New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-14
GENERAL NOTES.

hogs IN Southern California;
Waynesb0rO, Penn, has haunted dis
tillery. Just the place for spirits
There arc only eight gold watches in IIar-
rlsDurg, Pa.-aceording 10 the Official tax levy.
A club of farmers in Chesterfield, ILL.,, takes
siO5 worth OF magazines and newspapers annually.
In Carthage, H., boys under tine age Of i6
are by city ordinance recently passed, prohibited from
che wing tobacco.
It is rather pulling to read that The Ad-
yentiat, 81 westerly. IL l., aro building sn"''"n'~l
Incctiugb0Use.
At concert lately given in newmarket
Y. H. the attractions the Canata orr 'ihci and
% IIe' Oystar slpper
The Reverend the Rector OF Twineham, En-
md has been fined IS for using aFmosiai boauncs
without having paid the duty.
As "A suggestive bit OF statistics, it may be
mentioned that - eiB-bOuses have been burned ia
Georgia since lat ptc.nbeT
In Hardin County, Iowa, is family con-
ssnc OF one Mr., Mrs. aud two Misses Aggregate
weight OF the fodr, 1859 pOunis.
couple in Kansas lately paid them marriage
fee in butter somebody suggests that they hsioegcd
to the creme de Ia creme
Perseverance isn't always rewarded. In
9di2na at,g % men handed IS cord Q; ~ooi to sot
! There is a town in Minnesota called Albert
Ica but tho inhabian's are dssatisdcd aud IroCsod
! TO change the name 10 Landscape City.
For selling a blind man a pair Of boots Of
different numbers. Thomas McD'rmOtt OF Providence,
H. l.. will languish IN Jail for 10 days.
In Dayton, ONO, last week, destitute old
man and woman were found stretched upon a bed OK
straw In an lcehouse. COid comfort!
The daily exports OF Lexington, Scott
County Ind, are stated to be five carloads OF MILK
The daily imports are zen barrels OF whisky.
The Roman Catholics of Boston have cub
scribed $4,000 for new Episcopal residence, which
shall be IN keeping with Their magnificent Cathedral
1t turns out that female Justices of tho
Peace were once known in England. but then on tho
other hand, they were appointed by Bloody hsry"
The child of Kate Fox, now Mrs. JenckeH,
the original spirit pper, though only three years old,
chld
Somebody says, queerly enough, tina; Boston,
having swallowed various other neIgnDorns towns, ~
greasus the ears OF Maiden preparatory 10 dega'
tti0n"
The latest geological curiosity is reported
from Richmond, Ya.-a dog with two tails Ono OF then,
however, was oxtail. and the do. carried At IN Dis
mouth.
The political condition of the South has
stimulated The atlanta Constitution to the invention II
the word "jumblement," WHICH may DC Gsci!, though
awful TO look at
Oskaloosa, Iowa, hungers and thiFsts for a
starch factory and offers bonus OF $4,000 10 anybody
who will there start capable OF uslns 1909 bushels
OF corn per diem.
The latest novelty of life insurance ia tho
case OF a woman in Detroit who visited every Office IA
that city, trying to get pocy vi sJO On siA-Honths-
old baby. No takers
A discOnsOlate gentleman in Chicago adver-
tises that the thief who stole his webucLet aud rope
will oblge him by coming aud taking the well for which
he has now no use.
Mrs. Ellen Babb of PASSPORT, Me-, has been
appointed Jusce-not one of your common Justices
of the Peace but high aud mi ghty Justice " the Peace
and the Quorum.
Mrs. McCum Of Kalamazoo has twins; but
she isn't proud for OF them weighs only 10 o.,
and the other only ID This case III which tho
ounces are OF Importance.
HQratiO Stone, the sculptor has been selected
to make a fulllenCth statue Of Senator Eiward D.
Baker as CALIFORNIA; contribution to the Memorial bah
Of the National Capitol.
Photographs are usually rather monotonOus,
but an interesting sunpcture must be that Oh MI Amer
Hunty of Cuba n Y, aged lO7 years, sitting upon has
horse as upright as a statue.
Honorable mention is made of n Maine ser
want girl who now serving her SD Winter under tho
same roof Per a Missouri gir, aged keeps her
fathers house ana makes his trousers.
"A The latest faithful dog is in Sterling, Mass
He refuses comfort for the death OF the family horse
sleeps in the snow the larger quadrupeds grave
and goes neroicaly without his yctuais.
John G. Whittier writes to friend, under
date of Jan 30: AMY head and eyes will Dot allow mo
to think of literary work. An unfulhled engagemeIt
with The Atlantic Monthly troubles me much"
1t is said that the new Game law works
trot market except rabbits and squrres-pretty suIo
evidence that hunters respecting the statute
A manager in Liverpool, who last Christmas
advertised Tor "goodooking ladies" 10 20 on III tho
pantomime. received 600 replies. one young woman
sent yard of auburn hair as specimen % hei cbaInr
The Librarian of the Worcester Public Library,
says his Annual Report that the Sunday opening
doing great deal for the intellectual improvement OF
the citizens, ana raising The moral tone Ok TIE commu-
nifty.
Two thousand dollars is pretty high price
to pay for a single rooster That Is what Mr. DAVIS OF
Portland has just gwen Ira Batchedcr for lark
Spanish cocA-consd,red the best game Did ia mo
/ country.
A PENNSYLVANIA couple lately had the bad
taste 10 be married graveyard. TINS festive incl
dent caused the worst pun we ever heardi Cor some
| wretch sad " But then, you know, 40 eciH,'eEi"h
| Inmate IA, lnuctu'
| Is there any true economy in the resolution
| adopted by the Car0na Grange, IN Calhoun Courv'
! Mss that no lady member Of this Grange sbal par.
any dress goods. for the next year. VI bitHo'
! price than that VI ctiicO'
Decline of the Drama" is an odd phrase,
when 100 theaers IN Great Britain, exclusive
Of a. Of al kind, Loson alone, TO say nothing OF sS
music halls employing lao professionals, lbelui!bS,
alas , 4iS comic Noodlisia
We read that Prof Blackle of Edinburgh
Is making great TO reform the pronunciation II
Greek and Latin We presume that, Ike osher Edin-
buIll aud Glasgow Professors, who now dead and
gone, he faYOrs pare Scotch Doric
Certain excited philanthropists once petit
toned the Legislature OF Massachusetts TO orIdln that
all hangin. should done by clergymon. Az recent
| execution Gloucester, Eng, doctor offered ~ op
eratc SrdtUltOusly, iOr thc love OF the thlnE
Picture buyers will be interested in the in
formation tsyen by The AdcertISer that welknown
artist IN Boston has large number OF assistants who
40 no-t OF the work ON me- paintings He ten flashes