New-York tribune., 1883-12-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The observatory on the summit OF Ben Nevis
is now in full working order and the manager and his
assistants are comfortably housed for the winter The
last Of the stores conveyed to the top OF the noun
tain the utmost difficulty. through snow which In
some places was fourteen feet deep
Shipments of grain and provisions from
Chicago eastward last week 54500 tons by rail,
quantity only materially exceeded this half year As
usual when movement is large the Michigan Central
took the lions 1900 tons; Until November 10.
weekly shipment OF OOOO tons by all the roads had not
been made.
A relic of the Middle Ages still exists and
moreover nOurishes in Germany, the banks OF ths
Elbe, whero a colony Of Femings was founded In the
year 1900 The cOOnsts from the very first kept "a
themselves and have never intermarried with the Ger
mans among whom they i've All their old customs have
they wear Flemish costume ofye centuries ago. and
primogenturc is still In force among them.
The body of Carlo Leander Clark lies in .
elass-coyered coffin In a Philadelphia show window,
unless it has been conveyed this to its last resting
place in Woodland Cemetery. This announcement VIII
in fsPe e ana e IN epsTed sEas Sas
andtan dog Or is IL unscrupous joke oy way OF ac
is and that there win be trouble the placard
which tells where the dog is buried is not removed
Farmer Groesbecl, of Fishkill Plains, has had
his little Joke and what is he has paid for It, He
thought that It would be an intensely amusing thing to
send for tho village doctor 10 great haste, and when he
arrived to Introduce goose with broken wing tho
patent He carried out the programme TO the letter.
The doctor seemed pleased too set the g0Oses wing left
minute instructions 10 the and diet OF the fowl,
aud called every day for "a fortnight andsent in his bill
accordingly Farmer Groesbeck grlInbled protested.
refused and-paid.
Since he received his commission as justice OF
the peace In 1862 Squire Mayes Alexander Penn.
has taken the solemn responsibility of uniting IN mar
riage 1904 more less loving couples. In 1855 the
legal fee was increased from two dollars TO three dollars,
and It has generally been paid without remonstrance
The smallest accepted ninety cents and on
one memorable occasion twenty dollar bill pressed
into the magistrates palm 1t is worthy OF remark that
the Squire Is marrying man In more than one sense,
having lately taken unto himself a third wife.
The site and remains of Buckfast Abbey in
the Valley OF the Dart dating from before the Conquest
have been acquired by thriving community OF Bene-
dctine monks who were lately expelled from French
abbey and we'll preserved tower OF four stories, known
locally as the Abbots Tower" is undergoing the pro-
cess OF thorough and scpulous restoration for their ac
Commodaton. The late proprietor succeeded In esta-
fishing q number OF abbatia rights ana privileges 10
which he claimed title as the representative of ancient
owners and which date from he customs and legislation
OF medieval England.
A Philadelphia Museum has just been en-
rIched by the arrival OF five BotOcudo Indians from
Brazil The most conspicuous characteristic OF this tribe
not excepting their peculiar hatred OF water and love OF
human flesh is their custom Of wearing discs Of wood
inserted In Sits I'm their and under ps which
thus stretched in grotesque and fghtful mannei one
OF these visiting Boocudos is woman whose ears hang
OF her rivals home This custom OF voluntary mutil-
tion ia said TO be dying out the older women alone ad-
herring to It with any degree OF enthusiasm
Credit for the most elaborate scheme ever
devised by merchant to attract customers must prob
ably be awarded to a dry goods firm in Melbourne Aus
traa Whether not it will produce the desired result
remains to be Behind the shop Is large garden
ornamened with avaries and aquaria in which openar
The basement OF the large building has been fitted up
with all the conyeniences of club for gentlemen, u
fhpppt nfilr rnnl N
cosy apartment with similar accessories mas been pro-
yded for ladies'
American wheat in Bohemia, far up the Elbe,
after transportation 1000 miles or moro within this
country, and 5000 by vessels Is naturally looked
upon as a curiosity at Vienna. But that is hardly an
excuse for tho assertion in Vienna dispatch that this
FIRST cargo Of American wheat imported In Austria
amounted to 100000 hundredweight." Ships OF oOOO
tons do not cusomary ynaygaethe upper EiDe Dut Win
all allowance for Austrian amazed eXaggetaon 1 spoo
tacle Of cargo of Chicago wheat WITHIN IeM miles OF
the Danube is still interesting.
Oftheeighty- eight persons VINO we're drowned
n mid-ocean, on October 80, when the French brig
Rocoberg was sunk IN collision with the American ship
Thomas Dana sixty belonged IN the village Of Caacalc,
three miles from st. Malo, the Breton coast Tho
unfortunate men were cod-hsheImon returning from
five months cruise the Grand Banks OF Newfound-
land Canoae has about 900 inhabitants and is noted
for is OYSTER beds, which doubtless the finest In
France when the tidngs Of the disaster reached the
Mace the shops were ali closed the tpeOpe wore mourn
Ing cmbcms, and the bells OF the churches after pre-
vnng custom In Brittany, tOed $40 times nine
times each Of the dead Special services were held
in The churches The Courier dts EdiS- UHis OF this city
has opened subscription for the widows and orphans
Wareham, Mass, is very much excited over
the fantastic dongs OF alleged ghost Many years ago
young and beautiful lady murdered In an old farm
hDrse md no cew tho murderer ever discovered
Three weeks ago party OF school children saw young
and beautiful lady dressed In black rush cut OF the house
in question followed by man, who held In his haid
heavy piece OF wood. The young lady Oblgingy Kre"
down to allow him to Kill her, which he ala 70 'n'
horror OF the children, who were. however, strahsev
magnetzed Later uncarthy lights were seen ana an.
earthly groans were heard In the old house by
men who had been elected by tho village cemmS
the ghost Last OF all respectable gentleman SIN sSy ~ thls
OF age saw young woman hurled down the sun ht these
house. Every In the vicinity conyheeu g any hu-
strange manifestations could not be caused 9y rhs p
man agency and idea Of tramps is scontea 10
prietor the haunted house Is urgently
hoOt IL down. Here good chance Tor maui
genius TO investigate the great subject y Spu'''
l festatioDa.