New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-02
GENERAL NOTES.

When Hoedel, the assassin, was asked on
the day before his death whether he cared TO his
mother again, he replied :" Nay, her whining would DO
usupportabe" In his conversations with the chaplain
he repeatedly quoted from Hene and other poets
and spurned the notion OF deriving soace from the
structons Of the Bible When questioned to his last
wishes requested be executed in public and begged
for cigars and beer At the urgent solicit alton Of the
chaplain. who was walking by his side he threw away
With his last breath oh what piucky fellow ami
was his fayOr1te eXcamatiOn
A London curate in a fashionable suburb
has eloped with elderly married lady Que OF the
members OF the congregation, who holds important
appointment in the city aud about fifty years OF age
took athery interest in the young minister and made
much OF him as a visitor. The city gentleman had a
wife, very handsome, turned forty and the mother OF
several children, who had all died early. She took
very mothery interest in the young curate. The city
man went home the other day and found letter from
his handsome wife explaining that she had gone OF
with her curae. and hoping that her dear Henry "
would not lament her absence but try to make himself
comfortable alone
A young Frenchman died in Lyons two
weeks ago from the effects Of lighting a match. He
scratched 1t with his thumbni, aud piece OF the in
oandescent phosphorus penetrated under the nail and
made a slight burn, to which he paid attention. But
after hour the pain became very great, tho thumb
swelled then the hand and next the forearm. lie
obliged to aght at the first station and send for ned
cal man. who declared that instant amputatOn Of the
the operation for few hours until the arrival OF his
father, for whom he had teegraphed But before the
latter could reach the spot too ate the poison
Gus matter GaG PaSST3 VJ Ie aT o S So
hours after the burn, IN horrible suffering.
Captain Burton described his expeditions to
the Land Of INDIAN st the recent meeting OF the British
Association The second one, he said. organized
largo SCALE because the object to ascertain the
mineral wealth OF the country. In the OF their
Investigations the members OF tho expedition discovered
many ruins extinct volcanoes, sulphur hills, an i'm
mense of quartz gold, chalcithery and urquGses
and distinct traces Of scientific gold mining. In the
South gold working still continued, although the
usually vgiiant police seemed to know nothing about IT,
Traces been discovered of the residence OF Moses in
the land but none OF the passage o. cns Snarsn OF
remotcst ages vote OF thanks was accordedto Cap
tain Burton for tho paper ana Consul Hutchinson took
occasion recommend the lecturer as the only person
not Mussumsn who had ever entered the shrine OF
MahOmet aJ Mecca
The sagacity of the much abused woman
who killed the goose that laid the golden egg has been
indicated. She undoubtedly prospecting for gold
mine. inside the goose but in the goOse-pasiure.
Nicholas Clare, OF Maiden tho Hudson has dscOv-
cred such mno aud had specimens of the assayed
and he IL now convinced that he has struck paying
vein. This is the remarkable explanation Of his dis
coyery which he has oOnhded to The Kingston Freeman
Eighteen years ago my wife found bright particle
about q quarter Of noh long, oneeighth wide. and
about thick notepaper in the crop Of chicken she
was preparing for our Christmas dinner sent 10 to
saugertes with my little girl and DR.. Dawes tried it
and pronounced II GOLD / Immediately commenced q
search on my and djoining places for gold, as
felt the nature OF the particle that It had from
the rock soil. My search was unsuccessful however,
until about year last spring, when IN digging for
well my for gold was most aRreeably aud unex-
peeedy brought to end aud found tho mine ~ I've
told YOU I've not given my whole time to this search
during these eighteen years. but Just a. I've hat leisure
I've prospected about"
A battle with monster bass is described by
The DaH6ury NeEs Five fishermen at Mantle Beach
had cast their little OF Shore in the early evening
and as they began TO draw 1t toward the beach, soon
noticed that the catch must be unusually lively one
They had scarcely touched the land and begun TO pull
the net the sand before OF the FISH, giant bas
with splash that sent the water high In the air dashed
through the strong meshes aud darted back into the
The then caught glimpse OF another fish Of equal
size that rushing urously back and forth from end
end OF the seine In desperate effort to escape The
excited spOrtsmen far up the beach, dragging the
and the fish behind them. They had hardly dropped
the cords before the largest bass broke from the meshes
and springng high In the air plunged down the shore
toward the sea- ten Twelve feet away The men
vsinly sought stop him with desperate kicks from
their heavy fishing boots and blows from such impe-
ments they could pick mp tho beach. No dared
grasp the monster bass OF large siEe armed with
ts sharp aud raZOr-like teeth and gis the
hercest and most dangerous FISH, The shore water
already reached and the bass splashng furOus-
ly the desperate endeayOr TO gain water that would
float him, An instant and the prize would be lost.
At this moment Mr. Winshp fearessy threw himself
the struggling monster, oiaBpng his around It's
neck with foot under its body and ahoutad for help
The struggles OF the fish and It's oapt0r had carried them
into deep water but the stout OF the other fisher
men were quick " the rescue, and In an instant both