New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-16
the countrvU -" VI
GENERAL NOTES.

The Queens private secretary is called upon
by life for explanation OF the statement that IN.
Queen $25 TO Chief Superintendent Hayes of tina
Windsor police. for bis services when Maclean shot an
her "There must be something une Explained about IN.
Donation" says Life; "the Is quite sprop oronats
to the position and pay Of the officer and lanen,abIy
disproportonate to Her MaIestys dignity" The Super
intendent evidently had desire keep the money
for he promptly gave II TO the Wesleyan Chanel AZ
Windsor to pay for tablet recording the Queens es
cape.
stranger consignment has seldom been
received at freight Office than which steamboat
companys agent at SalOnca recently agreed 20 deliver
In Constantinople. IL was box Of ordinary size and
appearance, and would not have attracted special atep
ton had 10 not have borne the inscription human
heads" II actually did contain the heads OF nine rob
beers who had been captured by the Turkish gendamerrs
in Macedonia. In accOrla ce with an old custom thu
heads were their way ~ the capital there to testify
that the operations OF the police In the provinces
energetic and vigilant
The following good story of one of the poor
children sent into the country by THE TRIBUNE Fresh
Air Fund is told by The Piatlsburg Telegram "one Of
the little girls was quartered with kind family in Nor
rsOnvile. The little met OF her companions the
day after she arrived and in giving account OF her
experience. said The first thing when got there
the horn blew and had breakfast lots Of good things
u eat Then went out to play, and before long the
horn blew again and had q nice dinner We went
out again after dinner, and In little while the horn
blew again and we had supper. After supper went
out to play again. and pretty the horn blew again.
We went, and the lady said IL o'clock and tirno
to go to bed; but before she us bowl Of
splendid bread and milk. When went mp stairs was
just sleepy as could be, AID wanted To 20 TO bed
right away but tod them II that horn blew again be
sure and wake me up"
At an early hour on Wednesday morning the
little village of Pownal, VT, thrown into panic by
the appearance Of huge black bear upon the main
street Mothers cutched their Innocent babes to their
and spang through the nearest doorway pedes-
TRANS OF all sought shelter IN the same precpitae
manner, and from second story windows all along the
street brave said sic em" 10 every passing dog.
The bear meanwhile, had shown placid countenance
but he the dogs approaching he shook OF
his apathy, and likewise the dogs to their great disco
fort and decentralization. Then amblng slowly up the
railroad rack in the direction Of North POwna he left
behind him the din OF the village street But Porter T.
Brown with his trusty rifle, tai hful among the faith
less found" his track, and bracng himself
against telegraph pole fired The bullet found vital
point in the bears anatomy and he dropped dead.
Brown the hero Of the day and the joyous pOpuace
bearing him and the carcass Oh the bear In triumph
through the streets. when suddenly the most awful
precautions which revcrberatd through the Hoosac
upon They the owners OF the bear and
he their only means OF support.
The fear that war was about to rear its hOr-
rid front in the usually peaceful Commonwealth u
Rhode Island has happily disspated by exieuten-
antovernOr Ssson, who thus explains the purchase Of
rifles with which Ex-Governor sprague was credi ed:
governor Sprague received letter from his brotherin
law Mr.. Frank Latham, a short time ago. requesting
him to buy rifles. The Governor, knowing thatI
was a stakeholder in the Providence Tool Company,
came to and asked my advice about purchasing arms
from that company. told hun il he would buy case
he could get the rifles very oheaply perhaps at $40
apiece According to my sgcstion he made the pur-
chase, the being brought 10 his Office When Tho
case arrived Governor sprague said that was long
time lie had Of these rifles, particularly
since improvements had been made and desiring TO
look at the arms the case unscrewed, and Of
the cases was examined and then put back md the
cover OF the case fastened down again. Ia tho
meantime Mr. Daniel X. Lyman went TO Pope's gun
shop look for cartridges Failing 70 ma Wnat
he wanted order to the factory IN bridgeport
Conn directing the cartridges TO be shpp through TO
Brownsye Texas, and doubt ere this tile arms and
cartridges their way 10 Mr. LdtAdins Rancho.
That's all there 10 to the sensational story