New-York tribune., 1876-07-28
GENERAL NOTES.

| charge consumed two years and eight months
Saratoga will have centennial next yea.
The local press Is already breaking forth into Yankee
Doodle rhetoric What shall it bc--a regatta or horse
! TGC6i
A North Carolina lad, plucky but poor, sold
subscription after schOolhour made S33 attended
the Cincinnati Convention, went TO Niagara Falls ana
| spent two weeks al the Exhibition.
They have corn in Louisiana that is not
! much larger-we than lady's. On fully developed
stalk about IL inches high, are two perfect ears each an
inch and half long, with grains not mach larger than
| DId-sHOt
Seth Adams bequeathcd 100000 for the
endowment of Neryine Asylum where persons laborbg
under nervous affections might be treated. Two the
executors declined to cooperate IN the establishment
! the institution, and the AttOrpey-Genemi OF Massa-
cnuscts at the instance OF the ;hird has applied icr
| execute the uust.
Bromine was produced in America as early
rs 1916 for Photographic purposes but with he decline
OF the dagucrreotpe process the manufacture Of tho
chemical ceased. In 1866 physicians began TO prescribe
bromidcs and this branch Of manufacturing industry
| was removed. Tae element was obtained I!On "sllt
oil - mother liquor OF the salt works In l86s an IL.
crtasng demand led 10 its manufacldie IN Pennyyaa,
| Ohio and Western Virginia. In 1870 blODne ..rst
exported and low the supply largely exceeds the de
! m;.nd.
| That Yale brandy bottle has come to light
at last For half century it has been concealed IN
! OF the brick coumns OF TIE old chapel Tradition has
long been babbng OF the cognac. and when the column
WAS taken down the other day dihgent search made
for IT, At the base found two glass bottles, one cn
H. for good deal Of it had oozcd into the mortar Ihe
bottle wrapped in ConHecscHt Jo'7d. OF Aug ).
1874, and bore tne inscription tfench bGaEHy surel-
tItiolsy taken pro bono p"Jco by - from tutcr -
| closet"
An Italian vessel was sunk in smooth water
near Sidney, C. b. by fouling an anchor and sta'lDga
hole in her bottom. Sue was Immediately condemned
and sold for 5000 The day aftcTward she was rgled,
.-e1 nd Itv he nil of
Was put IN good ORDER and released for tour years
had ron insured Tor $4,000 IN Lioyds, and the mail
which carried to them the intelligence OF her loss CARED
also tho classification, IL was piece ot quick work
ana slrcvd enterprise whicn the insurance companies
iaIl 10 appreciate.
The line between Church and State in New
port Del is picket fence separating St. Jamess Prot
cs;ant Episcopal Chapel from District School No 81
TAe trustees the church pat up new fence which ez.
tended tho limits OF the chapel lot and encroached upon
the playground OF the school The School Commission;
demonstrated, aud led about zoo residents, armed
with slade axes Latchets' ana saw To tAS scene oi
fencing Ire trustees demonstrated rather Ycheinenty,
40 fact were exceedingly emphatic Tor cLui'h meHDtEs
la good standing, 5ut the new fence came down an tle
same, and hc old one Was reset on the Ane Oi ne post
! holes formerly IN use
\ Waterford stove merchant awoke at dead
o.. nt to find the nE2zes three reyoveIs lcyeed at
hin and eight masked burglars in his room. Boys"
said he 81 give up put away your pistols you have me
NJ They said they sorry TO trouble
him. but hey wOykiISmen and Out O olnploynens
;l.o ne dcd money IAN rEht, ,hoys g antad" Iuey
/
r,crr. cleared the sidCbOaTd threw the servant g
INTO panic and young lady ntod ianting III, and
80 thoroughly dcmoralzcd by the terIos U the night
that they neglected 10 Inform The police uuti O'CLOCK IN
the morning
\ hundred years ago a Virginia belle was
not TO DO won without fooscap and rdtape. This was
the certificate which the bride had to sigu before Lcr
lover could get marriage icense The bearer hereof
has my peImi sion to procure from authority the ncces-
say credentials, which shall duly and LOnOraby merit
uy attention the support of my affections, 20 continue
icough the cnd Of all things which shall reflect every
ray honor ascribablc 10 rc>pcuGeEt an element or
sentiment my right mi d. ana which shall henccior;h
De strictly adhered to the proper iOrn AT my hsthhte
and his ImPoriuny, in the making valid all things pr
IN tie IiS0t OF my youtA, III the morning o. an.eohs
properly directed to the mOmentous ObnSatou oi coJl
-G embraces IN endless felicity In witness to the above
nave hcrcunto &c., &c"
John Forbes of Nebraska will not DO any
more shooting this He set out about ten days
ago from H-Ia the slguenay, taking his gun, ammU
n.tiou. and cantcen OF whisky, and telling his con-
raluns that lie would be back before sundown. Night
came and he was not under his blanket. Early in the
morning LIS friends, greatly alarmed, began 10 scou the
forest but II was no Uui late IN the afternoon thIt one
them heard his voice A. they hasteLed aons sound
lng tier hunting horns, theN caught ldnt hliOoS AZ ~
tc!Nas, and finally rspCd Linn at the top U! pine tree
with three huge bears dancing attendance un.crEeaih
iLc cScuuS party attacked the hungry watchers ani
attn hcgCc struggle khicd one OF them aud droyc oA
The others. Forbes came down from his perch. ilntins
Lc reached the ground He had been attacked By tno
bears the previous afternoon and escaped up the tree
leaving his aun behind.
4 watcrng-place correspondent is convert
to womaus rights. He writes from the beach: 50" saw
q couple, suppose and WIFE, little further out
than seemed safe She would get upon his shoulders
and dive from them through the be0yes; bc9kers then
she would attempt somersaults over his armS Tor
moment her head and hall her body would be in the
deep and her feet toward the zenith and sometimes, be-
fore she had completed the evolution. bis wave would
strike and wash Ecr fifteen feet away. When expected
l,1ft nd in ipf
ic brine from her eyes, and was ready for another trial.
confess have softer side Tor TOmauS rights since
have seen some oi these clhcrca lidlcs S"nnhg ana
diving a, trJ,s-iy as hsl' Miss >,isiH ID. AnthOny
Mts. iIcuIy h stanton, and the oder "onGi-~olncn
would bctri b.. NNIhlDls Ih1tcE ~ Long hIdch OF
Cape May.
Prof. Y. i. Dcnsl0w. Ii. D., of the Union
College OF Law. ventures 70 play the Tory In the Cce
year. In elaborate article in The Christian Ad
he Ianonts what We lost in 1916" and ,ies ior
the recovery things whica We accidentally and
inadvertently dropped in haste to get out OF te En-
gSh household" lie advocates system Of legislative
and ministerial government in lieu OF that OF axcd terms
OF office. lie would have members OF tho House OF
representative elected for term not 20 exceed eiSn
Years but Liable 10 De terminated at any moh'ht N
dissolution OF Congress by the Chlct Justice, wAo
j., Lc s%yS, The permanent, COiOrlcss and non
PARTISAN clement III our Constitution Nheh''e,
me op.oS non IN Congress propose vote 90 %
want OF confidence IN the Administration, tLcy
Vice President and Cabinet Officers; aud the motion
pIvyHl The ChctJuace shall oricr general election
Where the people VIII vote ior tie Admnletlatot"
the Opposition according 10 their views respecting tAe
question OF pnOl.c policy ON which the division Nas
elected 50 thai majority will De in accord with TIE ca
AdmuiSau i II be rctalucd or with che new tgys,
don't amt Citu,,, If they BE- chosen The Prc,ldels
Will be party leader, the veto power viii disappear
'lDn" officers N hold seats in Congress, the Ltsss
tive IGd geUUt!vc buGch,s VIII always bc IN harmony,
the senate Wi. be . moderate cheek on the popNa.
branch aud tie political parties VIII be divided on h.bs S
would have Tie nation change, not les clothes nut 10