New-York tribune., 1876-10-04
GENERAL NOTES.

Mr.. Sankey's songs are becoming national
HYMNS Fun for tbs Shore" sings the tOw-b0y behind
his mules on the Erie Canal ~ love TO tell tie story
whistles the Chicago reporter with his nose IN the air
Four brothers in Hawkins County, Tenn,
married four sisters about thirty years ago. and now
have 81 children the average family being l3i2 Ihe
progress of East Teunessee evidently does not uepehu
upon lmIni2iatlOn.
The sorrowful signing of the poor prisoner
has been leard Richmond lady OF great wealth s to
marry convict who has served ont term Of zine years
in the Peultentary, ana George Adams he prOi1s'ioa'
train wreCkcr. has escaped RON jail
Estimate the sum of mental eGdeayor and
anxiety Of ply ysical effort Of time occupied and money
suent throughout the country in aPresdenal campaign.
and then name the undertaking which the percentage
Of wasted energy compared with tho total force
cXertCd Is as great
Harvard has challenged Yale to an eight
Dared race next Summer. The treasurer Of tine boat
club calls for $4,000 which will probably be raised by
s,b,cpon and theatrical entertainments Five OF last
years crew remain at Cambridge ana an elsl Is al
work Harvard may regain her prestige among the col
lege oarsmen.
The Williams SOphomOres Crushed" the
Freshmen on saturday night m the teeth Of pledge
gwen early in the college year not to haze the new
comers President ChadbOune suspended the whole
class on Monday morning and threatened TO cxpcl every
man who would not comply with the cOEOiuols Wlt4n
~ hours Four members of the class submitted; me
brutality and meanness President Chadboune is deter-
mined to stamp IL out. He ID light.
Frank l.. Coolidge, a steady, industrious lad
of H. shot himself saturday night al Hartford, after
writing the following letter. Dear father, forgive me
for committing suicide am tired Of life Tell mother
am sorry for the back talk that have given her Give
me- a cneap burial Tor You afford expensive
funeral Give Clarence the money that belongs 10 me.
Dn nat mourn for me- Kiss the children fOr me. and say
oodhy 10 Charlie Tor You have enough rhuIeh 10
support without my hanging On TO YOU tH"nt shOos
myself til hear your train como, 80 dOht WoiIJ apo'
the children
A bear hunt on a steamboat Is something OF
A anoyelty While passing down the Ottawa recently tho
passengers of the steamer John Egan caught sight OF
hear swimming across 0uissoau Lake and induced tho
canton to send boat after him. Bnin was captured
Nit moose towed the steamer ana hOlScd on DOard
When le renched the deck, however he cut loose ana
made for the ladies' cabin The ladies scmpcred out In
followed the bear the cabin aud drove him out on
deck, where he was shot
A blue limestone paving-blOck has lain IN
the streets Of Memphis Tenn, 10 years 1t was recently
broken up in order be fitted into place, and 10
little live frog hoped out and was frsky. II Prof.
Huxley will allow it, the little frog may tell as loud
story as Niagara Tens thousands Of years that
little frog may have taken nap in the mud and got ire
treyaby stuck: fresh deposits buried IL ana IN lhe
ps ages the mud stone. and after more tens
OF thousands Of years the block cut ont OF me ODO
River quarrics What interesting Autobiography tnat
frog might tell II he could cr0ak inteligiby and his
arithmetic were Ia hold out.