New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-20
GENERAL NOTES.

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Eleven counties of Illinois are said 10 have
| ladies as superntendents OF their public schools.
A Georgia policeman is spoken of, more in
sorrow than in anger, as (" that ge8ia emDezzIer"
| A red-hot coal-stOve was regarded a. cheer.
ing IN Davenport Iowa. the 18th Of this very jane
Fall River Mass. with about 5000 mnabi-
has places in which ardent beverages are sod
Lunch taken by young fisherman OF Ath-
ems. Ga: One cracker. two onions aud one quart Of
! whisky
Curious remark of a little thrce-ycar.old,
Down East: There's two things | do 'spise-sunday
| and dying"
A case to test the ownership of a tin bucket
was lately tried in Union, 5 c. Value Of the bucket ~
| cents; costs or court, sl1'
A Milwaukee policeman recently ran a mile
in two minutes and twenty seconds under the Impression
that "a burglar was alter nun.
McAllister, the great magician, has received
Intelligence that he has fallen heir to share Of the Old
Mari estate in Scotland, valued at 4jige,ooO.
A girl in Georgia, though crOSs-eyed. has
been the of three dueIs ana ten exemgore fights
go much TOR looking at Two men si.nil'ineOu'y.
The old plan of Mr. Punch for preserving
furs is seasonabiy revived II to p OF al tho
hairs with tweezers aud then 70 varnish The skins
a Western moralst seasonably remarks that
It painful TO hear nv say, Is as hot as
ginger" when you know thai he does NJ mean ginger"
IL all
Five members Of the Fire Department IN
wiamsport, Penn, having been arrested On suspicion
OF arson, have confessed to burning :"9oW worth of
property since ISL
A smart young Granger in Lac Qui Parle.
MIMI has this year 900 forest trees. besides sat
ting up five nights every week with aredharcd youa2
woman OF great beauty.
AT the celebration of the coming Fourth, in
Webster Mass, bell formerly used IN the family Of
Gen Washington will SUMMON tine assemblaSe 20 dinner
The bell weighs SIX p)uAds
Two German fire companies in Elyna, o.
recently dsbanded because the Courc! passed pro-
hbitory beer ordinance. These gentlemen held that
water only good Tor putting ont Hres
Memphis has a Society of Pole Bearers. We
do not know the purpose OF IT,, organization. but ia
President ma thought tn publish card dis
claiming any intention of "sacking the city"
There is goose of a hen in Springfield.
Ohio who laid her eggs up in an apple tree ana when
last heard from was sitting bough not comprehend
ing that her eggs went TO grass as fast AZ che la them
In Omaha a baby ghost is astonishing tho
people In a certain house every other might BABY IL
heard to cry and cradle 70 rock though the family !,
banyess and cradleess Every other ngAt JUST AZ II
O'Clock.
The Rev. Marion Phelps, who has been fill
ing Methodist pulpit at Bridgcon. No. has been taken
10 Kentucky be tried FOR killing and rob5ng ped.
dler The reverend gentleman Is spoAeh oil as "o''
known GespcTidO'
A Davenport newspaper speaks Of doctor
in that city looking with deep-meaning smile upon
large lot OF green cucumbers in the market" on his
way home he observed to whisper conhlentallyto
several undertaker..
David Martin, who took little boy, loaded
his pantaoons with brckbat. and threw hm into Clpo
Fear Rlyer punching him with a pole until he was
drowned, only II years Old and under sentence Oh
death in New-Hanoyer Co., y. C.
A man in easy circumstances in Benton, Vt.
the other day hanged himself because he had been sued
for SO He left 4 note saying that n was perfectly
sane il he had got 80 low that h. name wasnt good
Tor $40, he had no desire to exist any longer
4 Hal a ami
festations Stones were mysteriousy thrown into
windows. It is now found that the spirit, throw wing
them Jackets and trowser.; AMI cach OF theso
ghosty messengers has been fined = and costs.
The editor of The Ner- Albany Qnd.) Led9er
Indignantly says: "of all maud in fools with which thus
world is afflicted deliver from those who criicse tho
fact that man puts his food into ms mouth win ms
knife" How is IL about nsng fingers instead OF hln1-
kerchet! We should really Ike 10 nave the seA'ehdhs
opinion.
Among the new publications of music, We
observe a song entitled He Kissed Her and She Kissed
Him" Life is short breath Is precious too many
words tedious; and az penoasns are 'lTlys TO 90
title, the secOndl II does MT make morse OF differ
| cnce which
moss scandalous lawsuit has just been on
trial in CorydOn, Indiana. Archibald Harper. Ia 1885,
conveyed his son. the defendant. who agreed
to support his father during his lifetime. Afcrwarl de-
lendtnt turned TIE OH genemn INTO me srret,' ana
left Inn shift for himself, which he did by bringing
! this action for the recovery OF his fIr.n
A dog in Detroit has been in the habit OF
going every day to a butchers shop, carrying ten
cent piece receiving hit OF meat for his breakfast
The other day. IN the abseuce OF the proprietor h. paid
whole sirlon steak. The butcher hasn't 80 high an
opinion OF the intelligence OF the animal as lie had be-
| fore the transaction
| The Rev. Mr.. FeatheTstOne of the Nick,burg
District is a Methodist minister OF the old inIomtADo
STAMP. He is the Presiding Elder OF those regions
which have been recently for the most part under
watef-a beautiful field for Baptist bur not quite 30
| nice for a Methodist But the Rev. Mr.. Feathrrstone
was not 10 be daunted by moist dlhcultles lie went
from pont 10 point boat; he preached in boat;
| ami when it became ssary to wade he waded
\ century plant is Mr.. George Castator OF
Haserstown. Ind. III is OK. years old, very little bent
has full head OF haIr. several wel-preseryed teeth:
eyeslght tolerabe appetite good though he eats only
two meals day; bur he mas lost the power o; ocomO
ton Conseq Ienty he sits m his easy chair by VIII
dow. and chews tobacco from mOrnngtIl evening Tnis
habit OF asticating lie acquired after he - years
old which time he has failed very fast for 20 years
Master John CAVITY OF Idaho, only lG years
old has exhibited great precocity in providing himself
with food and lodging. lie Is now In Jail for 40 DAYS for
stealing saddle. At the enl Of that peroi Of punish
ment and probation he will 20 in for the bride. AFTER
that he will remain account Of pair OF spurs e-
| caly appropriated. Then he Will eApite fclOuou>y
acquired shotgun. Finally he Will reside out the horse
He Will De "A wellgr0wn young man. John WILL Wheh no
leaves that JAIL.
In The ErdpsrUe Qnd.) Journal is told a
tragic story few days Mrs. Kyle. having gone
a short distance from the house q wash took one child.
an mfaut with her, and left the other at home. rat
tesnake fastened il, fangs upon her chlds wrist and
| baby gave up the ghost. Hurrying home with the
remains In her she found the othef cld drOwhed
in tub OF wafer Her screams startled her hnsband
who work the roof, and iillDs 10 the ground
| he was instantly killed.
Tie new flying machine which has been
devised aud constructed by Mr. Charles Dyer OF Dalton,
Ga, is very promising one as such machines Always