New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-12
GENERAL NOTES.


e Ayitor y stock is now in the CALIFORNIA
market LEGO shares al cas- share, having Deol
no thu manaRers The quotations have not Dooh PONN
hshed In the stock Board reports - =. = laroan
The Exposition National in CordoVa tfA,e sa.,
tine Repubc) is TO take place in the cary 20 49,, %
year Agricultural implements VIII Do T,n he
and articles intended for thls ,Ss e8peuse
conveyed rom BuenOs Ayres to Oordo'a AZ INC
IN, 1os.s,.ifle CYis.) Gazette gives some sta
49, -, me growth Of Rock County. Tire popnat'on -
- ~ an 1888 was I7Ol 1912, 2.S67i 1876 iA4V0' -
,e,o 2o75O; 1885, 81 s6I 1860 S6t2si 100, S,iIle
me- assessed valuation Of the city property !"
amounts ~ $2ii'Sos -, o,vov from
and went 10 Detroit, has been arrested ior va
aDov when offered her liberty M case enc ' - ~
Sek home she showed her good tasie P in DrSoH bet
~ Kan canada at liberty III take my eh"neeS On TINS
side" ..,,,,o,,od IN farm
= lewis Carter, negro employed on farm ill
near indianapolis, was impaied ON p'Sll1'N ~ "a
last week He undertook TO slide on loau Oh nay anu
1anded on a fork held by another workman VINO was was
resting with me handle on ,S Sogv his wound is not
considered mortal r-.g-. ---r,.D 80.
An exhibition of postage stamps is now being
held in Paris England makes the best show as she nas
thiry-four colonies, each with different design Inc
United States comes next the artistic uSsnT q
stamps contain the year OF he hs5 9 b yal1e OF The
stapp i'm oriental characters. Finland commenced 10
issue stamps last year. Il.E-l. at -o ,.-..
The largest wire-rope cable in the country,
being 5s7s feet in length turned out at Trepton on
Thursday The Gazette says that il is to be raised on an
inclined plane at solomon's Gap on the Lehgh and sns
Onehanna Railroad 10 draw heavy coal trains Over Cle
mountains In making wire rope ~ us9n ~ req1 ~
venton Of Mr. Roebng the walk is dispensed wth' ana
the rope is twisted in the niddle' =. . NJ
THE SupeTiOr Tribune gTayely argues at con-
adorable length that the country aboutth head of Lake
superior is too warm for wheat and corn The editor
saws: scientific men have determined by experiments
aud by careful observation that the snccessul %
iron, GO no GO and that wheat requires summer tenn
pernture from 62o 70 $50 This latitude mas an
stead of being too cold il f"the theory OF our scen
s ss@H ''oH % ''D'-"''''. IT,"
The Icelanders have curious CUSTOM, and
most eectua one Of preventing horses from straying
Two gentlemen for instance are riding together without
attendants and. wishing to aght for the purpose OF
visiting some objects at distance ron oI1 O 40
tie the tail of horse TO the head OF the otheI anu s
head Of this the tail OF the former In TINS saIe w
on forward one pulling one way anu tIo az III wI
and therefore, II disposed TO move AZ az, ~ WIZ
be ONLY In circle and even then there must DO an
agreement to have their heads in the samealreetloi
A Young man, named Billings was arrested
near Milwaukee last week by Sheriff OF Mitchell County
Iowa, for serously manning school teacher there
young brother Of Billings had been whipped by the
teacher for some violation Of school regulations, and the
prisoner reyenged the boy by placing torpedo IN the
ieacers desk When the desk was opened the torpedo
ssop was necessary Two Of the smaller children were
also severely injured by the explosion Billings seemed
10 ook upon the affair good joke. The teacher OF
The school about TO be married to sister OF Billings
French agriculturist proposes that the YES
sells occupied during the Summer in cod fishing should
in other seasons be employed in collecting and transport
ing the Azores the seaweed which is to be found IN
asserted, covers in dense masses space seven Thes
larger all Germany. Analysis has discovered mat
these weeds possess the fertizng qualities as she
employed for manure on the coasts OF france Inc
" Se A1o r. Where thew could Be pressed and dried
ana the potash and other salts extracted These floating
meadows, 1t is estimated will produce every year sum
cient matter 20 manure over l,S50OO40OO acres. .i
In order to make the culture of silk in Cali
fornia success II is necessary that public hiature
house be erected at central place sOon The Cali.
forna papers say that not than 20 pounds weight Of
reasonable loss by waste and reasonable cost for labor
few Sde; IL different P9e Si Rs S Sa ~
few for their pleasure very successfully
RADIO County is likely TO be the fret to accomplish the
feat Of reeng sufficient 70 make bale Of silk
WbesiISnd each family viii reel the produce Of tn
worms raised under their charge .-
An English steamer which arrived at Liver
pool from Africa short time since, had board three
giant chacmas balloons, two erocodlles several
keys and other specimens OF the natural history OF the
country The balloons were very feroeious, and pos
sessd great strength For their safe custody strong
den With iron bars provided and placed near the
forecase so that they could be constantly under the eye
second day out when crash heard, and in in
and the next instant was on the forecase armed with
the bars with which he had been confined Here his
majesty paused for moment and In dignihed manner
surveyed his eaptors rope having been got moose
formed aud east ever his head, and he struggled
hard eXtTcae huOself, but without avail He then
attacked of the seamen, whom he seized the arm
and notwithstanding that several Of the men belabored
hold until he had torn the flesh from above the elbow 70
wrist and had been rendered insensibe when
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