New-York tribune., 1876-10-17
GENERAL NOTES.

The first prosecution under the Nlvlsech0n
act took place in the English courts late in scpteper
Dr. Abrath of Sunderland issued pacaId headed Inc
BALKAN Mystery" announcing lecture on "Antlhoh>'
at which he would perform experiments on animals 10
illustrate the effects of pOiOns and TO delhonsla" & s
theory that Mr. Bravo not killed by lhdt diis IIc
Royal Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Anlms
immediately nterfered ana the IGclItr was nuou o"0
shilling merely for publishing the placard.
A whale was killed in the Chesapeake last
week The monster grounded IN six feet OF water on
OccohannOck bar and made great eNertions To get or
spouting prodgiOusy intervals much to the edhca
tion of a large company OF villagers Length 312 ieet;
weight about two tons length Of tail feet; length OF
month feet Such is an American fish story. The
Chinese do better than this Outside 0i Shelao ne
I'm August there is station for fishing boats, ana he s
ermeI, many OF whom are Roman Catholics, EaVe what
they call chapel The Chinese residents suspecths
that il not place OF worship hut OF assassination
induced the officials to examine the premises seven
black collins were discovered in row. The Chlmameh
a bope-not a hair They were closely packed with
spears, knives. and ornamental cutlery
A Chinese merchant late in August iodrneyed
by river from shaohsing to Hangchow with 5000 IN
pocket and bag. The two boatmen whom he had hired
determined to murder him. Accordingly they moored
the boat at dusk secluded spot ana remarked 10 nm
that as one of them sick they could not 20 on to the
village that night Their faces belied their tongues the
merchant. suspecng foul play hailed ionr small oUs
and offered the fishermen dollar apiece II they would
stay by him all night. They agreed; the nish passed
quietly. When morning came the two cohNaieSIels
sailors presented each fisherman with dollar ana iI
and the merchants compliments. n>hcIUanS Nut
suggested tina, they should on board ana hahk he
merchant for giving them more than thcy had paisau
for. Her husband aSsentcd; they stepped on D'aru;
there Law the merchant with his throat cut RON ear to
ear The murdcrcrs offered them share Oi tne slOS'
and the husbands palm Itched ana MS eyes dlG Mlk
but the good wife had "a sensitive conscience nat
She cried here this poor appealed 10 us Ioi P"cC
ton because suspected he in danger ana plu us
for IT, too and is murdered are We To reap
the benchtsf
Red tape and love letters in a coffin; let the
coming novelist make note of it, In 1sl2 the estate OF
Woodlands in the English village of Chaplain was pnr-
chased By John Thomas Dawson Mayor OF Bedford lie
died intestae but q went abroad that ne had maze
a Will under which the property was cntalicd on 'he
principle Of primogeniture The Rev. j. f. Dawson VINO
succeeded to the estate twice married By ms lrSt
wife he had a son, who still survives On her death ne
married his housemaid, by whom he had son ana
daughter and hy his will he left the estate. under
trustees 10 this son. making ample provision lof r
widow The rumOr that the grandfather oI lhtse ch-
drcn had left a will enailiug the estate was haStu upon
a statement thar some documents were placed I'D lhc
coffin lust before removal for intcrmcnt lhe chIph-
Ter who had screwed down the lid aNcrrcd mat me nurse
placed a bundle under the body just before the CONN was
closed The son by the first marriage ordered thr tA-
humatiOu the about the middle ni StptclhpT'
and bundle letters, fastened with red tape, was us
covered Was the will that had been buried so
surfcpOusly3 No il only hundleOi love letters
addressed either the fist wife to the hOusena or
possibly to a dearer one stIl than either.