New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
GENERAL NOTES.

excluded from the Royal Academy oi h'NU'"
The Boston Trareller speaks of street-carS
very appropriately as convenient nulsances
The "frst moose of the season" arrived IN
Ranror Me- last Monday, and wasXsent Immediately "
this city. .-..-..s -.
The female clerks employed by large dry
ood house in Boston get per cent on all the sae
besides regular daily wages
The Central Pacific Railroad Company are
ns,r car o, California laurel to be used in tho hrst
trim from San Francisco to Now-York next summer
The ten papermills Of Holyoke, Mass, pro-
duce about &c tuns OF paper per day. Most OF llIs -
writing paper about one.ffth Is for envelopes "nN
collars.
According TO a census j. It taken by the
County Assessor the City OF ST. LOUIS has 2O2oo inol
ants. Two years ago the population was "e''i"A''" "
10000.
A brilliant young lawyer in Troy mas Jus'
cleared q counte-feter from wellImerited pnhishmenE
The rascal paid him very literally for his services IN conn
terfet greenbacks.
Salt Lake City is now within four days OF
Chicago by stage and railroad. Wells, Fargo * COS
stages now connect with tho Union Pacific at EVan'on'
o5 miles, and "a hours ride from Salt Lake.
Reyerly johnson, we notice, "honored the
London stereoscopic Company with sittingS' iew
weeks ago. He should be taken ina stereoscopc group
with some Of bis new-found English friends
The city of Erie has just completed It's new
water works The water is drawn from the iaKe herv
quarter Of mile from shore, and Is raised by steam
power $50 feet Mr. IBerkenbine OF Phlladeiphia has
been tho engineer
A Young man In Dover, Maine, recently
married a girl against her fathers consent inc oio
gentleman has sued his new sonin-law Tor SV peins ~
value of ten. cake horseecd. candles etc, consumer
while he was paying his attentions to the young LADY,
A lady in Philadelphia quotes "notice IN
tho announcement OF grand ball ut the Academy OF
Muslc "Females OF equiyOcal character VIII DeFF
gdly excluded" Why not apply the same rule sue ASKS
70 males OF an equyoca characeri The question wen
put.
The River Cam is being wdened and deepened
bv the Cambridge students They hope by the better
practice which their can thus obtain 10 be
match for oxford hereafter Their long series OF oelea
las Inscribed By most boating men TO the pad cohu
ton OF the Cam.
A professional thief escaped three nights In
succession last month from tho authorities" OF Iala
hassee Florida. After looking at the hole through
which he made third escape, the authorities declared
themselves utterly dsgusted ut Its dminutye size, and
gave up looking for him.
The largest switch of hair ever imported,
measuring five and nch is in the possession OF
Mr Barker q Broadway dealer In human hair. Inc
same hair merchant also has two tails OF the sacred OK
brought from Thbet They Of the purest white, and
resemble. very closely, human hair
The Bank Of California in San Francisco
employs Cinnamon in hafdozen gangs, to count SILVER
coins They work under the leadership OF seventh CHI
naman and work with wonderful rapdity large mum
her OF the coins are taken IN hand ard passed to the
other 40 skuly that any failure in weight ring or sur
face is detected Cinnamon can never be cheated by
Calfornians It is said. with spurious money.
The Lecal-Tender law frequently gives rise
10 trouble IN California. where public opinion has never
tolerated anything but gold. man recently offered
rcenaek as egaltender for his fare on tho central
Pacific Railroad The conductor refused 10 receive u
excep at the current rates Of discount and finally put
the au off the train by force. nJnrlng HIM severely In
oug So The legal result Of the affair remains to be seem
Every Mormon (or Saint y in Salt Lake City
vybo keepa n store Is required by order OF Brigham
Young to have a sign which other Mormons may recog'
nize This sign arch over an alseeng eye win
the words Holmes TO the Lord" All Mormons are
commanded TO trade at such stores oly but many OF
them, prefer TO save money by trading with outsderS
These stores are known among the lrreyerent Genes
as "buPs-eyo shops"
| A wonderful top has been invented in Lemon,
Massachusetts II will spin half hour make
marbles money and other objects spin around H. Ike
satelltos Il viii make colored and gilt paper six or
ribbons tho appearance OF glass gobles spiral
rings painted circular paper and attached 10 he TOP
present the appearance OF beautiful circles; finally
will carry another top s shoulders spinning with IT.
SELF at full speed This last Yankee notion called
| the Lemon Top"
| A company has been formed in NewOrleans
called tho Mississippi and Mexican Gulf Ship Canal Com
| paDy. IL proposes TO open q canal from the
| Mississippi River at English Turn TO the waters
| OF Lake Borgne. II Will bo u feet deep,
| and from i2S TO l5O feet wde II tho project Is
successful t will shorten tho distance 10 the Gdlf about
IS miles, and materially benefit In other ways the com
merce OF Orleans. TheCompany hope ~ finish 1t by
| next NewYears.
A farmer near Bloomington, ILL.,, recently lost
three children In most remarkable manner He started
with his family TO ride Bloomington miles, in wagon
The three children put down In the bottom OF the
wagon carefully wrapped up In straw and buffalo robe
The fnhor mother occupied the front seat thinking
| their little very comfortable. On raising the robe
AZ the end OF the Journey all three found o.en 10
DEATH They had remained perfectly quiet, and undoubt
| edly died without pain.
| A dangerous drunken man in q New-OIleans
theater last week, handled In very summary man
| uer by the Superintendent. OF Police. The
armed with two Deringer pistols and dirk.eane. lie
stood at the head OF flight of stairs threatening to
shoot or stab any man who interfered with him. Tho
| Police Captain with whom he talking, suddenly
seized hm by tho collar and hurled him headlong down
the entire flight lie mot seriously Injured but be-
came perfectly docc apologized, aud submitted to i'm
| prisonment.
| A curious "accdent insurance" case has just
been decided in Chicago fireman, insured for $4,000
I'm tho Travellers Company, so Injured at
| a fire that lie afterward became derious. During his
| delirlum he took poison aud died The company pro
ydes In Its policies that nothing be collected in
OF suicide whether party be or Insane when the
| al that Ia