Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-18
GENERAL NOTES.

Z AassNS Al Nts1S&A @tS2ihh ~tH@SA aiiN
declamat0r
The various newspapers Of New
& Yo K city are said to own about
$4,000, 600 worth of real estate.
al Peoria lady has 4 mission. 1T
/ is to change tile name Of "Ameri-
ca to columbia
Somebody has invented sun
umbrella and mosquito net COM
bined. They will be useful for
+ the seaside as one planted beside
a camp stool will shelter the head
while the net sets the winged
/ plaques at d eflance.
Many Of the county people liv-
/ ing near Sac0, Me, still observe
thecnstom of bathing on the beach
i on the 2Sth ofJune, under the de-
fusion that there is a special vir-
tue in the water for healing chron-
ic diseases on that day.
An autograph letter of Nell
Gwynne recently sold in London
for Sl40' and the manuscript OF
Charles Lambs famous 'tDisser-
tation on Roast Pig for $40. A
letter from Oliver Goldsmith to
David Garrick sold for $500.
| Foxes in the neighborhood of
English creek, Atlantic county,
New Jersey, are bold enough to
make their appearance in broad
daylight upon the highway and to
help themselves freely to all poul-
try that comes in their way.
A lawyer in Troy recently clos
ed his knees suddenly in endeav-
oring to catch a steel pen which
| fell from behind his ear. BY some
means he drove the pen over an
inch deep III his leg, inflicting a
painful wound, which bled good
deal before it could be stopped
He does not use his ear rs a pen
rack any more.
was recently plugging his pota.
toes, when, in crushing one Of the
insects, some Of the juice struck
him in the face. The result was
I a infulswelllng. The physicians
were attending him, and they con
slider the bug much more powerful
as blistering agent than Spanish
flies
The Skull and Bones Club Of
/ Yale College own a windowless
building of freestone which cost
! $4,000 in the days when labor
and material were cheap. Much
money has since been lavished
upon it. The interior is furnisa
ina style Of sumptuouS magnifi-
cence. The building with the lot
upon which it stands Is probably
worth to day at least $50, 600, and
the club endowments are ample
1T is stated that while the Pres
ident exercises the authority to
make or unmake 300 postmas-
tiers, the Postmaster General can do
the same thing by between 1000
and $4,000.
The mineral SPRINGS ofGolorada
accord othe papers of that 5 ate,
bid fair to be The rival of Sartoga
and Long Brancu in popularity,
and now excel either OF those re-
sorts in healthfulness and charms
of scenery.
At SchoolmasterS' Congress re-
Gently held in Bresiau, Germany,
a remarkable fact was brought out
in relation TO the kunzlg fanny,
three generations OF whom have
without, a years break, been EN-
ployed from 1923 TO the present
time in the Stateservice as school
masters.
The Rev. Isaac Kalloch, who ha
returned to the pulpit from the
prOfane and unpromising path OF
politics, recently chose Senator
Pomeroy for his text. He referred
in touching ones to the ingratis
tude of men who had received
the most favors from Pomeroy.
Gambetta, says the Nouuelliste of
Rouen, is not entitled to seat in
the French Assembly, because he
is not citizen possessing political
rights. His father was a Geonese
and though he was himself born in
France he did not declare on reach
ing his majority, as the law re-
quires, his choice ofcountry.
We do not know whether Miss
Kate Field means to fool with
the mask of Thalia or trife with
the butcher-knife of Melpomene,
but we would advise tragedy by
all means. We have a vivid reccol-
lection of witnessing one of the
charms of this person. She was