New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-12
GENERAL NOTES.
Scriptural.

cxempied by DR.. Johnson: Under the word vie.
.gerent he says Kings sometimes called Gods tD,
gerens II Is to DO wished they would Away. de,sry.
the appellatiOn." THIS remark retained until III
last edition OF the work one would rs soon have sy
pected ~ lind wit In the Congressional Reports Of M
Globe
The most primitive means Of conveyance ara
not necessarily free from fatal dangers. Mr. Donty
near Merton Wis, was driving team attached % pa,
OF bObsleghs carrying sawlog. ~ his invitation N,
Dalton. walking by the roadside, alsO took ride Tie
log Shortly afterward the log slipped from the bad
bob aud turning the forward bob struck Dalton On
the temple, causing Instant death, and rolling upos
Dory fastened him on the ground where he was anOs
where horses draw tho vehicles are more numeroas
though less noticed than those where steam the motive
power.
Opium has been raised with success in Yer.
mont The yield would appear 10 have been 100 pognda
OF Juice to the acre. merely requiring drying 10 becomes
marketable opium which brought from y 10 90 pc
pound, 1t contained more than SIX per cent 81 moha
IL this thing be accomplished Ia 50 cold climate
would not still better success attend s culture IN Cali
fornal It may yet be object 10 Chinese smugsens
bring opium into San francisco plugged up INTO The 10
side Of granite building blocks or sandwlched betxeea
the inner aud outer soes Of their shoes The next oPss
war may fnd US the rival OF the East India Company
supplying the drug to China.
Mrs. T.. Morris, Justice Of the Peace for the
County OF sweetwater. Wyoming Territory decided %
the 1ih ult her first IL Is said that the suyeu
who argued It exhibited quite az much embarasnertu
the lady official she had however an adVan,sse n
point Of age and weight OF opniOn as she Is more IA
than fair. and nearly &c. The questions lhVoVed sen
considerable ability, but the tunclOnGT
exhibited her selfdenial by deciding that the Court had
no Jurisdiction IN the matter Her husband u Ol yeSa
nationality. While such fortune as this - offered by Tie
West TO the Israetes the millennium VIII be indefinitely
postponed II IL has TO be preceded ~ the return oil ne
tribes to Jerusalem.
A well .knOwD citizen of Topeka, Kansas, ha
at his bu.ness-oice two large slabs Of red sandsoss
containing Il ia said three welldefned Impressions iros
the feet Of a human being They have attracted much
attention on the part OF the Topekans and are 10 be- sub
mttod to scientific investigation II what they pdrpSn
10 be- humanity will be anedated or geology upset ObI
tue mnueness Of description. aud the re-peetaeiityd
the mentioned relieves the sO-p!cloh tnas oue
body has been reading Footprints aud Old Red siad
stone and got things slightly mixed Just snch Dis
cUyery WAS made la CONNECTICUT, bu more eafti1
examination showed that the TRACKS mar octn sus ~
biped indeed hut one that had wings Tue s'onrs WIG
the subject OF profound scientific interest even thoaSa
the foutsteps should Toe those OF " FLttos man
A device to obtain supernal favor by occult
means recently adopted at Spring Garden Pa take.
back 10 geonIancy and Arabian tales. A house Tiers
having been robbed OF watch aud some motley on ssa
German undertook to the missing chaties by hs
"A gc art. Among other instruments. the sag pteplna
old wagon wheel so that IL Mouu tnrh Win .so.o
10 the points Of the compass. When all the solemn pro
lninaries were completed the old man eolnnie9heed
turn the wheel For three successive higns ne Ass.
going hoping no doubt that he thereby tuIned .e US
OF fortune Not only did no discovery ~ the lost SS
bes dawn upon the unlueky maselan G,lt some sts.a
actually stole OF the Instruments OF sofcery sed
the Tc1Onic professor IN utter despair al TINS heSn
OF affairs.
The Fire Department Of st. Louis have added
a new leaf 10 their laurels little after midnight "a
the an inst FIRE broke out in liquor saloon TbrOasA
the smoke the figure ". ia supposed nesro va
seen inside standing wh ouLrtrrtehed arms as thpye
Ing aid A gallant fireman, sezlng an axe, proAe We
door open aud rushed In amid name aud -n0ke, prcf
emily returning with the rescued sufferer ia his bA
The cheers Of tho crowd greeted INN a. ne oore A our
den INTO the street aud attempted to set II down IVA
stn, and could Mt SIT down. " stands 10 ths hom
the same pustnre with Oustrrtcbcd arnis for u ss
wooden image OF monkey used as sign Tor tne sseos
and taken In every night We honor the man VINO Taxed
really regret that the object Of such yaorous zeal e0
never give utterance TO gratitude.
The amusements of community are an
index OF ts civilization Cock fighting at the North
confined 10 tile roushS R the South II wa, the pride anu
pleasure Of the "chvary" II yet finds favor, We reg'es
io say Ia Georgia, and the papers ot Augusta glow VITA
the accounts Oa recent match Ia which eocksOh elart
side were pilted against each other ~ sacc,rsou ts
"maiu heiug won by the odds OF s.ngIe hsui az
stake was 81 500 and the interest excited may be judged
from the opening sentence OF the description ~ -
Chronicle and Sentinel: Tine birthday 0l o. Nshinso.
and the parade OF the Augusta Fire patiDent arr nos
the only great events wnch occur on Tue ~ oi ~,
airy" We suppose that Georgians dld justice 70 hs
Fire Department. as u was on the spot aug eo Ta ~
mand ia honor; but it'sa pity about t. ", .g
the glories II Trenton and Of Yorktown 10 fade SCUM
Car0na-for 10 WAS au affair ~ States-was frpreseus
by me champion roostr has rs 1a,s . dust IA sLel
tue landmarks ot history we're temporarily obScured
"Ods bullets and biaaes'-but they came
very near having duel Ia Omahai hr. MeBay believes
that one Tom Todd bud said things about Mrs MeBT
sdeth! Nothing but the blood of Tom could suffice
Tom retracted 90 toto when McB talked 0f sh"Ouht
didn't say II, didn't mean II, Didn't believe I'm pn,
OF fact Was nsuted by the suggestion that he had 'sa
it, that lac wanted To challenge Mob. H. feelings sen
so wrought upon by the thought tnat NIB had hosga
that he, T. l.. had thought any tlhg 0f the sort AVs
Mrs McB. that he proposed 10 exchange shots on ,s'
river bauk. McB thus challenged. selected IN ptie.
enco "A hutcas The rendezvous. bat drInahdsd ~tiss
cartel Herein difficulty; Todd Was not az ehP,n
in using pen and consented that MrB should iunN
CnallCuge,
"Th ser,fy ha, Thomas Tod DO propose % ehass' -
McBAy t. sat me at the @Seh'''li0 s 'T' sss
But before the appointed hour McB. to5R nincrens
view OF the natter and thought It might Ice lh0re hc
TO his family II his days were long ia On" an nc
ceeded to the Office of Justice had Todd stresses % 80
strength Of the challenge aud bound over ~ KEEP ~
peace ia the sum OF $50 aud both parties WI ,srs
" snottgun' only IN pursuit OF meat OF TIC "'"'
kind.
An arrest is not always stop; It may De
mode OF motion. There was an Old bnher no uS''
the title in describing hImselfln MAhonlns to"n ne-'
Phiadep hIa, who announced to the auinorules ~
that he had. IN 1876. committed a hur'eI - ren
the transaction the banks Of CHARTERS Trees rss
Pittsburgh. aud said ho had thrown ibe bs wv, 1ts a
river Information being Photographed 10 lhe a Wv,s
Police Of the latter city, aud the records sst ssi
found that man had been murdered ~ the "..n-d
place mentioned and the murderer nal 10
" Buffer" Burns Was forwarded uI'lrr eO~ ,si.ic.IL
Pittsburgh Less favored there than IN sour an
ties they don't have murderer everyday. ~ eSasdTd
object OF intense Interest INTERVIEW. ss g
hrs cell, aud decided that the "bnnef ra,ar. a
tsh-in fact, rather Jolly than otherwise. "a .As
the vicinity where the murder was coniii' t.,g rNh
know q e missing murderer, being couiron'ea us
the Buffer" declared however. that ne Na wa
man f; AMI others finally identified hun a. ha'ns
lated IN that neighbuThOod two or three yea,s ca.
vugrant by the name of Patsey Theh tAo bu ,as ths
fessed again. lIc knew about as hueh eoh.'htssiee
murder AS people la general thereabouts; bnt nc 70
come tired of MahOuiug and wahrd e"N,,.sst epe
Pittsburgh The Latter story proved To DC va. IoyedW
aud he was set at lib rty In the place Nhet'i' 0
dwell for le had no. Killed auN body ahh"uSh W .bst
deadhead himself The officials are dspnilng - 20 ne
OF them must pay the expenses of "b"n'f ""''
pass. =, 4. an
The law courts of Philadelphia nave |
MAR hee, t5dpIyuy their clients IN divorces w'''
publicity The method similar 70 that employed n..
but the details rather surpass Ne~,iosk Id @Er
What we call Referees srrih thrrs W ~ ,b,I uhs