New-York tribune., 1869-01-06
GENERAL NOTES.

Natchez It's SKIN soft and smooth and evidently peve
had any hair upon It.
Canned salmon are now sent to New YoN
from California. ship recently sailed from San Fran
cisco with GSo boxes Of these delicaces. ~
| Boston boys throw stones at the Fanenil Hall
windows by way Of carrying out standing jcke I'm
practical way. They call it" rocking the cradie.v
| Brown University has a new college periodi-
CAL called The Caducs,s 1t published by the omen or
antsecret societies. in opposition the regular paper
A "lady friendn of Garibaldi in England An.
that she has received private letter from the
General and that he Of his excellent health
Ten thousand negro children are attending
school in Tennessee this month. Efforts are in nrocr
to establish State Agricultural College for the coored
people.
| A crazy man who has been running wild In
the woods in northern Wisconsin, near Chippewa wss
caught and confined few days ago. He burrowed in thu
ground at night.
| Fire-crackers and Roman candles have been
the order of things in New-oreans during the Christ
mas holidays Children warned by the papers against
accident just they here In the month Of July.
| Colored people have a fair share of the mu-
nicpa honors in Nashville Two Of the city magistrates
one constable, the jailor land six Common Counclmen
One coored man in the city owns real e.
tate valued at 10000. Another is worth $4,000.
A new underground railway is projected in
London in which the will be moved by stationary
engines. The tunnel viii extend along Oxfordst and
Holborn from the General Post Office. Il will have
nine stations about one-third Of mile apart.
The Royal Academy of London has just cele-
brated its first centennial anniversary. The exhibition
which ended last month the last to be held in iu
old building In Trafalgar-square The society Will
occupy and commodiOus premises in Pccadnly
ba of McE1rov Of Da1firnara
81 years of age the oldest priest OF the Catholic Church
in The United States and who has been blind two yesrA
recently had his sight perfectly restored by the removal
Of cataract. The old gentleman now walks about and
expects soon to preach again.
1t is remarkable fact, that there have
recently been going through New-Oreans heavy ship
mens OF Malaga fruits, etc. from TO Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Louis. The Pieayp,e says the rail-
road charges heavy that pays to ship freight
to the West by sea from New.York.
Great Britain imported tobacco in 1867 to the
value Of sl O5co The following countries furnishedthe
supply: Holland, Belgium France Portugal Greece, Tur
key, SYRIA Palestine. Algeria, Philippine Islands China,
Japan Brazil, Cuba, 81. Thomas, United States, New
Graanda Ecuador Channel Islands, and the Argentine "
Confederation.
A young man was saved from suicide In
Providence, last week. In very curious manner. A
policeman discovered him the streets with what he
thought a roll of money in his hand lie suspected
his honesty and followed him. The roll OF money proved
to be a bottle Of laudanum with which the young
proposed to his life The officer emptied Its contents
into the street. and placed the in charge Of h
friends.
An English thief got into q very ridiculous
trouble recently while trying TO steal the silver Commu
service from Baptist church-the stepneyG Green
Tabernacle He found wine in the pitcher and drank
freely before carrying away booty. that he fell head
tba Ronti vUhia lad
Sexton He dragged himself through the water and was
found lying on the floor morning in pool OF WATER
dead drunk.
A false wife died in New-0rleans few days
ago. while lying with the for whom she had deserted
a husband and child. Her husband lived within few
squares Of her residence but did not discover 1t until
after she was buried, and then only by accident He
took possession OF her few effects and found among them
many little gifts aud keepsakes which reminded him OF
happier days and seducer now reside noss
each other IN the same city.
A gentleman in Houston, Texas, is in posses
sion large silver medal which belongs TO Madame de
la Grange. He bought it of an unknown man fora
tring sum, and apparently willing to surrendertto
Its owner The medal bears this inscription: Pre-
sented Anne dc la Grange by the director Of the Thea
Lyric Rio JaneIro December 1883" on the reverse
side inscribed the OF various operasNorms Lu
creta Borgia, somnambula. etc.
The Westminster Temperance Club" recently
enjoyed what it is pleased to call its Twohundredth
annual dinner" in this city. How many annual dinners
the Club sits down to every year cannot say We sd
the following delcacies upon its last bill OF fare Fish
Samon-P Chase; Soe-of John Brown; Spanish Mack
ereville Enhre Turkeywithout Grease. Cold Joints-
Cold Shoulder Cold Feet, Cold Whites Vegctabessof
Corns Bunions, Dead Beats. GdneBaseBal, Billiards,
Faro Muggins Relishes-Cranberry, Apple, aud Noneof
your Sauce DesssrL-sponge cake. stomach-ache. Rus
sian Baths scream, scream, They scream, Chaklit
DR.. II. Blanc, q member Of the English mis-
sion King Theodore stated recently before the Royal
Geographical Society, London that the Abyssinan mill
tary expedition in Abyssina proper at al,
and that it never the real Abyssinaus He did nos
speak very highly OF the Abyssnans their coun
try but was very enthusiastic In describing the tract Of
land known as Western Abyssinia. The whole OF this
tract-yaleys plains and pateauss watered by count
less streams; the soil rich and enjoys many ell
macterc advantages that three harvests are usually
eaped in year. Wheat. barley, and tef are grown IN
large quantities Wine abundant. Cotton covers the
plains Honey fragrant with the perfumes OF wild flow.
ers, is found everywhere.
The official stamp of the Goldsmiths Company
London by which English jewelry buyers are supposed
to be protected against imposition has been DEGRADED
during the past few years under new law aowingtn
be placed articles of H. and l5carat gold Ihs
stamp was formerly confined 10 Is carat, and should N
so STILL Gold Of nine s in reality, copper aoyed
with gold Even 12-oarat sonly half gold, ana han aoy
The hallmark" it is called, has become entirely
worthless therefore security against fraud. Cold
chain makers have way OF cheating which could hardly
be- avoided even under q good system They send
cham to receive the every Ink These are hes
separated and each link placed on chain OF nfeho'
quality
The London Times thinks there is "ons
branch of civilization in which the Americans have us
doubtedly set an example to the world' This is ourn
newspaper exchange system and cheap newspaper pos