New-York tribune., 1876-10-10
GENERAL NOTES.

An English steamship cleared on Saturday
from New-Havcn for Constautinople with cargo Of
I5 900 900 cartridges for the Turkish Government
A delivery of $1,24s,O00 in coin was made
on Oct at san Francisco. This is the largest deyy
oT coin Tor single day made AT the Pacific branch
A Womanis Mining Bureau has been organ
zed at san Francisco GweudoIen Hareih tine gaming
tobe is urettcr figure than the suppressed sex viii
make at tie stock bn"Gd
The granite for the new Capitol Mt Albany
spow costing 90 cents per cdOc foot instead OF 81 co.
tho old price. The Commission has expended only
100000 Of the appropriation OF SoVOoOo si"n'0u ''''
Winter.
The Fall and Winter crop OF railroad fore
closures IN the West promises 10 be unusually large ana
the LAWYERS aro ready for the harvest When railroads
are 50 cheap Chicago family OF social stahhs Shouu
be without one.
young French woman has recently been
tried nv oournaral in Paris for participating in the
Commune 1t was alleged that she belonged to a
womqn's committee, frequened tie clubs and headed
hand OF Amazons who armed with rifles and bore
devoted herself to the organization OF female labor and
received no pay from the Commune The officers were
TOO polite 70 convict hCf.
A correspondent of The London Times insists
that Temple Bar is neither ugly, mSightly clumsy, nor
abomnable lie SAYS that Sir Christopher Wren designed
il after the model Of S1usOvinOs Bridge OF Siss ut
Venice with certain modincati0Es and the beauty OF
that model is acluO~cdg thIoughOut the clNIzei
world The propo,iOnS Of Temple Bar are correct accord
Ing 70 the rules Of classical archltcctilc Inc l0uF
statues ere bold and 5rikns' ana ticy are M inuan
Bar is OF tho few specimens ln London Ol Idildah
architecture which is little understood aud stl less ap
preciated by architects.
The Philadelphia Park Commissioners de-
clned on Saturday to allow the Main Building to remain
after the close OF the Exhibition, and all the local arers
are sing and scoding them. Prominent merchants
are striving TO establish permanent exhibition on the
Centennial grounds. and the conmiSsoneri are winS
with
Ono thing is ceItan Of the two STRUCTURES me Nam
Building be sacrificed e. better adydntage hismHch
as it obstiucts the Of Memorial Hal nom i.n-Ve
Philadelphia has been on lts high heels now mIuy
months, bat II 1t takes sober second thought II VIII
admit that IL does not need both OF these structures IN
addition to Horticultural and Memorial Halls. The
city Will have future. even there isn any centennial
Exhibition next Summer
About two months ago an English lady,
Nine dc Touryic was found dead at the foot OF ruc<
in the Tyrol Although her HUSBAND stated that she had
been seized with giddnesS, and had fallen down the
precipce suspicious aroused that he had thrown
his wife from the summit OF tho rock An inquest re-
suited in the verdict Of not proven The English de-
tecyes have busted themselves ~ gathcilhg IIesu ~
formation. They now report that Henri Pcrredn (le
Tourye seems to have been an aittrthOughO h1d the
misfortune TO XIII his first mOthern-iaw WHO nc Tas
explaining the mechanism Of q loaded revolver. HIS
fortune OF 10000 sterling HIS second wife had for
tune Of 10000 and aur he had persuaded her TO make
and luay arrived in the TyrOl where she died so myS
teriOusly.
One of the City Councillors OF Edinburgh is
anxious to have his light shine before hackmen AT
recent meeting Of the Council Mr.. Durham suggested
that an official lamp Of neat and somewhat ona-
mental tyne should De placed a or near the door so as
TO denote the private residence Of each member of the
Town Council The erection OF lamps would, said he,
be as useful aud ornamental as the cooked hats ana
scarlet robes which worn by members OF the cor
pOptiOH Did they hear OF such thing as CAB
man driving ladies I'm a Winter night 20 balios door
and attempting 10 make an oyerch1IScf Never me
colcr Iautp him. He lad nlrci caD
at night, and than once aD OycrchtfEe had Dccn
made upon hin. He declined 70 pay the fare asked,
however and told the cabnan just 10 summon Councillor
Durham for the amount. The moment he said " "COun-
eOr Durham the dispute rs to the farc was at an end