New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-05
GENERAL NOTES

The siyer-seekng citizens of Leadville have
time for Winter sports and the wei beaten enow-rack
on the ROAD between the Carbonate City and sofa
Springs offers Ching that T. described as" elegant"
aud much sought by pleasure parties.
Nashville points to new buildings worth
nearly 100000 as evidence Of substantial growth dns
ing the past year. Among these structures Is Nash
ve's first French nat" three stories high and ar
ranged 90 accommodate SIX iamlics.
The Toronto Globe asks in behalf of suffer.
ing spurious that evidently bccn deceived a. 90
the rigors Of "a Canadian Wiutcr. that crumbs 10
.prinked with more liberal hand window sill- and
door steps. Many dead sparrows have been seen IN
TORONTO aud bali frozen sparrows have been pckcduF
aud restored 10 activity aud t"Itering.
San Francisco shivcIcd with the cold during
holiday week. ls49 such phenomenal weather
has not been known IN Calfornia. Fears express
that the much yauutcd climate Of the State Is gradually
undergoing radical change Ter the colder Some re-
compemse is found Ia the improved sanitary condition
Of Francisco, where during the urst week 81 Tue
cold suap" the death rate decreased nearly halt
Fox hunting in Pennsylvania, of the kind
sp,rtedy described I'm BayaId Tylors story Of Ken
nett" is not an obsolete sport 4 fox was started at
the motel IN WILLIAMSBURG ga New-ioars Day, and
chased across the country by BIS pack OF hounds aud
a large number OF excited sportsnon" Jack" Eckcrt
who captured the brush 20 another chase two weeks be
FORE gained thc tr0puy ana Won puise Of 20 besides
Twcnty-one young ladies and gentlemen Of
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New Years Day While driving dowa . slipper. hl Tie
hind bob got the front "hob." and slew Inc
rodnd struck a stone. Tue sleigh overturned aud
its occupants thrown down an cmhankmeut EIGHT feet
high fhree the ladies' received seytre Injuries and
bruises and spraius were nameioHs
There was christening in Baltimore on
New Years Day that was noe christening. Meti0-
dist preacher went by request 10 the house OF acquan'
ances TO bapze child IN the presence OF few Invited
iriends. The ceremony proceeded smoothly unit the
.rgrl fhHir oh l. 1 wa.
discovered that the house divided against ITSELF The
mo,ber giving one name aud the anothor Neither
would yield and the clergy man exlricnted himself roin
an embarrassing situation by postponng the ceremony
Several colored citizens of Elmira have been
strtpplng clothesines and hcnroosts with reckless
dgenee that fastened their arrival In ai They were
shrawd but rs usual forgetfu of minor detail TheT
drew iackknyes the vocal chords OF their feath
cred prey but on occasion forgot that a bleeding
f,wl n not properly looked after would leave drops OK
blood here and there 20 record the course OF their re.
treating footsteps The chickens last stolen found
susncnacd by a string between the inside and ontsds
walls of the house the thieves occupied an vigorously
covered hole being the means OF introducing thtm mo
the odd place or concealneut
If there be parents who give themselves un-
easiness over the too slowly developing matrimonial
prospects OF a family OF daughters let them envy Mr.
Stout OF Rar,an. Christmas came to him IN the form
O; triple wedding, when three bisiegrooms from three
New.Jersey towns took each his own from among tho
three daughters emu ucptlftu WIN thN 'Ne'
ing The officiating clergyman IL said TO have risen to
the extraordinary demands Of the occasion with grace
and I IL also related that after listening
10 few general observations the nature and design
OF MARRIAGE each couple separately united In the
order of the daughters agts." The local reporter
tonchnQly disisses the with this comprehensive
sentimeut: May sunny skies he theirs, aud balmy
wiuds watt them fes broad ocean to tue beautiful
shores beyond"
A female demon of Rockland County and
her ingenious modes OF chdorture described In fhe
Nvaek Journal Three years ago consumptiye mother
living in Thirda ave. near Eighysecondst gave her SIX
vsar-old daughter named Josephine Hylinder, who Is
deseribed as girl of unusual intelligence into the
hands OF this woman. The father OF the child went 10
California and the mother died within syear The guar
dian began her cruelties immediately thereafter when
n eeased 10 be an amusement TO backen the face OF an
Ignorant servant and send her into the room
OF tho little girl. In the middle OF the
night TO inspire terror she would tie the child 10
tina bepost whip her with thorns and then oate nee
NEEDING back with salt ana vinegar Occasionally sho
would make the child pass the night on her feet vita
her arms tied 20 back of chair but more frequently
her hands would be tied behind her. and she would %
given bed OF couple Of pillows aud single oiankss
ON the floor on one occasion rcd pepper was rubbed
rto her mouth as punishment for talking she carries