New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-10
GENERAL NOTES.

At Bombay, Maharani SurnomOye since 1871
has spent in charity onesxth Of her whole income To
the famine sufferers she has given over 100000 and to
other objects Of charity over 100000. solemnty was
held at Bombay forthe purpose Of Investing her
India, 10 recognition OF her noble work
Items from the plague stricken-cOuntry
Al least one-third Of the resident population az NicKs
burg Is sick. A telegraph operator has hed rom ms
most nj Holly Springs Miss Robert A. Thompson busi-
ness manager The Me9his ArGlIHehe, and also post
master is dead An unknown man in Buffalo wrote the
words An English Visitor" on subscription book,
and put $50 opposite them. Headlines In newspapers
at Memphis are Golgothav where the living arc
100 few 10 bury the dead" Where ninetysi1 bodies
ara laid away and sixty await interIneut In single
dav while more are being fitted for the grave" AZ
Hemuhis the county undertaken has four furniture
wagons busy all day. Upon each the implanted eomns
are piled high as safety from railing VIII permit
Mankind loves to be humbugged in no way
so muoh as by the three-card monte man. IL was
Broome County farmer, this time, aud he was eighty
wears old Two met him with samples OF cloth In
the streets OF whimeys Point. Their prices pleased
him. and he readily followed them into their hotel
where other and better samples were 70 DO shown him
Once In the rOOm the three cards came forth with tue
usual assertion that no card could be followed in the
sbualing The old man the corner OF certain
card was bent and felt confident he could follow IT, He
accordingly made wager Of $40 and lost his money.
Then lie offered 70 wager SlOOV Ine S Sta3nnS me
money The 81 900 went the way OF the $40, and the
two left the village 10 De seen oi the gu H@" no
more.
In one district of India, on the coast, are
lew, who are believed the descendants OF Jews sent
into India by King Solomon TO capture elephants for his
use and to work in the gold mines. The Hebrew lam
uaRe has almost died among them bnt they pOssess
written Bible OF the holidays they keep only the Sab
hath the Passover and the Day Of Atouement being un
known 10 them They call themselves Sons OF Israel"
and moi Jews" ana maintain that they possess auto
,ranh prayerboOks written by the Patriarehs. They
boast of letters Of freedom given them by an ancient
Indian king aud OF another given by King Tsohand'
GREAT They furnish Il III point for the Darwnss,
in that 5000 years IN India have entirely elangea
their color. 80 that IL ~ ahouie W distinguish eui i
the other natives.
Courage is of various qualities and degrees,
according 20 tho occasion which oais forth. Some OF
its tests are greater than battle-helds The man who
can face the lannon's mouth without thought OF inc
bubble reputation might cfuge and turn ashen pale
at the side OF Mr.. Charles A. Brown Mr.. Charles A.
Brown resides In Chicago, and has taken unto himself
wife Mrs Charles A. Brown was widow Of thirty
eight years. aud a Norwegian. Mrs Charles A. Brown
while she was Mrs Inga Hanson. became the mother Oh
precisely twenty boys aud girls On four occasions sue
presented Mr. Henson with twins, on twelve With am
Gle child Il was last Friday that this Nobe OF tue
North appeared at the County Clerks Office in chicago
In company with Mr. Charles A. Brown. who asked tnas
they two might be made QUE Az these twenty chaeaa
ii,
when one family would comfortably utilize every h00E
| Of modern mammoth apartment house.
Out in Michigan few days ago tramp
broke into farmers house. and, after eating OF 'ue
farmers pies and cheese took pistol from trunk Sno
began shooting at mark IN the farmers yaro. sva
of the farmer soon in from his work IN the neu'
discovered the marksman, and, without molestng mn'
suddenly received pistol shot In his leg Inc uanp
took to the road with all the speed he could anu Wa
seen no week earlier another farmer W. y.
ward fence was made into lOungng place by tramp NO
| @ and the farmers drove him away WIN scr.
words and fyiug sticks The next day at dlnns' Wv
good wife and mother brought in from oepsash ~
shade trees some cool milk which, with iresh p'o
berries helped 20 make up the faniy's noonaay eps'
half hour later ell the family bad become SICK ehs, ,s
M vsicIan heing called they we're told that posOn "a
ths cause OF IT, The milk under the shade s ses wa
heen nosoned with arsenic, and the onended tssp "a
1Yoba6iy ms inan who did t. Bat the family hsd