New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-10
KINGS COUNTY BOARD OF CANYASSERS.
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Portland Press says that Mrs. DR.. W. A.
Banks OF I.ockland Me- Bible once owned BY Mar
tan Luther
The latest money making operation Is that
of gang Of boys Portland Ne. who have been caught
stealing bones from the aud selling them at
the bOLe-mlll.
The extension TO the Burlington, VT, break
water has been completed 1t 600 feet long and 40 feet
high There were over 100000 pounds Of material used
an It's construction, and the cost is $4,000
They have excluded the Bible from the
publc schools Of Cincinnati The next thing they will
do will be to abolish the dictionary put out the gas
lights, and move down TO Louisville. lCourerJOurnal.
One of the finest cotton mills in the country
is soon 70 be built Qudnick, r. l. The building whose
walls will be built Of heavy masonry, Will be 4So feet
Iosg and feet wide; 5000 spindes and $50 looms viii
be used.
Burlington's subscription of $4,000 to the
University of Vermont, at that city, on which $4,000
additional has pledged, fully made up last
week. and the institution il now on frmer financial
basis than for long time. The trustees however are
determined 10 push their exertOns TO make the amount
100000 by Nov. l, 1870.
A mining story of unusually magnificent di-
mansions comes from Davenport. Iowa 1t is said that
several citizens place bought 5000 acres Of
land in the Boulder Valley Colorado wherein they claim
Is richer Of bitumlnous coal imam mat Oh Fennsy'
wanna The is the line OF railroad 10 run pc
tween Denver aud Cheyenne, and only about ~ miles
from the former city
Carpet-baggers were known in the South be-
fore Yankee schoomasters aud Union soldiersi went
down there TO teach the freedmen and develop the
country Blrdofredum sawin wrote of them
s S9S 'S,'sd sR i.9.a b epsS5as BE-
Rsso an br5si Sia siil BIZ and hs Bbs
But they d. preach lss1 20 map rs puff ny s9s,ergsI
40 make SptRoos squn all he's used TO sngsin
The Boston Reporters gave their annual
dinner at the Revere House Saturday evening About
nifty members the club aud invited guests sat down TO
In NJ W Chairman
and Mr. Taylor Of The Tunes Secretary After tho cloth
was removed aoou s INV k TWIN the iSEes Of Which,
however are lost TO the public, "a the "bOys all left
tne MY T 40 Hcds ladies from the annual dinner
e. they have been excluded heretofore.
Statistics show that England alone consumes
every year at least 1900 tuus Of beeswaK valued at
32OoOoo With gold ISl the best bright pressed yellow
American bcesUaX is selling H England at from 45
to 81 cents pound. Wax candles are used extensively
In royal palaces of Europe ana Va one palace alone II
The method OF lighting tins large number OF candles n-
simultaneously, the WcRs by an nhanmaOle
OF the thread with TORCH fame flashes like light
ming round the connected candles, an agreeable 0dor Is
emitted, and the apartments are Illuminated ana per
1umeo as II 10y magic
Mr. John Glover has prepared table showing
the day wages received BY the tradesnen employed
in slip.bUildng the Thames Wear, and Clyde The
cost OF labor on the Thames Is 222 per cent? higher than
the clyde and 90 per cent higher than on the Wear
while TIE product OF the labor Is no better The Pau MGI
that this fdcJ ana thb Obn6f
FuOw generally used IN shp0uding than wood 40,
count FOR the rapid decline or the spbudlng interests
on the Thames The reason why Thames wages dld not
ian with the decline Of trade ult such a level had been
reached AS would have enabled Thames masters TO com
pete successfully with other rivers Is attributed oy m
dOyer TO the DEGREES VI the union" They fixed limit
which ought In their opinion, 10 Ial
They succeeded thus far Wages remain nominaiy hRh
But there is work trade is destroyed
s An international system OF signaling Mt sea
was some time ago agreed by England and France
and that time II has been adopted by the North
German Confederation the United States, Brazil, Don
mark, reece, Italy Holland Norway, the Austro hun
EGrah Monarchy, Portugal Russia, Sweden, and spain
1hes signals produced by means OF Is different ags
ehcn~Ne ~ the national flag and signal pennOn ana the
Arrangement IL such that 800 signals may be given by
IaIloho combinations OF TWO Of tnem 1895 signals WIN
tsr and 75il0 with four. The signals composed OF tive
shu ree hags well as tine 1860 first combinations 0
1OuI h1gs are used for several special communication
10 "bleh tho signal book cOntus the key. OF the 10