New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-01
GENERAL NOTES.

A Chicago newspaper describes dress when
IL took six months 70 make.
Atlanta, Ga. has two widows, sisters, aged
respectively IS and Is years.
In Detroit several women have applied for
positions streetcar conductors
Many horses have died in Missouri nom
having been fed on chin CHI bug fodder.
Mrs. Pepin, aged CIV. years, and the mother
OF % children, died at Essex, VT, recently.
The Kindergarten system is to be intro
duced into the pubic schools OF MTaukee.
At Medina, Penn, 75-pOund Devil Fish,"
caught in the Delaware, has been ON exhibition.
There were 200 marriages in NOdaway County,
No, last year. notwithstanding that sleepy name.
Martinsville, Ind, has produced hog weigh
ing Il22 pounds--the heaviest in toe United states
Two million fish, last year were hatehed
for the Government the state Hatchery IN Michigan
The Grand Jurors of Lucas County, Ohio,
have presented church ranlas a. an illegally anda
nuisance
Miss Jennie Britton of Lewisburg, Pa, has
won great glory by skating 81 miles Ia hours and IS
minutes
In Dewitt County, Texas, 10 indictments
have found against as many persons for carrying
six-shOOters.
Six fingers on each hand and IA toes on each
foot mad the baby OF Mrs Jane wett OF Stockton, Mo
Weight. 10 pounds
A Chicago man has invented beer-keeper's
bell punch. 1t is Mt a drinkabe, but machine to
check Declarations
Mrs. Amy Gridley of Chicago, age ss,
ascrbes her longevity the fact that she did not marry
until she was So years old.
An enterprisng Texas newspaper has taken
TO publishing chronological charts Of the citizens OF the
town IN which 1t IS printed.
So we go. A young man in Otterville, H.
has actually married hIs motherIulaw. and they are
living happily in the old homestead.
A New-0Teans newspaper Off'rs the follow
ing sentiment: George Washington-lr5t IN war; nrss
IN peace, aud last IN getting monument
Miss Ada Sweet of Chicago is the only female
pension agent in the country and receives the highest
salary paid to a woman by the Government
The Kansas people console themselves by
asserting their grasshOpper Is the insect SO
nelodiously sung by Anacreon the Greek poet.
Jim Hockey, late noted driver of Indiana
polls IL 10 have on the monument raised TO his memory
BY his brother horsemen, suly aud Aor'e sculptured
An American eagle and Canadian rooster
being matched 0ght Hamilton ol,.. the Other day
we mourn to say that the eagle was thrashed IN
mlnutes.
Asan incident of the severity Of the season,
II nav be mentioned that Oh the y n January - loco
motives frozen up on the c. e. ano q Railway near
Bu.IiI stOn.
The plantation Of Mrs. Mayblum, Fort Bend
County TeAs has this year produced 5000 worth Of
strap from land which. II planted ia cotton, would have
yielded only about SC0.
The Rev. Mr. Boehm Of Jersey City is pre-
pairing to celebrate his centennial 6lrhdy next MAJ;
| Conference OF American Meihodists
When an affectionate man in Mount Vernon,
H. published personal soliciting correspondence
with young cultured ladies'" tic type 1end set II up
| " eot0red ladies'" ana the poor fellow Is ia trouble.
At Lyndon, w. one day last week gen
tleman opened a fsh-hole eddy and removed with
mia hands nearly 800 pounds OF pie and suckers
fsa crowd the Aole for fresh an ana axe cap
| tured.
The Hawkes. family Of North Saugus, Mass.
stil occupies the flru owned ny in 1870
Tie house vas built in 1865 Adam Hawkes. owned the
which supplied oie ~ TIC ns, ioaHdeIy Ia INC
! country.
Lately a wildcat made raid on farmer,
house Just above Sioux City. lie the family dos
into pieces. lie pulled the hIdlc-sCriugs one os the
FAM ' cat H. chased FAMILY all directions and
az last succumDe1 to the family rf'.
When an Indianapolis man had lost $500 OF
his employers money faro, b- spunky VIE pistol 10
hand made the proprietor refund saved her husbands
place aud clt he SELF 10 the same estdhI Al.
mrnt, besides beng generally dAd almnnEy taxed
about
A melancholy story comes to us from Mis-
souri, Two children Of Martnsyle Harrison County,
boy age 10 aud girl Of years leaving school which
was kept mile and half from their home, about
LOST On IL ~ md tAe next morning Sr.e found frozen
b. death. They lad sought shel,cr la a r'Nlne, and
oveFcuma by fatigue had slept never 10 WaAe again.
When found the BODY OF the g was covered WITH Tue
blue ban coat Oh lcr brother.
The sick SquaV OF dISAy cAeI u WASH
incon Territory lately told her noble husband tat she
didn't tnak that should FEE any better unlcss
he killed her doctor. TN, is novel and startling view
medical matters. AID Inter. l-S ID iAa iF loi
The doctor N3 daily Killed; add .iou oellS trrb or ll'
acird IN deeu-. % M wi4 Dire! TIC d'r r. IL those
re1 "a, must I-ci htte co...t 1pou- co-.GuiIs ~
tnc bushes under such cIrcuuIs.tG1e s.
Here il the mixed meteorological reccgd Of
a day iu Davenport, Iowa, Az ~ thc thermometer
markell l5o above 0; at 4 a. 3d., u above. T1e1
driving sn.v-s,orln began, NiJh tue wind vigorously
northwest. At O'Clock D. tao snow ceased .l'ng
Az o'clock p. IN the Thermometer stood 8 e."T O, AZ
M . below; az go TO below; d, p. ~. so below
and at 10 O'Clock p. n., 20 L..o" W ~ ah tie tmr
high At o'clock tha next morning Gee mercury "as
down {, 20 below \ change " e. .a ecy.D hour
must rather trying 20 delicate 50 stems. Iho Oldest
ihaOtdut II Davenport remembers ,.I.E lAe ~.
There were challenges given and accepted on
Chr tlnJs div 20 q certain village ia TIE Province 0f
Ontario 10 step upon the tails Il many In fact
the eljres OF dccayed Donuy uryok we'd tins
western cline. \ battle royal ragged between the
O'Dwyers and the O'Brens. veutecn OK TIC O'D's
cp,a.a Is II lie O'B- and tle heroes couteuded aud
skulls were cracNad uuut dr"y eve. LFor} DOoy was
Kilt" Ever uiotler', sOl OF the Whole - uad % Ne
cr,.d IL IS. Ii ld 20 tuat mo legend OF tie Kilkenny
cats was yers nearly retiZ.t. A reverend Roman
Cltno.c geutcmin who tied % stop tue hght was
.ou- the wounded sucA was J-s H4a"1 "Au o.sSdiu'
trsyI
A woman died at Pi;tstOwn, Rensselaer,
county the other day at tic ,feat II 10 wears
after life which had IN 1t something of romance. Mrs.
Manchester was married when younZ woman, aud was
deserted by her husband, who went OF 10 Canada Sew.
ra years after when she sought lin there, she found
him married gin. A he begged plteously the neau
FELLOW not b. be posed. she calmly left lIm, and re-
turning home, Of MS cons 10 1--we with his
prT,.owu am has cared FOR Injured mother faith
fully H promised 10 remain single ana I'VE WIN MS
- long - she shOuId oe spdtGu " nlb anu No
kept his word.
The danger of accidents on the ice is causing