New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Recent official statistics show that 44074
persons or 70 per cent of the agricultural tenants in
Ireland hold less than 80 acres Of land apiece 1885, 9 per
sons or 80 per cent hold less than Is acres; and 2g
persons or q per cent hold less than five acres apiece
Chicago advertisers are less modest than
energetic The agent of hair restorative in that city
1t is related into the suburbs obtained admission
TO church Saturday stuck his posters all over the
pews and pulpit and LETT note requesting tne eer LEY
to ca attention 10 the restorative In his next morn
inG's sermon
Smith Whittier has brought suit against
Tie Chicago Times laying his damages at s25o for de-
famaton Of character That paper has had rch mar
vest of libel suits recently It says that when 6nsn IS
so do, they The Times This we suppose, may 10
considered good moral exercise
In the West one DOminick BocCagulapo, a
peradious youth promised 10 marry Louisa Bulls,
whereupon Louisa expended $500 in the purchase OF
wedding adornments Dominick declined to bea hus-
band when the time and the wouldDe bride mas
sued him and his father for the recovery OF the money
with breach promise interest amounting 10 slVUO
B. c. Young, the printer in The Enterprise
Office at Holden, Mo-, who recently shot his wife and
himself and found lying hfeless across the lap Of
the murdered woman is another Of the victims of rum
is said no cause OF disagreement The demon of drink
alone drove him to murder and suicide. Could any
temperance lecture be more Impressive vi potent 'uah
tile statement Of this single factf
DR.. Z. II. Bacon, editor of The Sedrcy (Ark.)
Tribune Northern man, Republican,, and supporter or
the Administration, who recently arrived III ST. Louis,
saws ho has been frequently advised TO leave the South
ard that the OF the paper, though formerly an
officer in the Rebel service has received numerous warn
ings quit the state, and been threatened with ven
geance Dr. Cole thinks the South is preparing Tor now
rebellion and that it will assume the offensive whenever
II deems itself strong enough
1t is interesting to observe the growth of
this country In 1775 Benjamin Franklin after removal
from his Deputy Postmaster Generalship by the British
Government for his rebelnous spirit, was appointed
chief Postal Department by the Colonial congress-
whole country There now 1900 PostOhices 800
mail contractors and Is 600 mail roues-truy something
of a change.
There is an energy in the keeping OF
boarding-houses in Arkansas quite unknown in the
North The proprietor of private hosiery In town OF
that State having heard frequent complaints from his
bOarders the regular recurrence OF hash, prepared
himself 10 crush the rebeiOus spirit. At the next morn
ing meal he placed revOlvers beside his plate ana
re1na rked, Whoever he doesn't like hash lies.
He began distributing hasb and no man declined H.
A pretentiOus fellow calling himself Benja-
min Pulaski went TO Adrian, Mich. recently and, by
making great show and by assuming TO be tho son OF
a wealthy gentleman Of Detroit, succeeded in marrying
Sadi ANGEL the daughter OF prosperous citizen. After
running largely in debt, and borrowing $4,000 or Sl2O
be disappeared suddenly, leaving weeping wife ana
blaspheming creditors to lament his dishonest de-
parure. He out to have been professional
adventrer though il does not to have occurred TO
the Aranite inquire into the scoundrcPs character
before accepting him as a son-in-iaw