New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-18
GENERAL NOTES.

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Senator Plumb, Of Kansas, and ex-senator
Dorsey, OF Arkansas have cast their lot with Leddvie
the III Dorado. The latter is said TO have made
100000 by recent rise In stocks
Minnesota has temporarily thinned out her
army of tramps by Offering them 81 80 day IN tho
broken look, but think it Is better than nothing.
The clasp Of the feverish air at 1902 in the
shade is perhaps made any agreeable By read
ing OF snowdrift seventy five feet deep and thousand
feet long that White Mountain visitors are sitting
The recent weather has been favorable for
the Northwestern wheat harvest; the crop stands
straight up and the fresh breeZs Of the last week
disspated the fears that the previous heavy
would produce rust. Tne farmers throughout the
OF the State jublant, and IS probable the har
will exceed the through tine whole spring
not seem to have been felt west OF Cleveland
The rumOrs respecting the practical readOp-
ton by tue German Government OF the mixed gold and
silver standard confirmed by the president OF the Ma
tonal Bank telling the committee that silver sales have
not been merely suspended but absolutely discontinued
In keeping with this announcement the old thaer pi ces
are being pentifuy reissued The quantity Of silver
thus indefinitely kept IN circulation beyond the sum
fixed BY law amounts to about 50O.000,O00 marks.
The folklore Of the Magyars must be very
quaint, IL legend told by Moritz Jokai the Hungarian
poet fair example. few centuries ago. szegedin,
Of the largest and most Important towns
Hungary, totally destroyed by fire. The people
sat lamenting the smoking ruins, and bitterly
asked themselves il their city could ever again be what
twas before Then answered an old woman, Not till
the dead come back into the streets" This
speech probably meaning that szegedn would never be
as before saying IN the Deighborhood and has
remained till today Now, the other day when the
des royed by the foods the waters burst open
tue vaults ana graves, ana many OF the dead III tntr
wooden collins oated about OF the The
Magyar. superstious as are all people with Eastern
blood In their VEINS now nrny believe thAt ths Is an
omen, ana that the saying VIII come hue
Cardinal Newman arrived at Birmingham
fortnight ago, and proceeding TO the Oratory was re-
ceved by the clergy Thanksgiving service was after
wards held when procession was formed, canopy
being held over the Cardinal His Eminence appeared
painfully feeble. and, sitting down, delivered short
address the congregation. He thanked them for
their prayers, and congratulated them on the high
honor conferred upon the Oratory by the Holy see He
SAID he had yet recovered from his long Illness ana
he felt 50 very weak that he hardly knew how he should
be able to say few words he wished to say. In
short address broken intervals and partly inaudl6le
Cardinal Newman expressed great happiness at return
ing home TO the Oratory, though he knew, he said,
there was higher and heroic life than home lfe
as might be seen from the lives OF the Apostles nus
elevation the Cardnalship was, he tald an iinheuse
honor; and asking for prayers that grace might
go forth. he sad And SO TAR, dear brethren take
my departure by giving you my Denedlcton'
An abrupt marriage was celebrated In Wor-
cester Mass, last Saturday evening. In the morning
papers the Rev. Mr.. Munson, of Missouri advertised
that IN the evening he would preach sermon IN three
parts in the Advent Chapel He went into the pulpit
and preached q sermon the first two divisions being
Repentance and Holiness or sanetihcation" lie
then opened the Bible Matthew xxv, and proceeded
70 read the parable of the ten virgins. At the sixth
verse And at midnight there was cry made, Behold,
tina bridegroom cOmeth go ye out TO meet Dm'' no
stepped down the pulpit, anu lady stepped for-
ward from one OF the front pews, and taking the Bible
continued TO read from the seventh to the tenth verses
inclusive Mr. Munson then took the ladys right hand
and said: And now before God and these witnesses
do take this woman whom hold by the right hand TO
ne my lawfully welded wife, to love and cherish her as
nv own body until Christ shall come to claim us Win
ALI saints as his bride, until death shall part u.s.
The woman said: And now take this man 10 De my
Iawfuy welded husband 10 love, reverence aud obey
nm until the Lord himself shall descend Hom heaven
with shout and with tne voice OF the archangel ana
vii n the trump God, I'LL death shall US sever
They then knel and the man Onered prayer Iter tue
prnyer Mr. Munson returned 10 his desk ana closed MS
discourse by urging the Importance OF beng ready iof
the coming OF the Lord'
There is an Italian in Nevada City who owes
fortune to "a drink OF water As The Transcript relates
be incident arrived at the Golden Gate IN quest OF
fortune and found his way the Sierra Butte Mine,
where he failed TO get employment. After receiving
numerous rebus. he started to return to the lower
country again. He became weary. footsore and dis
hearened that he began 10 wish himself back III sunny
italy once more, among the vines ana olives lie grew
feverish thinking Of his trials and rloulatons ana
stopped at a spring to moisten his parehed throat.
Cattle had been way short time before, and with
their feet stirred up the limpd water until it became
thick with mud. The Italian scooped out the basin and
waited until the sand should settle 10 the bottom that
he misht sake his thirst aud battle his brow. BY and
nv tho water became clear crystal and he STOPPED 10
drink An astonishing sight met his eyes. The bottom
Of the spring with bright yellow particles
that gittered in their watery bed With all his ignor
auce of mining he knew he had found gold He rushed
excitedly to camp where lived some OF bis country
men and told the story OF his discovery, but they were
ncrsduIous saving that some mLer had stopped at the
sprug 20 drink and lost what was found from his purse
One Of them however volunteered TO nelp prOspec tho
claim although he had confidence III deVe0plnga
nermapent or profitable one The first day PANIED out
S7nO since then they have worked IL constantly ana
an An extensive scale. IL has paid handsomely from the
urst Last year they took out S4VOOo aua soio ohe-
nuarter interest for $50 900 more