New-York tribune., 1876-10-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The Russian Government is endeav0rlng to
give the nation tongue. recent ukase prohibits
the publication sale of books printed In the dialect of
in it, This ukase is dsasteiul to the l4OOO
600 Little Russians or Ruthenans
A flaxen-haired boy bearing a remarkable
resemblance TO Charlie Ross has been ETC., etc The
child says he used to live in big city and was carried
of in IA buggy by two etc, etc The old woman who Is
with him denies etc, etc The Richmond, lar ponce
communicated etc, etc.
Amateur sportSmen from Elmira have been
securing the woods ChemunS County for squirrels,
much to tho annoyance OF worthy member OF the
Farmers Club One day he procured two or t-ec SOUR
rels, had them stuffed, took them to the woods ana
nailed them 10 the limbs OF trees where they could ne
easily seen His young friends have been improving their
Workmanship, with maNlmlm Outlay Oh poWueI anu
lead aud minimum consumption of Squirrelhe
An observatory is to be built on the Amer-
can side al Niagara enable visitors to view e caa-
ract without dressing in waterproof suits. IL will be
100 feet long and 2i feet wdc and will extend from the
foot of the Prospect Point inclined railway TO the en-,
trance the shadow Of the Rock IL viii be c0nst ctc
OF and iron, and at the end facing the Fas thcIe
viii be parlOr with large windows the tour through tc
Shadow of the Rock. as made by the unSophS'lrai'u
during the past summer has been q deia1on ~ anu and
rmont.
The Royal Humane Society of London voted
bronze medallion Sept %, to Sir Claude G. de CreS-
pgny for saving the life OF Corporal Ryan OF the Liner
ick Artillery MhiIia on July H. While bathing at Tar
bert RYAN caught in the and Was carried down
the nNcT considerable distance the tde rInhIhS
very strong at tne time and the man evidently d3wn
ing. Seeing Ryan's dangerous situation d1 OIesl.5M
immediately jumped in To Sis assistance ana swimming
Aim held Inn up for about 20 minutes. untll poai
could bc launched, when they were both taken 10 lhhu
very much exhausted
The Chinese have an idea that the moon
does not show her at midday for nothing Late IN
August groups of natives gathered at MONDAY III the
streets Of Shanghai and gazed utenty at the sky There
WAS the moon-nO mistake faint hut well defined
curve lodging in and Out OF cloud; ana 10 the tOht.
west was "A bright stai-NeHus IL meant something ana
old Chinese merchant waGgt his head very sgcy "s
if he understood IT, " the sam thing once before
said he, and thai thirty years ago; and rot so
very afterward the English TOOK Chusan! SuOse-
quenty, too, they TOOK Nanhlng.'
DIR. lie MOyne, the enthusiast, who has built
a cremation furnace Washington. Penn. and ded-
Gated 1t to the poor caught the idea when he was on the
stump during political canvass While the campaign
which resulted IN tine election OF Buchanan To the fftsl-
dency was in progress DR.. Le Moyne and number Of
friends were poisoned by meals eaten in Washington
ID. C., hotel number OF the poisoned gentlemen dlcd
and Buchanan had q narrow. escape. II was chafged
that The opposition party h"d IIocitI VIC co,li mn ~
OF the The investigation revealed thc Ihct lhdi
the poisoning had been caused by tnc water "ch was
drunk at breakfast, ii having been contaminated by con.
tact with sewage Dr. lie Mpyne soon became Nlhte
that the cemeteries Of world great promoters OF
disease, by the iuirlonoi dccomposihS animal laltci
by which springs OF water contiguous to ga'eyards were
poisoned.
Sandy Melville endcavored to swindle an old
man in Omaha by selling him spurious gold coins IN cx-
change for eenDacks After his arrest be attempted TO
escape from the officers and dangerously wounded
lovely maid haunted the corridors Of the jan until the
sheriff pity her and permitted her TO enter the
prisoners cell and dress ms wounds. She nrrsed hn
ana gave him brandy and water ana loled MN out oi
the Valley of the shadow when size had restored llin 10
health the courts took him hand and sentenced him 10
dye years impr s0nmcut IN the Iowa Pcnitcnilary.
Affecting spectacle; Justice of the peace called ~
marriage ceremony IN tac jan witnessed ~ al me
ursuucrs bridegroom carried of TO chew tobacco N tc
euitenary; bride returns her humble home to take
In washing and wait beautiful essay IN local paper
on wOmail's devotion, wiz appropriate references 10
Diana and Mother Eve.
Inasmuch as gamblers have won a place III
current American literature Patrick Hogan 0f Frisco
deserves paragraph. At IL O'Clock On oct he met
friend and wanted 10 know what h was nearest The h
man heart At u O'Clock he encountered another asso
ciate and unbosomrd himself: Ben. Just thinking
that two years ago 1is very day could have sold out
MY stocks and turned thirty thousand dollars ~ the
same Jake sold out cleared twenty liye Thousand
dollars, went Europe. stayed hcre playing Tor
higher stake and the result Is that lost every ting
and have got dollar To my name. Now, Ben, suck
/ 10 your legitimate business ald never g'mDlr' Al
o'clock down 10 the beach and shot himself beng
careful To cover the nearest nb. Thc mJraf o.! these
stories about gamblers and raLcs never have any vel
defined moral The moral elements are sufuscd III the
atmosphere OF tue story.