New-York tribune., 1878-10-04
GENERAL NOTES

Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the home
OF very lively hari-money Journal me S@1"-
day Ereniag Post which regularly prints six
g., 10 eighteen mage paper, is abundantly sus-
tanned, and Is making the best nght IL can ior ho"eS'
money.
proved that ayelng that benighed region rs not
holiday sport and yet Gerhard ROhlfs who is 10 lead
IN expedition from Trpoli Wadar and Lake THnga-
aka pestered with letters from people who are anx
Gus to accompany him. Some of these letters ate most
ddiulous and betray udicrVus Ignorance of tie ex-
Eencle of such expedition. One OF these petitioners
lprofessienal musician submitted project seriously
proposing the formation baud, at the head OF winch
nao AIRS sbdue the Wild negro tribes, and thus open
away 10 explorers through the vast African Continent
The Ostrlch-feather business increases, but
the supply is getting sadly short. Twenty pairs OF Os-
trches we're lately sold in South Africa for breeding
purposes and fetched average Of nearly $1,000 per
pair As much as 81 = 25 paid for pair, while
the Invest price obtained was $3.50 Ii was only few
years that ostnches could be procured In South
Africa he catching and for exhibition purposes in
London they sold mere trhe Even the Geological
soety London remarkable its collection of foreign
birds does possess single specimen OF the African
ostrich At recent sale OF feathers choice parcel re-
azed S34O Der pound, abOnt 81 for each separate
feather In 1880 the exports from M the &c Cape OF Coco
lAier the quantity md increased tyelyefold ana te
value yeod o. & 10 & Rs 5 Sisf os co hs aporS had
reached N value the sum Of S1,967030.
"Rum creeturs is women!" exclaimed the
philosophical Weller One Of the customs inspectors at
Baltimore while examining young lady's trunk on an
incoming German steamer, last week, found petcOat
which was 80 heavy as 20 his suspicions; and
ripping il open where the bastDg loose he found
S2Oe worth OF lace and sk, hrristically arraneed-A
womHu's life In MuskeEOH, Mich, has been saved by
ack hair husband having shot at her aud the ballet
lodging her French twist---.As officer Jones took
ans seat ia abe COroners Office, Chicago. after explaining
how he rad been compelled TO shoot Billy OBren
IN self defence, there loud cry-R mingled scream
and grOan L: a wOmans voice, and, as every body
instinetyeiy knew, that OF OBrion's young wIfr
Curse you! Curse you /" she cried :" my
YOU forever for numbering my husband. you dOR!" She
held up both hands appealing TO heaven ia the agony o1
officer turned, and tears glistened in his eyes. IL was
my hard duty" ue said.
The SIX wise men Of Newport, who have be-
gun lawsuit rather than pay 10 cents each for enter
taining the officers OF the BelrrOphOn, may study with
profit the destructive pertinaey manifested by certain
Inspirations taxpayers the Swiss of II mo
parish Of Loco expecting visit from the bishop
OF the diocese and Il resolved that he should
eelve generous welcome at the cost of the community
The parish priest, Father BrOgni who lived In the hand
soonest in the village commissioned to make
all the arrangements fOr the dnher in his largest rOam
NJ whioh the bishop be entertained by his flock
The Of the meal was fixed at so cents head When
tie great day was 0vcr tue dinner eaten, the speeches
made and the prelae departed, the reckon
ing came. strife among the parisnoners
whether the priest had right to have admitted Of
his kinsnen for nothing Some contcnded that the
priests relation ought tO be treated guest Others
demanded that either he or the Parson should be
PEELED 20 pay the 90 cents for ms entertainments The
committee determined 70 carry the knottY point before
the law eours The lawsuit from @ 9eGlanng Gn 20 eId
was hunted out OF his parsonage by oand OF angry
the p1rsonage Altaongh ~ was paIOehlAI propsrty,
hinges
The Chinese astronomers ways are curious
aud past understanding these lands
ence Il Is related that tho fh OSthe present
year he learned men OF Pekng noticed that the did
not shine brightly ~ had been Its custom Instead OF
being clear, IL had them red and urid look The
weather dry and the sky covered with mist Turn
ing their scientific books their learued with
amazement these signs. by al the laws OF
and HnbiquariAn knowledge, warning of danger
the imperial Family The tidngs promptly carried
throne. Order. went forth for the defence
OF the reslence. The gates were guarded by soldiers
ana thr lne OF wall was zsalOusiy defended panic
spread nInOng the people. Something about
happen the Emperor, they said, and what It was
ono knew. To Ray the Gisqniet and to end the ques
tons that pouring In upon thc. the authorities at
last sid the Government was on the brink OF a
WIN Rassia Some triAng discussion between Russian
and Chinese authorities IN Central Asia gave color
The report But suddenly the illusions were dissolved.
st the Imperial household one day JOY awakened
the frRi Stage OF Oh MS
peria HighneSS the Fifth Prime. ThereupOn the
men the East returned 20 their books 20 find out
whero they had made their bun6er. II lard down
they learned that eyf Influences OF crimson
sSd iUfii sky ayertec n rain should fail within fve
days after their first appearance OF course rain had
iAtn.
There is a certain Professor PulIinger in
Engand may garded as the Caleb Quoem OF the
peSeDt day. He lives at sesay, Chichester, and
hs business card Announces that be Is Jack-ofali
trades, whether he DO master OF any Of them or not
He inventor.
man. builder carpenter, joiner sawyer, undertaken
urner. cooper, painter glasier sign painter wooden
p0mp-maker paper-hangsr, bell-haDgcr bOat-bulder,
eook eleanoF ocksmlth umbrella repairer, china and
Ass mender, net kHtter wire-worker. grocer, bakfr
1Af' taEiderIaist. copying clerk lsttsr~sriter Gc
sountanS surveyor, engineer, land measarer house
tz" Vesy clerk assistant oyorseer, clerk 20 The Sci
S sparrow Club. clerk TO the sesay police assessor
80 collector uf land tar and property and income
oec'or OF church aud highway rates. This astonishing
mas also served al IN the four quarters Of the
enA. As seaman, steward. sainaker, cook mate and
oAFGat0F. Professor Pulllueer Aan a vxonaar,u fac