New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
GENERAL NOTES.

BY the completion of the temporary railroad
bridge across the Missouri at Omaha on the 7h inst,
Portland Me- and San Francisco were united by an UNI
broken line Of railway
A large animal of dark brindlc color, sup
posed to be cougar which has escaped from some me
naperie has been committing depredatons in Page
County Iowa He said to have killed go head OF STOCK
Members of Congress are frank enough to
say that they MT to abolish the Thanking system
Boston Post
Prentice, seeing newspaper article on Ike
Igon in Chicago" says that there any religion in
Chicago ut the moment the article written. the man
who carried 1t there must have left on the next train
The English planters at Singapore have for
years offered bounty for the killing of tigers But with
the OF those animals, the wild hoes have grown
so numerous to- destroy the crops and now they are
protecting the tigers.
Alexis st. Martin, whose side was shot away
in 1922 in such to expose the action OF the
digestive organs to the surgeons eye, Is stl alive ana
well IN Caveudsh, VT Few have done more than
he for tho advancement OF science ana no one proDaD
ever did so much nyOuntarily
A school-hOuse at EastOn, Penn, took fire
the other day. in which lame girl who was always
allowed privilege OF dismissal in advance of the other
scholars When the alarm was given the pupils all kept
their until tine cripple had safely passed the door,
aud then rushed out.
An arrangement is now proposed by which
through tickets to any part Of the United States may DO
sold in East by agents Of the Pacific Mail steamship
Company. and by which, the other hand. tickets can
be bought here carrying the holder through 10 HONG
Kong, Yokohama, or Ii!ago directi
In answer to a resolution of the House ask
ing what disposition has been made Of the sum OF GoOOO
paid by Japan indemnity for aggresslons on our com
merce Mr.. Boutwell, says that the Department has no
information In relation 10 the payment or dSpOlloh OF
the referred TO- The triie seems worth lOOAhS
up.
Fire-proOf furniture is the last scientific an
nouncemcnt IN Germany. It is SAID that German
chemist acting under commission from fire insurance
company, discovered that Improvisation with concen'
ratd Of rock salt renders all timber lire proof
The SALT renders wood proof against dryrot aud the
rayages VI insects
A correspondent who has been three years
a private in the army complains OF tho yranuica way
I'm which pr!vates are treated by officers, that they
leave the army after their term Of with nothing
but hatred for the nag under which they nave suffered
20 long. He appeals TO tho Military committee loi an
investigation,
The Chief of Engineers reports to the Secre-
tary Of War that Middle Rock, NewIiayen Harbor. has
been partly removed that the depth OF water over
has Increased from nine to fifteen feet $4,000 will be
required to make 1t seventeen feet the depth required
Tie removal of Southwest Ledge and Intermediate
rocks, ia the same harbOr, will cost $4,000
The report of the veterinary surgeon of the
New Orleans and Carroton Railroad shows that horses
are very much superior to mules for drawing cars. On
per strained shoulders among the mules Ia per
cent the horses. and 10 per cent OF strained
launches among the former TO per cent among inc
latter.
They are long favored in Kentucky. An
elongated gentleman in Paris. Ky, was Boosting that Of
five ucghbOrs he the smallest although lie weighed
225 pounds and was six high In the midst of his
remarks John Howard OF bourbon. came IN. and step
ping up behind HIM. easily stretched his chin over the
top OF the Boosters head Mr. Howard Is six feet and ten
inches high, and weighs 2g6 pounds
In HON no a ('1n1nbplIs
Chain, in the bed Of the Mississippi River seven miles
above Davenport some very fine specimens OF coal have
lately been discovered. IL IL very light, resembling
camel coal quite clear. and burns with light flame,
in thickness aud is remarkably free from slate and dirt
shaft be sunk from the surface Of the island for
the purpose OF mining II.
The water power of Maine, derived from the
rivers and streams estimated by Official report
between 100000 and 5000 horsepower The approx
innate 81 the lakes ponds ana rivers OF the state Is
placed at 5000 square miles, ana the area OF forests AT
more IN proportion to us size than any other country
the globe. with few exceptions, and 229, 2OOO0O00
cubic feet of water are annually delivered by her rivers
The Wilmington Commercial says: An item
going the rounds Of the papers and has been published
in this one stating that the State OF California mas $780,
900 peach trees about five 10 every voter These fig
sound large to people who do not i've where
peaches grow but they seem somewhat insignificant IN
this latitude. California has an area OF lSs9o2 square
miles Delaware mas an area oil Z2O' anu lhe eastern
bly, about square miles In the Spring OF 1860 the
number OF peach trees within this district was 3y19OO
About IL to each inhabtant.
A doctor in Texas was recently bitten by a
farantua. II not stated whether he did or did not
Immediately begin TO execute igs, p0lkas, mazurkas,
the hornpipe the POlOnaise and other terpSchOrean
gymnastics but certain that instead OF sending for
fiddler to cure him by playing solos according to the
ancient tmehOnOTed practice the doctor prescribed
for himself medicine consisting OF whisky, turpentne
and morphine heroic and nasty XturC 1t
needless say that the doctor recovered for man
Obliged swallow such stuff would be able TO give the
requisite attention 10 dying.
We hotice that Il Doctor in Boston adver-
tIses what he calls The Vacuum Cure" We confess
our ignorance OF this method all we know is that
health restored and longevity secured by Of
an instrument" vacuum cure" which should be
homeopathic to empty head, empty pocket,
would bc invaluable This instrument, we suppose.
superior nature and puts people upon their legs by
creating that which she IS popularity supposed to abhor
though IN what particular part of the human system
created we really do not know.