New-York tribune., 1869-01-01
GENERAL NOTES.

hassevon vages named respectively as follows Newtoi
Centre, Newton Corner West Newton East Newton New
ton Upper Falls, Newton Lower Falls. and Newonvie
Visiting parties frequently find themselves In the wron'
an ~" while letters take their chances. and pas
back and forth indefinitely.
The excavations of the Emporium ROmanum
In Rome constantly bringing to light new treasures
Of sncent art Blocks Of marble OF every color arr
found In this quarry OF antiquities In immense numbers
Already sufficient quantity are uncovered to adorn
city, and construct tho facades of several hundred
palaces The magnhccnce OF ancient Rome. as thus 70
vealed. is becoming more aud moro astonishing
The burning of tho forests in Eastern Ore
eon this season caused tho death of many Thousand
sheep. Hundreds of them In passing over the charre(
districts had their feet burned the drivers were obliged
shoot them The bears and wolves fcasted on mutton
Deer and elk collected along tho mountain streams IL
surprising numbers and at the mercy OF panthers
wolves and hunters. The rains have now extngushcd
the fire.
A coffin contractor has been censured by the
authorities OF Pritchard. England for "allowng dead
pauper to have trimmings his coffin" lie explained
that the relations Of the dead had begged money fol
the trimmings lie instructed never TO allow sncn
thing again. for "H people could obtain collins ut the
public expense and still have their friends buried III
good STYLE by simply adding the trimmings there woud
be no end of applicants who would get collins out OF the
taxpayers"
The London Telegraph considers tho we'll
known "oldest inhabant" rs 90 talkative and obliv
ious imposter" "Our information concerning him." 1t
adds ais purely negative We arc told that the Oldest
habtant does not remember, that the oldest inhab
liant says lie cannot recoec and that such an event
has never occurred within tho memory OF the Oldest
inhabitant' In fact. he occupies position somewhat
analogous to that OF the gentleman who was asked out
to dinner lion OF the on tho ground that no
had not read the Waverley Novels"
Lumps Of silver ore are now used as currency
at White Pine, Nevada the seat OF tho last siverds
covery sensation 1t passes at the gaming-tabic
The of used the pure chloride which Is so rch
as TO be quite macable miner with sack OF TINS
kind currency under his marches up to faro
table takes chunk and plants 1t on caru Gaining
s value he puts down. The banker picks up eA
amnes IT, and IL satisfied. replaces 1t on the card In
another moment he the lump, and throws IL INTO
sack behind him.
Wilhelm Grimm, one Of the seven G0ttingen
professors who deed the King OF Hanover and suffered
bis prosecutions left about aoo thaers for the oenent OF
other learned In Germany who might dare and suer
In like manner His heirs now convinced that the eS
tabment of the North German Confederation has put
an end to all possible necessity for such fund The an
nual Is to be spent. accordingly In printing ana
distributing 400 copies Of the fairy tales collected by the
brothers Grimnl-known among usas" Grimms Gobiins
to children Of Germany dwelling IN other countries
Tho San Francisco Moss Ledge Company.
which has been working Arizona gold mine without
success is composed almost entirely OF New-fork CITY
capitalists They purchased celebrated tract In MO
have County Arizona, known as "NOss LEDGE" about
two years ago. for se6 COO mill erected at an ex
pense Of about 10000 Many tuns Of rock were
crushed result kept secret that even the
neghbors knew nothing Of the result except that It did
not pay for the ceased to about one year ago.
Another attempt is TO be made, and II this ID NOS
successful the mine will bc abandoned.
A little incident recently occurred In
Nashville courtroom which might have sstonished an
English Justice but which failed 10 disturb the equi
brium or gravity Of Western Judge Tho defending at
torney in a murder case Major Clare. understood the
Attorney General OF Tennessee. Mr. Tuth to say that
he had lied Major Clare thereupon struck Mr. Tuth In
the back Of the head. handtOhand fight ensued, and
the parties finally separated. The AttorneySen-
era then explained that his learned friend had misunder-
stood him. and that he had intended insult whatever
The Judge smiled sereney, related anecdote appro
pirate to the OCCASION and trusted that the little incident
would be forgotten.
The following comparative statistics Of the
great cities Of the world curiOus London possesses
the greatest number Of engineers carriages on hire,
printers booksellers and cooks Amsterdam the greatest
number Of collectors Of curoste and amateur
painters ST. Petersburg takes precedence for coachnen
Brussels for boys who smokes Naples for porters and
guides; Madrid for dlers Berlin for beer-drinkers:
Florence for flower Dublin for thieves; Geneva for
watchpmkers; Lisbon for baifs; Rome for beggars;
Paris for hairdressers letters tailOrs. mners,
photographers, pastry cooks and advocates London
consumes the most meat and beer Stockholm the most
water; Smyrna the most esfee Madrid the most cigar
ettee and Paris the most absinthc.
A new process of refining iron without
"puddling" has been creating sensation among iron
manufacturers in Pittsburgh. The process consists
simply In combining. mechanically oxides OF iron with
melted crude metal II the mixture is thoroughly effect
Cd the result is instantly maeable iron, superior to
the best pudded balls 1t 10 then only necessary heat
It as blooms are heated put 1t through the machinery
20 produce the best quality Of horseshoe bars from mate
rial which, II puddled, would yield only common iron.
Extensive experiments the have been Iade at
the Shoenberger Juniata Iron Works Pittsburgh The
principles involved not patcntabe. IL Is sad-the
only new thing the process being the proportion Of hot
and cold metal used
California claims q credit balance in COM
parson of deaths from violent natural causes between
the Atlantic States and the Pacific coast Within twenty
years experience has that the earthquake the
only serious danger attending life and property In Cali
fornia During that time 1t has claimed five victims anc
n 0 600 one quarter Of life and $4,000 year. After
hntng at prospect OF earthquakes for us also, San
francisco editor charges three important items to our
eount-iightng, sunstroka. and freeziDg Neither oil
these three Of death are known ne saws In Cali
fornis In the calm benefcent air Of California, the
thunder storm has pace. and neither life property
IL ever destroyed by IT, sunstroke sclamed some thou
sands of victims here during the past year California
has nothing to Offset against IT. And every victim re
ported frozen TO death" in the Atlantic States during
the terrible Winter Of lSSs. might have slept comfort
ably In the open air California every night Of that
season.
There arc now dozen picture exhibitions
spen in London Most OF them belong 10 private dealers
who are thus adopting the American system The mum
her of these dealers exhibitions has increased from yea