New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-08
GENERAL NOTES.

The leader in The Charleston Courier on the
morning Of the 9Th inst was about The Day We Used
to Celebrate"
The German Societies at Wheeling, w. Vap
and at Detroit. Mch will celebrate tho Humboldt cen
tennial on September 10, next
In 10 of the public schools of st. Louis
about 5000 pupils are taught German. The German Ian
guage introduced In the public schools Of ST. Louis in
1894
California, town on the Pacific Railroad, in
Mouitcau County, No. Is exclusively Inhabited by Ger
mans singing society aud turnyerein are aourshng
there.
The San Francisco Turnverein numbers 235
members The society pays for the instruction In gym
nates Of $50 pupils from TO Is years Old aud 40 young
men from ~ to IS years.
The German Society Of Chicago for aiding
German immigrants, has requested the City Council
there 20 immigrant house capable OF accommo
dating about 1900 persons.
A number of German ladies at Philadelphia
hAvo presented the "C~ella" Singing Society there
with "A beautiful flag, made by j. A. Hetel at Lepsic
Germany at a cost OF $3.50.
The German Society of New Orleans, for
assisting German immigrants by practical advice aud
lief has l9i members. and tho treasury contains 566
The Society Is now "a years old
A man In Adair County, Iowa, has invented
cannon which he claims will throw proeotie fourteen
miles, and has TO Washington 20 get patent He
proposes TO offer II 10 the Government for 100000
An immense shoal Of speckled brook trout
appeared In Lake Superior at Duluth last week. Tie
members OF the Buffalo Concert Club, enoamped at that
place, caught them by the dozens Tho Gsh averaged
about half pound each though some OF them wore more
than foot In length.
The following advertisement, printed in q
Blackville IN. c. paper reminds OF old times. Is
nick" still slave in all but the namei
Pc,u, Of a. from The Subscriber o. SIC a,h inst b. regular p
eoeIel e'' PsnnG servant oGy sgra ABOUT Net
.........: cautioned from hiring employing him. H.
Two young colored girls amused themselves
in Charleston evening recently by singing song
known as Democrat Riley" Mr.. Riley who happened
to pass considered himself insuIted. and making
plaut tho Mayor committed OF the girls for i've aud
Tho other for ten days Charleston journal asks II
there any law forbddng the singing OF certain popu
lar songs In the street
Among the relics deposited in the corner
stone Of tho Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, the 9Ith
ult, at shermantown, White Pine piece OF beauti
iul marble from the site and ruins OF King soomons
Temple at Jerusalem In the form OF keystone brought
from jerusalem and vouohed for by Professor Israel g.
Dioh, who his Oriental travels visited the ruins OF
the foundations arches and quaries of SoOmons Tenn
pie. stu eItant upon Mount horiah
A correspondent writes from the Crawford
House, White Mountain Notch, as follows: We had u
party OF IL here from Perkins Blind Institute South Bos
ton this week. all totally blind but SIX They walked up
the bride path eight and half miles, and stayed over
night on the summit We sent them up horses the next
Ing, not even much They arranged the bind
botu those who could and the horses by instinct
selected the best road They enjoyed the excursion ap
parently as much as those who could see.
The opinion is slowly gaining ground among
many leading Mormons that the mines Of Utah will have
TO be opened to supply the Territory with money. They
Of the opinion that the mineral wealth OF Utah tho
only thing available for that purpose and that they will
have 10 look TO that source OF supply alone for many
years 10 II thought that the prospect speedy
developments OF mines by the Genes has hurried the
MormOns 20 tho conclusion that they had better claim
and work the mines themselves to keep out as many OF
the Gentiles as possible. -
Messrs. Moss (discoyerer OF the Moss lead on
the COlorado MCGUIRE aud Butcher returned TO YsalA
recently from two months "cruise" over the deserts
and mountains between White Pine and the head OF nayi
cation on the Colorado River. They made some OF tho
best made the coast orc running
from sl00 10 the tun up into the thousands and tho
lodges being from three TO thirty feet Width with
abundance OF wood water and grass within very few
miles are immense forests OF yellow pine OF tho best
quality OF lumber Being short OF supplies they could
tret they wished but were TO start out again IN day
or two. ... ..
At the Eureka mine in Grass Valley, New, n
gun Ia used to knock down quartz when tho miners arc
ready TO hoist 1t out OF the For this purpose tho
gun Is charged with powder ana prleetlo made OF
slug oi non The quartz 10 DO brought uo"h ny mo
hs las already Dygn taken out VI LG IeuEv AAu slowed