New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-07
GENERAL NOTES.

About $4,000 has been realized for public
library at Natick Mass, from the viii Of Mary Ann
Morse, made for that purpose nine years ago.
Cincinnati is reported to have strange but
perhaps appropriate for s city officials In add
ton 10 schwinder and sticohi IL boasts OF Judge
called Swing. and Jaer called Hangmann.
OF the PCS present members of Congress, 90 of
the Representatives and Senators claim 70 have had
collegiate educatlons or these only three graduates
OF Harvard and six OF Yale which Is great falling OIL
for the New England seats OF learning
new dwarf. who is styled the Princess
Feice ia Exhibiting herself in London preparatory %
visiting New-York she is reputed TO be years old IS
inches Nigh weighing pounds, ana OF entirely syheI
rical proportions 49, ,
In the West, women are gradually filing all
departments Of labor the ultra practical as well as or
nameptal The latest occupation is that Of Mrs Sarah
7 Aiken who IL making postal currency and independ-
ence by rowing scOw over the Miss I'Slpp ahH rms
ferring passengers from Clinton, Iowa, TO Gafuch
Pain, Ill.
Since a much advertised nOstrum brought
out the King Of swedens hair effecuay that bis head
resembles billiard ball. he has determined to Danish all
pretended hair restoraves not only from Stockholm but
from the whole country cheuicl ANALYSIS having
shown them to be Injurious 10 IN seq ana desuCtl'o
of the prospect OF any and all ha.rr " the crown.
South Carolina has always been the most
conservative of the Southern States As an illustration
OF the fact 1t is stated that Charleston has han oI Iee
Postmasters since the United states became lnde-
upuuput. L. .
Wa.hinCtou. the second Andrew HugeT, appolnteu ~
Andrew Jackson and the present INCUMBENT "pPo''u
by Ulysses $. Grant 49,
Dr. Torbett. editor of The Kansas City (Mo)
Ness. who recently destroyed himself with morphine
left letter TO friend in defense Of suicide He argues
with much force aud some eOquencc the right OF man
10 take his own life, and declares self5laugter 70 be no
evidence insanity but, on The contrary az leas III
To- 9ye been long contemplated, AMI to have heeh com
mitied ony after much calm and serious reflection
David Hoffman Of Wooster, o., is the pro-
prieor Of strictly rst-class haunted house. wherein
spirits or something else, play the most fantastic ana
mscbiryous tricks Among other things the invisible
prescnces carry Off and destroy money, clothing, and
furniture thrust pins into the inmates when aslePanu
so prosecute and annoy them that they are wen lIsn
eraZed. Hoffman himself is financially IA ned Hthdctis
Of the citizens have visited the house. ami Led in vain
to uurayel tine mystery.
An Iowa paper states that % years ago James
Mcwborer and his wife Robecca were living happily to
gcther in Salem In that state When gold WIS discovered
in California James went there and the welded couple
correspondcd regularly until stories reached Ht beccaS
cars that her had married another woman There
upon Mrs. McWhorer procured divorce, and tteI ear
or two married again. Her second lord soon ded nd
some months since she learned that james was SIN living
alone and prospecting in the Golden State; that all the
stories when had been circulated were man os idSc
booJs 4 mutual understanding was reached. James
returned to Iowa and few days ago WIS married uNr
again 10 his own wife and dead mans widow. T'ty
represented a. happier 'n ever now api a. ih,y
con Iubiai future may be deemed secure.
We hardly know whether to call the atton-
tyn of Mr. Henry Borgh something we have just read
of or n,because it may be of kindness OF case
OF cruelty-ths ding cows saw-dusi, which mas
been proposed by Mr. Scnw Of HOfgarten, on Lake
Wercr so long ago lS60 DR.. julius oockardt began
To feed sheep on the woody fiber OF paper pulp OF poplar
and Of pue. Then a Mr.. Lehman Of the "TIavmder
Aronomic Institution" put ten and one heiir on
dict of slwlust Tie animals relished it, mixed with
straw their milk improved in flavor aud they Kept
in good flesh Sawdust mixture rs the regular ROOD
of the kept at the ins ton Tlis may DO
well enough animals bur ID - aid ming - READ tnc
suggestion of n Lon ION journal which say IL accord
ing to authority horses, and sheep eau digest, al
profit sawinst and other such ike material, why nor
man I" We are rather inclined To- protest against TINS
broad hint 10 bakers. SaYdust may he more saa
tive than alum still own to preference Tor the
uuadulteraed IL is suggested too, tat the sup
Div of sawdust local and limited, and that IL might De
necessary 20 employ carpenter To Keep COWS WITH
profit, should the dairy Diet he generally introduced
Sppuse should be found" urges the writer before
n "tuat cattle could be cOaNed into eating grahlt3
tnustOucs would the fact he ~ any practical NdlurF
Better grow aud hay. trnpS, AM lniSUls enough
To make a resort 10 sawdust unnecessary.