New-York tribune., 1869-06-10
GENERAL NOTES.

letters and packets in 1868. and 1885, 152 in 1867.
The MacOnites reported themselves warm "
on the lst inst. with the ice-dealers sold out
Gen. Lees residence at the University OF
Virginia has just completed and is said to bc very
fine.
Miles and McEttrick, the champion pesdes-
rans are preparing Boston for grand match Oh the
1Ith and 18th inst
The Wisconsin State Board of immigration
reports PAST immigrants arrived in the State during tho
last week In May
Six hundred tuns of ore are daily hoisted
from the White Pine mnes OF which only about 100 tuns
can be reduced by the mills now in operation
At a performance of az Africane," in Stock
holm the ship was made to naturally to make
the prima donna violently sea-slck.
The experiment of using ashes as a substra-
tum for paving the streets has been triedn Philadelphia,
and has proved o failure.
Mr.. Weaver, of White Pine, will visit Europe
soon for the purpose of inducing foreign capitalists to
invest in the new mines.
An engineer resigned his position on West
ern railroad In disgust because lie said it consisted OF
nothing but the right of way and two streaks OF rust
Two hundred girls answered an advertise
ment in the Chicago papers by the manager who to ex-
hblt the Forty Thieves"
Indianapolis papers say that iron can be
made cheaper there than in Pennsylvania and Brazil
Coal mets with Lake Superior Missouri ore without
coking
William and Mary College will be reopened
on the 18th Of October It's buildings have been restored
and well selected library aud apparatus hayo been pro-
vided. s,.g
The editor Of The Carson Appeal recently
saw white boy and little darkey hltehod up together
as horses and q China boy holding the reins and
driving them.
The contracts Tor grading the Utah Central
Railroad were awarded the 25th ult, and tho work
commenced the 3st 1t is expected that theroad VIII
be completed carly in October.
The first sod of tho IntercolOnial Railroad
was turned on the 3lst u about six miles from Sack
ylle n. b.
The Isaeites of Philadelphia have purchased
lot at the corner OF Broad and Mount Yernonsts and
contemplate erecting magnificent synagogue thereon
at a cost OF about 100000.
A savings and loan institution, exclusively
for Chinese TO be established San Francisco. 1T
estimated that the Chinese residents Of that city have
from S. 100000 to $40 100000 lying idle.
Miss Anna Arnold, sister Of an inn-keeper at
wlcau Lucerne has just carried or the first prize at
the rife shooting competition Of that town, having made
"white" with every shot
An ivory tusk, six feet three inches long and
2i inches in circumference has recently been exhumed
In Montana It was found buried in tho sand p feet
below the surface.
John II. Boley of Jackson Township, Ohio,
has collected about 2j rod BIRDS crows and numerous
other specimens Of the featheed tribes which he Intends
TO offer for sale In Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.
The British Anti-Tobacco Society held its
anniversary at Exeter Hail. London, the oath ult The
report condemned smoking tending TO promote drunk
euness lunacy, ana pauperism.
A fisherman mt work in Mayo's Creek, near
Richmond Va last week brought up a human hand 1t
had evidently been chopped OF.
The Russian church at Sitlla, Alaska Terri
tory was recently robbed OF copy Of the Bible richly
studded with valuable stones crosses and other orna-
mcnts altogether said to DO worth $4,000
The fruit crop of tho Golden State has been
considerably Injured by severe winds. which have
extended FOR hundreds OF miles up and down the coast
and back into the interior for considerable distance
A youth came into OsceOla, one day last
week. dragging a snake feet and two inches long
that he had just killed short distance from the city aud
reported two out there bigger n him that he was
goiug 10 capture alive"
The Taunton (Mass.) Record Of Streets,
which was begun l7Ij and supposed TO have been de-
sroyod 10y the great FIRE OF 1885. has recently been dis
covered Tic loss or TINS record nus lnNOeu tue Cy III
many thousand dollars expense
Prof. Marsh of Yale College, has discovered in
the tertiary deposits Of Nebraska mnutest fossil
horse yot obtained II is only two feet high, although
full grown This makes tho 18th species Of fossil horse
discovered on this continent.
BY way of proof that property is not depre-
cated In value in Tpperary II Is mentioned that noble
man has lust purchased demesno the banks OF the
SUR for $4,000 which was bought IA years ago for
Rl7OO and had been rcsold in tho interval for s2iOo
They have just had an alligator race Mt jack
fonyle Florida. FVo entries made for purse OF
S5O, best two in three. Nimbe Jack was tho victor,
Champion Maid coming In second All the animals arc
In training for anOthOr race.
The Royal Mail Steamer that sailed from
Liverpool tho west coast Of Africa on the 25th ut
took out q spinning machine and q cotton gin ordered
from the Interior OF Western Africa Arc tho natives
about to try tho experiment Of home made" goods
Tho Semi Annual Meeting of the New-York
state Eclectic Medical Society will DO held on Wednes
day and Thursday the 2lh aud 25th of June In senway
Hall The Occasional Address viii be delivered by
Dr. Alexander Wilder President OF the Society.
At fashionable wedding in st. Louis last
week. the officiating Clergyman, tho Rev. Father F. NJ
Key his address TO the groom said: "You arc tho
man. and the man must DO the ruler Any idea looking
TO woman being the ruler pcrycrson Of Scripture"
Last week there was q stampede Of nearly
1900 cattle Manteo, Illinois. The drivers tram
pod upon, and ono badly hurt. Nine OF the cattle
wero killed and others seriously wounded. The drove
was very much scattered but has been mostly collected
again.
One Of the fire companies of BrattlebOrough,
Vermont recently elected negro TO membership, when
dlsaeced Democratic member offered his resignation.
saving that he didn't want train in the ranks with
Niger. His request met with dishonorabe dis