New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-31
GENERAL NOTES.

| Judge Pitman OF Massachusetts recently re-
fused to naturalise q who had been convicted Of
selling liquor. He said there enough liquor eel
| lers now without adopting more.
We are sorry for tho Dartmouth College
boys. They bavesbeen printing magazine called TA1
Anc which has been suspendea for want Of patronage
| The AnrA has been fairly beaien
| A spiritual medium lately distinguished her
self in Illinois by Informing paint that the rheums-
tism would soon leave his left ub which happened
be patent army leg presented To hun by grateful
| co untry.
| One of the most ingenious devices Of modern
times is that OF q young LADY IN Troy who when she
has occasion travel in s'reetear always carries
| saweiust baby All tge mrn, who were babies them
| Charles d. Cunningham committed suicide
Mt New.Bedford Mass. Oct H. IN tho most unromsutio
manner He attached n heavy spitoon TO his neck and
jumped overheard. Even - worth OF soppers In hs
| pockets would have been more noble and dgDiheo'
| Any little indication of return to specie
payments pleasant. young nan of Evansville, Ind
who long troubled with cough the other day
eoughed gold dollar, ant has felt better ever soee
! stated
The appetite of a child is as catholic az it
Is excellent baby Ia How-Bedford has won immor-
tai by swallowing 81 buttons -four OF them
brass an iron sewngma hne nat, gold sleeve button
aud himblei and yet the Irety pledge slih hVes-a
prosperous baby!
A church may be so poor as to render IL
necessary 70 let the cellar OF the sacred ednce for
secular purposes Juukhonb
be exercised In selecting tenant The lower region OF
a temple In Dixon KY. is used for Pig pen and tho
devOtons OF the congregation are sometimes disturbed
by a great serapiug Of backs ON the nJor JOists
All kinds of fruit arc on an impressive
scale IN California including aeroites. One Of these
heavenly productions lately came whizzing down
through the trees at MaysvlIe with impetus SUN
II took an hour to dig II up aud then 1t hot
that set fire TO the cart IN which 1t was conveyed 10
the town.
As the little town of Groveland, Mass, is
lust as likely as any other be burned there
reservoirs in town, the solitary reengne there
ia an anquated suction machine, as very hard
20 geS Wa'er o sra who d" nor wish to pc2ish Nv
combustion, thinking of moving IN the matter Ihey
had better move soon
The noise of vehicles in the street lie a recog
nlzed nuisance to the invalid and the nervous The
English Society OF Arts has recently awarded priDeeto
four STYLES OF public carriages constructed with special
reference to the avoidance OF all unnecessary Dose ny
an ingenious Of list and lucia rubber the doors and
windows of the vehicle arc rendered incapable VI max
Ing any racket whatever.
Our readers will remember the New-Sweden
colony in Maine. We happy to announce that tbs
scandnayians America prosperous in all things
There has beautiful number OF II babies born
in NewSweden since the COLONY was founded: There
and 90 young unmarried men ia tie township to al
the quyers seem TO be iuL
The people of Wrentham, Mass, celebrated
their B Centennial the other cay. under great dfcV-
tics, 10 the 1ret place, IL uVBs.
tue pavilion blew down and spoiled the dinner Then
tho big chimney Of straw shop followed the example
GL Is e b .s folks hone il VII NOT rain aud 5ow Shen
the day OF the next Bi-Cen.enn al cones.
The thousandth anniversary of the first set
Element OF Iceland is to be formally celebrated next
year. II Ingof, banished subject OF the NorWe-
pian King Harold Iarfager. who went TO Iceland Win
his osterbTOher Left ana butt the fret dwellings on
the island. Greenland discovered from this ISLAM.
and thence went the Mortimer, VINO IN the year NV
| stepped upon tue coast ot MASSACHUSETTS,
How many q boy has burned to shoot n
bear How many boys have, after proper prepara-
tory course reading shot bears m the ABSTRACT How
many will envy the great good fortune Of young Ole
Jacobsen Of Pelican Rapids, Mnn This noble youth dis
covered q bear III his fatBeFs corn hnu de
stroyed him by sending rife bali into his spinal COZ
generosity OF this hOughIfu enid everybody IN tho
| ueignbOrhOOd has had bears meat Tor dinner.
| If spirits must come to this world to bother
u.s. the they do Is to be cheerful aud connDe
themselves TO the gentle Tattat upon the enchanted
table. house IN Portland. Me-. has o dreadful nup
sance In the shape, or rather sound, OF Groaninq
Spirit This unpleasant yiSiant slOdns upon the second
story under the floor, where safe fom arrest We
need MT say that the lady or tue mouse Is spntualst
Gently deceased. She remembers him IN the hesh.
Mr.. Lyman Cooley, of Southwick, Mass, haa
been disappointed in love- better and worse men have
been before him and will be til love shall be no more
MI Cooley wished to impress the OBJECT OF his passion
with the idea OF his exceeding desperation. He began
therefore, 10 take small doses oI audanum lie con
tuued 10 take small doses for week, but the rocky.
bosomed beauty remained oOdurale. linen ne Iied
arsenic doses large enough ~ make him sick and az
last accounts lie was triie un"elI, ana the lazy
GtIl unreentlnG.
A melancholy story this from New Hamp-
shire. william A. Wheeler, who committed suicide in
that town lately was in the OF the Rebellion, and
was pensioner The selectmon put the body after II
was recovered from the river, into rough box, and
buried 1t beside the graves OF two little daughters OF the
deceased. No one, not even a member or the Grand
Army, was present. aud me Newspaper tels US thSt
rather odd idea OF what that ancient legal
phrase really means.
A singular and unrecognized disease has just
caused death OF girl Ia snoreham, W. The patieut
was completely parayzed-coud not even move her lit
tie hngerand all her hair, including her eyebrows,
came OIL, thick incrustatiOn forming her entire
body This snow white, ana regularly every lnonh
would drop Off leaving the snn white and tender. The
ncrustation, however. urned within - hours
All this time the appetite remained good and the
patent suffered very little pain. None OF the attendant
ply scians ever saw, read or heard OF such case.
New Bedford, Mass, has long been known as
rich little city, and stands preem for proHpt
payment of At tho last time for payment. some
weeks ago. the Collector FOR three days received tax
every seconds, during the time the office Open
Nneyhve per cent OF the taxes Tor the year were PAID
within time during which discount Ia allowed
There statement made OF the amount of grumbhug
which accompanied this prompt disbursement, but u Is
evident to that the men who thus swiftly paid up
wished the cOnfOunded thug of their DInds and
have done with IL forever.
Mr. Cornelius Macklin, q trimming manufae-
turer OF BethnaGreen, England has peculiar ideas
speoting business. Feeling that II would be rather
pleasant to little boy about his house he calmly
walked into the shop Of Mr.. Thomas Gully. whaebons
prcparer aud laying the generous sum OF hye shngs
the counter, picked up and made of with the infaut
sou OF the sad Thomas. The magistrate ordered the
amiable Cornelius find bail for six months, and
yerey observed when persons like the prisoner be
lieved that in England they could buy child It was