New-York tribune., 1876-10-27
70 GENERAL NOTES.

The business depression of the past year has
diminished the consumption of Tennessee peanuts
An eccentric gentleman has erected recently
In the pOOrhouse cemetery at Richmond, Va hand
some marble shaft bearing his name. Blank spaces are
left for his age and dcath-day
A congress of German women was recently
opened az Frankfort Germany. The subjects 10 be dis
cussed were preiudces reform in the education Of
men, the literature of youth, woman in the family, the
obstacles which present themselves TO the extension OF
the sphere Of employment OF women influence III social
life, etc. At last accounts they were still talking
The troops which will be commanded by
Gen. Crook in his Winter campaign against the hostile
Sioux will be Col Mackenzies 4th Cavalry, the best
mounted companies of the 5th Cavalry, detachment OF
the % Cavalry, small portion OF the Sd Cavalry ana
force of infantry Col Merritt left Custer City on Oct
49, with 700 men and ten days ratiOns On his arrival
at Red Cloud Agency he ascertained that his 0d com
mander had turned Warwickthat Red Cloud nat been de
tbroned and Spotted Tail washing, and that Sitting Bulls
base Of supplies in the agencies had been destroyed
revolt, and Gen2CrOok is the man to conduct II.
The evidence in the Edwards keating breach
OF promise suit which has been stimulating the pruricn
curiosity Of San Francisco included great many love
letters On occasion the defendant was so unreason
ably amiabe as to write: My Darling Emily: I would
give all have earth and all Of my future to be with
you onehalf hour" Although he seemed to be in mood
TO mortgage time and eternity in consideration OF half
hour read the letter, seized pen and scoded him
for being an nconstant lunar "-whaover that may be.
When the defendant received this mssye the defendant
was watching the stock market with anxious interest
and he had time for In other words hc was
long stocks and short of sentiment SO he Instructed
his cashier to answer the letter It was done IN ts
wise Mr. Keatiug directs me TO say that they sin who
toll us love do love is ndestructble but with life
all other passions fly. Loves holy flame forever burn-
eth from heaven il came 10 heaven it returneh. h.
hopes to after the Spring rise The Spring rise
IN stocks was what the buOyant proxy meant.
About fortnight ago a miner attempted to
blow himself up with dynamite at Nltsi, Scotland.
His neghbOrs had been saying scandalOus things about
him and he was sOrely distressed. He seen coming
out OF his house with parcel In his hand, described as
being about the size of twopOund loaf, TO which was
attached two pieces OF cOers strunn" or match This
parcel contained dynamite. Having procured match
from the house of neghbor TO whom he remarked that
"they had said great deal of him lately, but he woud
put past them now" ho went out into the street. and,
putting the parcel down the ground leaned well over
this moment some boys attracted by his unusual atii
tude came toward him. Keep back" shouted he, for
the love of God you will be blown into eternity "
The boys did keep back and 1t was well for them that
thoy did 50, for moment later there was loud expo-
son which startled the whole village and Duncan was
instantaneously blown TO atoms on the spot where
the dynamite had been laid there was LETT hole about
three feet deep by two and a half wide
Has the typical German fair hair and blue
eyesi question OF great scientific interest
but the Germans themselves wTangled it until the
Government was forced to order regular census On
certain day every school IN Prussia had to make return
OF the black and blue and brown color OF the chdrens
eyes Many ofthe pupils came home on that day. telling
their parents, with mysterious air. that their eyes and
hair and skin had been examined at school The results
Of this anthrOpOlOgeal commission have been published
The number OF persons examined III Prussia 4,l27
766 and OF that number 400 923 under Ii years
Of age With regard to the color Of their eyes 1927
per cent had blue 243l per cent brown eyes. With
gard to the color of the hair az per cent had blonde 26
per cent brown, and 121 per cent black hair. With
regard the color Of the skn Prussia had only 653
cent of brunette complexion. In Bavaria the brunette
complexion claims 10 per cent, the black hair per
cent brown per cent the fair hair 81 per cent?
and II is argued from this that the darker complexion
IN Germany came from the South.