New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-30
CENhRAL NOTES.
Here is an epitaph on a scolding woman which
comes from Connecticut town:
"Broucht here BY Iucessant row,
This slab smOtucrs
widow. who perfOrce rests now
Aud lDts q .Icrs

According to The PhHadelpLia Press one
Captain Eli Wongamon. OF bl4Isyl4le, has almost dis.
covered perpetual motion. He ought to be good man
To pair of with Mr. k-eIy VINO Tor some years has al
most discovered "a new motor.
An industrious buzz>saw in NewsOreans ran
against a obstruction IN log through which It was
passing the day but kept its temper aud cut
It's enemy two When the flank dropped off the work
men found that the saw had biSected eight inch
spherical shell, doubtless a relic OF the The exc.
rior wound had healed entirely. leaving OF the
! passage .. the shell 10 lts resting place.
One of the rich men OF the Pacific Coast is
Oun Gowcl, who the greater part OF valuable
mine az Nevada. Nol and paat.al home at Fruityae
but who harder than any OF his men, and wears
clothes when speak Of toll aud not OF wealth The other
day he told friend who laughing his lack Of DIS
| play that his plain clothes occasionally the means
of anOrdlng him much amusement. " one day last
mer," said Nj, Gowcl, | was doing some work near
| my house at Frutvde. when lrishnan came along
| th, street. aud. seeing Inc there jammed his face
sgain.t the pick of the fence and called out eau
uOusy SOY, Pat, can't yees sAlip mo the kitchen
widOut missile seem NV and gIt II bIt o breadP
aud got him OF the best The cook could give me
When 'ronsh 1t out he was tie most grateful man you
eve saw, ana congratulated ne my shrewdnrss IN
making such good haul without being caught and los
ins my place"
The funeral of Aunt" Dinah John, the
ancient Onondaga squaw, held the reservation
last sunday No one knows how old she was, local
opinion has fixed upon 100 years as the term OF her
earthly pilgrimage She died of other complaint than
old and herdeparure for the happy hunting grounds
painless and peaceful. She was q member OF two
denominations, circumstance to which she called ut
tcnuOa shortly before death by placing her hand
over her Aeart and saying Here me Methodist" and
then touching Ter head with tle words here me Pts
copa In spite Of ths double confirmation some of her
tribe declare that she was not At Christian and
II IL SAID that she desired 20 nave Pagan well a
Christian burial Her daughter, Mrs Tall Chief vetoed
Il, IA
Quoted the service. Tho Indians were very much at.
tachcd to the OLD woman au mourn her sincerely Her
body was laid ont In Indian costume; feel were "A
pair Of new mOccasiuS, and her wlthertd hand held A
large gr. IN rcncmbra ~ her fon,ncss for thaf
IN ana her expressed "sh 10 carry fine specimen OF
The historic home of President Madison.
Montpelier. Va. which purchased two or three |
years ago by Louis +. DERRICK of Baltimore aud W. l.
Brady, OF Boston has been pnt in exceleat condition
correspondent Of The BIhDBe San who i,iey visited
the estate which eoniiiup l0O) acres Wries about IL
rs iollow- The old mansion OF the finest in the |
South, is 100 feet long, with average width Of forty
i've feet II IS two stories above basement which IS
entirely above ground ami Is in AN exceponal stat NJ
preservation for such an old building During the past
four months large force Of Baltimore artisans and
mechanics have been engaged in is restoration The
prime object was TO retain every line OF the oil colonial
style originally used IN ts construction The land has
been brought 10 high state Of cultivation ana large
number OF acres are IN wheat. corn grass etc
There are many points OF interest tAs plce-the old
graveyard, nclJscd by brick wall where Madison and
nunelousO o. his ancestors resi-, TIE Old mill. tho barn
and cabins tie garden. containing about four acres |
des ucd 10 represent the floor and al.rr- of the o3
House oi representatives and which Is pronounced A |
interest to visitors" o
A consular report recently issued contains
some interesting particulars about the AIos race Of
saVages inhabitng the wlds between Cambodia, siam
Eurmah ana China. Properly speaking they have no
but Of course they obliged occasionally to
resort To barter though they dislike all forms of
aud engage In It rs seldom possible II the simple ex
change OF bullock for quantity OF rice is
intended. there Is long dispute as TO the
mode OF measuring the rice and whether 1t