New-York tribune., 1873-05-16
GENERAL NOTES.

. Small industries and productions sometimes
vicld handsome profits Nantucket Mass, having given
M the pursuit OF whales which once made her
famous, Il not ashamed to pursue smaller game, ald
ported 2333 barrels of opened CLAIMS worth s2o'J''
There is a man in this city who has out
done the sick and sorry and repentant congressman
He bet with citizen Of Valley Falls, SIS on the election
of GEN Grant Finding himself the winner he, ne mas
uiousIv gwen the money 10 the Methodist ChuIch IN
Valley Falls which received it without word about me
snfuluess Of betting
II is possible that people may have lndulged
in the weed" from time mmemoral. Mrs. Gross has
found on the banks of the Green River in Kentucky,
no which Il made from stone and carved in shape ike
an OWL The workmanship, the peculiar quality OF the
stone and the weather-wOrn appearance OF the pipe
Indicate that more skifu wOrkmen than NOrih Amer
con Indians did tine carving and that long time must
have eapsed have made so much ehange H. stone oi
such compact grain ana smooth surface
At Jamaica, VT, a public examination OF
teachers of schools was held on the l'th OF
Apri one young lady, age IS, was unable to answer
cle oueston yet this same girl had already been en-
o,ced 10 teach school upon salary of 81 81 week
Yer in full view Of this positive evidence oI uInsss
srhool.meetng 10 see If they can obtain unanimous
nte 10 nut her into the place OF teacher ~ Is pOssDe
Va, VA eYrn mis- would snow want Of mental pose and
readiness unbecOmlng schOo|tedchef
II ia curious to notice how Germans have
come TO consider lagerbeer as necessary OF me- Ihus
The Cincinnati lOiESOtdW anu otheI P"PNA'''
that city are strongly advocating the sale OF lager al
per glass instead OF the present rate OF I'VE
cents The VoikSbldh MAKES remarkahle COMMUNICATION
n saVs. common labOring mau drinks elgHt gissres
of eer daily at cost of 40 cents or ~ 80 per Neeh
shonld the price lowered TO three cents the expense
,ruld me Al a. per week" II seems 10 occur 70
mis- newspaper that the common laDoring man might
drink no beer at all, and save the whole
Van Amburgh's menagerie met with rather
lveiv series OF misfor,unes at Armenia on May day
tn beein with cage ran away and smashed, but as
Il contained only "hay animals" they were easily Sc
cured and Gagged again. Then one OF the siegrst ch-
dren during ceiling walking performance Iell ~ ieet
and was considerably injured Then the srlzLiy peai
cage was upset; and finally during sIIeSh
snne of me cages got IN the mud lDese hisIoI
times must have been as surprising 10 'ho aHiS 40
they were vexatous TO the manager
If man is to do thing, 1t Is nt that nc
should do it in good style. From Achley, Iowa. last
week absconded Charles Reink, merchant he IooA
A. 600 with him. but he left also good deal Dehhu MN
in the shape OF wife, two children, ana deDt 10 e
amount of $1,000 He kindly written from hansse h
Cify 10 saw that his wife need not give heIseli tno
slightest uueasness, IL Is his lntenion nSsei no
turn so that matter may be considered setleu @ tne
debts not These he requests hls % uydpo
out of his own pocket which IL about the eooess
son ever made 10 fathernaw, since that species VI
relative came into existence. .
There is authority for stating that u
ha. never been the intention OF the ofunanoe
Bureau to sell the revolutionary trophies Whch na'o
been carefully preserved for many years al the
nor any others OF value. In preparing ihe No
miuons catalogue covering 800 closely printer pses,
errors unayOidaby occurred, and these tIOPncs W. W.
n,neutionally named among the obsolete stores;
lnistukes were noticed until after the cs'S
were distributed Tney have however DC 30 s COZ fned
states corrected catalogue being prepared ioi u''
tfIDutIQn.