New-York tribune., 1874-03-21
GENERAL NOTES.

An Oshkosh Judge lateIy rccei'cu io"i o''i .
of soap for marriage fee. Couldl tins DO considered
clean cashf
The bones of three of Barnum's drOmedarles
have been presented to Yale College. The relics OF the
others go TO the Smithsonian Institute.
Seven young ladies in Waupon. Wisconsin,
lately jumped for a silver medal They wore looSo
trousers. and Sarah Jane Smith conquered
Because a resident of Laporte, Ind, got mar
ried Immediately upon hearing Of his divorce no was
burnt iu eIigy by the indignant inhabitants.
A Council Bluffs milk dealer has introduced
the practice OF delivering milk In quart and pint
which be conveniently placed on 100 UT III ooo "a
The first prize-a handsome case or surgicai
instruments been awarded 10 tho iowa otso o"'-
yersy to Miss Rebecca Hanna for the best specimen OF
anatomy.
A calf born in Ludlow, VT. now no more,
had two heads two necks two breasts and six legs III
he had lived. what an ornament to the DaFn-yard no
would have been
Inscription on tombstone in Columbia,
Teun Escaped bullets Of the enemy to be assas-
sjnated by a cowardy pup-a kind husband. an ahec-
tionate father"
There is a butcher in KcOkuk, Iowa, who
gives away chrome with every ten pounds OF meat Is
the generous man that his patrons would not pre-
fer al extra chopf
There is a Mr.. Frank Preston, aged 100 years,
less one month living San francisco He not Cnly
saw Washington hut held his horse while Preston pere
shod the illustrlOus animal
The City of Louisville rejoices in the pros
pec OF tho establishment OF long talked OF cotton fac
tory the men and tho energy to make the enterprise
successful having at last been discovered
Twenty one years ago Hosea Fletcher of Mil
fred Mass left town with yoke of and had not
beer heard until last week. when he was Kind enough
TO write from Kansas and inquire about his FAMILY
The people of Whitley County, Ky, mourn
the disappearance OF their Sheriff. named Brasshcld but
they much for $1,000 of the county money
which took with HIM to pay his travelling expenses
Mrs. Coughorn, Marion County, Tenn, aged
l3 years last Summer cultivated patch OF corn by her
abors She goes about wherever she wishes always
walking. and Is altogether fine old Tennessee gentle
woman. all OF the olden time
The story of Cleopatra's pearl has been sur
passed. In saugatuck, Conn.,, at supper the other
night, about 100 pearls found in the shel of a
roasted ser all spoiled large aud small by the cook
ing which they had been subjected.
Darwin ID. Hall, prominent and rich man
IN st. Johnsbury VT, committed suicide the other day
on account Of trouble with his hirod girl" III every
body having this OF trouble should do this sort OF
thing, how tragic would the times become
The manager OF the city street railroad. in
New Orleans recently went through melancholy opera
tion Taking bag containing TOOo counterfeit nickcs.
which had been received from passengers he carried 1t
in the middle OF the river, and there c0nsignod
II 10 a watery grave.
Mrs. Van Tassell, who died aged 80 years at
Maumee City, Ohio is said to have been the first woman
admitted to medical lectures In TINS country These she
this city l8i3 and aterward praoticed for
six years Memphis In early fo she. with her hus-
band was q missionary among tho Ottawa Indians
Three strangers arrived at Lynnfeld, Mass,
the other night at the homo Of E. g. Russell No one
OF could speak word Of English. and they were
naked and destitute, not of them having penny
They were furnished with food and clothing and will be
cared for Till they do better The aggregate weight
of the three was az pounds
We do not know who could possibly be
more in OF heipnate than Mr. Ross Of Florence,
Ala He never walked step In his life. He has just
taken No. D. At his first marriage he supported
az the side bride a huge basket. but he
through the second held by the side vf the
bed out Of which he got for the purpose.