New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-24
GENERAL NOTES.

faw DAVIS ago rattlesnake invaded
kitchen in Forest CITY, Mnn while Mrs. Burnett aud her
i5year old daughter were at work The ladies beat
basv retreat but returned when they had armed them
sTvs. with long noies After brisk fight Mira b pinned
the wriggling reptile into corner ara beId MN mere
while Miss Nelly gave the nhlshlhB se'VA'S ho
feet by y inches, .-.....t.
The following telegram was received on Fri
day from Napoleon H. in answer to one sent him during
the celebration of the Napoleon centenary at Detroit
signed by the French COnsnls at Chicago ana
Paris Aug 10, ls6g-The Emperor thanks the Frencb
and veterans OF the West for the Fluctuations which they
have been good enough to ADDRESS ni O '"0
, As an illustration Of the prevalence OF IN
sanity on the Pacific coast correspondent states that on
the I'd inst no less than four men were sent TO uhauc
asylum and adds: CalifOrnians 1--we conhuous1y III
perfect whlIl feyersa t eansed in Wall
st. itself There few old CafOrnians 70 De Io1Id wnO
have not been rich and poor again at least nan uon
times, and most Of them are poor now"
Cast-iron tubes for water or gas are now maze
in England by turning off one end cOnicaly ana oorlng
ont the ends Of the tubes which is TO be fitted at the
same angie so that end Of tube may be inserted
into the other without the addition Of the ordinary
cement The junction Is effected very quickly, ana the
Joint IS perfectly tight Pipes 30 inches IN diameter nave
been perfectly Joined in this way Liverpool has about
90 miles of gasppe with this Joint, aud the leakage Is
said TO be much less than in other cities.
The Committee Of Doctors appointed to in
vestigate the death Of DR.. j. NJ Witherwax OF Scout
County Iowa. unanimously declare that the poison from
Of hair dye The report gives many Sich
people who have died from the use OF mar dye Wlcn
generally produces diseases similar TO that OF DE- I
way and in some cases congestion OF the lungs All the
dyes except contain the deadly lead poison ana tna
one contains nitrate Of silver rulnous To the halr
A Pesth shopkeeper recently arose as usual,
shaved put on his best clothes and shot himself through
the heart No motive could be imagined for the commits
sion of the desperate act until old friend appeared
with the following letter. Just eGevea ~
Life is insupportable. adore my wife, but she mas
grown so stoutshe that was OF so raVshng ngG f
when married her Adeu, my friend zen my VIE
that prefer TO die rather than be unfahtu TO her OF 70
separate myself from her by means OF the law rare
well, and pity me-"
AT festival at Malta the officers, to amuse
the crowd which collected, procured from the gar
son stores some fireworks they supposed ~ be OF the
kind called eight balls" containing rockets and bou
Duets When the first fired by tram terrific
EXPLOSION took place aud showers Of grapesho pro
eoted on all sides The spectators took to their heels IN
Gers at the imminent risk Of their lives tossed the
mainder into the sea, where they exploded with treeh
dous force They were intended for suspension from
bastiOn to throw light upon the enemys operations but
had been long IN store as to have been forgotten
The Milraukee Sentinel reports an odd affair
in the town Of wauwatOsa Charles Last hired land OF
Charles Humme and being upon bad terms with his land
lord II is charged that out OF sheer malice and beng in
sgated by the devil ne sowed fifteen acres OF the said
land with Canada thistle seed mixed WITH pariey' 1nl5
accusation made upon the testimony OF Lasts hired
But the respondent AYERS that the said hired man
n liar OF the first magnitude and thief OF respectaOe
proportions and he has also made disreputaDle
PROPOSALS 10 Mrs Last Tho has been continued
with the offending husbandman under ball. ana perhaps
II would be well continue the continuance until the
Jury can have a view OF the lot, and not see the
Canada thistle for themselves.
At o meeting of the Trustees of Dartmouth
College, held In Concord " H., the nth inst, the
Treasurer reported increase OF available funds during
the year past Of more than $4,000 Prof d. Moves was
transferred to the chair OF intellectual Philosophy and
Political Economy from that OF Theology and Moral
Science The salaries OF the Professors were raised 10
$1,000 and an appropriation OF 5000 made, on sug
gestiOn OF Prof A. Young for the purpose OF putting
the apparatus the department OF Natural Philosophy
the best possible condition With the new laboratory
10 Is proposed 20 enlarge the range OF scientific study
especially chemistry The Trustees OF the Agricultural
College in the place the lsh, ana elected
Dr. Thomas Russell Crosby Professor Of Animal and Veg
etabe Physiology
The business of the Telegraph Company be-
tween the Atlantic and California has fallen OF one
fourth since the completion OF the Pacific Railway
The reason is" says The Aitd Californian that by mail
be got from New Gorkin days, or by
using the telegraph for transmission seven days
Before the railroad completed answers 70 letters
could received by inside OF AZ days, ana
a steamer shOud be missed inside Of 60 days Under
the circumstances the prospects OF the establishment OF
another line not considered at present 10 be very
naterng IL takes SEQ mile in coin 90 build tee-
graph independent altogether OF the expense OF con
structng stations No way business any longer attain
able for the that all ~ now monopozed by the
railroad companies All the intermediate stations nave
TO be maintained solely for the business at both ermin