New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-12
GENERAL NOTES.

All along the Sierra Nevada, close to the
line of snow plant grows, Of sizes varying from an
inch in thickness and hight to the dimensions Of
the largest Of cabbages 1t known the snow
tus" and depends for moisture upon melting snow. 1t
has been recently proposed treat the plant table
vegetable and it is said that boiled and served up like
asparagus this cactus is found equally succuent and
satisfactory II it can be transpanted Il might be
great Alaska There at least the plant could be
sure of its snow and perhaps in the rainy season. of its
melting Perhaps, however, no addition Is needed TO the
marvellous list of the vegetables Of that Territory
1t is very trying after you have stated on
oath your opinon,supposng you are alandlady,-that
certain corpse that Of of your odgers and after
IL buried with verdict Of suicide, and you've
hauled his trunk and settled with the Coroner and made
ND your mind the loss, to have the himself six
months atterward call in upon you and deny the fact
Yet such was the case In Springfield Mass, one
pretty nearly gone crazy about it, Anton Ethinger,
the ledger question, insists that he never a
can for the life OF him say who buried
Anton Ethnger last winter
On the 9Th inst, in st. Louis, grand
banquet followed the celebrated upon the
Mississippi and all the officers Of both boats pres
ent The supply Of liquid for the occasion worthy
in it's abundance the Father Of Waters and the ag
nations the parakers expanded to the breadth Of the
the subject speaker announced that in consequence
OF this new epoch had arisen The river could
successfully compete with railroads It TO
have occurred the speaker that steamboat which
stripped with neither freight passengers would not
lie likely TO damage railway train by competition. But
the captains had demonstrated that this noble feat
could be performed with little danger "The peo-
pie owed those captains debt of gratitude. There
was little airing Of odstye Confederate sentiment
that with divided country the boats wond never have
ing affection Of the occasion may be judged from the
prOfusiop of its adjeotyes speaker paid tribute TO
Wani-hearted western boamen" There has been moth,
ing genial since the meeting OF friends In his own line
OF business with the elder Weller.
Matagorda County, Texas, has recently been
the field of remarkable operation in lynch law. For
year or two past there has been organized
outlaws nfesng the country about Tres Paacos Creek
whose operations IN the horse-seang, cattle killing,
robbng and numbering line have been extraordinary,
even for Texas These scoundrels deed the law and
officers and threatened with death any who might
interfere with their vainous work For the better
ryng out Of their purposes they had erected large pen
in secluded spot where they herded and slaughtered
the cattle of others he hides Of the cattle were sent
Indanoa and their disposed Of and although they were
frequently recognized coming from the outlaws
one dared take steps against them. Horses and
mules were stolen from distant counties, and
Of these pilIagers But human endurance finally WAS
oyertaxed and summary vengeance taken upon the VIII
outlaws den and captured three leaders Of the band and
hung them In the gate Of their cattle The
this pen 10 Is said beggars description. Thousands OF
Of cattle stripped Of their hides in every stage
OF putrefacton and decay lay for miles around the
lent witnesses OF the crimes there committed, i'm
Goigotha aoharnehouse OF stencil and bones and
rottenness kecaombs OF victims sacrificed TO the genius
Of crime and plumber Immense bundles OF hides, too,
ready for shipment and embracing almost every brand
on the range were discovered and scores OF horses and
mules with defaced and altered brands and marks 1t Is
estimated that not than ten Thousand head OF cattle,
belonging 10 different persons had been killed by these
outlaws for hides None There In great satisfaction In
Texas the punishment Of the leaders Of the
s said that such crime has been revealed since
| the DAVIS Of Muryjn and Monroe Edwards