New-York tribune., 1877-11-10
GENERAL NOTES.

Municipal reform has gone to rOost IN Iowa.
Tho Mayor of Des Moues rendered his resignation last
Monday with the unde standing that II should ahe ei
feet tlc next time he LOT drunk
II takes bright-eyed Western Yankee to do
something very small. a workman in JaucsyiIe Wis,
D.. engraved ON one side Of a gold dollar the Lords
PRAYER the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, a
text from ST. Paul. ms own name and the date man
with stroug ewes read every word without the aid
OF o lu&-uuFlu- lens.
The iudIcious Lord Chesterfield once re-
marked 10 his SON. that l0ud laughter tine mirtn of
tbe mob" Three ladies in Leland Ill.,, who attempted
o. exercise the rights Of citizenship last Tuesday are or
that mind now. They were teachers I'D the puDhc
schools and they went 10 the polls together Inc IN
sr.ctors u,otioued them away with scornfu gestures.
"Weu." said one Of the indignant sisters II woman
knows enough and Las right to be school commits
siouer why should she not be allowed 70 votel We only
want to vote for school commissioner Then You
must paw your poll TAX" said bury politician and
roard and shouted and shook their sides The three
champions 0f an oppressed sex dd no3 appreciate tAe
hum0r OF politics. Iuey went home mad-'eiy mao.
man with a large hole in his head and
another In bis wastcoa pocket lost $500 last Tue,da
while passing along Tr,mOnt-st, Boston. He had
cralmod a roll Of bills into his pocket, and II had
slipped through and fallen 20 the sidewalk without bis
knowledge. Now it happened that a sha5bIy-iressed
girl poor but honest. walking behind him. and saw
tie -reenbacks fail ar his feet. She picked them up,
lost anything His fingers iI his torn pocket and
bis heart ID his mouth as be answered, Yes, have
$500" The rr handed him the roll Of hills. e counted
thrm glanced her and offered her twenty GEMS Win
way BUT the man with microscopic soul was not crest
fallen. lie had saved his twenty cents as We'll as his
Saratoga is a charming retreat among the
foothills Of California. 1t dun there. aud the
tongues OF the gossps rafting A few weeks
ag1 there wdsa wedding supper. The bridegroom
invited every TO the feast, and cOurteously
informed his guests that they needn't bring their wives,
sisters and mothers with them. That made talk. On
the wedding evening the male population OF the town
was present lu body; the bride and her mother were
Tho only ladies there; and every had much corn
beef cabbage and bologna sausage as lac coudput under
his wai,teoat That made more talk Then rumor go
OIL It's legs 20 the effect that pot Of money vas hdde1
a. lonely grave Oh tie hillside That made more talk
By rwos and threes. with shovel and pick al dead
night the villagers went the hillside and dug every
body who had been buried mere Dul Ity lounu no po
Of gold. There were. IN all, thry-nine resurrecons
IL = ghbOring village, and tue tongues ran On.
An ornament for the American bar is receiv
ing the final touches Of legal varnJsh at the Lebanon
Law School Having only one dollar in his pocket, and
being reduced 10 eXtrcmtes, he made this ingenious
and philosophical appeal " bis father ID Memphis
hate money anyhow. II causes more trouble than any
one thing earthly The strife FOR II makes caOus
and selfish The possession Of it makes him proud and
stuCy The strong desire IN the human heart obtain
u tends crush bis higher aspirations, and subdues hi,
no1ler impulses II renders him cunning and tricky
causes him 10 measure ns eow-mans character by his
own. And suu, Notwithstanding my thorough hatred
for TO- and It's Dlackening influence on mankind. feel
much more comfortable, and far independent with
few loose dimes about my old clothes than when on
touching my pocket musical chDK given back II
is "a kinder feeling. and eete empty. So
rest assured that before long 10 musical chuk viii be
waited TO my eKpocttnt and I'll be homosick and
tie lonesome feeling viii ana I'll suffer
F. please avoid a these unpleasant conscqueB by
gautuS al auspcl1us ear % my aucIOy blt earnest
appeal" what talent he viii have for wriuguc YER
diets from tle sympatnies OF jury-oox and draw Dg
fees from tue pockets OF his clients
A rich lead Of romance has been struck at
Oakland Nd. A poor farmer lives there sefexIcd
scDured among strangers simply because he married
HI. sister without knowing IT, When be was lad Of
seven and sLe a lass Of three size kidnapped and
her parents never heard Of her again although tey ex
pended thousands II searching Tor her. The heart
broken mother died soon after the loss ~ her darling
the father wandered over Europe aud finally settled
81 New-YorI where lie died. TIE brother grew %
hood and tho memory OF bis lost sister was almost
sfaced from his mind IL his twenty seventh year
while visiting married friend be fol n love with the
gOverncss Of his tuond's children, beautiful gin o
about twenty three. aud after some months they were
married and lived happily for five or SIX years, boy
aud grl being born ~ them during that time. BY h'
death Of an uncle IN San Francisco the husband -f
considerable fortune, aud lawyer conveyed
intelligence 70 him, also stated that he sisters
had been traosd. tramp His deatb-bed st
Louis police station confessed that lie and two com
panions had stolen little gr for her clothes and q
,9cset which she and that she had continued with
uaeted The attention o! a kud-hearted lady lu ONO whu
'eu lef and sen. 4er - school, where she reLn44aed