New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-09
GENERAL NOTES.


ported to have found, in pork stew he was eatng
diamond worth s2,5OO. How the dahohu Bo' Ai'o '
stew is mystery.
John Murchison, residing i'll Meade County,
Ky having had large piece of skin torn OH III saw
mill recently had its place supplied by rat 1kn' ana
the surgical operation was perfect success IL 10 S
to be the first case Of the kind on record
The Emperor of China, like the little Grand
Duke Of the German States, has very large income
from gaming houses From those Of Pekln alone, u -
said he derives revenue OF about 1890 per 400
can Old Texan writes pleasantly of Mr..
Greeeys visit Galveston and Houston ana speaks OF
his social converse with the people, among whom he
seems to have formed many personai nlehdshps as
being valuable experience both TO the Ie@ahs anu 'h
visitor.
A report is current in Stanford Conn.,, That
grocer of the town. who had bought the private resi-
dence formerly belonging to the Hon; David BROOKS
found jar OF gold whlle tearing uo" .nv ~
has since retired from business on the proceeds OF MS
treasure trOye
Preaching and practicing do not always go
together Henry II. Hurburt, noted temperance lee
trer in this State sent 10 prison, at WhlteSt0wn,
the other day. for committing assault ana battery upon
a young while delriousy intoxicated lie no"
serves as a warning instead Of an example
A seal, weighing $50 pounds, was recently
captured in the Delaware River, Bordentown. by
two fishermen They at first tried to secure it in their
net but failed rifle then used, and, after an ex-
citing chase lasting half day. the seal was killed, hav-
ing received II balls in different parts OF its body
Tie Lynchburg (Va,) women have presented
Cen Early with a cane, token Of their appreciation
Of his services in behalf of the "COnfederaev" We don't
he might have said 81 tried all could during the Re
beliion to raise Cain, but found was not Abel"
The other day w. a. Pierce of Lawrence,
Mass had removed from his jaw the fragment Of dirk
blade an inch and quarter long with which he had
been stabbed by rowdy eleven years before the blade
breaking off al the and defyng all efforts at extTc-
ton The piece OF steel was taken out through the
opening OF the ear
Gen r. X Scott states that he recently
found on plantation Charleston, 9. c. work
ing as a common field hand who highly cultivated
and capable Of speaking and writing lOlanguages Greek
and Arabic among them He earned 80 little that be was
forced teach school in the evening to support himself
in the simplest manner.
Nothing can exceed the ingenious advertising
OF patent-medcine Hartford dealer in nostrums
has female poodle, which he has shaved closely and
nut his particular panacea upon her hide In ornamental
letters and set her TO running apout Town Where She
attracts much attention. This furnishes writings with
retext declaring that II is the latest medical dogma
introduced to the public
A good precedent has been established In
Ohio Daniel Lewis died recently, at IrontOn, or de
lirum remens and his widow brought suit against
Thomas Evans a rumseller, of whom her husband had
for years obtained his liquor The Court awarded SoO
damages If this example be initiated by the wives and
widows of drunkacds generally, there Will De FEWER
deaths from delirium tremens.
1t is reported that nearly all the men who
fail in commercial professional pursuits in Cincinnati
20 TO Chicago and succeed. Many Of the prosperous
merchants i'm the latter are said to have become bank
rup in the former city, Chicago explains this by stating
that OF beraty or enterprise can prosper IN
Cincinnati; while Cincinnati that fool there Is
considered shrewd and able in Chicago
There is hen (black SPANISH in Hartford,
Conn., which surpasses all barn-yard fowls IN eggpro-
duction. For five successive days she laid two eggs
daily; then she rested herself for a short time by con
filming her struggles egg per diem but when Sun
day she brlced herself to do justice to the occa
sion and laid three Sabbatarlan hem IL may be SAID;
but wait for the Notifying sequel or these three sun
day eggs, proved perfect one was all te, ana one
nothing but yOlk-the poor fowl IN her hurry having
carried on rather confused manufacture. Ihs Dlru
reminds us popular authors whose first work Is
good whose second is all white, whose third Is al yok.
and of whose fourth both gods aud men refuse 10 say
anything.
The historical birthplace of Artemus Wards
"show" is now delrious natural wonder. greater
even than any of which the menagere of the Snowman
could boast Baldwinsvie, which it may not be gem
orally known is in the neghborhood OF the southern
shore of Lake Ontario, far from the mouth Of the
Genesee ayOws through the Trustworthy mouth OF Its
oldest nhabtant that the biggest snake that ever was
seem" has been seen in thar vicinity wlthh Few days
The monster at least eighteen feet OF him. was seen
In land and his ylsage was so frghtfu that
the horried spectator fell all of trembe and couldn't
shoot the animal Reinforced ny the wondering bdlu-
viusyers the weakened NimrOd went forth once
more and beheld the monster placidy summing DIS
ustrOus length in the warm sun, with one vicious eye
Warily landward. He presented coil or immense CIR
conferences his body large as telegraph-pOe
and his head would have done credit to buffalo: The
history OF the "yamint " Is revived by the Bddwlns
willie Historical Society and from the records we learn
the reptile came years ago from SILVER Lake where
the and gun came IN 100 close proximity LOT ms UNI
disturbed enjoyment OF that tranquil sheet, hence
he migrated the shoals Of Ontario and now fghtenS
home Of Artemus and the depository OF MS
ever remembered wax hggers'
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