New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-24
GENERAL NOTES.

The contribution boxes in one of the Boston !
churches were passed around Thanksgiving Day By
the father and grandfather Of the preacher
The number of marriage certificates lssued
An Boston this year the day before Thanksgiving Wuo
10 while only 10 granted the day before IhAnhS
giving In 1903
The last risky horse which crossed the plains
with Fremont IN 1915, lately away in Wme fle ""
had his neck broken. HE teeth measured anu "'
found to be 20 inches long, g.
A French. nObleman, wishing to MAKE ms
steward present told MIN that no might nave al 'n
had stolen during the year Tho Stew"ra was HO'
ished, and Is trying " g2t nQre ny q 'i's'S ,,
A Cincinnati Journal tells story OF Mo'o" '. /
who ab,eonded aud concludes the account Win luiS
staenent which Is not complimentary to he so n
"when II was r0ssed TO the detectives y 49,
our reporters ears" -, e 4ooa
O,vinb 20 the extensive destruction OF trees
In victoria the climate Is changing. Near Dai@" o
rainfall Is sensiby Diminished ana s ., nLer and 10
tssiSs Ps as.e4e l9 y orcst trees
r,a,1 IN Topganoxie, Kansas, thus encour-
es rho editor Of hs favorite jOurnal Continue TO
ron- redhot thuuderbos right into the teeth OF the
iseches and sharks that are sucking tho ne-oooo HO
the people, .....s.L .rrI H! .05W lH
Seyenty-three years ago the town OF Frank.
lin Conn., Voted to hire 10 instruct the school
for four months at S per month finding his own board
m kcep six DAYS in week. and 90 days for month ana
thar no partisty be used the part Of the master"
A colored lawyer in South Carolina having
horse whipped white member OF the state Government
for insulting his wife, Legislature appointed an In
vestlgatlng COMMITTEES. The Committee reported thas
30 say the sOuth Carolina papers .. ,,.J .,,r,.y
The following are some of the big incomes In
Philadelphia IL c. Gibson, $27a5l A. H. Moore slsa s0S;
g Fe sos 500 g. W. childs. seo,199 j. p H. Tasker'
Eosss stephen Morris sll605s; T. T. Tasker jr sll5Aee;
j A. Brow f1I2s SEQ H. Morris, sO7,2 C. O. HarFisOn'
EO6,57I r. b. Farren, S9Lis4 .rllsJ L.T... .ud Fu
The pillow of japanese bed is wooden
box about four inches high, eight inches long and two
Il 60 nd mal nj
folded papers, and Instead Of serving as head inc
meek only sPpqte the elaborate sys 81 a5esS Ing
pressure OF the head against pillow ..-.. nI
The following anecdOte has just been told IN
public Of Mr. Gladstone: Government Official expressed
hs sympathy with the Premier In having TO SIT out SO
many dreary hours debate In the House OF Commons
Gladstone REPLIED: much time for religious
sSew ye bat c PaISs hs hand into his pocket
lie Withdrew some papers, and added. Last night we
into Greek, you see, the hymn, Rock VI Ages
Experiments have recently been made with
satisfactory results test the practcabty OF supplying
the North German army md navy with compressed or
condensed food The priucipal object 70 ascertain
the best nleans Of furnishing the soldier in the field with
three days stock Of provisions reduced 70 minimum
neatbread admirably adapted for this purpose as u
may either be eaten dry ~ the INTO OF SSRe' 81 G S
teinpss have been made to compress nay ana o'her
prOvender for horses. ...... ...I $1,000. $500. ..#
Ire HfHnBT OF DNtt6OTyp AZ AVOAl
has the ALLOWING prayer the bottom Of Its ttepaGe'
hHssn 2ps i" J" % M Galer.sADdyaEa , s.s
f 0G kr Il ~ ~ NY I o. w. fI" vl 5as
boa l Goo be 40 Hy Aputh, .fr ..r..T
rstar God Ss IL NY ksrs f...a ... .. a
arifah Con 1"S ~ ny ny 'ss Ell sl.
oi H1. And At my Departyug%
lJ " Mercy hss eyes that pierce the sges-Sees OIL.
T,. s 81 sss stunt e, s. s:s,.
1t is a somewhat remarkable circumstance
that the original propretors after the Indans Of lands
now held by Government at Newport lie buried
those grounds with Only simple slab lying horizontally
the gEouGd 70 mark ther restingpaee Jahleel Bren
ton the original proprietor OF the grounds now occupied
less Ing south aud east 81 that ioTihoaion and from
whom Bien3ns Pogt. Bfent0hs C9Se' anu bfGn,on
the fort lands Ma nembeT 81 his family rs buried near
samuel carr the origna proprietor Of Goat Island lies
buried ie eastern slope with bis daughter watt
their grave aud both We're buried in the same grave lie
died the same year as Brenton, 1873. ....i-.T.
James Perry, an English schOolmaster, who
drudged at whiting his urehins' quilts, the
eteelpen and was good business that he sue
ceeded IN introducing the Peryan pen. In 1925 he
a% q Tn FOR Mason to make the pen POPULAR
The same man. 10y tho way who few months since be-
SaS epdeTsd Win 81 90 co. mSso Was Riadermis
ter carpetweaver but went to Birmingham aud manu-
a shop window a steel pen. priced at sIpence He
bought three better aud lighter at cost Of
Perry The Inventor was delighted advanced money to
Mason, and the iniercourse so honornbly commenced
since died and Mason IL now the sole proprietor OF the
Perrixn pen. I 700 ll'iflIA 'Ei ..f#i.' t..
AWestern journal gives the following diTec-
lions for telling time OF day night "seat yourself
at table Attach piece Of metal lsay shillng to
thread Having placed your elbow on the table hold the
thread between the thumb and fOrehBger and allow the
shilling TO hang In the center OF glass tum6er The
pulse viii immediately the shilling 10 Yibrate like
pendulum and the vibrations viii Increase until the
shilling strikes The side OF the glass ana supposng me
time OF the experiment TO be at the hour OF OF $780, the
pendulum will strike the glass seven times and then lose
It's momentum and return to The center; you hold the
thread sufficient length of tune the effect will BIO
peaed-not until sufficient length OF time has elapsed
to conyDce you that the experiment Is complete We
hand otherwise vibrating molten would be counter
acted At whatever hour OF the day OF night the expert
Lnent is made, the coincidence viii be tho same"
John Brown showed altogether the superior
manhood 10 Henry A. Wise, and after the capture Vice
upbraIded the Harper's Ferrans and said You would
never hev taken me- sir mo" sald Brown bat I'D
hey taken your head GovernOri" Wise shut up. He
made President by this dlartl, and Jeems
Mason and Yalandgham were promptly there TO saddle
the matter upon the Republican party the latter trying
living In the District OF Columbia. val 10 nowhere
particularly. What q set was round that old mans
StonewaII Jackson Wilkes Booth James Mason. JEFF
ThOInpson Turner and Dick Ashby, Vaandighan, LOWE
wbss han re three meet sgAIp, u. .l.a fl.
10 thunder. hghtpng. or In rain r =. . n. ...
IHarpers Ferry Corr. Chicago Tribune
The Rennebec (Me.) Journal says that in
Janusry last Capt Hiram Mari, fisherman residing at
southport started from hts home to the bay to
Georgetown. While making the trip in his sail'boat
Cant Mari was lost but his body not found though
SLs shores were searched for many days Some months
subseaueut his widow applied 10 person for the pay
mont Of promlSsory note OF 80 which capt Mari haa