 pounds
pounds over any ordinary mountain road When frst
bu $500 pounds Of quartz were hauled on 1t from Gold
10 one q DAYTON.
ward Of 1900 pounds
Among the many curious stories told about
the old frigate Constitution is the foowing On board
the Guerrero, when captured Lieutenant, after
ward Admiral. Chads Illluek put him on board the
java. when she was crippled and sunk Years after
iouud himself lying anchor alongside Of his old enemy,
in the harbOr Of TOulOn, Commodore Patterson In com
guns of the Constitution ef, shotted and the
missiles sent wildly among the peaceful shipping
among others, reaching the English flagship, aud
Killing several. Tradition says that Admiral Chads
rushed on deck, aud rather impetuOusly remarked,
% that old ship, believe she will never stop firing
atDeT
The Grand Haren (AIich.) Union describes an
apparenty bOttomless march, which the Detroit
aud Milwaukee Railroad passes a high trestle bridge.
several months ago the filling up OF the marsh
nlenced aud many teams were employed in eartng in
clay. After bank several feet In depth had been built
the west bank OF dirt carts put on ana the
work Of filling driven vigorously. The more sand was
and raised and blocked them up about four feet One
mail ain passed safely but the next day that por-
lion OF the bridge had sunk about six feet. making
grade altogether steep and hazardous 10 be passed
over The sinking has not been less than 20 feet IN all
formed by the elayey, npcky soil by The upward pres
and scanned in every direction When the bridge was
built piles driven In that soft SOL TO depth OF 60
feet And yet surface is So hard that cattle roam all
over it,
The singular attempt of the Indian cOnyicts
Horse Driver and Little Wolf TO commit suicide at oma