New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-07
GENERAL NOTES.

Tho california land specializing party, WHO
ooon,I want from Chicago to San Francisco have re-
turned 20 the former city They secured 31'e acres
,na g., Gan Francisco and San Maeo Counties Call ior
which the S0 SSS %RhS ten days after
mittee report and $500 on the lst OF nov @ S q"
900 on tbe LIST OF NOv 1870 and the remaining svoV o
w. gn Of Nov 1871 or this vast 1900 acres are adj
Joining the city Of San Francisco
A German comic paper, TO be puoilsheu
once week. has made Its appearance III 81 LOUIS is
title is Die Vehpe One ohe editors, Mr. Joseph Kepper
s said to be an original and talented He was
Chariruii of Vienna The first number is an eghtpage
sheet pages Of illustrations and four OF leo. I
ministerial office. The fourth page Is ueyuIeu 70 to
Illustration Of the stage contemplated ss moral hrnt
ton, with representations vi CLASSIC PoosunB ano '
cork performances - =,
The n. o. Times says that the whole North
IA begnning to look to an extreme Western State
for its supply Of fresh meat, and adds:
ave have long been furnishing that people with tne
chief material for their clothing and now the nhhgneu
and prosecuted South is expected to supply them %I
food s We are reproaohed Win anrs thress
ness because do not while producing the Ioou ana
clothing for this people also build the SHIPS ana "a po
ducts which we send uem'
The Rangoon Gazette tells a story of fisher
man OF Prone who lstey met with his death In the lo
lowing manner: He had hooked q small FISH, and WISH
ing 70 free his hands for the adjustment Of his tackle
placed it between his teeth The fish made aspiring down
Els throat and stuck IL tho guct, defyng all the fisher
mans efforts draw IL out He ut once started LOT us
house TO procure assistance but on the way nc doppeu
and died After his death found that there were
several spnes on the back OF tho fish, and that the er
mans efforts to pull had only served to fasten these
more firmly In his throat
An old man, evidently of English birth, and
considerably intoxicated called at an underakers shop
In Omaha few days and said that he desired TO pur
chase coffin "What size, sir" said tho bprying man.
always on the alert for business. want the tDnR lor
myself" said the Engshman, can't you take my meas
ure The under seeing the condition the man was
in told him TO lie down board while he ohaked out
his Dimensions Tho then offered the undertaken
$40 and requested that he would kill him easy" lie
said he had been blacksmhng at North Platte but ha
whskey had got the better of him. and be was tred oi
life The undertake OF refused his money ana
nd yisedhim find bed IN some hotel rather thah III
the damp ground.
The famous Rochester Century Plant arrived
in Chicago the osh ult and has been placed In Far
well Hail. where will DO exhibited for the benefit OF the
Young Mems Christian Association The plant Ia 10 feet
high and ia 70 years old IL raised Rochester
i'm the Genosee Valley Nurseries. The A0dre genus OF
plants which Is commonly known as tho American afoe
OF plant there several species only one OF whch
ia OF esIecal interest the A0are Americana which tho
Century Plant socaed from the popular beliet that
IL blossoms only after growth OF 100 years III mas
short cylindrical stem terminating circular cluster
OF hard feshy. spny. sharp pointed bushgreeh leaves
each which continues in existence Tor many years 30
thai but few are whered when the whole plant ma
tured 1t Is mistake TO suppose that II requires lVo
wears mature this plant for the one now on exhibition
Il only 10 years Old others have been known To t0m
while in colder climates It varies according ~ the heat
OF summer.