New-York tribune., 1880-02-29
GENERAL NOTES.

1t was stated in this column week ago
that epidemic OF pdperearrier dogs was imminent.
That assertion receiving daily confirmation. Prom
Smithtown, sudo'K County. comes account OF dog
owned by phy ysican OF thai town, which every
day the depot for the paper. II otner paper than
The TRIBUNE IS offered hun. he deposits tln the
road ana waits patiently until tho dep0tmastoT has
-ie his little joke and hands him TIN IRIB Ne
THIS talet not m the least incredible for even dog
ouqh 10 be- possessed OF sufficient intelligence 10 decline
All other journals when 1hE TRlBuNEis 20 be- and.
Two men from Maine recently made a search
IN a cemetery Dwight Ill., for treasurc-box said
to have buried there years by Swedish
ADVENTURE. After four hours search the box was
found burned the foot of a certain and under
hard maple tree. which had marks and Hgurcs cut deep
IN the bark The box contained the viii OF Edward
Frcese deeds property Brooklyn thought 10 bo
worth about S6 OOO and nearly - 600 I'm money and
iewery. II is said that Frccse deathbed made
statement that he had 0urloa the 0ox IN the cemetery
near DIV ght. where at one time he iyed
According to The Cologne GGsette, the Finland
wolves have been unusually bold this winter Ia We
klres they attacked peasant his slede. taking pos
session ~ it, that the man oulY escaped by jumping
on horses back whence DC shot one OF be hrutcs
and frightened OF the rest. At Kunto wolf entered
the village IA broad daylight. and alarmed the inmates
OF "A cottage by appearing at window and eazlng on
them. Al Nystad wolves have al made soae attacks
WAY urers but the worst l. one In which oht
eight years OF age was carried on before IT. parents
ana dead
The colored men are marching on toward the
Wost aud the Southwest Chatssnoogl Journal
nounccs tna during the last few months the exodus
from East Tennessee North Carolina ana North Georgia
TO the Vest has been unprecedented. l. estimated
that within past weeks 900 coored cnigranis
have passed through Chattanooga. nearly al. whom
have crossed the Mississippi at Memphis The cmigranis
for the most part OF abeboded farmers such
any M afford to lose. When questioned about
tneir new and unknown homes. the emigrants ths
most exrayagant reports OF the fertility aud richness q
the land They that they can obtain the rHs fof
song that when once sown the crops VIII spring
mp ike 1hey do not credit the reports In regard
to disappointed returning emigwnts.
Apropos OF the bad sanitary condition OF
the Boston Back Bay. John Y Calyer Of Brooklyn ~
fers the following suggestions through The Boston Tran
scyDt for the avoidance OF dampness In houses be
erected on made land Construct required number
Of piers columns upon suitab foundations aud
carry up from 10 two feet above the grade 81
upon which the house Is to be built and upon
these piers columns erect the building THIS will en-
tail the abandonment OF the ordinary cellar, and
compromise the eouvenicnces ~ the basement
Aoor which must be In measure Offset by extension
the The object be gained by this plan viii
10 complete interruption nterception Of ths
ground exhalations the ordinary movements and cur
Of the surrounding air being sufficient carry "a
and disspac the gases and impure air arising from
ground. IL would Ia wise interfere WITH the general
appearance 81 he house the open space beneath could
be ucoscd by perforated metal work which would not
beams filled IN with concrete would give The necessary
porrcton aud comfort 10 the lower floor ~ the hu ding
Nauits ght be constructed Independently. for tht
OF uel etc. D. other conycneBces did not ODER
Harriet Ann Bggs. an English lass possess
ug considerable money and rnany charms couried
H. Norfolk six years ago by James Pitcher. farmer
whom she then loved Her mother. being dependent
upon her. broke of the engagement correspondents
was rcopened last March ana Pitcher asked her
away. She refused Pitcher wrote 10 the mother that
he did not want the money. but would have the
daughter by fair means foul. some anonymous cor
respondence received by the mother weaard Miss Biggs
from her love. Nothing more was seen OF Pitcher uh
night three weeks ago. when man took letter FOE
her mother ana while she opening H. seized aud
covered her with a shawl while another man dragged
the young woman, who barefoot, into the road
and. Notwithstanding shrieks OF " Murder put her
into a cart. brought out OF q meadow. Tue girls uncle
seized by man, and had his head thrust into
fence until the cart drive "a. Miss 1igcs
taken twelve miles distant by Pitcher 60 cottage,
where she stayed with him three nights and at his die
tation wrote letter 10 her mother saying she loved
Pitcher aud would Till death When she that sht
did IL. Considering into ~ hands che had
fallen she would then have married Al license could
have obtained. Pitcher reInRnded BY the
magistrate the charge OF carrying the o by
force against her Will. with intent marry her aud thu
man. who drove the cart, arrested f0r aiding aud
abotting IA the abduction.