New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-08
GENERAL NOTES.

The tribe of Oldtown Indians, IN Maine, is
said to have lost under the influences Of education,
almost all traces OF its native character 'oiter.
written by OF tho Indian girls ~ Odtown 10 fam
iIy m Belfast, IS Iep"r.td To nave htrn cohspcuousy
good both IN composition ana scholarship
Harvard, it seems certain, will not row a
race with OXfoId th.o year. An answer has been
ceived to the letter from Harvard asking If CHALLENGE
would be accepted by the oxford crew. ana tho answer
while friendly in ,Uit, # Will be mIossbie Tor The
Ox'od keep together slate August or tocome
together 3t that time after having dSoandr3e ry
in tie aSon. The month OF August is the earost time
when the Harvard men think they could possibly row
race in ENGLAND. For this reason II l. believed hat all
thoig of comrctuoE with Oxfoid this ear viii 10
given up by the Harvard crew.
4 divorce saIt Of peculiar sort was decided
in the Cour OF Common Pleas at Cincinnati Last week.
Bdckuer Robinson sought separation from h's wife
Harriet. He g seycutytwO years Old and she dfy-sx
years THEY married in 1874. and she left ihc
year after Both members Of the same church.
The old husband had several children. The Stepmotner
asserted her authority, and one occasion
hurled knife at the head OF one
Of the daughters. Judge Johnston in decreeing tho
divorce, spoke very sharply He sad that the plaintiff
at hs should not have married, having no occasion
wife to take charge Of his household afr tTs. His
marriage without CONSULTING his children showed very
poor Judgment and discretion. he had the power he
would ejoln Mr.. Robinson rom marrying again with
ont consent OF his children A. IL was. he should sever
this unfortunate alliance, and 30 he granted decree
against Mrs Robinson fog desor,ion.
The trade in old coins Is not light one.
nor are us profits small Fictitious values have adj
vanced per cent i've years, and the tendency is
stll upward In England there is much dcmlud for Old
American coins, and collectors 100 per cent
profit on their In this country these coins are be-
coming very scarce indeed The cents and hal ccnt3 OF
1893 which belong the first OF copper coinage
in the United States. are in great demand. coin OF
l7s7 was designed by Franklin aud is extremely rare
one the silver dollars made in the gid Philadelphia
mint in 1894 Is the British Museum, and cost that in
stituton 81 900. silver quart dollars coined IN ls227
are worth 800 silver half dimes issued from the
Mint in 1902 are also at a premium. and all efforts
70 obtain any Of them 70 complete sets even at the ng
ure OF 800 have II is said. proved futile SILVER dollars
If 1904 are extremely scarce, only five 50 far as known
being ia existence Three Of these owned In Eug
land and are valued ~ 900 each. Hail dollar, 81
1896 aud 1897 coinage worth $50, acd the SANE i
offered 1879 cent a hail cent oi l1JC. IL PA
del pha lives unismatst who has been ~ he Dl,l
The Recofd saws. for twenty years Lt'r! 9imt's
goes England tor two months ana sells the CONS
he nas collected Iii, name Is wen Si9Wh thrr', a' ~
visits all IN principal towns where he hhd. ul'l wi
wealth wiling 70 pay handsome prices 10 add 10 'he'
store OF Old ana rare money.
The excavations III the valley OF the Forum
at Rome have now disclosed the whole Of the VIA SlcF
between the Temple Of Antornus and FsuSina a the
Arch OF Titus, with buildings that lined H. some 81
these buildings were already known; nothing. however
was known rs regards the parallelOgram between Tue
Via Sael the base OF the Palauc HILL the Forum anu
the Arch OF Titus. great mistake was maze NY %"
tuyographcl., who placed in that narrow strip oil a
the temple and atrum OF NeSta the Regla 'ho
Temple OF Jupiter StatOr and the aouSe oil Iarqhhiu'
The paralleogram in ancient days cohta'u'd ohi3 d
line of commonplace buildings ot brick sfehslDe"e'
at the corners with blocks Of traycruc The fronts OIL
the bul ngs rccced little from the lc 81 TIE stree"
and the space thus formed hllcd WITH honorary
monuments. Among these monuments are noticed 'no
following: iGl pedestal for bronzr statue raseu Il
ID $50 b, Fabus Iitanus, consul AMI project OF hOue
f6l pedestal 90" statue raised y ID. 80, To NOnsa
tlu. by Flayus eontius, project Of Rome; 81 Hlnu %
sma triuuphal arch tor ShTIne made al the expense 81
fhe inhabitants of Tatsrs an the pedestal 81 an eqa
tran statue raised very keh tOOur of the Constant he
fsl some fragments the TJi1iir idJdHuS 20 rig
Inrnt ~ the Gfsh tHmphdeS from the year 6l3 toOi"
the victories mentioned those IN Macedonia ~ Nes
Cru Spain, and III Numitila, and King Jusurtha -
expressly named.