New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-02
GENERAL NOTES.

Nebraska has probably reached the climax
of pbsurdy IN the way Of naming town" one OF lAe
towns In that state has Just been named Base Ball
The announcement that there are 2O,OOO
finely executed counterfeit soyerctgns IN England Is
making the average British uadesman anxious.
Some time ago. man in Newark, Mich,
dug well n a spot several miles distant from any lake
or stream During the past year, he has found hSh IN
c.t ouautities in this we'll The only explanation fur.
sbcd is that HuOerauean passage connects the wen
VITA some large BODY OF wafer
A neat stroke of business, of its kind, was
accomplished in West Troy the other afternoon. by
an epcrprsng young Of that village, who procured
rats from drug store Blty advertising amauacs and
sold Them 20 canal bOatmen 1.-THE Life and Auyeu-
lures OF Jesse James" More than brawny mariner
Of the canal devoted the the day searching for
uat yOuug man, bat lie haL carefully taken himself Od
OF harms way.
Here is story Of a little London girl that
will almost match some OF those told about the "Frcsh
Ar Fnd" children Of The TRIBUNE. This little girl had
lived IN London all her life aud had actually never seen
a tree she was taken into tho country with many
others not long ago By benevolent society," and, when
she saw the trees waving with the wind, she chung In
frtic terror TO her teacher, thinking that they were
her Muuh persuasion was required 10 induce her ~ so
near them.
The following incident, which happened at
Ostepd short time ago shows that American tourists
Eugishman and his wife passing the King Of the
Begsns at the races when the wife Whispered: The
King" The husband ut once planted himself. IN front
Of the monarch and began iumUng In his pockets for
dve.frayc piece Finding 1t after few moments he
took IN ont AMI deliberately compared the head OF the
King thereon with that OF the original Satisfied Mt last
he called ont loudly "AD yes ts the King sure enough
ana de!gncd 10 get out Of the way 81 his Majesty
The English Society for Psychlcal Research
which was noticed time ago in these columns does
not appear to be cOusplcuousy successful II was or
rapized 10 obtain rs much rst-cass evidence as posi-
bic bearing on the phenomena Of mind readng clair
yoyance mesmorlc healing presentments and ireams,
apparitlons and other alleged facts OF similar char
acter And all persons who had any accurate knowl-
edge about such matters invited to communicate
with the society Thus far have done and no
facts have been learned. Professor Henry sdgwick,
the president Of the society plbshes card in the
papers In which he says SHOULD any of your readers
now or in the future be able aud inclined to send
account put the track OF phen omena OF the
kind which may have come under the cOgnizance OF
themselves their friends, they would greatly obige
u.s. and would also (as think may fairly say be
rendering real aid to the progress OF knowledge IN
direction where such aid is much needed Nothing will
In any case, be printed published lether with or with
Ot namesl except with the full consent or the persona
concerned No especial reference appears 10 be made "a
similar phenomena in America but doubtless the society
would DO extremely glad 10 hear OF such.