New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-28
GENERAL NOTES.


womans Cub is, TINS winter to give special attention
10 the subject OF The Home series OF papers on this
topic will be read and there will be subsequent discus
sion, and then tea and toast.
The daughter Of o wealthy gentleman In
New.Bedford Mass has aroused the quetude OF that
ancient town by marrying her fathers hoser There is
no help for it the knot has been fast tied by clergy
man and the honeymoon is mildly beamng at neigh
| boring seaport.
A revival of religion ut Richmond, Ind, is
marked by peculiartes. The converts take their
ewery from their persons and give them to the cause
OF Christ and gentleman, being Knight Tclnplar,
has presented his regaa To the church ana abandoned
the order
One escaped lunatic at least seems to have
bettcred himself Three years ago Nathaniel b. Nc
Curly Maine man, got out Of the asylum by dropping
down the lghtning-rod. a few days ago he informed
the military service of Ali Pasha, who doesn't sup
| pose regard insanity as military disqualification
| Here are two pretty Juvenile little things
l. a Chicago miss who went through the tunnel under
the river, exclaimed, on returning home go; ma we
detected in mendacity thus by the maternal command
have done it, only thought you could take joke"
| Perhaps it is not absolutely necessary that
the intelligent juryman should know how to SPELL cor
rect spelling being an accomplishment not vouchsafed
to everybody il this world. In Haddam, Conn, the
other day an inqusitye person picked up ron me
sweepngs the jury ten ballots. On i've OF them
was written not gilty;" on three plainIiHe ana on
| two, "plantL'
| Are women to be cut off from all that can
make life tOlerable There is a hard-heartcd man
named scolye. of Fort Wayne, Indiana who seeks to
be divorced from the wife of his bosom because she has
gone into training for walking match How does ne
know that after training she might not have walked
away from him OF her own motion, and thus saved him
the expenses OF a suit
BenevOlence to beasts has its drawbacks.
times have attempts been made to take the life Of
W L. Darbee of Newark. Wayne County, because he is
|
Cruelty 10 Animals On recent occasion he complained
of canal driver for cruelty treating his horse aud
day two AFTER the canal driver fred at him. but for
tunatey did not succeed in his muTderOus attempt.
| The Supreme Court of Massachusetts, has
again declared that by statutes OF tho state all
wagers are void. The action one for money had
received against the party winning the which
had In good faith been paid to him BY the Stakeholder
The presiding Judge refused TO admit evidence onered
the defendant tending 10 show that he had won the
wager which, siDgulary enough, was upon the position
Of certain graves IN a cemetery.
Long engagements of marriage are not de-
srable though honest love may ont all golden
aud glorious from such test We hear of perhaps the
very shortest engagement on record. In Dubuque
young man met strange girl on street car He was
struck win her appearance ana ms hrst act OF loving
deYOtun was 10 pay htr rare rms nome PROOF Oh uls
interested affection so touched the susceptible heart of
The damsel thai three hours afterYard these new
quainiaECes were husband aud vile.
The i0vial habits of tho London cabmeD
are attracting,the attention of alarmed public. The
bacchaualian jchus Ovcrurn their vehicles, into
vans and other carriages and seriously endanger the
lives their helpless fares The RAJ MAJ Gdsee says
with much seriousness that drunken cabman in the
streets OF London is almost as dangerous animal
drunken enslue-drver; yet practically the public are.
left the mercy of these men, who often barely
pable OF holding the reins in their hands.
1t is useless to roam about the world in the
hope that something extraordinary may happen TO you
there is quite as good chance Of being distinguished
il one only stays bone Thus The Leighton (Pa Neirs
relates thata little girl in the employ Of the loctendcr at
LehigB Gap was actually scuped some time ago, though
no MOdOc within thousands OF miles OF her. she
was struck on the head by wickethandc, and the
whole upper , ~ haT ana a neatly removed For
travelling as an escaped captive
The jail in Kent County, Del, is not one of
those stronghods which calculated to fill the minds
their inmates with despair Of escape. 1t cost sGooO
and according 70 the local newspaper it is quite easy
20 Ees ~ III ~ s,ently series the UIpnni ~ & 40
livery. murderer walked out OF the prison the other
day went awhile stayed there his leisure
threatened 10 KIN the landlord WHO came for his rent
aud then vanished Into infinite space.
lizard Alen is the name of drink which
is now a good deal imbibed in Edinburgh; aud sad
stuff according to the description of IT, must this bev
eage be. The Public Health Committee having snb
iected 1t 10 analysis report that II composed OF
tain vegetable extracted matter Of similar origin 10 that
found III ordinary beer In state OF decomposition"
Hard ale IS simply deeOlhp0sed beer mixed vi water.
II has bad smell 1t has bad taste; and yet there
five shops for he sale OF TINS delightful hpple ~ old
Town Edinburgh. We suppose that It's Intoxicating
qualities must lie of the highest order
1t must be dreadful to have fallen into the
error Of naming child "DemOsthenes" but when that
child cut bad, and metaphorcay speaking bites
ia parent with tooth sharper than a serpents. it must
be still more dreadful TO be forced 10 advertise Demos
themes and to caution people against trusting him on tho
ford Dell has been obliged 70 DO In consequence Of the
actions Of DemOsbenes W PARADE, who instead OF
coming great orator ~ alleged 10 have betaken himself
TO swindDg shopkeepers
Notes on retrenchment are fitting these days,
and there is probably suggestive modern
fashionable economy than this instance OF former time
related in the autobiography of Henry Chorey.
II gives Count DOrsays idea of poverty and prudence
When after spending royalty his money md that OF
his friends, the handsome, gracious, elegant man OF
Well, at least, IL have nothing else / will have the
best umbrella that ever was" Accordingly a friend
brought from Paris to the imprisoned sDendth beau
tifn umbrella with a handle set with jewels
There are larcenies and larcenies, but some
tunes theft presents quite a congloneraton OF aggra
yations Miss Lulu wilkinson after dsting shlng her
self as o fever ia Savannah, Ca, received fine
gold cross as testimony OF her devotion the afflicted
Just she was about leaving the city, this memorial
WAS stolen from her. To steal cross would
lie kind OF sacrlege To steal gift like that argued
magnificent heartessness To steal from such good
broker OF average pey VIII advance the thief one penny
Oh such plunder
We suppose, Notwithstanding all warnings,
that kind hearted Old gentlemen will continue to divide
their properly their children while living instead
of unakng Will and dying, which is the regular and
prudent thing 10 do James Brown OF Salem Mass,
cuIoulhten little money and ten children. He becamc
cOgcr 30 bc all his property ~ bis two and
thc1 hc unfortunately recovered We need Mt Say
Inc two t"DS ~ the estate aud tlrned the old gentle
man Ito he street. VIII lac was looking for lodging