New-York tribune., 1869-03-17
GENERAL NOTES.

California with design cultivate them III n@' 0'"'0
Charles Cildemeister, the architect OF the
Nov'vorl, Crystal Palace, died at Bremen Germany
ottor a nrotroeted Illness, February last
strong effort is making in ST. Louis to
oe drect ocean trade with Liverpool by way OF Now
Orleans
Mr. George Peabody was at Brighton at last
accounts but has found little benefit for his iapE
in the sea breezcs there
The burning of dead bodies is being ia suonSy
advocated m Paris. II is thought lh"' 'n0
sembly may make cremation legal
darlington, w., has new paper caiied me
,,s 15.a which is printed in alternate columns oi
French and English
oFmiorofion clubs" are being formed in
v.rs parts Of England assist tho poor who desire 70
emgrate.
Nevada is becoming interested in silk cul-
.rrs There are q million and quarter mulberry trees
IN the State.
In Paris. by two cent tax on each opera
and theater ticket 1870 charity hospital beds are sup
ported.
The ex-Duke of Nassau is making money by
spoeulatng In real estate aud does not trouble hmSe
about getting back his lost crown
advice to those about to go to law; FIRST
a,k yourself this question "Are you morally III Tue
rigtW If the answer "No," go to law by all means
youll be sure to win lAow"n""A'
The town of LanesbOro, Minnesota, had no
existence at all last July $5 900 hotel is now building
and the lowest price for town lot Isl soOo Best OF ALL
there Is a public school, with 95 scholars
The Liuden House Committee of st. Louis
has decided to build new hotel WashinGtonayep be-
tween Eleventh and Twefthsts to have 500 ieet 'front.'
by 200 feet depth. Its to cost 100000
Nearly 80 bodies have been washed ashore
fba itti disaster
River Louisiana. One lady identified by two we'd
ding-rings on her fingers, each bearing her name
In his address to his fellOw-citzens of Lex
lngton Ky last Tuesday Mr. John c. Breckenridge said
that ho took no interest present politics thannhe
were an extinct volcano"
A policeman in Memphis received challenge
last week from whom he had arrested for peing
drunk and disorderly Both the challenger and the man
who delivered 1t wero promptly arrested
A burlesque, on the latest sensational plan,
has been constructed and performed in Louisville which
gets Its plot from tho Ku-Klux Klan and the Whisky
Ring The title BoPeep, the name of the hero who
runs an underground distllery In Tennessee.
Powers's statue of Washington, which was
removed by Cen Butler the State House at Baton
Rouge La was Tuesday taken from tho Patent ohice
and shipped by express Gov. Warmoth TO be replaced
in its old position.
According to Professor NordenskOld, Of the
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far open the Autumn than at any other season.
but the idea Of an open Polar is chimerca The pole
must DO reached by scdges he says or not at ALL
Among the other experiments on pigeons re-
Gently that Of freezing their brain by spray OF
ether This produces Inconsistencies but not DEATH
When the brain thaws the pigeon goes on with Whatlt
was doing just before the experiment
The Stockbridgo Indians in Wisconsin are
RAPIDLY disappearing This tribe numbered 10000
warriors They mmigrated from Massachusetts, to New
York IN 1882 to OHIO In 1909, and to Wisconsin in 1921
They are now suffering for food and number but 500 men,
women, and children.
The Russian clergy in Alaska suffer serious
Inconvenience from the transfer to the United States
There regular tax for their support under the Rus
sian Government This the United States authorities de-
cline Of course to collect and the people do not volun
teer anything The Russian Church, at home is trying
TO provide for them.
The worship of stone and wooden idols IN
China quite expensive Beside the actual expense Of
making them which places good private assortment of
gods Of the reach OF poor men, large sums Of money
are spent appease them under various circumstances
Tho worship OF ancestors comparatively cheap costing
an economical family only about 81 6Oa year.
In the Maine Legislature, last week, one
member doctor, moved 10 amend the Capital Punish
ment bill by providing that chloroiorm be administered
TO persons on the scaOd Another doctor opposed the
proposal all physicians admitted that the adminsra
tion Of choroform dangerous to Life. Tho amend
rejected
The experiments, described a few days ago
in TIE TRIBUNE, which have been made the tele-
graph lines Harvard College and San Francisco
that the travelling time required by electricity
follows Boston To Buffalo and back OlO seconds.
Chicago aud back, 90 seconds To Omaha and back,
O3s seconds Salt Lake and back. O54 seconds. To
Virginia City and back, 90 seconds To San Francisco
and back, 0.7I seconds.
The Emperor has finally consented to the
purchase by the State Of the collection Of relics Of
poleon L. hitherto I'm the possession Of Prince Napoleon.
The collection will be placed in the Museum Of Versailles
and open TO inspection In the early part Of May II is
said a small faded sken rosee, the first love
token which Gen. BODaparte received at JOsephinc's
hands, ball given by Madame Tallien. The General
carried this rosete for several years In his vest pocket
The Scandnavians of the Northwest held an
educational convention In the CourtHOuse, in Madison,
Wisconsin. Thursday, March I, for the purpose Of
organizing society for the more general diffusion Of
education among their countrymen. society was
organized, called the scandinavian Lutheran Educa>
tonal Society The plan to raise funds enable them
get scandinavian professors appointed at American
colleges and have the Scandinavian language taught
there.
Private letters received In st. Louis from
Rome contain accounts order given 10 Miss Hos.
ner by late Queen Of NapeS The exQueen sits for
the scupJress in the identical uniform she upon the
rampars of the fortress with her boots and spurs and
her celebrated cloak The statue is to be Of heroic sze
the queen standing Ia a commanding position, having at
her feet pile Of balls and other martial mplc
ments
A conductors duty on the Pacific Railroad
involves certain personal risks peculiar to the far West
gentle who has recently passed the road
I.tca he ytf adouo frafB lac