New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-28
GENERAL NOTES.

AS q workman was digging for the founda-
lions OF building la San jose Cal, on Aug "a hs
spade struck huge eathen lar as la go as becr-arcl
II took il into Ii sdl0yn ulcOrkcd IL, ald found Il
full solid nuggets and god dust lDe treasure Is SUI.
posed been buried by All Old aiclIje who lived
there tho middle Of the last century.
England expects every man TO do his jury
duty. At the LvudUn Central Criminal Court To-
Gently attempted beg Of the score of dea ness but
the Judge sterny rebuKed him. lie took his place with
te eleven, through three cGses, heard never word
tudt said, and wIOe Out ycrucJ IN each instance
Now let the dumb lawJ or come 10 ihc 'front.'
Dr. Farr, an eminent English physician, CON-
pucs the average deaths bus oi official
tables OF mortality. and shows that out of l.O0oOOO Of
people only 223 will live TO round out century. Tho
last of the million, lie says will die IN Isis l0sth year.
How about thOs" Two ola veterans who rave Jas died in
ONO aud inilna after pegSns Out II ne local papers
De Vcracious thoir Holm year.
A tObacconist at GreenOck, Eng, on arriving
at his shop morning three weeks ago lond fnc set
OF false teeth lying the counter. He tEeu discovered
that thief had DIOken mo the shop during the night
AMI carried off cigars. tobacco, aud pipes The burglar
nj syi uy tahea out his eeLn wino he was p,cH.ng
up MS junder and In hsto Of departure lad forgot
replace LLcD. the police asccrtiiad uiat talo
teeth fitted gap in tho gums vi Diho aud hc Ia
now III custody
So much complaint was made at the OPEN
ng OF the Centennial Exhibition BECAUSE OF defects In
tne list editlos Of the Official catalogue, that IL
Is real kindness to the thousands OF visitors
to . inform them that the revised official
catalogue out. u.s. the whole. probably us eood
ny ever produced cOnC IniDg an eAIli,-
tun tnIo magnitude .n"rOugh sud- vi tIe Far
could narliy DC nude to advantage witnouti It,
A Buddhist nun i'll Marking, aged half
century. pluded in public and private IOr money 70
build "a temple TO Ler fayoIte goddess, kwan-yln
Buddha. was all III vain. naly she caused her lips
to DO closed By lock which passed th 0ugh them. ami
then circular Enclosure O bTics VITA one small wlnaVw
VS. ui, Dr Jnud her. Thv nc sno stood days,
4 we'd de
,olnl pie. vast tnIUnS tOHcAcu BY hr dcVOto dnd
n,iy g, n uihute the tuIIds AID released
sif-iupUseu Imprisonment and silence IL Is Yaiave
sus iOr Iiucs wnO ma 10 wearing w coax pn-
money cut OF GneiI nusbanuo p0cAcls.
Gold-hunters who still dream of finding tho
treasure OF Capt. Kidd sAouid read story tlat
rom ia llama and he encouraged. In tne little town of
Eminenoc, about 25 miles southwest OF Indianapolis.
two Indians Wednesday evening called at farmers
tie early evening and asked III, way 10 u cor-
tain tree Proper directions given and the indians
departed. Never having lis callers before tue
honest farmer was curious know their object aud
to the tree by short road and bid himself III the
bushes ny. Soon the indians came. lantern M nand
lacy dug nuc In the grOuhd ON one oid Oi inc Tree
hey scent tO know the very Place 20 dS-and To the
Dlank aInaz OF the farmer found cop, chest
Two feet square. opened IL 10y the liSt Of tic lantern,
and took cut several bags 81 gold when they ut once
poured int "A strui.g provided Tic purpose.
AstOundrd 81 hit FARMER Parker jrmped IRON ms
hiding place toward tie men, but IA an Instant the iisut
went OUT all was direSs and the ih''is d.sap,ea,ea
through busllcs Mr Parker estimates That glOOVO
l.
was secTccd there many years ly some ancestor VI
tue Indians In his fiji ;ht u fore ali enoluy.
For several months past the god people of
Portland Nc. have been startled and some OF taom en-
ra Dturcd with tue dom Of certain Katy King" whose
marvellous feats IN the naturalization business bccame
a source OF general comment and Of much creduity.
Night after night she sat in her ltlo caIrt" in the
corner OF her raror and summoned before the curtain
che departed friends OF those who assembled TO her
receiving reward for tue work She did the snn Of
$40 cach night Some weeks two members VI the
medical profession who had openly expressed their in-
creduliiy, invited TO sitting. Again they went,
aud finally Between themselves devised means oi dis
closing they per ectly satisfied was COM
pete fraud At end of the cabinet Which was formed
IN II vi the room By slspending curtain IRON
wall wall sat of the d0ct very near TIE seat Of
rho mcdini who behind the curtain AT tne other
end sat tle second physician, and soon spirti" ap
,rared and sped ais had. lie closed his hand ughty
dOOu hers, NOT letting her co. when the other medical
Gentleman pulled aside the curtain and found the mo
DUN gone Tie spirit Shrisked ont, For heavens sake
ct ne gU" the voice OF the medium. AMI 10 The con-
sternation or those present the meeting was suddenly
tijouTned the medium LEFT To dress and herself
ana Oh lie fol owing days, the doctors cIilei O.
hrr. they at ntOi med that she sack and
coull OF be s,rn