New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
GENERAL NOTES.

When Congressman Martin |. Townsend can
write letter from Iowa to Troy paper "oo"t COZ "'
timothy clover blue glass snd hogs, without 'nahs
single reference 10 the Scriptures or cracking ''o
shell OF joke, tiinos are duii' r A.,
There was a sacred concert at one Oh uhe
Cane NAV hotels last Sunday night CHOIR SANG hymns
IN philadelphia and telephone ratified the tones over
the cold cold wires of these days irss class
ronolitan choir may furnish music 'oi %" '"' N'
churches far aud near. VINO KNOWS
Cincinnati has had a fatal case of hetero-
bsnv in front OF a drug store. physician droVo UP W
the apothecarys last Monday, and calling the clerk 10
tbe eurbstone asked him for six grams OF noipinne'
.beD ouin no was the drug Of which he was reaty III
orest The morphine delivered 10 the pnyS'c''n'
VA administered with fatal effect 10 child three years
old The physician does not remember ina @ - q ,1,y
tate INT thc druggist insists that NOR hlhe WIS e
that was called for -.
A vounr gentleman who has been teaching
school In Tennessee bat who prefers ease ana ooi,'
and plepty of money 20 life Of toll has taAen o1 ms
yvaisicoat unbuckle1 his suSpenaers auu olo"C" ~
bea,t in the presence OF Western editor " 40 "e 'u
editor he sighs SIT in an egant saio' u'' VIZ"
Dotbrg 70 do but write when felt like IT, 10 nave e"y
~ nonev and go when and where please free "I COST
and lead the editors quiet life Of ease w't1Qnt care %
trouble Of su{ 9rt s, - .o pnbsbod in sybars is adver
tsiug for just such man. =, =. -
.Notber. saved the house, but shall de-"
,ad sx-year old girl to Mrs. Theodore MAI l'm s Sio
,nrcreu ncr nome at High Market, Lewis county one
dsy This week. The child while attempting 10 hsn' d
Iann tn warm some milk baby set hre 10 her eoth
ing Her first thought to run on' OF uoors A'"is
,,o the house would be burned and the baby Da hut
Inn, noticing that shreds Of her clothing had fallen upon
tne floor she carefully extn gushed the flames linen
she horse trough ~ tno !ar5 aIu 't,eniy
ior her mother return. Sac Died an honr alVer e ~
cident
Intelligence has been received from fro1'
Orion of Vassar College who is row exploring tn head
adc IN
travelled via Cochabamba to the head Of navigation on
the Rio Gilmore down which he descended by canoe tc
Trinidad This is the first expedition down this river
Iient Gibbon having explored the Chapale ana DOT
bicny the Secure In crossing the ChpMe al Conc n'
Professor and his party narrowly escaped behg caieo
obv food the river suddenly rising in the night twenty
feet and covering their camping ground to te ieph o
yaid They arrived in Trinidad on May D anu AZ p pqc
latest accounts busy preparing to explore the MO
Bcni which Is to geOgrapners an unknown river
vacancy at West Point now exists for the
xIIth Congressional District which comprises tne
twentythird and twentyfourth wards of this city, to-
retber with the whole OF WescheSter County The hon
Carkson ~ Potter the Representative from the DStrct
has determined upon competitive examination lor te
nomination TO this vacancy. This examination VIII DC
held at the orawampum Hotel White Plains on the 22d
inst At IL a. m and whoever may be reported by the
examiners as most proficient will be nominated ny Mr.
Potter The examination viii be op to all young men
possessing the legal qualifications VIZ; They must
r.-ff Ia
teen and Twenty-Five least five feet hig and must be
M Tor military service and cOnyersant With Cle Ordinary
In slisA branches.
Who says that nothing ever happens IN tins
Ann couptryq Two ladi,s Ashburn, Mo-, wHe sitting
on the edge Of bed Sunday night heard al ominous
sound and looking underneath saw huge rattiesnake
ooed upon the floor. Dressing themselves hastily they
ran ont doors and until neighbor George got
lamb and arming himself with pole, went mp stairs
10 listen to the music The rattesnakc circcd all about
the room and attacked neigbor George twice but was
finally killed and pitched out of the front win
dow The dead musician measured three feet, ten
inches w Young Iyey away with pretty girl
I'm Marion s. c. while old Bullafd was fishing But be-
fore the venerable angler left the house he cut mp his
spkers into slugs and loaded his gun; and the brides
brother following the sentimental travellers missed the
MN and wounded the woman in the side Whereupon
they drove ON TO the minister's in buggy and were mar
ned although the bride weak from the loss OF
HOOD that she could scarcely stand. 1Onng
man while walking through the woods near Gays
RIVER Va, heard rustling noise sa" a Dig Dodi,
ciimbed M tree, and crdwled ont on lind. second
learing the OutcIic5 O the 1fst young man.
aDpeared upon the and took refuge ~ the Saiie
tree The bear followed him up the trunk ana out Oh te
same lmb to which the first Young man was chhghg
Beueatn the united weight of Two young men ana Que
bear the limb broke and the three fell 90 the ground
The bear suffered most from tlc fall and was 50 Dday
stunned that she could follow the two Young men ds
they Jumped Of to the yil!age..-A fiddler ~ virginia
City, New, plays one ~ Lola SiOntczs tunes WIN W"
made out Of her own hair
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