The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
GENERAL NOTES.

The New Jersey state Senate has passed
the compulsory education bill by a vote Oh
thirteen to six.
Rates of fare for emigrants from New
York have been reduced 90 per cent. on the
New York Central.
The women of California are sending in
petitions to congress praying for the enact
ment OF law prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors.
Joe Arch, the English labor reformer, is
coming to America again in June. Although
a plain man he has ordinary ways of saying
things which the English don't like.
In bourbon and rye WHISTLES, distilled,
and refined, there is said to be s33, All ,4l2
invested in Cincinnati alone; in pork, sl4,.
66I ,625; in tobacco, S14, $50; and in ale,
beer and malt liquors, s., 342,S92.
The majority report of the special COM
mittee of the Illinois Senate on capital pun
ishment favors its abolition. Mr.. NJ. ii.
Bovee an earnest advocate OF its alb )lltlon,
has been instrumental in securing this ac-
ton.
The present term of the county court in
session at Montpelier is said to be remarka
BILE for the smallness of the plaintiffs YER
diets. Three that have been rendered thus
far have been respectively 81, one cent and
$2.13.
The Right Hon. John Macdonald, the leader
of the opposition in the new parliament OF
the Dominion, has resigned his leadership,
and he is succeeded by the Hon. DIR. Upper;
no relation, we presume, to the immortal
Martin 7.
A mass meeting of wOrkingmen has been
held in New York to protest against the
report of the United States supervising arch
itect on the eight hour law. Resolutions
were announced denouncing members OF
congress and the legislature OF the state for
derelictiOn of duty in the cause OF labor.
The speech made by Edward Atkinson at
the late "hard money" meeting in New
York, is attracting considerable attention.
The title which it bears is, ga lie as a stan
dard of value" Perhaps the reason that it
is so popular is because good many are
professionally acquainted with that stan
dard.
A boat race for 81 900 side and the cham
pionship of America is to be contested
during the coming summer, between Will
liam Schorff, of Pittsburgh, Pa, and George
Brown of Halifax Novia Scotia. The chal
lenge was issued by the latter, and Schorf
has placed 500 with third party as a guar
antee that he intends to make the trial.
The census of France just completed
shows a population Of 36,lO2,92l. OF this
number q, s65, 625 live in cities, and IL, 49,,
80 live in the country. The Catholic church
claims to control IS, 100000 of the popula-
ton; the Reformed church 500, 900, and the
Jewish church 1900. France is declared
never to have been more prosperous than
now.
The persistence of General Grant during
that last campaign sinks into insignifcance
compared with that of Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines. For many, many years she has
fought her claim for certain lands in New
Orleans, and has constantly met with defeat
Now she has brought her claims before con-
gress, where they are to be considered by
the committee on private land claims.
The total yield of the ice crop in Maine
this season, including the old ice on hand,
cannot fall far short of 100000 tons. 3O0,-
600 tons OF this has been bargained for at So
per ton. which Is very remunerative price
to the owners. If the remainder is sold at
the same figure, Names ice crop will net
her over S5,OO0,O 900. Assuming 800 tons as a
cargo, it will require fleet of over 5000 YES
sells to transport it, and the product of the
Kenebec river alone will require fifteen ves-
sells daily during the entire season.
Some one has Just let the world know that
the museum of the University of Christisnia
now has in keeping a remarkable specimen
of the iron age. 1t is one of the vessels used
by the Vikings in their piratical cruises
against commerce. 1t had been sunk, and
was only recently discovered. Ii has keel
of a single piece 43 feet long, breadth of IL
feet, and depth of four feet. The vessel
was propelled by oars or sails. There was
found in the ship the bones of e man and a
horse, a few tools, the hilt of p sword, the
remains of a coat Of mail, lance head, part
OF a shield. and a portion OF pair Of skates
Living men who saw General Washington
are not numerous. Galveston has two OF
these. One is Captain Aaron Burns, at
whose fathers house General Washington
stopped for a night in the Jerseys. The
other is ''a lively bachelor. as young as most
men at co." whose name is suppressed lest
its publication might interfere with some
matrimonial project. People who have seen
people who saw the general are more
frequently to be met with. In fact, great
reaches OF history may be spanned by few
generations. Here is a ID emorandum which
we copy from fiy-leaf of an old book in
our possession: flames BeatOn, archbishop
of Glasgow, died 1908, when Archbishop
Laud was 30 years of age. Archbishop Laud
was beheaded 1914. DIR. johnson was born
1903; and therefore could easily haveknown
those who knew Archbishop Laud. He did
remember Queen Ann, the granddaughter