New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-12
GENERAL NOTES.

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watering OF stock Is part OF the process or liquidation
| 80 says The Advertiser.
When tho bottom of the Great Eastern was
cleaned recently 5OOCO gallons OF mussols aud other
| accretions removed from IT,
The ship Pride has just arrived at Boston
from Liverpool with fine COWS OF the Jersey breed,
purchased In England for gentleman residing near the
Hub" ..... .
The raw fur trade of Michigan amounts to
nearly 100000 annually tho greater portion OF which Is
done in Detroit The principal skins taken are the mink
marien fisher lynx bear beaver otter red gray sver
aud cross fox. muskrat, wildcat, raecoon, and wolf
GOsnold town in Massachusetts, containing
2j legal voters determined to shoulder none OF the
responsibility Of the next Legislature and voted Repre-
sentative ticket bearing the words mot To send" The
other towns In the district elected Representative
AS evidence that American ideas are getting
foothod in Italy, correspondent cites the fact that
American rockng-ehars now IN high favor though
when first introduced by American families they were
looked upon by the natives something ridiculous
Here is Personal advertisement clipped
from Chicago Journal: s~~'
"PERsoSAL-qf living will the gentlemen who left
prairie call aud claim their property II not called for
within ten days, Will be sold for debt. j and b."
The Grosvenor Dale Wooden Company con-
template erecting q mill at Thompson, Conn. next
season. which will be 500 feet iOug aud 20 wide, and
200 looms. The enterprise will add 600 20 the
population OF the village, and nearly 100 tenements Will
Oc Duilt 10 hcCOnIHlOudtt lhehl
The stringency with which the Anatomy
is enforced In Great Britain has greatly affected tho
prosperity OF the English medical schools. Not half
enough subjects for dissection DO obtained aud the
students are commencing 10 move across the Channel
The doctors call for the repeal OF the act.
Figaro gives the official statement of the
number copies Issued during month OF September
by the most popular daes Of PARIS The average circu
laton of Figaro 800 the total 600 The
IeuP'e circulated 10000, the Ndfiondl l2OOQCO the
Soie 100000 the Ruppei oOo and tho Lfbee 10000
The inhabitants of Burmah have an idea
that pulling at ropcwi produce rain Two parties tug
against each other. one rain party, the other fair
weather party BY previous arrangement the rain party
allowed TO be victorious ON the occasion OF the late
continued drouh this proceeding attended with the
happcst results
A Texas newspaper contains the following
advertisement: I'VE want, at this ofco an intelligent
frecdboy under Of age learn the incidents
OF the printers business chop wood. make fires nurse
but moral youths need apply No Importance attached
90 religious qualifications"
Hannibal, Missouri, is good camping ground
for anxious aud anless" The Courier Of that city says
that there Is mania there flor marrying lady school
teachers After giving statistics the number married
lately it adds that the cOmely school maam who ac
cepts situation as teacher IN Hannibal may CONSIDER
than dying All old mhld.'
An inundation 10y the Nile of more than
ordinary extent began early in October aud Increased
rapidly the Yceroy orders to have the immense
dikes below the Pyramids Of Glseh made higher
than they are now the Nile overfowed them doing
immense damage. and finally threatened To destroy ono
palaces and huge granarles stored with tho crops
Thirty thousand troops worked like demons for eight
days. and managed 10 keep out the invading water until
the natural period Of tho inundatiOn was over.
A letter from Valetta, Malta, Oct. 10, says
that island visited by very Iheavy fall Of rain
on the 10th, and great damage done by the food
which ensued The presented IN the town OF Cos
picua was terrific. Men, women. aud children were
the streets the second floors OF houses Others, in
their struggle for existence broke through the roofs OF
were picked up boats which had been carried to the
inundated town from the sea
Iowa is probably making as rapid progress
as any State the Union The for 1901 just
completed contains the following interesting items. Tho
comparison Is made with the statistics OF 1867:
Sew bouse,bg... &c 6S Lacrosse bush POOOes. 1000 600
Increase Of shhs,.'' lSH Lacrosse butter zoo 0o
iSersass seFs. Sso.rd Increase I,y 10000
IneIs,s bush goo @ ;.9' @sehn' 600
Increase bash oAH. 2Co0olIHesaSs acres As'sd 10000
On Monday, the Rev. Mr.. Timlow Of East
Cambridge. Mass. performed marriage and funeral
service IN the family. and at the same hour, The
mother DO buried aud just before ner death FOR
to DO married TO have enc Ceremony performed as
soon after her death as sbe conveniently could Such
W"r" The eamstances Of the parties interested In the
marriage that tho OF tho funeral seemed the most
fitting And 80 IL was that tho marriage occurred by the
mothers coffin; nd Immediately after Mr. 1imow made
few pertinent remarks and read the burial service
Austin, Texas, was visited by o very severe hail
storm on the 22d Of October The varied IN size
from that OF boys marble TO that OF teacup Ono
found an hour after tho storm ceased nine inches In CIR
cumference trees ruined weak roofs broken
through and poultry sheep, and calves were injured or
killed Tho lunatic asylum received much injury. More
than 700 panes glass broken, the roof OF Raya
nized iron was pierced aud two or three tuns OF Ice
lodged on the roof One hotel also Loaf about 400
OF glass Twelve hours after the storm Ice might hayo
been gathered by the CARLOAD from the low places in the
fields where II had drlited'
An eight year old son of Madison County,
Ill, farmer, living about three miles from St. Louis
srayed away from home years ago and could not
be found Tho fathers house being the road he
fapced that from the interior had stolen tho boy
and taken him away the river perhaps TO great
distance from his home. A Few days ago, more tnRn
seven years the child lost his father accidental
ly him, lad OF 10 years ut an Orphans
Home In ST. Louis The strange feature Of this s that
from his parents residence he having been taken TO the
Asylum by old woman who foundi him IN the street
some time In 1852. .-.
Several years ago gentleman from Boston
became acquainted with and married young lady from
Hartand Me. IL has been the custom OF the wife TO
visit her parents every Summer and while on her visit
Last Summer was taken Ill and died The husband was
in Buffalo NeWYOrk on business ana upon receiving
letter from his wife that she quite SEX started M
mediately Hartlaud, but his wife hau Ieu tne uy
before his arrival Early the next DAY ue phy
called for his pay The husband who had suddenly eI!
home was not prepared for such emergency Dt tOu
tho physician that no would pay his Dlll lmmedatoy
upon his arrival IN Boston AZ "hteryille snefim e
tered tho aud arrested him. by order OF the uooo
for small bill he had against him. Through the hd OI
some friends, who CHANGED 20 be near the matter Ms
adjusted and the husband went upon his way but prop
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