New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-26
GENERAL NOTES.

Observation-Disclosures wehtunquoh. That
Ia the longest word IN EliOrs Indian Bible. ltmeans
"Kneehng 70 him."
At the inquest over the body Of the constable
who was recently murdered on an English highway by
sur noaeherS the coroner censured tho police Tor not
letting loose their bloodhounds and tracking the
tugitiVes.
Trade dollars were quoted at premium oil
Is02ls per cent at san Francisco on Dee IL TINS was
more than they were worth at SD per ounce English
standard which was the London quotation for the day
An artificial scarcity, caused by l deinanos OF lima
and yapaa enhanced thet a S'S, nniy rev, montls
ago. -,
The Yale University eight for 1877 will be
lighter aud younger than last years crew. Twelve can
edates Collin snd Cook c76), James, Clarke ana war
ner C7s) Thompson, Livingstone, Hyde, kCater' ana
Polhemus t79) WesteOtt Of the Law school ana Hate
C7s) g. B.. will do gymnasium work All winter; Lhs i
s. used aSa ana either Kelly Cook will coach the
crews next Spring. The navy IS $1,000 IN oeot
The invoice of silk-worm eggs which has
recently arrived in NewYcrk' comprises ls'2 cases anu
1, WORTH 80 100000. 1t reached San Francisco from
Iaran ON nee ~ The eggs packed ve,y carefully
IN The steeraRe deck amdsnps-he warmcs FOt on the
xesssl bamboo partition surrounded them, ana cur
ys1f ri air PLAYED them. TIE eggs were immediately
shipped by rail to EewYork and are 70 O carfeu across
the Atlantic to France, Italy, and Ensiahd'
An English resident of Shanghai recently
A,covered thai HIS Chinese housc-boy addicted to
tanning the sherry bottle surreptiiousy and to correct
This fraty charged the decantcr with tartsr emec nc
lett mis- dningrOom after setting the Trap anu son i
Iii two personal friends dropped IL 70 see @
aad hio0 weary and thirsty sought reircsblntnt iolu
the sde6OAro while waiting Tor the no5t 70 apP.
Wgsn he returned his guests were M anguish unsedFe
bic and tbe housebOy lad been dslatcheo Ioi
The old courthouse at Racine, Wis, was
sold at auction on Dec 10 for $50 The AHWGuEee sen
EaSI dives this choice extract from the aucuoheeI
speech: ITO an antiquarian fond OF reVehhg III 'ho
nusty past this venerable pile is worth nan Ior'uHo
These ceilings have reyererated 70 inc eioqucd1oS
and
spcuous within its portals many are Geod eO'ie nte
advanced to great wealth aud iame some aas' P SS
How %asb AN offered for this buildngi' There vas
soly one bid. Nick Miller offered SSO ior IT, Nooou1
else wanted IL ~,
Several relics of the first settlement OF the
Old Colony have been temporarily depodted IN Pilgrim
Han, Plymouth Mass. Among them are cradio Oeions-
ing 10 Gov Edward Winslow, two PEWTER patters' ana
mortar Of bell metal with iron reste Ihe eraue ID
Of basketwOrk wrought In elaborate pattern Is so'he
what shorter those Of later date ana oesls s
Of usage. 1t derives adaltioni hteieSI W
the fact Peregrine White, the nrst wnlte chu
the colony %as rocked es ~ ~ go on board the
Maynower ia Cage Cod HafbOt, was l00nT" w az "a
death ais father in TIE early part o. ioSi Sn9 n S
mother Susanna White, married " Gov hinso" oh
the 12th OF May, 1921
There is In San Francisco an organization OF
Aheiss communists, sgrarans aud female suffagSV'
who devote several hours Of the first day Of the week 70
miscellaneous gsbbe. On Dec. TO- after Two young
women had played a piano " Is my darling true 20
nep' tbere was debate the topic, Is the Republic
faIareP % One Iunatic remarked that bishop, who
produced nothing got $4,000 year as much as eight
workiDgmtn could earn have snnered es iDneh rs
want staring in the face, but The next time got ID
thaE nx all have got 10 say is, LOOK out Ahotnea
unate said that AL born honest except lpOse
with ersoked iateects Another lunatic insisted That
AL born Tiara and scOnndrels, and every man
6nd II out Another ianaiie said that ROME Trose and
tel; blade Of grass rises and falls stocks rise aud FAM