New-York tribune., 1874-06-13
GENERAL NOTES.

wild dogs aud they recently destroyed much VAu
| able stock.
Rain. az described by an Iowa newspaper:
.rhe bottom dropped out Of tho ethereal wa'efssnh
| this morning"
The explosion of bottle of soda-water in
the hands Of Charles Fecher OF Atlanta Ga severed s
| artery and put the mans LIE IN danger
| Some unprincipled scOundrels of Moline, Ill.s
have introduced tho "fnfernal machine" new ele-
ment n the to resist the temperance crusade.
The authorities of Louisville recently burned
$500 worth Of gambling apparatus by order o. sne
court. thus making precedent ana se'"ns an o.ap"'
There was an epidemic of poisoning by but
termilk in Jcfersonvnle. KY, lately and !! pefsons
were mysterously made sick by paraKns oi ta' nu"'
A Revolutionary relic in the shape OF Bac-
chus has been modernzed. in Hartford by placing IL on
keg and using it as an extra inducemen' 70 Ao'
drinkers.
bold philanthropist has started the theory
in San Francisco that 1t actually hurts 70 oo
stoned to death but thus far the converts to this new
doctrine are few
Seth Green, the pisciculturist. has had re-
turned to him by shad gold watch-key. whico wss
marked with his name. and which he lost overooafo
some years ago.
From one grain of muscle taken from de-
ceased person in Flint, Mich. who had died OF heh'"a
sp,raiis 1o2 trchnn taken, looking IKE SNAKES
under a 200powcr lens
Miss Skillings gives notice to the owners Oh
some seven acres OF part OF Portland Me- that
their coats and preparing Ior oa'1e.
A cabinet manufacturer in Troy is making
ladys secretary Of piece of pankne from the deoH
the Lawrence Commodore Pre- rsr5ys sr sen aEsp 81 Inc
orable engagement on Lake Erc' oeP" i' r'"
An account of a deer-hunt in POcahontas
County West Virginia in the neghborhood OF the head
waters of the Greenbrler River that 81 deer ana
two bears killed by party OF eight gentiemen'
A man who was seen coming out OF Texas
newspaper Office with split nose, with one eye and with
one ear explained TO policeman that no enterea Ino
office simply to inquire IL tho editor was IN huo uo
was in," the victim mournfuiy added.
Three bells, cast from cannon captured In
the Prussian war; and given to the st. Matthew's
German Evangelical Church Of Baltimore Dy tne sm saa
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies
certain Rev. DR.. West has publicly de-
clared that the crimes Cincinnati have well nigh
made sodom and Gomorrah respectaoe Lns Go,r oc
journal that the charge f" Is not strictly True
Two Troy merchants, both bachelors, made
wager OF $3.50 side recently the stakes with accrued
interest at seven per cent to be paid TO the one who
gets married first The money was put into the hands
| of third person. and by him deposited In bank.
Funeral Grafton by an Arkansas poker-player
Gentlemen, my partner never killed man unless ne
thought he for it, and when he stocked ths
cards done In the prettest way you ever see III
| shoot the who says he has mt gone 10 heaVen'
The teachers of Essex County, n j., in con-
venton assembled have soemny resolved that corporal
punishment OF Divine institution and that no scnooi
in which foggng dispensed with can be properly Kept
One teacher alone was of different mlnd while 70 reg
istered themselves fageants How the Jersey YOUTH
will when the law against fustigaon Is repcaeu
Well here is chlOrOform administered under
entirely novel circumstances. gentleman crossing the
bridge at Fultonvlle Montgomery County saw small
| boy struggling in the river below. Down went INC
nhilanthropst 10 the rescue, the small boy strug
sben G te Gentleman remembered that he had bottle OF
chloroform in pocket To take It out aud to admnis
ter the to the wriggng lad was the "orho
| a moment; and then the unconscious form was ~~cu
| safely to the shore
| The temperance movement has taken ar.
other form In Buffalo. circular has been distributed
among tho sailors ana b2atmeD OF that place 10 thh
effect: "The Friendly Inn, No. Pearl-st NEAR the
bridget Buffalo, n. Y. The place to find good meal
clean bed, free readngroom. place TO write letters
captans and all others desiring male help Will find &c
advantageous to call at the Friendly lnD as II Is IN
tended make 1t the rendezvous OF SOBER steady men,
| No charges for securing hands"
| 1t is curious, and conveys an important
moral lesson-the fluent way in which irreisious men
can hypocricaly talk about religion. Theodore Weed.
who appears to be mostly swinder and altogether
humbug has been to the Albany Pententiary for
SIX months as an obtaner Of money under false pre-
lenses Sometimes this n0xiOus Weed pretended 10 Do
lines he Preached the Gospel nuently along the banks
of the Hudson He was especially strong on doctrinai
| points, such frauds usually are
Mad doctors say that imp0stOrs who slmu-
late insanity usually detected by OVERRIDING tho
natter This is into which Richard Pearce.
Colorado murderer seems to have fallen. Having been
convicted and sentenced 10 years imprisonment
bend sentence played anatic In such vigorous way
required the united energies OF three men to gee
him into court. In short methodcal his madness
that his lawyers would have nothing to do with hm
further He Is now In Laramie Penentiary, and per-
fectly sane.
We suppose that the proverb that beggars
shouldn't be choosers its:orign to the impudent
fastidousness Of that class An old lady whose fencs
In Durham, Conn.,, had become rather dlapdased, so
excited the sympathy Of benevolent citizen that he
determined to build new one SO he gave % ioad no. o.
them up When the load and the volunteers stopped az
SHARPLY declaring that she had any isnce
be made Of slats She poor, but pole Fence wsa
| what she hadn't coll o TO yet.
| BY this time, one would suppose, it would
be impossible to manufacture, construct or even mag
inc an original ghost. ghost without the accompany
ing musty robes and silent gliding motion with
sional rustic to attention. would be ghost at
ALL until these days OF Innovations But ghost
has commenced wandering round PQua, OHIO Ia moss
Ee affects the fser banks, and would not catch cold
and pr0fane the timehopOred habits or ghosts with
terns dagger, Which it hatters about graceful
manner and when an unsuspecting person crosses ts
| hres of pistol and disappears.
We have thought that for some time we were
| printing THE TRIBUNE under considerable inconvenr
ences but reading Of the moist state Of The Bulletin news
paper Office Cairo conteDtment becomes measure
ess Thirteen Inches Of water In with tho
draft of the furnace cut off, with the engine refusing to
wagge, and with state OF things inconl.
patibe with early editions AT the last accounts the depth
nches-a mere baeatelle-and worried propretors.
though minus considerable money were smiling moro
ou circmstances Seldom conducive 70 health ion.
gevity equanamy but thus far have been spared
trust that We are duly thankful for the immunity.