New-York tribune., 1870-02-04
GENERAL NOTES.

Licenses to marry are not granted 10 drunk
ards IN Waldeck Germany.
School children in Montana have enjoyed the
luxury of going barefoot all Winter.
Chinese coin is becoming Il circulating me-
diuiu some Of the Pacific coast towns.
OF G,GJS persons confined in the Pittsburgh
"lockup" during the past year more than $3.50 were
under the influence of liquor
During his last visit to Boston George Pea
body said IN the course Of conversation II have not
attempted to relieve yauperism but to preventit"
A cruel man out West, speaking of the
singing Of his village choir says els Ike drift-wood in
a siream-it drags on the bars, yet don't amount to
Dam"
An exchange says that in New-York Prince
Arthur has been rather pressed by the crowd but Boa
ton will seem like home" to him, the CAcasoan sad
when = rotten Ish was put to ills nose
Massachusetts clergyman said, IN lecture
night OF two ago. that IL The right Of suffrage was
granted 10 women as he feared that wOud be- he would
predict OF this country that Liberty would end III vanity.
The last "raw- head-and- bloody bones" story
s told by The Herald Of ST. Joseph concerning some SEele
tons said to found in The cellar Of Of the
buildings lately burned ID thai city.
A call has been issued for a State Temper
snce Convention TO DO held in fremont Temple Boston,
Oh Wednesday, the 10th inst 10 O'Clock to which
the friends OF total abstinence and prohibition are III
yited.
An excellent rebulie was that administered by
exVce-Prcsident Hqlahn to party Of his friends who
importuned him frank their letters The Senator took
the letters, affixed postage stamps upon them all ana
bandy returned them to the writers.
The new Chinese restaurant in San Francisco
is known tue " Chow CHOW Hong" Baskets OF how.
er please the eye of the guest the song OF birds delights
his car and his palate is ;iced Icy vnds selected from
red and gold bill Of iale ana served III dishes of Ine
porcelain.
A little reconstructed Southern girl, five
years old asked coored servant In the course OF the
illogical examination, what the 18th commandment was.
The reply that there only 10 commandments
seOrniuIy received, and tho child gHtyely announced
that the 10Th commandment was hat inc cUIOeu people
should vote.
Cards for the annual bal masque of the famed
order Of Guinea Witches" In Batavia, SowYoFk are
in circulation and arc curiosity their line. The ad
mission ticket bears an eiigy Of the original witch
astTde her broom, and the invitations adorned by
Wellprinted pictures and mystic notices. dmly shadow
on the nth INST as the festival OF ST. Valentine the
patron saint, occurs this year on Sunday.
A prisoner capitally convicted and nine times
respited-what to say to that Jeter Phillips, at
Richmond Ya was TO have been hanged FOR the murder
OF his wife on the 25h ult Everything ready
! the ninth respite There may be various ways Of
looking at this sOvenly style of executing Justice but
from every point Of view 1t seems 10 absurd and
wicked The presumption is that convict who has been
so often spared Is entitled to conmutatiou. And as for
the sckenngarce oi preparation for DEATH how can 1t
| be made by one who has been fairly educated by the
Executive the belief that ho not TO be hanged
| at allt'
The free dispensatiOn of soup seems to have
become fixed custom IN Boston, the free distribution
OF corn to the pebeians Rome. 1t appears be
generally admitted that special exists this
Winter giving away soup but IL II said 20 be one OF
Mayor Shulllet's pet ldeas" Meanwhile me DeheVO-
ence OF This gentleman creates some apprehension as
his hberali,y take various aud most expensive
fOrs that one newspaper actually apprehendS an
asylum for past Aldermen or impoverished Couneliluen
las II Aldermen aud Councllmen II they only hoiI Their
ished."
The Massachusetts Radical Peace Society has
been holding Convention IN Boston, and Mr. stephen S.
Foster was there aud being there OF course he made
speech from which appeared that he wasn't Radi.
cal Peace Man at all Against brutal men hc thought
that the fists might be used "a Just man. said Ste
pheu should allow himself u be the prey OF every
ruthless ruiin who sought 10 overcome hiD Ar. Eos
trls prucle seems be- first to moral force, and
then, II yOn Ind that upavaing 10 take of your coat
aud 20 N. predicting that unless We abolish lud
| wOtUpnly" We shall have "a surprising ia horror
that through Which we have just passed. Mr. F.
| favor Of repudat!ug the National Debt
| We are rather surprised TO find the debt of
the smaller Oiles Of Massachusetts great Here
the Official figures Cambridge Sl,2OO4OO; Charestown.
a. lsS9079 Chelsea $53l 900 Lowell sll250O Lawrence.
s45st; Lynn $sS,5OO Worcester, S3g,125 Springfield,
| t959; Fan River, s3lG.3il New Bedford, sGSsOcO
Ttnuo, S22I.UOU. OF course, these cities have ample
irhls pIy All these debis ahd the sooner they SET
anIt il the hetcr But somehow chartered muncipaii
Iie. are rarely economical. Ii took tho oldfasloied
town meetlgs 10 Keep eo"n INC M tVMh u'ptS; Noi -
large aud SIM eHarglg Boston behind her smaller COM
uaious Mayor Shuftith recommended IN his Inaugural
! I expenditure OF over s6O0O,OoO Tor varions new
ufoiecTs lie BOSiO, Journal s alaIufed, ana says
uayiuR increased Our gross debt IN Two years hi Ht
hons OF dollars and net debt over seced millions "
Ltr. yIJ nav g ~ ached ~ tho Mayor siys "a point
where real eatatc rcUedng nom the speculative value
lced anon ~ by the u - veiy apparent mat
unler the growth OF Bosi0n y come n
tDefc is economy IN pubic expenditures, We shall
bVe rate OF taxation which viii not be pleasant to tax
pyerr or encouraging 10 tho towns aOJbDng WHICH mo
MAYOR SAYS are seeking adntipncc 10 our municipal fod
OuT pre.eut debt compared win our Yalnauoh Is very
small. but u 10 Important thaI our puOne ueOs SHouu po