New-York tribune., 1876-07-29
GENERAL NOTES.

The damage to the crops in Minnesota noih
the grasshoppers will average 10 per cent
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the tramps are tramp
,nrl Why not send them to the Little Big Hornf
The assessment on the monster hotel IN san
Francisco has been cut down from two millions 10 i''
lion and hail. =, II
diamond ring which a lady had lost Whlie
bathing in the surf at Falmouth was recovered ny means
of a dredge made of hne wire netthS' ~
There Is death under a green vail. child
in Troy who had been put in crio i0r morning nav
with vail over his face to Hep tae nsS IRON md W" did IN
him. sucked IN "rsciic anu 'o'o''ie
conyulsiOns . ,,.,.
Glass chimneys that won't break! Pitts
burgh inventor is reported TO have made remarkable
discovery in the temperng of glass by whch a. II Is Lem
dered as tough iudlaruhber. Using one OF Ms pt
chIlnneys "a hammer lie drives tenpenny mans INTO
qi2-nch plank without making haw in the glass
At Marthas Vineyard they are quick TO turn
dspcnsatons of Providence profit The house wherein
a Rhode Island gentleman instantly killed during
thunderstorm last Sunday is now open TO the pnolc;
with select assortment OF broken shlngies spicaru
bedsteads cracked chairs, shattered mirrors ana one
demOralized clock. Admission, twcntyh cents
A newspaper has the largest advertisement
to be seen Europe The name of The Gtasgo" Nes Is
cut on the slope Of hill back OF the Ardenlee, Scotland
The length Of each letter is 40 feet the total length OF
the line is 1928 feet the area covered Is l1sl1 ltet
borders of the letters sOwn with pure Mhe HOVER
the center is set with dwarf beet the dark purple al
which shows well at distance. and on each side OF ths
there is a of light purple candytuft.
The Monongahela PreSbytery of the United
Presbyterian Church has taken high ground on the sub
iect OF secret societies. Two young men who had ap
pied for admission into Pittsburgh church were shown
Tho door on account OF being members of secret orders
The Presbytery, in sustaining the action OF the church,
declares that the standards Of the denomination are p
posed to secret oab1uud associations ana that 4 tie
rules strictly enforced, nemhtrs o. secret s''''s
cannot be received 10 the membership OF the Church
Married at midnight IN a carriage at the
ministers door. No names The father struck an at
tude took ont $50 bill from his pocket, AMI tearing 1t
In two handed half OF it to the abascd minister with
the words: In few days viii bring you the other
half Of this bill and marriage certificate to sign me
scene shifts TO the pJst-O1ce where money order
for 500 received, ncOsed in letter directing tue p
He must return the half OF $50 bill, which you viii
please keep TIL called for Fine pOt FORA dme hott
and an the gossps Of MOnongahela City can MI IN the
Incidents
The champion relic-hunter at the Exhibition
is woman She went into the Gunsian Department OF
the Main Building and esped magnificent mosaic repre-
sentng lion and his prey 1t was fashioned over 1000
years ago, and formed portion OF the pavement Of
Carthariuan temple. This rrepressble woman watched
her and gOuged several OF the stones oi which
the is posed A policeman was summoned 10y
bysaudeT, but exhibitor 100 tendcl-hcdFtrd 10
appear against her. and she was discharged IL II charity
10 suppose tna rehc-hunteTs are the irresponsible VIC
tins OF a morbid impulse but this woman was ut SUD
ject for rctrbativc justice IL she had been la away Dy
the and one OF her eyes had been chsced ou or an
eyeoOth been wTenchcd out U her mouth, II would have
been brutal and cOG-boodcd, but not unjust Vandalism
that would deace mosaic dedicated Diana ought to
be made odious.
Commercial travellers smell of tobacco and
sometimes Of rum, aud too communicative and in
ouisitlve agreeable companions on the rail. But IN
astagecoach in the far West they can do brave thing
without seeming to De conscious OF their herOisn The
Floyd Hill and Georgetown coach, with six powerful
horses had stopped at Fall River aud the driver Rad
jumped down. leaving the relns IN the feeble hands Of an
invalid the box. The horses suddenly took gnt and
broke into wild gaOp, and the sick man pOwcIcss
to control them The coach was filed with men, women
and children and every check pae with fear the
frantic hOrses dashed Though the canon While death
was staring them in the face, "A passenger crawlcd
through one Of the windows and cabercd upon
the box SEEING the lines aud forcing his whole weight
upon the brake checked the horses they hy
g the rocks and soppe the coach on the edge Of
apreeiJce. The of this hero is ID. NJ. McCuIdl,
commercial traveller for boot and shoe house III Kansas