New-York tribune., 1869-04-13
GENERAL NOTES.

Mormonism is said to be increasing in Iii
nois e T-s@ ,..,55s-. n,
A large cotton seed oil factory is building at
Mobile. ittl-- cnue,---l. ~ 4l.l'
Z The Mayor of Portland has asked to have
his salary reduced. - 80
The Rebel Gen. Ripley has become a bank
rupt In London, with debts amounting to ssS.ooo, a.
The inventor of an improved rudder has been
pade Choysller in Italy ,ro,-~- ,,--------
! The Paris club frequenters have given up
gambling at cards; they now gamble at dOmlnoes.
The earthquakes continue to cause alarm in
Peru and the people are afraid to rebuild their houses
| The President of the Imperial Academy OF
| st. Petersburg is the grandson Of a serf.
| Ex-Secretary Seward has been giving Sc
ries Of receptions at his homo in Auburn. NewYork
Napoleon has bought Lamartines, place at
Saint Point to put his model farm theories IN practice.
Cooper's novels, In o Romaic version, are
popular in Athens.
| Jane Eyre is published in Constantinople in
O French translation. ..f. r- ..rl .r..1 - ..r.
Nearly every family in the Island Of Guern-
sey has Victor Hugo among Its children ''. q
Recent accounts from Rome represent the
Pope In unusually good health. .T
The merchants of Montreal complain of dull
ness of trade.
According to the last census, in 1868, the
population of France was sS,ocT.o94 r I
Three German daily papers are published at
OF the United States Consuls abroad during
the last Administration II Germans. Hungarans
SWISS and q Dane by birth. .
The German Pioneer Association Of Cincin-
natl ia publishing German monthly devoted to German
pioneer life In the United States.
Queen Isabella is disgusted with the stories
the newspaper wrIto about her. Sue has given or
ders thai moro shall see her.
The latest novelty in the Chicago divorce
court Is the case OF q woman asking separation from
husband who swears that he never married her.
A lucky number in the Havana lottery drew
t25O 600 in gold tho other day, for Herman r. Bear
saloon keeper In Chicago
Speaking of the recent death of the Marquise
de Lavaette the Paris L6re regrets that 50 few French
statesmen marry American women
The highest permanent human habtation on
the surface OF globe Is the Buddhist monastery OF
Hanle in Thbet hight of li7 feet above the sea-
Keeping poultry is becoming fashonably pop
ular in BOSTON, and hehouses erected on the roofs
OF stylish dwellings,
The Prussian journals state that Protestant
Jubilee s TO be held next Autumn az Berlin as sort OF
counterpolso TO tho Ecnmenical Council at Rome
The largest tannery in the United States Is
said to be In wnn Maine 1t turns ont yearly 1900 sides
OF sole leather, using 1000 cords Of hemock bark
Tho London Telegraph says that the new
English court copy Of the fayore costume Of
George Washington.
In nearly every European lunatic asylum,
there is said be maniac who imaslnes himself Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Accounts from the Pennsylvania oil regions
say that oil operations paying better than ever
before.
A large clipper ship OF 1900 tuns, called the
Great Admiral in honor Of Farragu has been built In
Boston.
Nine. Proudhon. widow OF the French writer
who startled the world with pamphlet entitled Prop
erty is Theft" now earns preeaTious living a.
hundress.