New-York tribune., 1870-08-04
GENERAL NOTES.

The price of peaches continues to be rather
high for the season. notwithstanding the favorable
ports from many quarters crops IL sreIns, also,
that there not many coming TO the city during
last year The Wilmington Commercial reports the ship
ments from the great Delaware district Friday last
at II carloads. The shipment OF the corresponding day
last year was 30 carloads.
An obituary notice of a boy, 10 years old,
in The Wilmington Commercial contains the following
statement: I'm his dying moments he charged his
brother william not to dance sing any more songs.
Funeral services preached by the Rev VIM r. Tnbb.'
This reveals amount OF early piey worthy Of being
immortazed in Sunday School book, The sentiment,
though rather embarrassing legacy for the saluary
and vocal William, should certainly nnd place III MARX
Twains famous article ON I" Last Words"
Let all haymakers take warning from the
retributon which has oyertaken Moses Lyman Of Hunt
ngon Mass. This agricultural person, having just cut
his hay, driven to great indignation by untmey
tempest, and roundy at the thunder Those
who we're about him demonstrated, and predted that II
he abusing the thunder in that way the light
ming would be 20 strike his house They right
The lightning did strike his house, taking particular
care, however. not To niure any Of the inmates. IL now
becomes question whct'r II Is exactly SAFE to swear
at SUM- in the hottest weather. for perhaps the
Door people who have hecn sunstruck, guilty ~
precisely that most natural lndiscreton.
The wicked wind continues to PROSTATE our
noble ecclesiastical architecture Some time ago hereto
gale blew ST. Barnabas Church in Omaha from ts ounda
tOns The propretors then removed the remains of tue
structure to what was thought to be sheltered
spot but the hurricane found out the walls and giu
dOws shattered, the nternal arrangements fsr-
ranged and the sanctuary left totally ruin that II u
not worth repairng Now as St Rarnabas OF omaha is
10 have entirely new church 'On beautiful lot, We
that he will inspire III, admirers with sense oI
their responsibility and OF the actual disrespect which
they show when they name poor slnhgle palace now"
ever hOridly Gothic, after him.
The action of New Orleans in reference TO
the Social Evil" has called the attention Of several
towns to the matter movement has just been set On
foot by some good people in NewHayen with the object
ameliorang the condition OF the fallen women Of that
city, and Of reclaimng them IL possible At meeting
tis purpose il stated that there were IN that
ecorous city churches than 40 houses OF pu
lie prostitution whose numbered between 200
and 400. Among them are many VINO we're once chur.i
in good standing; Others highly educated anu
accomplished, who have been sednced from peasant
homes And there were 900 rooms beside, when We're
used for similar purposes.
ITS an i'll wind that blows nobody good"
The vast hordes OF cropiestroying crickes and mann
moth grasshoppers which sweep the Western Terri
tories, devourng every green thug in their flight,
though they are the Of the agriculturist,
hailed godsend by the poor Indian. with the Pins
Gle OF food and to form large part of their winters
provision They catch them In large quantities dry
cecdingly palatable There's graritOus suggestion,
now for our fashionable restaurateurs TIE announce
ment OF POtdge de GrdSshOpper" or "Pite de Crtpt
Gigantesque," on the bill Of fare would make decided
sensation
Two painful cases Of "hydrOphobia" have
Just occurred ST. Louis One OF them has proved fatal
and the other, at the latest report was hopeless IL
seems to us to extremely desirable that this subject OF
canine madness should receive thorough scientific IN
yestgation At present about half the faculty believe
that there really such disease, while the other half
skepcal The firs case above me II euois
in which dog confined, and this animal alterwad
exhibited symptoms OF madness @ Bu she n Sts A.
all. He had, however, a recent cut upon MS hahd
through which he might have been innoculated with
the virus. There is warning in this for 1t shows the dan
ger OF permitting any dog to hck the hahd'