New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-12
GENERAL NOTES.

There are a few Yankees in Eastern Massachu-
- who stu have faith in the efficacy wItchhazel IN
atarminng location Of wells In Nevads there are
haiTbraned spectators who profess to have an anal
e belief the virtues Of dvining rod In indicating
IN, presence Of ore The instrument is an eectrema
met which responds to the attraction OF precious uets
xeher the 20 1900 feet below the SURFACE
Tn one Of the committee rooms of the Ne
hrs.ka Legislature six gas-iets were burning Re-
,nctu,ent and Reform - erred Creighton; bring
In lamp and put that gas the State can't stand
this expense" Reform and RetrenchnentF shrleked
NJ Van WICK BRING Id can So t,In lust LOOK
a. tbs moon; blow out that candle" Hence appears
= A. in the final ANALYST Rcr~nchment and Reform SIN
uer down into cheap mOonsnlne.
A wedding party invaded the County Clerks
Office Mt Alton, H., days and demanded mar
rage license Certainly" said the genial clerk what
ar the ages ?" The bridegrooms was "a the brides
IA The clerk hesatngy suggested Tint II was against
IA. law 10 Issue license to girl under Is without the
ronSrnt Of her parents Thereupon the brides faher
sspDod forward with his consent ana Diesslng' WY,
widow" The clerk was convinced that a maiden VINO
I'D a husband under ground was oidechough 10 n"''
another above ground
The eleventh course of " lectures 10 me-
ehauIcs" was opened Thursday evening at horth
c. a3ed Hall New-Haven. These lectures are delivered
on ionday and Thursday evenings during February and
March The list Of lecturers includes sueh names as
William H S WsITar = " Jch s1 Mark BDey P
TTowbridge j. !. skinner. ana h. Nerrill Among Ihe
isrry Laws Our Red Sandstone" and " sanitary
FulReerng Eleven lectures for dollar Ii Is almost
A. cheap as a TRIBUNE Science Extra
The Maine Legislature continues in the work
A. reform. and Is now considering bill making pool
,.ung a STATE Prison ofeuse. IL also proposed to
make liable TO all penalties OF the present Lottery
law all those WHO engage III rses at church ana other
t.- making Illegal grab bag,, ss-cVkes and the ike
The law giving a bounty On bears ana wolves n's pech
rrr,a,d il being found that many Canadian ctatults
az led and that their ears are brough mo tny s1e
Manufacture OF in the state l. pending aud s'lu
aotIer aimed at dOg5 o. sheepsllns Propenssiii1s,
4 b.. winter Is both moral and miscellaneous
4 Moutrose, Penn, paper publishes cut OF
sLfe-,ze wooden heada natural growth OF DeechWoou
,a, ma recently found near susqGehanna statloh
O. the Eric Railway. TIN scientific numskuls ~ those
pit have put their wooden heads together and at
tented 10 account FOR this natural curiosity Ihe]
mink that human skeleton was lying upon the ground
that a DecChnut found It's way into the SAUL ana
4 ls the branches Of he tree vas :oreed
sne ROW i'm the skull and thus nodded, forming
TIE head and showing the cOHvOlutoDs OF the brain
he the root passed down along tt soe, ' s
spinal column. The length Of the wooden heti Is 20
Inches. length OF the Of the sclenilnc gentlemen
gwen.
The London Echo reminds the English critics.
who are giving the United States gratuitous ADVICE on
m. subject of the Geneva award that their Government
has recently compelled TO admit that the Amecas
were right as 10 the extrddOn of criminals under the
treaty OF 1912 and that will be quite as Well Tor Egsh
men ~ hold their tongues 1t the fact that the
American Government had 10 Keep large force az sea III
1S-Sif al the Alabama and her cOusOTts and reasons
tbat IL was expensive au operation as TIE keeping oi
tbe British fleet in Beska Bay has proved "a pc me
iNrd states arr no more bound return the balance
than Britain would he II n happened To nave NJ
WAoiesoJne conclusion Whether the Americans mag OF
their motion return the money Is M ~ te
attempt shame them INTO doing H. a. II they were paS
In conscience money
The public enthusiasm in Glasgow over the
Do4.a u on Ian
VA sign that the poets songs popular north OF
the Tweed to-day As they were. The monument
vas erected principally by wOrkmen IN the west OF scot
land and subscriptions limited 60 a shilling, so that
a. 900 scotchmen were enabled 70 honor the poets
NJ uory There 100 bands III the procession ana
al of them played There was lad was born IN hyle
The carriers quaint and picturesque broad hhinar
sashes lorfie, embOwcred with evergreens ana az
ooumodaug band, preceded second Yelo,e' NI hI
bad been converted into representation OF thatcne.
roadside pubchousc. evidently intended 70 represent
the rsor where Tam OShaner and oJuter johnny were
won't 20 get uncO lou anu a"lu naplS' - rorson
landlord m short hose ana scarlet nghtcdp was person
h. sdairin friends that the ale was growing bet
ter" Tam O1hauter and eOuer Jonnh! "eIe Ifl'Ie
va Yer ~ al tber were so 900 spectators in st
Georges square. Lord HOught0n presided over the
eeromoni =, and made an excellent speech
The Nevada Legislature has authorized the
publication Of homographic chart OF the state Gov
ernmsn; 1t is list Of tho United states senators tue
Congressional delegation the Judges the state oIcers
te state Senators and Assembymen. and the clerks EN-
poyed IN the state House In parallel columns are gwen
the residences ages places Of nativity ana emigration
rss,ons and domestic states Of every servant VI the
State Thc columns which are recorded the poltlc5 O
eSery statesman SOL and 1S77 especially VAIN
able They prove that political consistency Il cnnln1h
virtue in Nevada fol almost without exception the poll
tics OF the officials have undergone no change al 10 wears
Tipv also indicate that politics are embraced AT very
tender age. Assembyman Mcintosh. for instance was
botu IN Canada. but when only ~ years old brcane an
ar,ent Republican: Assemblyman Tomb wis k'puD-
Uosn wlen only 10 aud ASstmhyman Coulter vas oI
t- anne faith wErn only older The StrgeaDt-a
A,uA the committee clerks, journal CLERKS ana "theF
officials 8lso appear u have beeu loyal u thrlr parties
n.-.espr, who arr now under Ia years do not appear
fro the rrsoTd Ia had any politics 10 years ago
t. blak in these inst ances the tables aspec OF
tT,nn,epDes. which Il unfortunate. surely tiie lcEis
lators Nevada devise SO'Be method OF determining
UnAt are q fellow politics before lac i born