New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-24
GENERAL NOTES.
deal of interesr

Des Moines, Iowa, has temperance billiard
hall
A Helena, Montana, paper gives notice to all
long haired Montanans" that the barber goes away
next week"
A Norwalk (Vt.) hen keeps tally of her
eggs the last LAID distinctly marked one hund-
red and twenty -four.
Some gentlemen in three counties in Mary
land have challenged the world to fox hunt, either III
this country or In Europe
There are seven dismantled United States
war vessels now lying at the Francisco Navy
Two Of them are iron-cads.
Six lOiterers, q bOot-black, and cOrn-dOc-
tor of Kansas City responded to the title Of Professor
and an invitation 10 take drink.
The Warden of Sing Sing Prison says that
during his service OF years. he has known the
attempt OF "a " life prisoner TO escape.
Montana has case of female rights.
rooster retires every night with the brood while the
hen reposes snugly the topmOst the hepery
The bees in the neighborhood of Elizabeth
town. Ind, and Paducah. KY, have actually refused
improve each shining hour" and accumulated enough
honey TO support them during the Winter
The Boston Gazette cOrrects q statement re-
Gently made in THE TRIBUNE, the effect that New
York monopoly OF the Indian shawl trade in this
country II mentions the names Of three firms in that
city who import these articles.
Here is little man with long reach A
high, got into alteration with sixfooter in san
Francisco lately aud actually cut the top OF his
onisrs head Local papers ask, How did the dwarf get
up there
A gang of 90 men, one of whom had lost $780,
in Amy Oregon the cook the party OF steal
ing it, The cook stouty denied the theft and TO see if
he telling the truth the party took him forth, and
amid hilarious laughter QUIZ and gentle poke in the
ribs he carefully suspended by the neck until ne
nearly dead They then took ii for granted that he
did MT take the money, and gayy asked him prepare
la nd rln 70 I'll.
party are alive yet.
California newspapers are publishing remi-
nseences OF John Harrington, notorious character who
has just been discharged in San Francisco Police
Court complaint of murder. One story related OF
him is That once, while in Jail for ofense he lent
hanged. But he reclaimed his garment when he found
that the Sheriff was about TO bury the man in IT, snc
he would never have his coat hanged again.
Irrepressible is the American boy! Sixteen
years ago North Carolina lad received a sound fog
ging, and the presumption is that he deserved it, He
then sent TO hoe corn, but he didn't hoe muoh
for he disappeared from those regions altogether We
do know that he much mourned for. but IL be
was 1t sorrow thrown away, for forth ght since
he astonshed and OF course. eharmed) everybody by
turning up AS he brought $4,000 with him. all
made in California everyb delighted To see him.
and nobody expressed the least desire TO thrash him,
aud II isn't likely that anybody 1l hun 70 hoe corn
any more.
Who would not sympathize with the uIfor-
tunate and probably goOd-lookng young man who
boarded in Milford Mass. He doing well when the
blight about be described fell upon his existence.
His landlady medium aged) suddenly deyeloned ms
for following him into the entry and kissing him
before he went ont. IL was mothery thing to do but
the young man couldn't bear IL. Perhaps the other
boarders ioked him about IT. perhaps his heart was
anohers but at any rate, that Young man packed his
trunk, up his situation, aud left town Young
have been known TO affect tender passion for the
lady 5ut mostly these youths who had no stu
alton" to leave.
Il IL. 81
would be found effective officers particularly In Cafor
MIA. but in wrightmans Precinct, San Joaquin County
a woman lately elected to the Office OF constable
would have been only the election officers refused 20
count the fer her IL Is thought however that IL
she wants the Office she can have IL by appealing 10 the
courts II IL asserted that under the California consti-
tuition every citizen except those convicted OF certain
crimes hold office aud that women are citizens.
There IL great deal Of loose Law however, floating