New-York tribune., 1876-08-21
GENERAL NOTES.

A venturcsume Yankee has won n wager OF
g. 600 by making voyage from Boston 10 Detroit via
the Atlantic. ST. Lawrence. and the lakes, IN SKIN
weighing 100 pounds. He made the trip IN 10Y DAYS
having II days 20 spare.
One hears often of ugly customers, but of
none Quite So unwelcome the wildcat at Mackvlle on
the sweet Sunlower River. Mississippi, which being
four feet long rushed into shop and drediuy clwed
he prouretor behind his counter IL renr0untef WHICH,
however. proved perfectly fatal 70 the wildcat
Nantucket has q large stock in trade of land
marks colonial and revolutionary. house that was
built in 1855 is s standing and the quaint North Con
crecationa Church erected in 1763 is used as sunday
school and lecture-fcom In an oid Irck hnlleDg az e
head wharf charters were drawn for two N"ItucAti
vessels which took out cargoes OF on 70 L3IUDu anu an,
brought back the tea which was SWPueu ll'o nOS'0i
harhOr il 1913.
transcripts from a military aCcOunt-bOok
used during he Revolutionary War have been published
in Nashville, Tenn. Among the entries are these:
beaver hat Sl7; l pair silk stockings, $40; scarlet
coat $50; / white Jacket r29; par white breecAes.
Sl6 ! White shirt SIS; l check shirt So nishtcap'
81; box waters g; pair eaters 20 powder
team $4,000 The inatoniss Go not appear to relish
the citations
An inquest was held at SilmOutL England,
early in August the body OF infant aged MONTHS
which died from an overdose Of opium Il was suffering
f,om darrhea and the mother sent 10 a chemist for
mixture. She supplied with a bot 10 ot mcucne'
with instructions 10 give teaSpoOuiu every -FOUR or hNe
hOars. Her teaspoons were however, llSI .iIau nus
In general containing. upon me1Surcncn cnt twice as
dose threcsxteentAs instead OF One-st1ehtA oI
gram OF OPIUM
The DalryInple farm at CasseltOn, Dakota
Territory, numbc5 10000 acres, 800 Of which were
sown wheat this season. Harvesting was done IL a
week with the aid of 9 sefbinde-s y men following
each machine and shocking the wheat fast as it was
ent The entire cost Of breaking, sowing, reapnS,
threShing and marketing Is estimated at ~ per acre
as the Weld averages II bushels per acre. tAe ront VIII
reach - 900 Next year 5000 acres VIII be soWh 70
wheat One hundred teams are employed dullhS tHe
long III WaShu zion thought farms too large IL
his day, what would be say now
The African Church, one of the landmarks
Of Richmond is being leveled with the ground II was
erected before 1900 for the First Baptist congregation
but has been occupied S41 exclusively by coOred
people 1t was frequently used for public meetings, and
Henry A. WISE John Minor Bolts, John Letcher, r. NJ.
H. Hun er, John Tyler, WIN C. Ryes, judah +. BenJa-
min, Jefferson Davis Gov EOOte, Robert IOOmDs, JUdSc
Underwood Edward Everett, Henry WILSON, Derl!t
Smith, and Horace Greeley have spoken from It's plat
form During the last days of the Southern Confedracy
jefferson Davis and Judah T. Benjamin addressed large
meeting wJAit its walls and stroye To postpone
the inevitable hour Of surrender
A deaf and dumb pair OF Machcths have
recently been convicted in the asze court OF Fancsc
NJ Recordon. matchmaker, had lived in the same house
with Pantevn and his wife, and had been imprudent
as TO employ Shcris officer for tie collection Of 600
which they had borrowed Of him, Paneyn would have
paid the money IL bis wife had NOT been bent upon
revenge Tne matchmaker was found lying dead N %
pool OF blood with CHASTITY wound IN the head. None
his property htd b. stolen but two hammers belong
ing 10 Plautevn and a white linen apron habituaily
worn by his wife missing. The prisoners gave evil
dence through two Interpreters, the husinG ing his
best IN concert with his 20 throw the blame o. the
wife. The trial ended early August. Macbeth was
Condemned 70 eght years penal servtude, and Lady
Macbeth To 20 years.
The cathedral at Chester, England, was re-
opened Aug TIE work o. restoration has occupied
exactly eight years The roof has been groined,
the rebuilt the Lady Chapel reacei and the
terror Of the choir restored Thick layers Of whtewash
have been scraped of and the rich red tint Of the sand
stone seen. The tabernacle work famous for us
decaey and beauty has been repaired throughout The
choir pulpit IS o. Odk the upper part IL divided into
three panels which Represented relief three
scenes from tie Blbc-tGe building OF ,OOEOn's Tenn
pie JOnn tue Baptlst preaching I'm the Wilderness, and
the city OF the New Jerusalem. The communion table
the most interesting work in the cathedral single
Slab OF oak from Ba>han forms the top the side aud
panels composed OF Syrian olive wood and cedar OF
Lebanon with carvings Of the plants connected with tie
Passion.