New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-19
GENERAL NOTES.

In the Egyptian and Assyrian gallery NJ fbo
British Museum ana contiguous to the Hittte monu
ments and the bronze gates OF salmaneser has ina,
been placed object OF considerable Interest," rn,7
doorstep from the great temple of E. sagg at Borsppa
suburb division Of Babylon. The Doorstep wa
possibly voye Offering for 1t is not only inser,ed
with the name Nebucbadnezzar but records his resor
ton 20 health ''is-
A CITIZEN of Waterbury, Conn, has succeedaa
in purchasing sleigh Of the ancient Riggs paterpD
which made eighty years ago and has been I'm con-
slant use every winter of its life. So as known tbea
only six Of these sleghs In existence the other Ava
being owned in Tenyvie and Plymouth and held At
fabulous prices OF course than SIX of them vera
made, and the rest must have end througS
violence or the act OF God" for they all built 10 run
a hundred winters
"A wretched old hermit named Austin Rslev
who had lived In mysterious retirement for many years
near Aurora, Ohio found dead In his barn few days
ago. Curiosity led his neghbors to the howell in which
he had lived, but with natural aversion they avoided
touching the and dirty clothing which had been
taken from the hermits body At last however one O.,
the visitors took it upon himself search the heap Of
rags ana there, stored away In wallets the lining Of
the coat and In the stockings he found greenbacks and
Dank notes 10 the amount OF Sl5027 The neghbOrs az
once Jumped to the conclusion THAI treasures Of gold and
silver must be buried the house. and have hecn
digging for them ever since.
Jonathan Longfellow, of Whitleysbnrp.
Kent County, Del, is prosperous farmer whom Bona
parte would have certainly thought worthy Of hand
some reward He has just taken unto himself in HIS
seventeen year third wife forty years his Junior
Number One bore him six children and Number two the
amazing total OF Twenty-Five The proper cultivation OF
so many olive branches was an expensive matter but
being by nature thrifty and Ingenious Mr.. Longfelow
hit upon economical device which has served him
we'll He built sohool-house for his family en-
poyed young woman to superintend the wholesale ed
1caon OF MS cndren and now bis second wife having
departed IRON the world which she had done much
to populate, he has married the teacher
The gentemanly rascal who joined the Con.
cord philosophers last summer but departed before
close Of the session with the proceeds OF several small
drafts which they had unphilOsOphicaly cashed for
him has heen arrested in st. LOUIS sent TO Boston
for trial. The detectives who caught him were happy
to recognize In their prisoner the most expert con-
dence in the country who has accomplished many
adrOit swindes under many names When he put on
the garb of a philosopher he assumed the name OF
George ". Freshman, but Terrence is the cognomen
under when he has most often ma1e himself agreeable
TO prospective victims He Is anxious to compromise
with his Concord friends for he says that he wife
and three children and large and respectable acquaint
ance IN this city.
PucES Annual has dawned again upon an
expectant world which has learned TO look Puck for
the latest and most reliable intelligence OF the goat
the mule and the poet. Our friend, the profess
sioDsl poet. V. Hugo Dusenbury, has well earned
a niche in Pucvs Pantheon by the very clever
verses on the months, while the compilations
OF " humorous" subj eta. from keeping diary to
the puttngup Of cOok-stoyes, and the Thanksgiving
turkey will prove invaluable to "Mafk Twain" and other
provincial humorsts. Mr. Munkettrick whose huoOr
nothing If not spontaneous gives IN The Pnafore
Visitor" an entertaining example of his skill in versf-
cation, and Walter Learned has turned little poem
good ttingS to render its digestion Easy II taken In
lump. But casual glance into bright little volume
is almost sure to bring SMILE and go the book has
wholesome use.