New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-28
GENERAL NOTES.

Tn The WASHINGTON Star of Thursday last
among the Especial Notices" appeared the following al
ycrtisemcnt: 1.-THE prayers OF Gods people are most
earnestly requested for the thorough publication Of
Young church whose pastor and officers are lnveterae
tobacco users much against the wishes OF Its members
The wooden plates now SO commonly IN use
are AN illustration OF the great rewards OF successful lit
yeuon Seven years ago the inventor sold his patent
for $4,000, and the present owners are making
handsome fortune from It. More than l0Oooo plates are
sold every day.
There is one good thing about General Butler,
when he Is at home In Lowell, and that Is the wjorSe
which he bought in 1859 for use at the militia ehcamp
me OF that year at Concord and which served him i
fully and fearlessly throughout the war. Little I'M
has lived in dignity for the last dozen years aud
IL by no means ready TO depart i,s '' 'uo"e' ~ mss
lcft his thirtieth birthday behlhu hilh
A female miser, eighty three years OF age
was found dead IN London few days ago. she o"heu
several houses, 100 acres Of land and $4,000 Ia casa
She had written the Lords Prayer ON both posts o s
garden gate, as a charm against thieves SO afraid Was
she Of burgars that when she had occasion l" 40 away
from home for day or two she carried her scanty funl
ture with her, the kitchen utensils She ded u
cold and hunger.
The making of cider is one of the important
industries of France. There are now In that country
more than 100000 cider apple trees, which II planted
side by side would line boulevard $4,000 miles huN
The average annual product is more than 22OOOVVo'
gallons The best cider is madcm Normandy. htsd"@
brown In hue, and is mixed with water for dTlhAhS "
bottling The second best quality IL made In Breton.
Is OF bright amber color and Is also esteemed 100 SV'
| TO be drunk a" neat"
| In the course of recent excavations III the of
Of Rome an earthcnware vessel discovered con'"
ING a brooch bearing the name OF Pope Martin ILL., WIZ
died ia 0iG and one gold and s2i silver AngloSaMa
| coins These latter bear the names OF the Kings h
| ward the Elder Athclstano and Edmund |, who rls""
| from, pOl TO 0l6. There also few coins OF "1
Archblshops of Canterbury OF that period. II Is S
that the money tribute, Peters Pence sent ~ Wv
! AuglO|saxOns TO ROmo. -.
That the offensive aud unhealthful cOhui'iV"
of the Cochituate water is subject Of great ccn'er"
Boston forcbly indicated 10y the fact that from wv
500 barrel Is spring water from different parts oi
England are sold weekly In that city To families anu
tells for drinking and cooking purposes ut 10 Genus
Ion This demand has suggested the profit WHO"
enterprise might reap by furnishing large supply u.
more convenient manner than the carting OF ,hs
door TO door aud the sharon Water Company VIII liam
next Legislature for permission to lay Ito pipes WV
parts OF the city, Ar
Those persons who have supposed, ana ~.
without reason that the Quaker bonnet WAS US uneh"
allie as the laws OF the Modes and Persians' WI" III
prsed TO hear that important modlhoauol W..
almost amounts to q revolution has been quot1 ~
duoed and firmly established This reform bonho'
OF olive or ut-laown silk, with soft crown a.
little In the Normandy style and pieated INTO 'n'