New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-10
GENERAL NOTES.

| There are 10 lighthouses on the Pacific coast.
| It is proposed TO erect 1s others,
| A fast horse and q velocipede rider are
| matched for in Pittsburgh.
| Three million visiting-cards were distributed
| by the Paris Postoice on last New Years day
Two assault and battery cases were decided
in st. Louis last week. with fine Of one cent In each.
| A saw has been invented which leaves the
wood as smooth as II 1t had passed under planer
| A one-wheeled velocipede has been Gre
ating q sensation on the frozen Mississippi at Lyons,
| Iowa.
Revivas of religion in the various denomina-
tons are now prevailing most Of the cities and towns
| OF Iowa.
| Fortunately for the Red River sufferers, an
unusually mild Winter followed the misfortunes OF
| last year.
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed resolu-
ton prohibiting the chewing of tobacco in the Assembly
Chamber.
On the maps used by the Hindoos Africa is
depicted Us q small island America is made one OF is
| chief towns.
The grave of Mendelssohn, in the Jerusalem
Kreho at Berlin Is entirely neglected and overgrown
with weeds.
A correspondent of The Winsted Comm
HGulu W nave uiSOOfeiOu A~V HN'~"" "
| the word scissors.
| An Australian horse recently ran ten miles In
% minutes and This said to DO the fastest
| time on record for that distance.
Michigan is about to pass its first law against
przeHghting Why have the brues never gone to that
| State for their amusements, heretofore.
"Oliver Opticn of Boston, has been presented
with young black bear weighing about 100 pounds,
from Maine. What will he do with it,
thief in Bloomington, ILL.,. recently broke
the Of church for the purpose of abstract
| ing 81 IN small change deposited there.
Mr.. Alexander II. Stephens will be unable to
TO the duties of his professorshp in the University
| OF Georgia account OF failing health.
Cory O'Lanus thinks that the Mexicans ought
perfection in riding the veocpode for the more
| revolutions you make the faster you Co.
No child is allowed to attend school in Evans
ye Indiana who does not present certificate OF vacci
nation TO the teacher. Smallpox is prevalent.
An obituary of a deceased ferret in Worces-
ter Massachusetts,, shows that during its lifetime Of six
years 1t killed lI67 rabbits, rats, and squirrels
Smoking them out is the plan adopted by
Milwaukee landlords when they wish to eject disagree
able tenants. Several cases have been reported.
Cats cannot be raised and kept in Montana.
For they scken and die very rapidly. Good
| healthy mousers very and very valuable.
| The Salt Lake Telegraph thinks that we in the
East ought not to complain OF poygamy long the
Mormon laws do not compel TO have than
one wife.
Captain GoodfellOw Of the Coast Survey is
making astronomical observations at Omaha. in
rospondence by telegraph with Harvard University and
Salt Lake City.
A French writer says that major in the
Imperial army who has three decorations; the
third was given he had two the second bo-
he one and the first because had not any.
Two students of Washington College, Vir-
gina. spree" few days ago. and paraded tho
village OF Lexington, displaying thor pistols reck
lessly They finally shot aud wounded negro. They
promptly expelled by the Faculty, are happy 10
add, within two days.
The German periodical, Hdusfreund, edited
by Hans wachonhusen. Is publishing romance which is
located at st. Louis, in the Island OF Martinique. The
plot taken from actual incident which happened in
ST. Louis Missouri The writer also places his West India
island IN the Pacific ocean.
Henry W. Longfelow, George b. Cheever,
and Nathaniel Hawthorne graduated at Bowdom College
in thelcass Of Is25 which numbered thiry-eght Long
fellow ranked number four. and Cheever number eight
Hawthorne had no rank at ALL The vaedctorian has
never been beard u BY the world.
The Rev. VIM. Ashmore, Baptist Missionary
at swatow, China says that BurlnGamo accepted his
present mission "a lawyer accepts profitable lawcase
he takes and says the best thng he for his
clients. MI. Burngame's salary, he says. $4,000 a
year aud he talks up China accordingly.
The Fat Contributor of The Cincinnati
Times thinks the poem Of Enoch Arden has encouraged
hundreds OF dead husbands return aud annoy their
families who would otherwise have kept away. Tho
Enoch Arden in real life. ne says. is usually scaawag
and comes home ragged, dirty, and drunk.
The Montreal papers point to the recent ac-
cdent AZ 81. Patrlcks Hall as example OF the good
effect OF proper OF exit II It's proprieors had not
fully complied with the law the subject OF doors, etc.
hundreds would have been killed by the falling roof AS
1t was, the audience before the final crash.
San Francisco can claim to have the greatest
variety Of relg ous worship Of any city In tho land. Not
only has It q Chinese temple but Greek church began
It's public there last year There about 1000
members OF this church in California, emierants from
Russia. Their umber will doubtless be increased from
Alaska, where the Greek religion prevails.
A young lady was found wandering in the fields
near Terra Iaue. Ind about weeks ago She but
partially clothed and appeared like a maniac She
taken to asylum, aud recovered her mind sufficiently
to tell her story She Is the daughter OF wealthy lady
and gentleman living near OswegO, this State. She
left her home visit 10 Illinois several weeks ago
and apparently lost her the way. Her trunk
check was in her pocket, aud draft for tOO
Mr. Beecher's strong denial, in The Ledger,
that tho celebrated I'D hot" story Is true spite Of
two ladies who assert positively that they heard him
make the remark In the pulpit has called forth
anecdote from Buffalo gentleman which proves that
Mr.. Beecher's memory IL very poor authority Tho
gentleman asserts that the Rev. WIN. ii. Milburn
told him that he cOmpmented Mr. Beecher one day on
some remarks which he had made upon a hymn during