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

Another lucky discovery OF ore mas Dcen
| made in the Dubuque mining region. The old TON
Leyns" range yielded nearly 2oOOOOo. ThiS new d-
coyery after much unsuccessful search. promises an
equal return. .. .. ..... ..l... .II 81 "A. ... 70
A genius has invented and put in practice a
new mode OF killing mice which insisted on getting Into
bis seed barrels saturate pieces Of cloth with chic
roform and tosses 1t under the d He sometimes FOUND
| half adozen dead at one time. -..|
The Philadelphia convict with whom Charles
Dickens sympathized and whom he mentioned so touch
ngiy In his "Notes" stn ncorrgibe thief and Is
now In tho pcnitentiary He has been returned treo
times and Is still known as the Dickens Convict"
Fresh water, it is said, is fatal to nearly all
marine animals An English writer proposes that ocean
vessels be berhed fresh docks during their stay
In port The effect might be to kin the little sheub7
cnging TO them md thus prevent their natural Increase
The Tennessee Legislature is consdenns
bin providing for the sale Of the Hermitage property!
An amendment substitutes rent |" for "saIe" Hn per
mits tho widow and adopted Of Andrew Jackson 10
occupy the mansion. There is srots tpposiuO w 'ho
bin. ... I'D -....
The coffin of n yonng lady buried j few years
ago near Allegheny recently opened Ihe bo"y WAS
turned over and tho clothes torn. IL was evident tha'
Eha had been buried alive. The mother wlo sh" iDe
remains has become insane and is nov IN tho DHhaht
Asylum.
Times is particularly proud Of his grammar lie boasts 81
accuracy folloNs "lf there is anything We pfide ny
self on moro than your-anoiher. II Is grammar Cor
reetness iu tho languages things bOnst Of snd VIC
dofy nobody TO have any flaws IN 1t been picked"
Mr.. Sehrenbeck, a st. Louis Common -Coun-
Gilman has recently made special report on Female
Suffrage under instructions from the Council He com
| menoes as follows "Your Committee takes IN view the
slaveholders Rebellion Of Gl and yonr Committee looks
on female suffrage dangerous as Slavery did In OIL
The will of Jonathan Burr of Chicago, which
was lost but recently found according to teegrnphc
report disposes OF about sS25O the bulk OF his fortune
10 charitable societies and other public Institutions ir-
teen I'm all. The American Bible Society OF New-YOrk
large donation for the education OF the Ohd
In the second Glen murder trial now in prog
rets In Indiana, the jury impanneed ls necessarily com
posed VI unntelgent Newspaper readers haa, OF
course formed opinion after reading the evidence ny
which conviction was secured the frat trial. Tho
country had 10 bo ACQUIRED for who had not read tho
| papers. ...
Dr. Holland writes that his first visit in Rome
was TO the studio Randolph Rogers to zee his statue OF
Abraham Lincoln, recently unveiled. Tho figure Is OF
colossal szo, sitting with ornamental drapery except
cloak cast over the chair tits TO be cast In bronze
for Philadelphia Dr. Holland pronounces It o grand
success"
The Pittsburgh Commercial thinks there is
something wanting IN the programme for the Boston
Musical Jubilee Twenty thousand voices are TO be ne
conpanied by bells musketry and cannon, bat there
should volcanic eruption ard an earthquake Special
nrrau genents should be made too. for thunder and
lightning
The "Big Mound" at Alton. Illinois, one of
tho greatest curosities of all the American antiquities,
has been swept Of existence by the march Of "im
provement" pictured PiAsa bird the rocks near
the mouth OF the Mississippi mentioned by jacques Mar
quette in Ira also disappeared tho rocks being
blasted for quarry rufposes
| Auber, GOunOd, Verdi, and Wagner the -four
great composers worth together over two million
francs Ofenbach has not sayed much money He
stock gambler ard has been unluoky He has also made
some dlsastron theatrical ventures Auber despi'cs
oGenbaehs works, and predicts that their author viii
live to the day when they are forgotten
The United States Government has never sent
| q war vessel to MICRONESIA" IN tho Pacific Ocean.
Upon many OF the Caroline Islands the Inhabitants have
never seen flag displayed from national vessel.
| though American whnleshra constantly erutaing
there, aud American have been frequently mur
dered Tho Confederate Nag Of the Shenandoah wAs
once by tho inhabitants of Aseension Island.
One of the principal causes of the dcpOpula-
ton of tho oyster banks the coast Of Europe
America is TO be found in tho increasing abundance OF
byaiye sheAsh called An0mia. These tho oyster
banks In a con nuous sheet overlapping the other.
so as to deprive the oysters Of tho u obtaining
any instrument from the water Some Of these layers of
anomas have attained thickness Of three four iDchcs
Alexander Somerville, one of Wellington's
BIographer writes to The London Telegraph saying that
Copenhagen" the heros war bOrre, occupied
honorable position among horses TO the day Of his heAt
lie cared for kindly at strathHedsaye, the Dukes
home. visited by many strangers. and attended by
wants Charles Reade's fine poetical sanzas represent
Welngton's war.horse drawing London truck In his
| old ag0.
A newsboy just arrived in Omaha, is quito n
curiosity specimen OF Young America lie is bnt
ten years old and made his own way through eleven
States already. He travels according TO his words.
his check lie rides railroads for nothing and
restaurants ordering his meals first and looking
his money afterward He snow anxious for the Pacific
Railroad 70 be opened through and proposes to strike for
the Pacific
During the short period of skating in Paris,
the ponds OF the Boulogne were gay with every
Variety Of COSTUME There wefo dark green tolletes
robes 6 light gray cloth and satin, elegantly leoped and
trimmed with otter; Polish vevets, Siberian furs and
Hungarian kolbacks; garnet velvet and satin, with
toque, mu and boa Of blue fox fur Nhe costume worn
by an American bellel piles OF fleece; eoyerlets Of
leopards skin; and glacier blue with crystal ornaments
The National Horse Fair Association has
completed Its reorganization. At meeting last week, In
Washington, programme for the Spring meeting over
the National submitted, which nxes the
mencement Tuesday the llth of May, when there will
be four days apart for rotng horses and the follow
ing week. commencing the 18th day OF May, the track
will be open running horses There are be sixteen
during the two weeks with puraeS amounting in
the aggregate 20 5000.
Information from William G.. Halpin has
been received by hs family Cincinnati that he Is now
confined at Van Diemens Land and kept wheel
ing stones in handcart He was formerly the City Civil