New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-02
GENERAL NOTES.

| A monkey is born in Pittsburgh. The event
being the first of the kind in that city the editor OF one
of the local newspapers has visited tie infant ana is dis
! posed to recognize 1t as man and brother,
There is a chance for perman, mt 'uplOt inent
of good circus equestrian performers Scranton PENN
where the lampighters exPcc' ID % make ther
rounds horseback: On arrival e post the rlafr
etnds the saddle, and prt -, :, 5 position 10
quiTc practice, We suppose.
We have believed fox iJrs vhile that
prices coming down. 1t 'e 'tt-. tiat the re-
suits Of auction sale OF imprcG pIIcItY in Nash
Vile, the 18Th ult, ere little = )' lowest cx
pccatons. Certain nOnresideIts O'"iii,@ Judgment
against that city for muuClrll lndCh E"s, ga pro
cGeded to Sc all Is operty T az 5 = Is mot il Tc n.y.
teruiucd what uid Is to DO substituted Tor thcr con
tents
In Ncwburgh, Y. Y, recently, a minister
broke Off abruptly in the midst of his and sat
down. Those Of Lis hearers who were awake took the
hint and proceeded to tho numerous sleepers.
The preacher aftcrwaId stated that tie result equalcd
hs auticpatiOna, and lis audience remained awake
during the rest OF his discourse. Perhaps, his silc
thus sT"i 70 have been more eloquent thap ~ speech
and less Of the latter. 80, - " ~ i-i'''A
A bill has been intIoduood in the Senate to
prohibit the importation Of foreign watches tnat have
not the makers trademark, and place and
country OF their manufacture, engraved up0n them and
Stimulating the Trademarks Of domestic
refers to the entry OF such watches with the intent
defrau1 manufacturers by engraving their
Trademarks upon these namcess and spurious pIOduC-
tons. l. such protection Objectionable
When we are ready to annex NOva-ScOtia
it will behoove us TO say nothing about national dog
tax. Their authorities having imposed such tax In
Yarmouth, " s. the citizens held indignation meet
ing, aud resolved that the enactment was unreasonable
and oppressive; that everybody has right 10 keep a
dog free from tax and that their magistrates might be
IN better business than imposing dogtaXes. Perhaps
a ne per- Of po made hs 5eehg was lhe
ID la law
cave dollar a dog.
There is Il very handsome reward offered for
on invention by tie East Indian Government. They re-
qure machine or process capable Of producing from
the Rheea China Grass, by separation fiber OF an
average value OF $50 at cost of as per tnn The
chino is TO he used on the Plantations, and must be
and the patent right transferred to the Govern
ment which will pay the paentee per cent royalty Ono
machines The place OF trial in India win be named here
and for the prize machine $500 cannot some Of our
inventors dispatch the continuance required suezi
Tho language of the natives in the interior |
Of Pennsylvania is not Ineligible in Philadelphia. a |
counryman from Junata County last week. visiting thai
city, robbed OF SIS and turned into the street He
remained In front OF tho house where the occurrence TOOK
place, and made remarks that supposed TO have been
traced by his yOnby, arrested him and took him 10 |
The station where he was kept over night IN a cell. He
part Of the mode by which he was to obtain restitution
from the I0"frT, and IL not yet clear in his mind since
bs return home, as to how justice is dispensed in Pha
delphia. ~
We don't know that anybody has right to
smile at an advertisement which we find in a Southern
paper announcing that DR.. Blank "the original colsrcd
dentist" is prepared 10 supply 10 coored Ladies' ar,
fclal teeth, with plunpers, on plates i'm no.
ana durable Manner 10 restore the original cxprcss'f
OF the lace HE doctor probably understands his .e
lG'S aI9 u ne itdHy De able to put handscmS erd
original face ~ the place Of one which has worn oat &,
broken down, we suppose he must be adercd a NH
pchcI"ct"f. We are suspicious, nov sSer about -. |
.htipnoSS ot Inc dOctors Terms and 1t would b., :.
tLat Ms patrons should be Uarnc to see To- il In.
iuWpcs ana teeth are not the caSt-away articles -
have been gathered UP the dentists Offices OF No,r -
cities. ~ "a Avn ''-.-i
10 i've without catinS-what n blessing :, "a,
must be' considering the high price Of provision a.,
to confirmed incapabiiily of majority Of cooksl VI
IQw lcW are t'cre who lud themselves canal IN tro
"'''' i'ua H'thuu OF hihlcniatlOu. We uf nre
I'M, III pI near iNclnOnd, Va, who eats uotbrg AT
ni % W." ~ hep' hHe by daily application OF oil
PUT whether the fad oil may olive or whale or ucfro
itlhi, We are not informed The lady il ,icscrilinJ ~
W, ,ol,! lulH, ana thanklcs- indeed would sLe he II
, W. rot as plouS as possible under the circuur.
stances We are asked To believe that If ia now - aar
tince sie took any solid food We decline 4" 3i
thInR OF lhe hi We are certain tina. no human bcig
ever hNtd Tor $50 days without Tho lady ,,,, 80
a. she Is described 0f angelic hoauty but ~ S '
hdeht 'at hei digestive apparatus Is perfectly human
A meeting respecting the annexation of the
F,ee Islands held not long ago III the Chamber of
Commerce rooms San Francisco. IL was Informal Tho
facts presented 10 the effect that nearly all mo
white inhabitants were English COlonsts they gen
rIdIy although not unanimously, desire anne alton
Ihcy number The Of the islands 4, Lc,rcnr
10000. TIC climate Is pleasant. Ten thousand
cotton were raised last year. Labor Is abundant and
SUFFICIENT Sdgaf ANA tobacco were raised fr home con
sumption. The question OF canLibalialn discussed
those the