New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-23
GENERAL NOTES.

during the past year / All new comm anies
were registered In London under the Limited Iiab,v
Acts with an aggregate capital of s21s5sl GOA. IN
S92,941. s"' VI ~i"''
Arkansas, which has hitherto Jagged ,ituo
in the for miraculous honors now easily beat tho
record with the story of baby with three tongues born
to Mr. and AIrs. James w. Blackwell OF Helena aud ,h
worst OF it is that the prodigy Is a girl. $3.50 "'
An international electric exhibition will Ia
held in Vienna from August to October 81 Of this wear
In the buildings erected FOR the Worlds Fair of ls7a
Applications for space must be in the haus OF the MN
aging Committee by March No prizes will be awarded
by jury, but durug the exhibition q technical and
scientific commission will cooperate with the exbbitors
IN order 20 carry out electrical measurements and other
Investigations with view to attesting results
The oft-asserted impurity of the water of tho
schuylk ia about be brought 10 an amusing IL not
conclusive test John H. Clark, saookeepsr of Phil
adelphia, bet T. Byrne. barber 800 that he would
produce man who could drink six quarts of 3ehuylk
water In SIX days. ten minutes only being allowed 70 each
quart Having made his wager Mr. Clark lost no time
10 searching the degenerate city OF Philadelphia Tor
champion. but promptly named Edmund Spencer Of New.
YORK who was to begin his task promptly at 10 O'clock
last night.
The ancient church of BirdbroOk. England,
which has JUS been reOpened after important restora
lions, contains monumental slab bearing this exraOr.
binary record; martha Blewitt, OF Swan Inn al
She was the wife of nine husbands cutlvey but the
ninth Outiyed her." The entry In the register quaint
MARY Blewt, yc wife Of nine husbands SUCCESSFULLY
buried eight OF but last Of all ye woman dyd alsoe
and was buried May 7th 1881" In the margin Is writ
ten. "This her fnnerale sermon text" The sanIs
tablet records that Robert Hogan was the husband OF
seven wives SUCCESSFULLY"
Some light is thrown upon election methods
In Queensland by the following incident which lately oc
Cured. The election was close one, and the sugar
planters doing their utmost their candi
date, who was opposed by a business man. oh
you sir" cried excited planter to storekeeper who
was bold enough to support the aEtplanter candidate
didn't Iibrng my niggers to your and let you
charge them what you like for your rubbish And
You vote against rs :" "And d-n You, SIR" retorted
the unabashed stOrekeeper. " and what II you Old
Didn't L pay you twenty i've per cent for doing IL I"
This manifsy not the retor courteous, but was
effective
A ghost which had annoyed the good people
OF Broad Greek Neck the Eastern Shore Of Maryland
finally brought matters climax by frightening
young n an VINO was walking u lonely road with the
girl OF his choice he fed nglOriousy leaving his be-
loved dead faint He aroused the town. however and
number OF citizens including courageous and practical
man by the name OF Jones, repaired
to the spot Mr.. Jones had taken the precaution 10
carry his gum and when pserng through the bushes
no saw d white object and heard uncanny sound he
fired with the remark think have LAID that ghost
any Of you choose you into the thcket and look
him up" No chose, but from that day TO this no
ghost has haunted Broad Creek Neck week ago, how
ever Mr. Jones brought into court by his neighbour
Mr. nanbeltOn and compelled Ia pay for the full
OF hog whose dead body had been found in the bushes
at the spot where the ghost vas laid