New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-26
GENERAL NOTES.


Thai little affair at st. Adams cost the Mon
tea duests and their seconds 5000 before they
were done with the sheriff
The bank deposits in. California exceed
s,17OOOOO0 and the capital is er $36000,000. The
last Legislature required the banks to publish official
sfatem MIS- Of their assets and liabilities twice year
The next step should be the organization OF aSate bank
ing department.
Talk about the diversity of American in
austrv Young lady IN Kingston, N. " has set up
bonse naipter two boys hunting for diamond ring
IN the sand at Charlotte. N VI man near Baltimore is
raising millions Of lecches tine sportsmen at Oshkosh
Via are fishing for seaion; man in Troy ia at work
upon patent sieve; the Connecticut formers are
tttenic turkeys pOtajO-hugs the Black Hills miners
have introduced game of cards with eight hnaves
to suit Nevada husband mas aisSoYeren snotl ,
poison for the determination OF amothernIaw = DOoR
agent is peddliug complete political letter writer az
Albany, aud two hundred Thousand young women u. a
narts of the country ale writing poetry. AleNander
iIamiltons dream Of the dyerSihcation OF human aoor
has come TO pass
In 1869 John B. Whipple, a widower, left
his little daughter neighbours house in Berlin, ~ ",
promising to for her in two months He went to
Troy and as soon he ready to give her home
returned to the village, but learned 20 his amazcmeD
that she had disappeared with woman named Keys
For seven years has been searching for the missing
Sg fhn mystery as himself Mrs Wpplc learned few
weeks ago thai Mrs Keys had sister in WilamstowlL
friend OF The little Girl who VAS with Mrs Keys asked
where the child The woman, after some HESITATION
produced letter rom her sister stating that the niue
rir was living with her in HAMPSHIRE Kane Comfy. Ill
The father his way West to recover his iOngosS
daughter
Major Cameron, the British Commissioner
who was appointed to act with Mr.. Campbell the United
States Commissioner determining the North American
boundary sent TO the British Foreign OMEGA record
of his work minute signed by the Commissioners de-
clanng that 9ss monuments mark the line OF boundary
is agreed that in the intervals between the mOnumGh $
taee and i that this Characteristic shall determine ali
questions that arise with reference 10 e BOUNDARY
az any point and further. that IN the event OF any OF
the 3S8 monuments or marks Ing Obiterated beyond
the power O recognition the lost sites sh De rccO
cred by their recorded position relatively to the next
Seieh6orng unobltoratcd marks. says The London
Times after it's solid fashion.
The Alta California complies series OF
tables to show that Francisco is more disnctyey
the metropolis of the Pacific coast than Newfork Is OF
the Atlantic side In the six relations of population i'm
ports exports, manufactIr banking capital and de
posits IL finds that San Francisco the greater city OF
the two To illustrate: NewYork has only Onetenth of
the manufacturing industry OF the Atlantic seaeoapa
cic slope The net result OF the editors arithmetic Is
this: Our city hss relatively eight umes as uen ous
ness as the Atlantic metropolis" Al, welll " ne u ,
think cscke of your bourg the murnur OF inc
world" IL a In San Francisco measures night WIFI
his baby in Che cradle he Will undoubtedly find him,rlf
relatively taller than q New,NOrKer WHO computes
stature with his fugrown brothers That Is about tle
size OF the argument
The decline of trades unions in this country
the falling in membership in this city alone during
four years been 5s,000-promotes the inquiry: viii
the quality of American workmanship be improved
thereby The decline OF British trade has been attributed
by some English writers to the growth of the trades
unions. WOkngmen, they have argued have lost heart
for their work heir societies take up too much of tbi
time they feel above their work and as nSeqncnee
British goods are OF an inferior qualty anu the wOld
doesn't them This roundabout course OF reasonig
ia not wholly satisfactory. When trades UNIONS breed
disconent the quality of the work is impaired; but they
are not always unsuccessful sometimes they have IN
london, in NeS-YOrk. and the world over, worlingmen
will do their best when they cOnented ana modefaey
prosperous When times hard and t0ere IL httle L"
keep the pot boiling costs bitter struggle to nut con-
science into work
The clandestine marriage of lad of IL and
aass OF ID is pretty idyl, but he assas nation OF
hired man instead Of tyrannca uncle is not so roman
tic All this happened at IsabePs ranch, Nevada but
that was not her name but bis; hers was Wixom. The
surreptitioas wedding dspleased John wxom, and he
took his daughter home 10 River ana sent for his
brother, DIR. wxom Of Aastin, Nevada. The physlcan
sent his buggy the ranch and the Isabel house
hold took II for granted that the uncle was inside
and that the Young bride was be banshed to Austin
the bridegroom could not sing under her WINDOWS
DUR the evening lang 10y John s,onef. VINO was EN-
oered TO give the doctors horse An airing The buggy
was drawn of the barn. and the hired man with two
ranch suddenly six men rose from the bush and fired
into the buggy killing John sto1eT instantly inc p9dy
shot and bullets. Meanwhile the gOou DOCTOR was Oh
miles away looking after his patients IN Austin
A novel swindling scheme was recently
broken up in Boston. One Samuel III. sanborD. with
flaming advertisements Of "Yelled Beauty. had for
several weeks made reputation among people who
frequented the business streets and was apparently
doing good business his osteDsbe efforts to restore
an unfortunate lady the comforts of competence all
which she mad lost in the financial disorders OF the
past few years His shrewd plan was this: The "Veiled
Beauty was to be publicly weighed in Music Hall by
the city wegher 100000 tickets should be sold
At 81 each. Tie purchaser Of ticket allowed the
privilege making OF the ladys weight. ana the
one Of 100000 purchasers who came the nearest to
the exact weight pounds and ounces to receive
$4,000 as his prize The remainder OF the 100000
derived from tho sale Of tickets after paying the
penses to to the lady her means of livelihood
Tor life When the scheme first advertised the police
authorities OF Boston suspected 1t swinGe, and
gan an investigation which finally resulted in the arrest
OF SanbOm and the seizure OF his papers and books
which amounted to /, 1873 photographs OF tee Beauty
circulars envelopes and other papers II did not appear
that many people had been alurcd into the enterprise
only about receipts for cards given 10 investors were
found.