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


since the opening Of tho present session
CHEYENNE. on the Pacific Railroad, a growth
ofte last twelve months has purchased and received
bandsome steam are-engne This Is moro than can DC
said OF many Eastern towns three times as large ana
fifty times a. old.
The President of the State Of Bolivar, in view
of the impoverished Of the public treasury oe
creed the entire State troops be disbanded on o
sst December last and that the only force 10 DO maui
tanned active service shall be composed OF one captain
or Lieutenant, and ten men. .s--r r..a l1.
The "Ramie" plant, of which so much ID
being said is native Of of the East India ISLANDS
and can be grown successfully in the Southern States
It is brous plant, and its textile nature makes avail
able for most OF the purposes for which cotton Is used
II said that cloth superior to cotton cloth be made
from It, and at less cost. . Is WA. ,.tr..t...-...f
A company in Philadelphia engaged in getting
up new line OF omnibuses, have had model made OF
an improved twohOrse Omnibus which II proposed 10
introduce In that city. The seat for the driver Is upon
platform similar those on street cars with door az
his side The back Of the omnibus is rounded having
door NJ entrance on each side with steps so arranged
that passengers can enter from the sidewalk without
stepping into tho street space in the rear Of the en-
trance doors can BIO used seat for conductor ono
should be needed. NJ
A new domestic invention is a little paste
board affair for keeping ones washing account con
s1sts of small card, having circles on It, over each
circle "a written different article OF Undertaking..
Figures arc placed at intervals around the Circle Wne
small movable hand is made to point to the proper
figure The circles are sufficiently numerous to repre-
sent every kind of ordinary clothing and the ngures
around each circle series from to IA The Invention
halls Lynehburg and has not as ye 10 Iar
"a we know, made Its way North. .-rr--
Miss Mary Harris, who was tried and acquitted
for the murder Of Burroughs at the Treasury Department.
a few years since, 10 now an inmate OF the
Insane Asylum near Washington. AFTER heF
aequittal she went TO Richmond with the LADY
with whom she lived while residing In Chicago,
and who had taken much interest in the girl during her
incarceration and trial She lived quietly there for some
time when one her peculiar spells came upon her. IN
which she attempted TO shoot another man FOR some real
or fancied wrong. She was cent TO the Asylum wDere
she has since remained apparently contonteu
prisoner Her old counsel frequently calls and takes her
out riding aud maintains his deep interest IN her case
A Mormon preacher Elder Sessions, is labor
ing for proseytesn Mexico, Oxford County Maine He
writes to Utah that having good success Three
families will leave for Salt Lake City next Spring lie
says: The people are ready to hear the gospel and
have strong hopes that will fad to obey. have
never found the people Wiling TO hear and can get
access to their meeting houses where never could be-
FORE those who opposed when was here before now
invite me TO their houses and treat with all the Kind
ready to listen and respect religion, while but few
rdicule or oppose have the time that the
prospect looked brighter al my travels than it does
to-day. . -a '.. ..
The central line of the solar eclipse, on the
It'll OF next August passes from Cape Hatteras across
North Carolina, Kentucky. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, ana
several of the Territories including Alaska Such phe
nomenon completely within our own territory has not
occurred since 1884, and win be Of great Importance, not
f1tnC rfrfft fV
will afford OF studying the peculiar luminous appearances
observed eelipses and the character Of solar
light with advantages afforded by recent improve
ments IN photography aud the specroscopo never before
enjoyed English. French, and German astronomers and
physicists sent tho East Indies and Arabia TO
observe similar eclipse, and those OF this country now
ask aid providing for the expenses of transporta-
ton and Instruments which few Of them are able 20
afford.
The Salt Lake Telegraph comes to the defense
Messrs Wells, Fargo Co, United states mail car
rers 1--WE have had some experience" the editor says
with the IT, 8. mails. and have always expressed
ourselves freely mail contractors. When it has been
necessary 10 pitch in. have done IT fearlessly The
best argument that Wells Fargo Co. is the fact
that on the Northern and Western route, fwhere they
have never been interrupted by Indians railroad they
have carried tho mail with a regularity that per.
fecy astonishing In one season We had occasion to note
the arrival this city from the West OF the daily stages
during all that time hour aud half Such regularity
was perfectly astonishing and exhibited the carefuness
of their employees over distance OF about COO miles.
with such record, they well afford TO let some folks
grumble Every sensible person can readily ace tho adj
vantages to Wells Fargo Co., themselves Of carrying
The mail 18th regularity To listen TO their deractors
aud accept ther statements would nave to believe
that the firm took special pains to torment themselves"
Senator Sprague and his wife, with Col. De
urftt AR refur npd
visit to Moorehead Lake, Maine This lake ia the head
quarters OF the Kennebec Land and Water Power Com
pauy, In which Senator Sprague is largely Interested
The party by rail from Augusta TO Dexter, and were
thence conveyed by relays OF horses to the camp OF the
loggers where they spent two days aud two nights,
roughing It in the bush" Tho weather still and
cold and the crisp atmosphere clear that Mt Katahdin
md other ranges could be distinctly dscerned with the
naked eye This Mrs. sprague's first visit to a
logging camp and tho charming scenery In that region
tho operations Of the loggers and the novelty of the life
OF Dackwoodsman, were fully appreciated. The even
ngs spent IN reading and 10 listening 20 stories OF
bear hunting recited by one OF the choppers. Mrs.
sprague brayed the boreal rg0s with remarkable fort
tude ami particularly struck with everything about
her. Sho before such abundance Of snow.
The exharating effect of the atmosphere gave tho party
a keen, sharp appetite. There good trouting and
other sport in abundance.
j. II. Garner Of Tennessee is said to be the
successful perseverng, and daring horse-thef ~
tho United States. Is something about years
old, uihdleszed, rawboned weatherbeaten man.
with rongray beard and HAIR aud penetrating eye He
was rescued from Jail about two weeks ago by band Of
what supposed to be KuKlux but who IN reality
gang Of horse-thieves whose branches rami
fed through Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Misss
sipTi and of which this Garner appears to be the chief
Like all noted thieves he has the most unpromisng APP
pearance the world for OF his profession. lie
walks In an awkward shung ngdog sort of way. He