New-York tribune., 1871-10-21
GENERAL NOZES.

The Mammoth Cave is offered for sale foi
sSOo,OOO and a number of capitalists in Louisville, Ky,
are talking Of forming company and buying IT, putting
uD new and splendid hotel the premises in place OF
the present rickeV old Frame and improving the
property
An anti-Chinese meeting in San Francisco
lately passed resolution to present TO the State Leg
lature the following exceedingly cool Joint Resolution
Rosd By the Senate and Assembly o. h Stat. O. caor, tia,
requested their good oces with the making
Ss our as tn. Of
otherwise im2sing commercial relations Herewith.
Here is an item for military organ grinders;
One Marcus Ainsworth of Calais vt last month, did
we'll and truly dig so bushels Of potatoes in day, the
said Marcus having but arm. IL isn't every
with two who do better days work than this.
Now suppose instead Of working to the best OF his ab
ity, Marcus Ainsworth had bought hand-organ and,
planting himself on some pavement. bad proceeded -
gnd Captain Jnks" for living to the understandable
annoyance OF his felOw-creaturesl We say no more.
Sacramento, CAL, has had q sensation. The
Reporter of that city narrated that beautiful maiden
dressed the hight Of fashion, had been discovered
camping In the brush outside Rst and subsisting
peanuts and potatoes. The policemen immediately
ton They found the innocent young thing, but alas
for tho romance OF 1t she over 20 years old so
Il was like that of the man who kissed the maiden all
forlorn Such the Beautiful Unknown Of sacramento
Actions on the case may be brought for almost
every conceivable damage; but Vermont has furnished
Of sayer agt Page, the plaintiff charged that the de-
fendant had given his family the smallpox. We should
have liked verdict on this novel deearstSn Or whats
aegtOn but the suit has been abated by the death OF
the defendant 1t seems hari enough to have this
eruptye trouble without being Ge for giving it " some
body else.
The San Francisco Bullefja gives a resum6 of
the wine crop Of California for 1871. G..ps, with
trhing drawback from sun-burnng arr Extraordinarily
abundant. The product Of Los Angeles County Is est
mated at l26OOO gallons SOnona 20oo Napa, 100000
Tie Increase Of production in the fOoth counties 10
very great The total VINTAGE OF the state B set DOWN az
100000 gallons, with from 10000 10 1000 gallons OF
brandy to added But ynegrOwers this year are dis
filling less brandy than usual on account OF hesyy
Federal taxation making aloss OF the material heretofore
used for this LIQUOR.
Hydrate of chloral seems to develop fresh
virtues every day. Of rattlesnake poison has
lately been cured by it, at Point Pleasant, MI Ayoung
man bitten by the rsttesnake and exhibiting the usu
violent and alarming symptoms was treated Win 6n tne
istered when sleep followed and the patient a@4He
after several hours T SvsTy %s TyOd warm
persons against smpering with this powerful agent tno
ocnal strength Of which does not seem W nave O0en
agreed upon by the pharmaceut.Sls'
II has been observed in England that in q
certain class Of majority OF persons signing tie
marriage register Of the parish make their MARKS IL
would be TO set this down as evidence OF nap
TO write for the Rev. B. W. Wilson, ourate Of Liverpool
informs a newspaper that one in five Of the persons
signing the register in his parish make their marks for
the smple reason that they too drunk TO write In
case this festive inability Is shared by the bride and
bridegroom we should not think that contract OF mar
riagc entered into in such conditlon Womu % "orN
mmeh. morally however sanctihed by the Church.
1t is curious and little mournful to Ob5erye
how the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end,
ihs soe recourse OF Fronch Communist seems 10 be
murder His main notion, and it extremely grim one,
IA that nothing good can DO done without killing some
hodv and that death the only proper punishment OF
r no,itcal wrongdOing. Thus, the Paris Libert<
naner nrints communication nom one OF these Com
nnis In which he pleasantly threatens the editor OF
para and their families all condemned 70 death
within year. 30 are all capitalists Prepare says
,ha n,ederate gentleman for immediate massacre"
snch brutal folly s almost enough 10 make one siok of
the very name OF liberty
Led so to do by the Chicago fire, Mr.. 9. Fl.
Knight writes to Q Philadelphia newspaper letter
about home architecture, and proposes the follow
ing improvements: l. An arched subway for every
street. drainage gas and water which will save the
upper pavemei from disturbance. = Ednoes built upon
the principle Of association, and having common mea
Of warming ventilation, and for the prevention OF nre
and other nuisanoes There TO be single chin
neys but stacks smuatAg towers campanies pagoias,
abaudonded for by this man builds one house for him
self and two for the rats Shinge roofs " DC entirely
given up These but hints BuildinR VIII continue
TO be the Opprobrium Of our civilization, until wo Ms
upon some plan by which We may have houses entirely
fire proof II Is well enough to please tue eye and the
tste In our erectons and general comfort and conNen-
ienoo arc certainly To be desired: but we nad vastly
bettor submit " little toerabe trouble, than 70 ne
roasted alive live In constant danger CT nnulnx
ourselves without house or home ~ ALI