New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-11
GENERAL NOTES.


The recent delight of Bonanza City, Nevada,
was a tournament on q washboard between scorpion
ana taranula THIS would appear to indicate the low
water mark Of civilization.
1t seems incongruOus that the Far West
should be holding centennial anniversaries but Mune-
sofa celebrated Fourth bcentennia OF the ds
cOyery Of that unexporcd wilderness by Du Luth who
planted the French lIg there on July ,, 1919
The New Hampshire sheriff whose duty it
was to hang the murderer Buzzeu yesterday o.
his old schoomates he into the condemned mans
cell the other day and was recocnized by his former
playmate They claspcd hands and burst INTO tears
Can the dramatist cure vice by exhibiting it
on the sragei SIR Reade's version of Zoa's play
not seem to have any deterrent effect the consump
lion OF strong drink. The hero has delirum remens n
the last act, and drunkenness represented In s most
lOathsole aspects, but the London WORKING people IN
the Dit and the gallery brace themselves by frequent
sips OF brandy fsss, and The consumption OF DOTTED,
beer during performance Is considerably IN excess
Oh what IL is at ordinary times.
There was snow in the air at Portland, Me-,
on the Fourth OF July Sergeant Boyd of the Signal SER
vice. happened be the street at the time and caught
several fakes on his sleeve. Just before o'clock In the
afternoon cloud observed Rising from the south.
At the same rime another from the northwest
The current Of wind which bore this along was cod
while the opposing current was warm nna saIdfsIea
win ydpOr These two informing ed ana the eHect was
the formation Of crystals OF snow
An Old Maids Association in Cleveland is
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laws against the marriage of member, under which
Tho offender is liable TO DO branded on the
sole OF the right foot with tie mystic let
tcrs U. ID. L-pr0bauly standing either ior
I'VE Done II for Uufatuful Daughter Of Inquity-
Sill the cebate law Is continually broken Even the
president Of the society been impeached and pub
ucly Tepruycd for Margins ana tnere gre SUNNI WHY
some si-us that the association VIII collapse.
A recent first-class, simOn-pure, BRASS
mounted interview with Sitting Bull included the
testimony OF that warror-Driest ana younger braves
who saw In lis last tragic moments, ana ldeh-
titled him by his long golden hair" his Glowing
locks" etc. If Sitting Bull had been IN communication
with the Seventh Cavalry barber he might have learned
that General Custer sacrificed his flowing locks before
he went TO the Indian country and that at the battle
of the Little Big Horn his hair clipped light 10 ms
scalp tins probably does not diminish the truth
iuluess OF the rnj6rNieW.'
The Egyptian controversy is summed up by
The Pail MaH Gazele trenchsnt article, IN which 1t
is urged that the right question Is why The Government
did not interfere earlier, and before they allowed tho
nterveuto on OF alter Englauds position So IN
fortunately and il is to be feared dcterminately Ihe
mistake this: IN choosing TO regard Is as merely
bondhodcrs question and therefore one which ION sec
ond uoughts) they had better retire rom the Govern
eut overlooked the certainly that other Powers would
fud in the debt and excuse for political
ntervontion precisely and dec areGy ON behalf OK
b1ndhoders that Germly lnLeFerei anu ihat Aasslla
aud Italy have mteIiered, 10 say LothInb OF itdH'e
Aud since one plausible ground OF intervention e IS
.ood tho action OF these Powers OuSAl 10
nave been Ioroseen and f0restailed.
John Bright being asked by correspond
ent TO support a motion in tho House OF Commons Tor
an inquiry the OF the present depression OF
trade replied that II would lead to nothing exceptto
prove taa Wlth imports OF corn, bad haryest are
bad for farmers and sHat the omnipotence OF PaAahehs
ss when IL seeks to control the seasons, and that
Therefore 1t cannot stspln by legislation materially 10
mitigate the admitted suiferngs of the farmers These
great changes ho urged, not IN the power OF Con-
crosses or Parliamcnis; they are IN the ordering Oh
Nature ana people accept them always eudeaNoI-
ING not to agcrayate them by their own Olies He's
confident that If Parliament would keep out OF foreign
broils-f would conduct the Government Of the con
frv nt an expenditure OF e60,0O00OO instead ot &'V
OOOO 600 IN the year-it il would devote II time aho
abo to lions OF home interest rather tAau 10 tAose
which Involve the sacrhce OF blood ana treasure u
remote lands, such times OF depression would Ni''
England more rarely.
Granville Murray in recent 4" Round About
France" paper divides the BonapIrts into several
categores First the descendants Of the men VINO
won titles on the bate-hclds Of the First Empire and
whose names closely associated with the glory OK
that epoch These the JAcOoltss OF the party he
mea who III their loyalty 80 long as there
lives Prince OF Napoleon's name ambitious OF wearing
the crown The regiments Of tho Guards tho brigldes
OF tho police and espionage departments are tul OF
Them and they always remarkable for their dog
kc fidelity to the regime which employed them. but
n is only fair 70 say OF some COrscans that their Impe-
rslism was devoid Of any interested motives sprngilg
only from the pride which inhabitants OF small. Wild
island could not but feel at the lustre shed upon their
kirkland by a great family After the men whose de-
yotion to Bonapartsm has It's source In the First I'm
re come those whose loyalty datos further oacN
nan Napoleon mas reign. Tho late Emperor though
he had fewer admirers than his UNCLE hai good many
more personal friends. Another class 81 uh3paiuruS
reuan 10 be accounted for ana these are the men VINO
cannot imagine that country should De cIdcI! sfe
upger A M nary despOtlsm The Theoretical adEoca.c'
of aSarl SIN must always be pretty numrfou, IA coaA
nv which has been oyer-SOycrned As France.