New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-04
GENERAL NOTES

rhcv are very proud in San Francisco OF their
81 Csmrany. with great stable 100 teams ana
capital OF S23OOO0 H. witt
M most notable ohice-secker at the Nhte
- Gov several weeks has been an ancient eoored per-
'''' - ave bis-whose credentials affirm that he
~" ,i.,or bv three different snakes shot four times
a. .,o hreast. legs and arms, and otherwise INSECT
-, h. ,,utiatcd. lie wanted TO do Eight sweeping
around the Presidents HOUSE,
a., orpeal is made for funds for the estao-
-, an This city OF temporary home for intemper-
ism Zero they may find the announcements and
49,, needed in their first struggles to resist de-
] annette and overcome the effects OF entire cessa,
DO nom ihc use Of stimuianS InS p,9o0'o'S u ''
- ore wclknOWn citizens OF NeW-loIh'
MA editors in Rome have done a iudicious
..,,si,re thing. Apropos Of duel between NJ.
s.,.c,i the son-n-law of NJ Mancni, and NJ Abanese
- a., rf,llo new spapcr, they have held meeting ana
rvcd 10 establish a permanent Jury OF Honor Tor the
,rres natives OF the press Each representative p'iS
,lf IN accent the advice OF the jury before accepting
h,ucrce when question Of the press is involved me
Conductors OF ninc newspapers have entered into tins
,nSct and If the jury does its duty the number OF
Sncls occasoned by newspaper misunderstanding III
Rome Will be fewer
Tho State House at Annapolis, Md, erected
49, than 100 years ago having fallen into decayed
condition is to be iudicousy- renovated. but care VIII
he taken not 10 alter the appearance OF the senate
chamber the scene Of Washinston's surrender o. MS
commission at the triumphant close OF the Revolutionary
Ur Il has been determined to preserve as lar as pac
cabo all the features Of the past in the building that are
c"culfrl 10 excite the vcucratou OF VISITORS. All iie
historical portraits and other paintings nave Deem IN
tr,.ei n, mo Eceuiuc of the safe Deposit company 0
Baltimore until the work OF renewal mas ocvu
West Point has 7G students in its graduating
class-ne largest number in several years. In theI
ranks are the sons Of Confederate generals son OF
Secretary Of state Bigelow, son OF Gen benjamin l.
pn,ler a son Of Gen T. p Blair, and cooIed cadet
t...r ann of.C So
annual examinations began on Friday last anu WI" 10
continued through the present week The ioho"iHS
members Of the Board OF Visitors have arrived sen
oior Blaine David Il Hills Of Iowa, Col j. = McOamohI
of Petn>yIvaua. Gen. T. W. HYDE OF Maine me klsht
i;cbar,,5u OF Nev-York the Hon: A. f. stevenson OF
Jipo,s the Rev {. o. Thompson OF MASSACHUSETTS, ana
Senator NaxeY Of Texas.
AZ Wilmington is a queer craft, the schooner
Ada r. " built by New Brunswick farmer with only
Gov, fools and consuming six years In its construction lie
lived on the upper ST. John RIVER and during tie Spring
freshe De Goacd his craft down TO ST. Johns He had
eypedrd every dollar he could raise, including the pro
eis of the sale Of his farm The schooner is described
Is looking like something " between Noah's ark and
1bo.e" The stern appears as if the vessel had been
made by the mic and cut OF in lengths TO suit Tho
l,chwav is almost large enough to drive horse ana
wagon through She registers 81 tons. hut her tmber are
sfropc enough for vessel of 300 tons. she carries
house on deck reStihD!hs spoI'smau C1'in ~, ''
woods and fitted up inside ID manner TO correspond
An account of the great tidal wave at lllo,
SANDY ch Islands on the 1Oh of May, describes its pro-
eress as rapidly destructive; within an hour after ITS
tr, appearance it feet Inches above ordinary
lowvater mark and II carried of great deal OF lumber
aniall The stone wall OF the wharf. At Waakca the
daa-e vas frighfu, many buildings, ware houses ana
dwennghouses being reduced TO ruins. Far inland five
lives were lost and many much bruised ana injured
AtHo from lowest ebD To food the time was only four
minutes the tide rising perpendicular feet IN that
+e within an hour in the afternoon, the sea rose and
p.rpeal ocular hight of les fcet 10 nave carried e 9u-e
and wharf so FAR. a hospital on Cocoanut Island was
washed away.
On the 10th ult. the Emperor of Brazil, who
sees everything. visited, in Paris the house formerly
occupied by MaIat which, nobody viii be sorry to hear
is 10 De pulled down. His Majesty viewed the room in
which that ornament Of the human race was dispatched
by Charlotte Corday, and also descended 10 the cellars
in which his benevolent journal was printed. Various
reflections must have occurred 70 the imperial Inind
upon this occasion-tms among them, perhaps hat II
Narat had not Kept the guiloiue working Dom Pedro
might not have been Emperor Of Brazil Hi empire and
Ms dynasty we're among many results OF the french
TeyClutiOn the least 40 Dee regretted Dd th~ zoo"
democratic Emperor, lie explored MdIatS suhteI-
rauean printing Office, congratulate himself t"t some
bres at least have become wiser than poor LOUIS the
Sixteenth