New-York tribune., 1880-01-12
GENER4L NOTES.

Memphis Will dispense with the usual Mardi
Gras pageant this year. but the tennessee Club give
! bal at thc theatre
4 right whale forty feet in length has been
captured in Charleston Harbor after an al days chase
back and forth between Fort Sumter and the inner
shores of the bay. Steamers. u15oa,s and row-boas
ioiued the pursuit, which watch sd by large
crowd from The wharves. The whale made desperate
efforts to escape. was frequently surrounded aud
wounded, aud expired 20 sunset
A young man in Lawrence. Kansas, tried a
novel method of breaking balky horse. borrowed
horse lhat ard regrets that inst al of relying upon
IN. own resources he took counsel o. boys who
doubt were aware " the fsct that nothing SO encourage,
io 10 $50 ga you plcase 10 tie tn-pau 10 his tail
Blows and coaXug being OF avail, tie boys advised
uGstcuing he traces and tying The horses tai % the
crossbar OF the wagon. Tho effect electric. In
half a second the horse Jumping Ike u sieeple-
chaser ana at every jump me wagon described para
h0ic At tne VOint whore born is were bloken
aud the hor'e was lodged n ie mud the boys disappear
from the story.
An Auburn sportsman explains why here
cciyes the numerous seaserpen stories of the
with = grain ~ allowance lie hunting on the
shores of lake in the vllds OF Michigan when he
what II believed To be a monster snake. ATTY sixty
feet in length, and tn or twelve inches IN diameter
with humps on fla back two feet in length. At
first It's course wac almost directly toward place OF
concealmeut" when no about TO ~ Tor his ic tho
serpent then few rods away changed his course. and
ming n single he. His inference is that animals
may sometimes travel IN Tho same mariner, and give
sailors the opportunity OF drawing the lOn@ bow.
Where there is a will there is usually way
to marriage. Two younG persons, of Madison. Ind.
coped the objections OF guardian on tho
enc hand and stern father on the other When they
stopped ashore from the steamer nt Evansville the first
person confronting them the guardian who allayed
their Consideration by telling thcm 10 follow him 10
County Clerks Office and friendly parsonage. FOR the
f.fIts hg1 palpu Ast Of
County and his chosen bride of sixty-hye went in
search OF clergyman To he their fortunes. Meeting the
Rev. Mr Gtaut The road they persuaded him 20 per
form the ceremony then aud there: Tue publc recep-
ton took place he evening The boys OF the neghhOr
hood supply lux the music.
A miner sends to The San Francisco ChgOn-
icle tins iorloru account Chrlsmas In The mining
camp OF pah. san Bernardo County: I'VE have
regular stores also saloons, black smith shop
three boardin ana two corrals. That finishes the
business directory Of the place Socially we we're a
bankrupt community. There are nve families IN town
ANA two at the mines. This leaves about 80 woebegone
and ae espefato old bachelors unprovlded tor This is
Christmas night and there Is 10 earthly show for
dauce. At one OF the saloons three men are issuing
music tn I dissatisfied audiencelot dissatisfied with
Tie music but at the hopceSsness OF the situation.
There are about forty men, Whites and natives.
blod 20 listen 20 the music also five madcns OF Pah Uo
extraction but AS they positively decline to dance their
only adds 10 the general gloom. Such remarks
as would give 800 t. be In old Missouri or would
rather be ia Kansas with bits than here win bushel
ofmOpey, or, would rather be In Illinois with cork
lex than here with two good ones will show the pre-
yailng sentiment OF course those remarks hike "A
railroad tlcketgoOd for this day aud date only. God
help the rich tue poor beg"
Youth walks in the way of old age and tho
story papers young schoolgirl In Meadyile, Penn
was made treasurer by her cassmat OF penny yind
TO buy present for their teacher She passed by the win
dow Of candy often for her honesty and
now bears the shame OF detaulter twenty-five boys
were stcmmlug tobacco in Rochester factory, bus