New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-18
GENERAL NOTES.

Ior II secrs that the assessment OF real and personal
property in California for tho current hSca year. aggrc
! gates $25S,Oi6$J5
Letters have been received from Utah which
Ieove tle room for doubt that three missing
bers Of Major Powels Colorado Exploring Expedition
were murdered by tho Indians about thirty or forty
miles from st. George
! A Chicago "Girl Of the Penod," endowed by
Nature with short, but broad foot has reInorseessy
had her little toes amputated, and now teoce In pedes
falls which realize I'm dimnntyeness the widest dream Of
! the Opium.eating Chnaman
The persons who head the liberal cause in
Utah propose Issue paper to be called the Aor
mon Tribune, publishing the same eVeiJ Saturday at
Salt Lake CIty The Tribune will aim TO break down
bigotTv aud lanai rsn aud TO foster ideas In harmony
with the spirit Of the age. OF course III uoc' opposoh
! to pOlygamy.
| A number of New-Orleans milkmen were
lately arrested and the Of their cans submitted
to scientific test The least adulterauoh by water was
80 per cent and tho greatest co. the average beng about
per cent. No examination was made Us 10 ioeign SnO
stances though several were tOund III the vi lhe
! analysis The milkmen were fined from 80 10 10
1t is proposed to organize in Boston an Ameri-
can Steamship Company, with capital OF SlO'OOo The
enterprise includes the purchase OF the steamer Ontario
and Erie for the purpose OF placing them on me no DC
stood that the steamers can be had a about orhrd ot
their estimated value The balance oil the cpul VIII DO
deposited with the Treasurer OF the new organization or
otherwise disposed Of as the Company. whei formed,
may determine. The list for subscriptions VIII opened
at once in central localities about the CITY, Bost Post
The churchyard of the village OF Worth,
| Dorseshre, England, contains memorial talet with
the following interesting inscription Benlamn Jesty,
Of Downshay died April lG 1916 aged TO- He Vas born
at NetmInster In this county ana was az nest
man. particularly noted for having been the mrs person
known that introduced the cow.pox by unocuton, ana
his great strength az mind made te EXPERIMENT
from the the wife ana TWO sOhs III the SuI it
| An ef1ectual remedy for smallpox is said to
have been recently found by surgeon OF th British
army in China. The mode Of treatment is as pillows:
When the preceding fever Is at It's hight ana jus before
the eruption appears the chest Is rubbed win cotton n
ana tartaric ointment This the whole Of tc erup
ton appear on that part Of the body 10 inc esi OF
the rest Ii also secures full aud complete euptOn
aud thus prevents the disease from attacking ne lefna
ORGANS. This Is now the established mode OF udtneht
IN the English army IN China aud Is regaideu ASH per
| feet cure
| Some workmen on the Utah Central Railroad,
in eyellng large mound in Salt Lake CITY, hae come
upon great quantities OF bones, fragments OF ottey
| flint arrow heads pieces OF sulphur and oherlndnn
relics. long row of hre-paCes Was also discovered
The mound. which was very large one iol .s Chhfy,
seems To have been formed Ivy the remHlns OF hdcad;
scarcely shoyclfu can be removed without disturbing
bones How long period has elapsed since me- were
buried Is difficult determine. All the small bos and
softer PORTIONS Of the large ones bnv9 95alpem avg
ycsge OF hair has been discovered Tue pohoSale oil
| uncommon size, approaching the gigantic
| Few are aware of the extent TO whicI the
beet root sugar manufacture is carried in Erope
In France thero arc 40 bcet-root factories 6 In
Belgium and 2J5 iu Prussia. Thirty wears ago onlyO0oo
tuur OF beet sugar we're made 10 an Lupei inat ear,
| . 100000 tuus produced ~ SWlHIiAhh Hiuut IN
! IustiIa Russia and many other countries IN Euopc.
pf1poitiuatc amounts made. The ana to agriculture
also which ~ first not thought o. has ptuNcdtlo
very best kind col food for horned caiue ara thousands
ar, raised now where hundreds only before. IN
the district ~ country surrounding the ely of Fdru
ccrDcs, where before the production OF DcrI SUGAR 40
oxeMas the total amount 500 wcrc raised last yer.
! ST. Paul. Mimi, not to be behind other cites
! in metropolitan luxures, has had Bogus Count. This
Dobeman represented himself 10 be tho agent OF iugo
number Of English dukes carls baon und barpncs Who
were anxious 10 invest great suns ih AHhe'nlh. mo
CouUt being Temporarily ~ Cuurstl shuti ~ cash, as
such Counts APT 10 he, drew upun Bating BHN for
the enormous Of s2jOabuut 40 ,icIuE lie hrhNJ
b was cased ut the Marine Bank tho Marines proving
- S u9I s,,r Gr isromri Of 6 Tid got u; but lao
WIS guilty 81 The iucOmprrhclsiuc luiptudthtc ~ at
tempting 10 leave ST. Pau. without paying Biz board %
aud he h now a confessed swndicf locked up FOR trial
! A pittsburgh dandy, after pcrsiscuuy follow
ing beautiful Young lady for i!uie much 10 her
annoyance stepped up and asked permission 10 accom-
many her home She granted A. and also bis rcqu %
enter. when they had arrived SHE then locked th'hr"r
had nsultcd her Her mother did rot hear, bnt lie ~
truder DID and hastily Iroeg r,nSd b no. viii IN
broom and hit him several blows on the mead VIII the
handle before he arrived at tie back door and nat bis
exit into tie gldeu Here ho awakened the slumbriig
housedOg ana did not scale the fence Wllhoui lcNhg
MS hat aud coatlail behind. lie probably wont 30
! any more
Already there are thick flying rumors rom
Washington that during tho present session the salios
! OF yerybody. from the President down 10 the Dor
keepers TO 10 raised These prognoscatons an set
a f - and fbey Viii be followed bv dittrctlug
accounts Of the slow starvation which - destrg1in the
health of the Washington clerks, who cannot 50 bnagcr
! are their supend-, rake aud srthpe enough mono 10
gethcr 10 so market once week md Who are idln
ger of shiug with their Interesting fues tho
il Consequence OF the altitude OF the Washington
hOuserents. Well Rentlemen' come on Win your Pahosi
! We ready for II
| We have Just acquired q mOrscl of plte
! Information which hasten TO communicate our
fair friends Of The ReUoiuoH 1t relates 10 the Japncse
language and. although II can be Of no raetca use
whatever TO friends ~ aforesaid, perhaps thcJW
value 10 all the moro highly on that yety nccOun IL
relates the japanese language, la which We aretold
ak is indicated by particles" These however az,
their name implies, insignificant members of the c,In
| NAUTICAL stuG. Consistency being Jewell our hdy.c Is
that The HcroiOH be hereafter entirely printed II the
| Japanese languIH--althOugh, perhaps, is cOnduOrs
neither FOR that or any other Kind OF jewery.
They have all the metropolitan improvements
in Chicago, in the police In the other departments.
Just now their Police Commissioners are trylDg one
Craney, q sergeant for swearing drinking, knocing
people the head smashing ~ windows leyying 'on-
tribut0ns upon ms lleiOs hn TOT VaonsO thci miue
meanOrs aud maieusances. Ono unfortunate policeman
testified that when no was appointed tins Craney aked
him for box cigars When these had been consumed
he demanded mother and so on un!il CraneY hadde-
poor witness, thought II pretty expensive busuos -
but Craney threatened have bis subordinate remyod
| a keg Of beer which. when confirmed, Cruney prcseed
| to Bis brother Stars. And had six children sa,he
witness and four OF them had no shoes" Poor Pdcc
man He should have tried some other business IN ya!ch
there were no CraneyS
At ball in Pittsburgh, q few evening ap, a
prze-a gold ring-was offered tho lady aud palmer
who should outwaz all competitors. At n the aud
| struck MP II Baccio," and dozen couples stated
gayly on at o. IN. only three remained the foo; NJ
one these three gave up but the band played opnd
on and the emulOus survivors gavOtted aud whct III
even the spectators grew dizzy At the eud OF the forth
hour blood began trckle the euds OF the yiOasB
fingers still the dance continued Al three mimtes
past Of the ladies tainted, and immediately tter
ward partner followed her example the Drize
was presented Co the winners amid the umutuou APP
plnuse OF the spectators The foolish quartete, more
dead than alive, had To DO carried 10 their homes car