New-York tribune., 1873-12-20
GENERAL NOTES.


The "Authorized Dog -Slayers' of Cleve-
land Ohio, report the demise Of llOa for the past sea-
Horsefesh is selling remarkably cheap in
Vermont span Of horses recently sold for &c. and
IN two or three q rreenback was all that was
necessary TO conclude a bargain.
A New-Haven horse dealer, recently, dis
posed OF threeegged colt and handorgan for $50 in
cash and s245O in mortgage adventurer, who 1t
10 supposed immediately left for New-York
AT the request of some sporting men, Prof
s. f. Baird, United States Commissioner OF Fish and
Fisheries, has ordered portion of Seth Green's supply
m sacramento salmon 10 stock the upper waters or the
Hudson River.
A person in Hartford advertises in the local
papers that all applications sent to certain box in the
PostOfce, from deserving poor asking for relief Will
pe promptly looked after and only snpulates that the
request he not for money.
Sweetness prevails in the church at Sims
bury, Mass, the ladies OF which lately gave honey
festival, the decacy which furnished the being
supplied by swarm OF bees which for some time has
peeh DiVed IN the church steeple.
The Aged Brotherhood of Portland, Me-. an
association to which nobody uDder years OF age ad
mted, gave sacred recently the music being
OF the od-fashoned sort. Also VI. Radoux, II French
nn,eom OF 90 years nnd formerly eomoaant under Ma
Poieoh, sang the Marsellalse 10 1000 people,
A few days since an inmate of the Michigan
ago. returned OF his accord. lie said he had found
10 place he liked well the Asylum, and seemed to
be IN great trouble lest Dr. Van Deusen would refuse TO
Receive him. The Doctor made him welcome.
The COlvOcOresses insurance case, which was
on the docket OF the Superior Court at Lchheld, Conn,
for trial this month has been postponed. Indefinitely
II would seem, CnieiJusce Seymour who to pre-
side at the Of the court debarred from
trying the case aud there are rnmors OF compromise
A Lad in Worcester, Mass, has been fined
s. aud costs amounting sli So for stealing copy OF
daily newspaper from the door OF subscriber In pass
ing the Judge said the market
value OF the stolen that called for punish
ment but the great annoyance attending such petty p
ieriDg.
A colored man, recently deceased, in New
Orleans owed the city nearly 100000 in back taxea He
lived in old garret, worked like slave, and
allowed himself of the comforts OF life He owned
real estate worth 100000 at least, and large amount
taxes running back dozen years, which he avoided
paying by giving the city ten per cent on the gross
amount, which the law permitted, and then he lent
the money on mortgages for from Is TO "a per cent.
A thrilling scene occurred at Mrs. Liver
mores lecture at Springfield vt few nights since.
The lady had been datIng eloquenty upon the bad
effects OF tight iaeiug when young woman in the gal
her corset strines and drawing them forth Rnotted
them together aud tossed them to some gentlemen near
by, with the observation Here, boys, you can have
this TO play cat scrade with"
A fireman has introduced into an engine
house in Bridgeport Conn. an apparatus whereby the
lights turned up, the horses unfastened from their
stalls and the doors thrown back all by the striking OF
very successfully for nearly year The hammer Of The
gong lifting TO strike the first blow moves lever
which sets the whole machinery IN motion, aud the
horses, finding themselves hnfastened make their
way to truck and soemnly back into their places.
An emigrant from Pennsylvania writes home
from Pierce City, Lawrence County, No. under date
the 9th ul that he has been in Pierce City since the
20tn OF June Last and has but six cloudy days and
sour rain He ia bapiu IN nf NAL
sunlight ana moonlight and starlight, and to pine for
ian honest od-fashioned Mononeahela fog" He com
plains that there sickness or kind IN that place
and afirms that 1t would be relief to hear hoarse
voice" He doesn't mention whether he has any land to
sell in that Paradise for everybody except the poor
doctors
Mr.. Seth Adams, who recently died in Boston,
during his life often the victim of hypOchondria.
He left estate valued at 5OOOOO part of which he
has bequeathed relatives and TO Il number Of charta
BILE institutions. The residue of the estate is to he APP
miles Of Boston, for the reception and treatment OF
hypochondriacs. How clearly it may be possible TO
draw the line between insanity and hypochondr.a, and
whether the association OF a large number OF low
spirited people will be conducive TO their recovery are
questions which remain TO be determined
A painful event disturbed the pleasure of
Thanksgiving dinner in the family Of Charles Chat
worthy at Penn Yam. Just the family, including
young named John W. Collins, who had just mar
red the only daughter sitting down TO the festive
board the myrmidon Of the law arrived and took Col
Inns into custody charge or Ab
before says "a house OF JOY was suddenly turned
into house OF sadness Collins had appeared TO be
exemplary young person, but it il suspected that
matrimOny has been the main business ~ ms ife and
that has OF wives III different parts OF
the country.
An eccentric COW in st. Paul, having wish
for something better than the cold bare barn. cautiously
stole up the front stoop and stairs OF dwelling
and surprised its mistress by poking pair OF horns
through the second floor front door, The lady, with the
characteristic presence Of mind Of her sex attempted to
drive the beigerent foe out with the broom stick
Failing In this called the "tyraDt man, who dis
posed OF the COW, and great part OF tne FURNITURE,
and mating not TO mention sunering rev
broken fingers and "a scraped nose. THIS excursion or
h little less than Bossey" worth But the children
think more OF her now than ever
An experiment which has just been COM
menced by u Baltimore firm, and which A. I. Stewart
had ia view when he constructed his large building on
Fourthave., will probably help to settle the problem
Of cheap boarding houses for working women. The
house. which the Baltimore merchants have built Is to
tory 1t is story frame. conta nng 65 bedrooms
each bedroom containing two single peds, ana eash
room will have occupants There are four parlors,
neat and comfortably furnished library, well stocked
with books, magazines, and papers ana an organ Ior
the use OF the Inmates The building Is ngteu Win vas
Three meals each day will be furnshed anu the mouse
Will be closed II o'clock p m, ana tue charges lor
board aud washing for each girl Will be " @ per week.
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Mr.. BOUTWELL, AND THE SYNDICATE.