New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-11
GENERAL NOTES.

California now produces raisins of superis
quality and fine favor.
Boston is SO well satisfied with its easy d..
gestion Of Roxbury. that It now proposes to sva,o,
Charestown, somervile, Dorchester, and Brookpa.
In the Chinese language, the same word fra.
quenty has several entirely different meanings accord
ing a. 1t Is more or less drawed or pronounced on
higher ana lower key.
Two thousand women, wives, ETC., Of tia
Rajah OF Jeypore lately act upon their guardian vhs
keeping them too strictly and beat him most unn.r
clfully He barely escaped with his life and broken
Chignons are sold IN England as high A
$780, The average price about u, or s2o In recent
lawsuit several hair dealers estimated womans hsad
Of hair worth TO them about &C centA wide marefn
for profit o u t 800
When the negro Hickman was attempting
violence upon Miss Louisa " snead, near Petersburr
Virginia. the Path Of December her little brother only
six years old, stood by and belabored the man with
stick, until her screams had frightened him away i
The Introduction of Texas cattle into Illinois
has been followed, wherever they have been taken By
the spread Of the malignant and fatal disease called The
Texas fever. Thousands Of native cattle have bcea
destroyed Stringent are being taken against
the importation. .AfJ Np Naa
A Mr.. Wier in Montreal, is making q special
effort TO rid the country Of tho silver nuisance" By
shipping silver of the Dominion He viii ST.
"a per cent discount. Surely" says Montreal
editor ts Is easy way Of getting rid Of the silver
nuisance" The regular discount is n per cent
A prisoner created panic in the Cincinnati
Work House, few days since. by walking OF bis cea
with his tawny red and ped all over apparently
with smallpox. He had pricked HE face. neck and
shoulders with needle and applied croton OIL In the
hopes OF making his escape during the panic which fol-
lowed his nrst appearance
The word "Cleveland' was originally spelled
with an "a"-Cleaveland. Nearly century ago tn
proprietor Of newspaper, The Advertiser, changed th
spelling account Of mistake Of the printers settns
up heading The type used too large and he
dered the supsruous letter "p to be left e
get the words In the allotted space. DID.
There are 80 OF 40 beef-packng establish.
ments In Texas Scarcely any two Of them pursuing
the ssmo process for curing and packing beef When
any process discovered by which the Texas beef
be shipped in good condition to foreign markets, 1t wiz
constitute an immense source Of wealth The number Of
cattle In Texas is estimated at 100000 and the annual
increase Is at least 100000.
A system of metallic ceilings, which consists
in the application to the iotng Of thin stamped
metal ornamental embossed panels has lately been In
vented These stamped panels fitted for every KIND
OF decoration In color and inserted plain surfsces
may be used the ground for every description Of car
toon painting. combining with lightness and durability
artistic and ornamental effect ct comparatively small
cost -
A woman Is being tried for bigamy in Pitts
burgh When her second husband old widower offered
his hand she told him that she had husband still v!ngt
but he said he guessed 1t joke, and persisted In his
marital intentions She thereupon resolved to humoS
him, and the two married. The rst husband sooa
came back. and has commenced suit. The two hus-
bands be friendly terms strange to say and
are trying matters 70 stop the suit where
it's.
One night last December man came to the
school Of the Sisters Of Charity in Virginia City. Nevada
asked for orphan girl aged II years, saying has
he sent to take the girl away He showed an order
purporting be from the uncle Of the girl ia wsshos
County which directed the Sister Superior TO give the
girl In charge him. The uncle was teegraphed TO- aad
answered that he had authorized TO TAO
girl. officer pursued arrested the man. and took the
girl back to school.
There is no case on record in which the bite
Of the EsQuimaux spizenbergen dog has caused ny
drophobs These dogs generally white in color with
long straight hair and eyes like black diamonds They
far valuable pets than the "back-and-tana"
Their affection for children Is very remarkable. They
have only fault you don't take your chunk OF Ice
will lie upon it until 1t Is melted.
A steamboat has been built for Salt Lake
She was launched In the Jordan River. about Is
miles from tho Lake. This river Is about so miles In
length and has its IN Utah Lake IS miles south st
the Mormon capital Utah Lake Is beautiful sheet Of
fresh water about 40 miles long, surrounded by
tains Next Summer theSJordan River viii be dredged.
so that navigation may be- opened from Utah 20 Sole
Lake The little steamer viii then take pleasure parties
up and down the valley She is called the Kate Conner
A woman could hardly walk through tho
streets Of Francisco during Its earlier days. without
having every one psuse to gaze on her. child was
still greater rarity One evening at theater IN tho sam
CITY, where woman had taken her infant &c began to
cry just the orchestra began TO play man In the re
cried out, "stop those fddes, and let the baby cry;
haven't hoard such sound for ten years. The audience
spplauded this sentiment the orchestra stopped and tbs
baby continued ts performance amid unbounded enthu
siasm.
A party of hunters, near Kern Lake. Call
forna, have discovered wild boy In the woods While
out hunting morning they heard unusual sound,
and after listening awhile found the noise coming nearer.
they discovered singular object coming toward
them with great speed When within about 80 yards OF
the strange visitor stopped aud the hunters saw
distinctly 1t was q boy, but whether an American or
Spanish boy they could not determine He was nearly
Naked having only few shreds OF cloth on his person.
The party started in pursuit but the boy wheeled and
ran rapidly back for half mile, when lie turned TO tbs
right and was lost sight Of.
Experiments have recently been tried in the
machnehops of the Western Railroad, IN Paris. In tie
new art Of welding iron by pressure instead OF by
hammer on an anvil IL found that union OF the two
masses Of iron effected only supertciay by means
OF the hammer that continued steady pressure had
"a far creator effect in producing thorough Junction
Among other experiments, two iron bars II inches 10
diameter were heated TO the welding point and brought
nnhnr Ito hydInulic nress. The welding eleetej