New-York tribune., 1876-12-30
,,,,,on, into which the Republican party here is
GENERAL NOTES.

- uoodv at one of the Chicago revival
" M. ,,Is xseek asked all who would promise not to
inc or strong drink to callers on New-Iears Day
Nearly every lady present sprang 10 her ieeI
"o.bar mouse has robbed till. Her nest
nde, the bar of a restaurant in NOristOwn, Penn
drawers and she had lined 1t with greenbacks
pea %"render discovered this week behind tue drawer
,.sSments Of currency amounting 10 ABOUT So'
T. a resident of Texas a Texan or
-a-,.n, That is the little question which the Texas
rsDers are now wrangling over The pronunciation OF
s.me Of the hero of San Jaento is regarded as set
80 ,oreyer Out OF Texas may be Houseton. but In
TsTas il Is always HewstOn. Tho most troublesome
pgs could be held in st. Louis and Louisville, or
pecia election be held aud TIE question be delermned
~ SSonld be- in the language of the stump, precious
hoop 70 the whole commonwealth.
She WAS one Of the first American women
a assert the sacred and inalienabe rights Of down
trodden sex She went TO the polls in Wyoming, and
voted onee-nOt more. This her wOman's reason
She was standing in store day. when large black
o1 came in holding basket in his mouth. IL was cleo
TOD day. aud of the men standing around taking
about The Woman Suffrage act passed in the leIr
t% ssid Jack (the dog) should be allowed put his
yDte in II the Were for ne certainly had Just as
nncb sense about such things The lady made up her
mind instantly TO go to the polls and vote, though she
had idea OF doing so before mat man so sandered her
beX.
The wife of furniture dealer recently made
an accidental exchange of trunks at the Grand Central
Depot New-York while having her baggage checked for
Troy Her own trunk contained old clothes; the one she
secured had in 1t seaskn sacque, four elegant SIX
dresses and quantity of slyerware evidently intended
Or Christmas presents she did not discover her mistake
until the trunk sent TO her residence, and nnedl-
aely took to her own property Early
Christmas morning the lady called upon by the agent
Of the New YORK express company tlt haa d S
had Threatened with suit for $1,000 II he did not
find the missing property, which belonged 10 iAuy re
siding in Sing Siug
Sir Massey LOpes at an agricultural meeting
held at Madbury, Eng. in the middle Of December
warned the British farmer and drOver that serious com
petition expected from the expectation OF fresh
ueat from New-YOrk. This trade seems to be on
who are engaged determined to enlarge it, espe-
say Ss TIE s neT process t The ay Snr Taebe
In order TO prevent repetition OF sIeh nas9os s tat
which lately threw the whole Smitbeld supply INTO the
hands the retail butchers Of London at about penny
the pound be resOld 10 their customers at te Ohay
sale az American fresh meat in Liverpool Manchester
and other provincial towns
The time is short the sands of the One-hun-
dredth are nearly rum but here material for Cenen-
pia dime novel 1t is the romance of poor young man
in Washington who too proud to ask his relatives
for poekemoney and yet felt that he must 20 to Phla-
depha and see the great show. He joined the police
force on the Centennial grounds One day he saw IN the
crowd face which had gIacea the social eirtle OF DIS
rrh relatives In the District He laid aside his badge
uniform and stick, and called In the evening hs vlss
became more freqe9t ana G1ihatSG mi s ~ @ an
and the BRIDE he was told That tney we're married ne
would not believe IT, They that II was soat least
the bridegroom did He said that second marriage would
do no haTn and hOurishing revolver over thei heaas
led them before minister Tis not every man VINO eau
be married twice without changing his sweetheart; but
be is living in New-YOrk to-day.
The London Echo in commenting upon the
Brooklyn Theater disaster sounds warning In high
KEY for the benefit Of British audiences Grant that
the ednce Is solid from foundation roof the walls fire
proof the sarcases Of iron and stone the exits numer
Gus and ample the red artillery Of the brigade available
OF an fnstcsFs nOtce-what thenH Concede even tha'
the eifee s isolated be approached from any quar-
ter-is 1uarantned as IL wcre against all danger IrO9
WjthOut-and what is the resultf perpetual danger
from within The theater may be lnyulneraDe; ei US
AZ any rate assume it, But what OF its acoessOIlesi
Prom the dancers dress to the central chandener-O
The fOotghts 10 the whirl of the cOuubines skirt Is
ndsmmabIe a. the funeral pyre Of Indian widow in
che Oden time. Yet this is not all Behind the scenes
and beneath the stage regions OF cOmbustDe appa-
fatus-magazines of pitch and paint dr1ednp scenery,
thick with oil and varnish, all manner OF obsolete
dramatic furniture, and everything c0ucelFapio thS
Tould conduee 70 a fsgrant disaster"