New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-16
GENERAL NOTES.

A Paris correspondent of The London Times
writes never heard striking instance Of strong
men dying hard than one that gwen in last nights
papers well known wrestler and athlete of Ayguon.
bearing the illustriOus OF Mcissonnler caught a
few weeks go his death Illness by carrying little girl
across swollen ford which she Obliged to traverse
In order take to her father his dinner This action was
seeing the child who was to him an utter stranger
bling weeping the brink, said TO her, Take heart
his shoulder he carried her over on returning to the
bank whence he started he slipped, and was thoroughly
The result As his end approached Meissonnier literally
struggled with the maady and his last words were on
Death II you man what short work ia make Of
you"
At the Haldmand Fall Asszes at Cayuga,
Ont recently Judge Wilson. instead Of proceeding TO
the county town by rail. had been expected drove
over from Hamilton in q carriage In consequence he
abont two hours late In the meantime in accord
or five of his ubordnates prepared 10 Escort his lord
not personally known 10 any OF the party but having
ascsrtaned that he had arrived they waited below pre-
stairs In the meantime Mr. NJ. II. Foley came down,
and surprising from his dgnhed appearance that this
must be his l0rdshp, the high bailn formed bis squad
into double line and proceeded to escort him Mr. Foley
quickly the mistake but determined not TO spoil the
and the procession moved on In the most solemn and
dgnlfed manner. Soon after Judge Wilson came down.
a found T no hag aepi q Tha
procession by this time far ahead. but by some
Cslied halt Mr. Foley greatly enjoyed the fun, but was
quite willing to resign his Surreptitious honors
Edward Scheivebein committed suicide near
Louisville, KY, few days IT seems from the pro-
mscuous scribbngs that found his body. that
after going his at Mr.. Deans house, he took
dose OF arsenic and after waiting patiently for several
hours without any effect, shot himself While waiting. no
wrote the following messages;
troubled yet hour lrOu the time Ns,,-.hs pistol "
Before resolving finally on the pistol however, he
waited for the poison 10 do It's work writing down In the
mean time his experiences and meditations.
Por the b.best BE ami learn from good doctors the
vital part, Of the body ysall be bothered .iaM "a
Advice further ,neds,; DON'T DO NE bu. Cad gu. til.
vital point before ssoo's IDa .,sI 1s eI.IV i. y
hour ago feel no change took garter s.pooDa
For my friends; Good POr my e.em. eson
In several places he wrote distinctly his wies
and address, Elizabeth schieveben, veyay switzer-
land County indiana" and asked some phllanthropst
to send her q letter informing her Of his DEATH"
The Rochester journals tell good story
about Police Justice Bryan OF that city Testimony
being taken the value Of watch, and q watch
peddcr who hailed from Syracuse was giving his evI-
dence which was very much In favor Of defendants.
He asserted that the watch common affair worth
but few dollars, when It's real value over hundred
dollars To further test hts Judgment watch owned
by one OF the Policemen and Of tho OF three
hundred dollars, shown him. He said IL was worth
about one hundred dollars There was quite a laugh
raised against him. which netted him. when he drew
from his vest pocket oldfashioned oponfaco gold
think you are posted in watches; now there good
looking watch, which you all will say worth hundred
dollars-but will sell II for twenty dollars. Justice
Bryan examined the watch carefully, and then handed
the witness twenty dollar bill The witness very
taken aback at tins, and said he did not intend
selling the waoh-be only testing tho knowledge OF
tho Justice the value Of tnepleces He told
the sale had contaminated, when he pocketed the
twenty dollars aud departed the court The watch In
trinscaly worth ABOUT eighty dollars and has been 80
appraised by competent judges. ....
A letter writer having asserted that the
streets Of San Francisco have for the last ten years
swarmed with as pretty set flsyear old girls
be found anywhere but that female beauty fades IN that
city almost before the girls become women another
respondent takes up defense OF the California ladies'
He says I" OF the young ladies who grace our prone
made large proportion OF either Eastern foreign
origin They not born here, but O residence here
improves their looks The California complexion is
almost bye.word Even their mothers arriving saow
and ean renew their youth, increase In weight and at
the same time In health and activity The jaded beleAo
older and larger cities might do worse than use California
a gigantic waterinRplace, only taking care TO avoid
San Francisco In the Summertime and when they come
they will certainly not complain that our ladies' do not
exercise sufficiently In the country and very much In
the cities Also riding and driving picDcs and Summer
festivals, balls and parties. keep them pretty well en-
poyed while many ladies In better families do not
dsdan to do far In affairs than Ia usual
Indeed. what with the difficulty Of obtaining female
servants and the greater difficulty keeping them when
one has obtained them, they very commonly have to
a,