New-York tribune., 1879-10-16
GENER4L NOTES.

There is another astonished En-lshman
making a four of tne Wrst-George Jacob Ho.yOake
the veteran English reformer and radical He IS en-
chant.G." he says; this Il a marvellous country, -
and 70 has a tremendous future and he adds " The
beauty of the women and the come.iness Of the men
have astonished me- for that Is hsye been
led 70 Expect" From This h hastens 70 infer that
the human race generally f. improving
The fires in the furnace at Washington,
Penn have been nssted again. and Tomorrow the body
O. Dr. lie Movne will be cremated Thrtysix hours
necessary heat the furnace properly. and little time
has been lost The aged doctor died at o'clock IN the AZ
ternoon and ~ nigh the fires started No ceremony
procession VIII take place. Only the usual services
Will be held at the residence and at tie fnrnace every
,hos I w s1 be OF a. PTlH wesec o2e4 2oo poGnd
The Musical Rerietr. new weekly paper
devoted exclusively music. VIII appear in Ais city
to-day. Il 70 be conducted by gentlemen oi well
known integ-iiy and culture. and viii be confined 10
The purely literary part O' music. having no con
nec1on with matters There Held Tor such
paper couducted az this one Is nAeN ~ o., suo ~
A-chibad Mac Martin who is 90 be al the Ecdd o! i
and the gentlemen who are associated with LAn ia II
viii doubtless meet Win genera approval oi 'HeH u-
dsrtaking.
The greatest terror of theatre going has here
toore been considered 70 be bad play stupdly acted
A discharge Of mussstry the stage is always nui
sance oeading the OF hearing and subsequently
The sense Of smell but when II CONES 20 putting balls
into the uUskets and then firing point blank into the
p one feels there be worse sn AZ the theatre
than numbering OF SAakespea.e- young man was
So killed at Baltimore Tuescay night de vent for
amusement, and he manslaug h.ered How the ball
got into the property mnsEet Tor the Coroner to
rnd cut II he eau but the public ought TO oe assured
that hereafter guus Will be fired the course OF a
play without inspection by the promper or the stage
manager. the scene--nfter OF the Leader OF tue
orc6estra or mo rst wakin gentleman. ebody.
y ramrOd beng kept for the purpose
Another man has feigned suicide in order to
test the affections of hs WIFE, but he very near
Hfa A. fr1F
pistol aud fans floor with the smoking pistol
az hs side a. id Mr.. Joseph H. Dana, OF St LOUIS, a
Mr. PendetOn. OF Bangor Me- tried the experiment OF
hanging himself Going the upper story Of his house
he opened window, and after making fast In the room
one end OF the rope he tied the other end around s
body under arms, got out of the window and while
suepended there in Iaid-ar uttered cries of distress
that Mrs PeDdletOn the scene When she
had recovered her surprise tie good woman armed
herself q knife and proceeded AZ once TO cut the
rope little thinking she could DO any harm and oeiey
ing she could great deal OF good But Mr. PendleOn
unfortunately suspended about twenty feet from
the ground. reckon him self ~ the luc XII
on Perhaps II NJ Pendleton had broken or both
ghe result would be on the whole better tIan
long days lis Illness whether his wife really loved
HIM. and lesson Lad been taught MIN which lie very
much needs 10 learn.
The Duke of Beaufort profted by bis visit
10 this country TO acquire precise infor
nation on its agricultural resources Accordingly he
las been able 10 set rigb Daniel Owen, OF Ash Kan.
Clamorgan who recently published q pamphlet IN
which he sought 20 show that the English farmer would
be able 90 compete IL the English market with the
American wheat producer. provided the soil in Great
Britain properly tiled The Duke observes that the
American vheatcsOp of ast year not exceptional,
The present. one being much He that The
suru, of wheat available for exportauon Will Increase
every wear for time come because the wheat
IL enormous Immigration is increasing railroads
ar being built and farmers viii expend part Of their
gains IA nauures and thereby increase the productive
powers OF their laud- He holds that wheat be
landed Liverpool from tho interior OF
shngs C-l) per oushe 30 sniuGs f-sl per quarter
price with which, he says. English farmers cannot
successfully compete. TIE Duke puts the cost OF cat-
vauug Of whesi thls country sending the
product % England al $40 81. divided az fol
lows: plOugbng a So dragging and sowing 81,
seed II 50. harvesting g 80. threshing SO cents,
interest ou freehold cents; moving the 70 sea
board 81 cent?; height and landing, Insurance and
commission on sale II g. The production he puts al
eleven bushels OF nftysix pounds each that If the
cost came 10 I'll ead $40 y would hr only
per bushel. The Duke OF Beaufort further observes
that America fails tie farmer
n EuGiapd. The crop rpea quickly ana nne weather
OF ny curaderaton OF the subject Is that
climate. steam, transport Dy sea and land, together
OCEAN. have made II OF the power OF our
agrcnliunsts 70 compete with The growers of
WAeA On the American continent. and that they
Must turn iAeir attention % cheaper and better
modes OF growing bref aDd mutton 80 As not 10 he
orlFen out Ol The market also by the Americans The
dstauce, nruiJ nd expense Of transport Of i've
dead meat an advantage shall be to i'm
prove. Instead OF wasting aud capital rybl the
impossible tssk of competing with Them Ia crowig =
lus cannot iau 20 outweigh OF Lord Ben
solsA-d a1d o,aefs Who have talked so wildly on
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