New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-21
GENERAL NOTES,

During thunderstorm at Lille fortn;eht
ago. man who had been working at the n
| the new Faculty Of Medicine was mounting a lsdas,
with bis tools on his back to reach place shelter
he was struck down senseless and was removed mar.
yzed 70 the hospital His and legs were found "a
De In lfeless condition, and he was severely burned
about the body and Sides His boots and clothes had
standing near him ct the time Of the accident FAX
shock and discovered that his hair had been sinssd
| Dut ne escaped all other injury.
| thirty hours swim was undertaken by
young lady In England fortnight ago. Before enter
ing the water Miss Beckwith invited several ladies' into
her dressingroom to that she had assistance IN
the way Of concealed floating supporta She SWAN In
the whale tank, which surrounded by spectators,
who frequently appauded occasional displays Of orua.
mental swimming She continued gliding easy along
the forty feet Of water in the tank varying the breast
swimming by occasional changes ~ the side and back
and by easy floating She took coffee and beef tea from
by singing and reading the latter process being accom-.
pished by floating her back and holding the book In
A matron recently walked from Gunnison to
Leadve to solicit legal advice. She said that her hus
band was good. moral man. and that she had nothing
under the against him further than that he had re-
fused point blank to live with his and lawful wife
any more and was paying attentions to mean, nasty
detestabe. crosseyed hooknosed, doubeaw forked,
tongued, redhared, souraced low-browed, whiteliy.
cred. consumptive. sixtoed crooked-legaed bumped.
backed, crippled, subdued woman from Sasuache
Now. Mr Lawyer I've come across to learn what I'm
to 90 about 9 It," why, wouldn't stand t." II
shame Z" Certainly 1t Is" "But what am to dor
Why have him arrested and locKed up." "whatl
thing OF the SORT He Is a KIND man, and all want
to do 10 to fix up things so that can marry somebody
The recent attempt to blow up the Casino
at Monte Carlo wildly described by lady who was
present. She ~ sitting In sale de n,ustse
TRANQUILITY listening to schuberrs Ave Maria played
few orchestras save Monte Carlos could play it. when
the audience startled out Of it's placid enjoyment by
tremendous boom. Men started from their seats,
women turned pale beneath their rouge and there was
general flight. The mystery was soon solved. small
gunpowdcr plot had been Matched by miscreants
with the purpose Of taking advantage OF the confusion
to pocket all the loose coin that might be tho tables
at the time went into the fast as I could
others had really tainted, and looked CHASTITY through
their powder; chairs were overturned, metal bent
were bleeding croupiers carrying away the bank in hot
haste; Frenchwemen gesticulatng and screaming aud
saw to compare with it In bustIo terror and
confusion even on the stage"
Klte-hyiDg is an expensive recreation In
BodIe saloon keeper Of that mining centre recently
made kite OF $500 plate glass; 6x10 barroom mirror
tying to string Of demuohns anc brown jugs for
tail. The novel kite went up with q rush and rejecting
the rays Of the sum- dazzed the eyes of oil who behed
It ITS focus extended as far as Mammoth, where hay
stack set fire by concentration Of the suns rays
The inhabitants Of latter place greatly alarmed
the singular object in the heavens correspondent
comparing It TO 50 ball OF condensed lightning" Unfor
tunately the saloon keepers stock jugs demohns
not large enough to supply the necessary counter
pOse 70 the heavy Mirror aud after ascending to
height with amazing rapidty 1t Suddenly turned and
fell with crash to the earth, breaking into thousand
fragments. The wbistnR Of the wind IN the Jugs and
demOhns made peculiar sort Of music the stone jugs
supplying the bass and the glass demuOhDs the TREBLE
II happened that they all IN accord, and fine har
mony was the result.
Highland Mining Camp In Colorado, has been
thrown into great excitement by the arrival
Of genuine female woman" the first that
ever brought civilization to the town. Travel
had rOughened her complexion, but che was q
lovely vision the less, and with twenty.
five pounds Of -four on her shoulder. followed her
husband, who carried an infant in his and pack
Of goods his back. The miners called meet
ing in honor Of the acquisition OF real family, and told
the wife choose the block In she liked BEST and
1t should DO hers even II buildings already erected
on it. When another woman arrives the local news
paper may be enriched with such items this from
The Gold Hall Nevs: "A day two ago we told Of u
hand to hand eye to eye tongue to tongue and Ratchet
to az conflict between the Kindergarten schoolmsress
aud her sndady in which the contest for possession of
tho last word To-day the landiady ahead She
has posted The following besde the battered and broken
door aud window: This ID the work OF hlneryetts
Bwarts the cho0l Marm.'"