New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-28
GENERAL NOTES.
It is a I,mens,bl fact that sexton IN P,

nH' TNp dNtI WIN N 'y''h p'H itulH
According TO an Ohio mathematician. nm.
dies the use o. alcohol evcry seven nin,,s.
Lately not death occurred in The CITY q,
Bath. Ne. for II days unprecedented lack Of ,oo,
Lsty. fft e 81 '"
In Keokuk ladies' so,cty has been foru.a
70 hunt up husbands who 'o,po at 'tbo lodge" after
Holy Cross College, Worcester. Mass b,,
matuculaieu. 'N' '''"s
A Trinidad. Colorado, mob thought it b,.. n
hang man who had murderei woman booans, An.
owed him 81.
The proudest man in the United States ia in
Montgomery, Pa. lie carried Of "a promums At N.
DoylrstowD poultry snow
Georgia shOpkcepcr having advertised TO
se everything except whisky there stlk among hls
customers Of yDrh'ng him.
Australian preserved meat is considered an
abominsion the British psorhose- aud in s.yor.I a,
tboD iIS CCOaslOu0d revolt
Il Western boicl has a terrier dog which haS
killed. 100 rats in nOnth. slnarJ dog out RAJ her An
uncomfortable sort Of nm Inn
A Montreal doctor and Quebec doctor Iast
week disagreed 70 tie oKtent ~ nghn, auei ana NJ
Montreal IL now doc,Orimg ma own leg.
A man in Kennebec, Me-, having purchased
COW. has pcuonod the Legislature ~ incorporate IN.
COW and himself as a cheese-factory.
The police force of New Haven have organ.
led Mutual AID Association. modelled alter tho one
that has worked so sucle ssiully IN this City.
An Indiana rcfOrmer has been saying hard
things OF Government "or taking tho tax on pisner.
what we don't use. and keepn' Il on whisky What We
The largest tree in BroOkline, N. H., has his,
been cut ana sawed. Ii pine. 40 yosrs Old rhs
hrst log 10 feet long made so feot oil inch boards
whole tree, 3,Ji7 feet.
The following astonishing piece Of philoogy
s travelling through the newspaper5; The word hue
band" IL composed Of Two hogo-5dxon words, nus and
bonds, meaning h0use-t00r D.!
There Is nothing like mild way of stating
taings. fortunate husband recently grluaed .
divorce by Vernon. Court account oil iutoler
able severity OF Sarah. his wife,"
young lady school ma'am in Peoria was
astonshed lately at seeing all the ittle hands raised
the air au0 Violently agiaied. what DO yOa waUtt"
said -he. Chorus: q" Icr bair IL Ealing oil ~
"The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting
the Abolition 81 Slavery" which WAS organized in 77h
recently held annual election, at which President
aud other officers we're chosen for the ensuing year
The silk-worm egg is about os large 10 .
pins head. How many wGre there In tho carload rs
Gently shipped from san Francisco 10 France via New
Yoikf Inc total value OF the cargo Was S'D"NO
Philadelphia has a powder magazine in tho
certer OF the city and the people trying to have
1t removed FROM the immediate vicinity OF extensive
coal OIL ref cries and constantly passing locomotives
Macon County, Kentucky, rQi0ices in Q
LADIES' Calico Church Club. Every member is pledged
-
'bustle al that sort Of thnS-nO Jgwolry no gee
eaws-nO, nothing OF the sOr!.
A lively panther last week chased the United
states mani and the postmao who carrying II, bo
tween Bnrksve and Cbina, Tenn. We fcrbesr to men
ton IN ler particulars as tbs PoatnaserGenoral Su
probably give them in his next report.
Illinois is having a hard time Of it by rea-
son OF wolves Seven OF the animals seen QUO
In Scott County in day $50 sheep have been
killed by Them In O-le County; a railway trail
aud finished one wolf at Jacksonville.
A gigantic c0lored man, according tn Tho
VickSbug Times, lii that city. recently, with the
assistance two other men 10 help him 10 shoulder ~
carried bale Of cotton weighing 40 pounds from tbs
outer guard OF the whari-bOdt across the whariOoaI
ANA 0ut tn the lcVee
The editor Of Jackson, Miss, newspaper
lately went out with pistol in his hand Tor the purpose
OF vlndcaog his character for truth and veracity We
brought back IN q wheebarrow. with a blanket over
hm, IA quiet as lamb.
The Speaker of the Ohio Legislature has
ruled that 10 not ont OF order for member TO clarao
terize the statements Of another member ~ false a.
used the refined eNrcssor repeated several tlnca
us infinite satisfaction.
A member Of the Boston School Committee
VINO does not think the election OF That body
iat 4tipid" "gio.ii"" rowir. aai men
dacous" for having opinion and for voting ia accord
dDce with h.
Well. this is going rather far 10 secure 6
made hisInnd uy. AT the trial o. The Duee,
murder Charleston, c.. the prisoners conn.ei
did hs best TO secure Jury composed entirely OF black.
that IA New-York, We suppose, before long.
The paragraph is on its travel again about
Tie Pekb, GG-ee. how it printed large sheet Of
yellow silk. AMI is Just what 1t was thousand years
ago. Barring he yellow silk aud suJtractnS sometltns
rom the Thousand years. know several nows
papers In the United states exactly liAc it.
The most remarkable school teacher in the
county Is Col. d. T. Graham OF Temperance, Tef fair
County, Ca He is pagJyzed, hts whole body being help
.S SSent hi. hand. aud arms M 20 his elbows For
ne has sugat school while lying on his back
No corporal punishment, We take At. III thaJ school
There is Il story IN circulation that the body
OF = deceased person being oxhnmed in Bangor
found 10 weigh II pounds more than when bgrjed five
before. IL was perfect IN shape and feature ~
when buried aud entire surface seemed to D. over
lld with marbit-.ike enamel, white aud clear ~
alJbaster."
Ground was broken At Littleton, Colorado,
on 18th is.t FOR the foundation Of the first Re-
formed Episcopal Church 10 be erected in the United
stnes 1t is SAID that will De- of the finest churca
sdtees ~ ne ItritDIy Inc rotor y tne hoy; n r.
The Rev Dr. McCraig recently called Ia the
pastoral care Of the Ninth Presbyterian Church Chi
cage reported have stonshed the natives by de
carng sacred history 70 be "a tumble Of abslrditles;
by saying that Evolution started with star dust and
ana fies has ciimsed all the way mp to man ava
an civilization" fhs Interior newspaper the
Pe.bytery o. Cneaso that one Of It's chugchs Is MIN
stered by ufdel" and he Banner also sticks pins
into the Rev. DR.. McCralg.
The following persuasive and encouraging
note was attached TO baby lett on doorstep IN So
Louis: Sir: Please accept TINS orphan child. lfyoo
should despse the gift give IL 10 one who VIII sp
preci.te H. From the little acorn the mighty oak
towers above This wslf may yet De hashlugIoh
Now the gentleman and his wife thas Appealed 70 al
yealy had OF their eleven possible WasngODs lOI
Martha XashIgtons) and might have passed the nttie
ili az do u. floy