New-York tribune., 1880-06-12
GENERAL NOTES.

G. w. Pach was lucky enough to get sit.
ting from General Garfield the last time the General wa
In NewYork, aud. as consequence be Is promptly
the field with very fair photographs OF the next Pe
dent.
The Chinee has put the Celt to the blush
in Carson, New. Hi Wah recently paid OF number Of
his workmen in Carson. Among them there was an
Irishman. Hi Wah gave him a check for the amount
due bin, but the Irisnman could not read he
obliged 20 the bank with him and cash the check
The check drawn payable to the Irishmans order
When bank clerk handed bacK the check for indorss
ment the Celt said he could not write HI wah sgned
the name for him. and Patrick made the sign Of the
cross.
Mahomet township, Illinois, has had 70.
nance which strs the blood or the Oldest nhabitant
Jo Wright loved Rebeccl Smith and hated By
Father Smith. clandestine meeting Of The lovers was
arranged, large maple tree the hedge being
tTystiug place. In creeping out Of the house the girl
made which aroused the suspicious OF her father
He dressed himself and with lantern and revolver 10
hand, started in hot pursuit. He secured the yard
climbed the maple tree and shouted until he was hoars
but the maiden remained in cOncealment. When be
went back the house the girl crawled out OF the
hedge and whn her lovers friends appeared. accom-:
panied them TO town where she found Jo Justice Of
the Peace made her happy woman.
A sea unicorn, recently caught and stuffed
near Cape Sagami. Is low on exhibition In San Fran.
CISCO The body OF the size OF small deer and cOv
cred with scales about inch in diameter with tufts
or reddish Drown nar grown quite pientfuny between
the scales Its legs quite slender, and have LONG
hair about the hOofs which resemble those OF deer or
goat The straight and ufed. like that Of COW.
while the snout is enlarged at the end like that OF
swine, ard the mouth shows formidable tusks pro-
truding either sde From the centre OF the face pro-
jccts a sug!e horn not than six inches In length
and less than inch diameter which curves upward
slightly. In addition, thcre are two long feelers or
tenaces each side OF the mouth The hair upon
tine neck longer elsewhere of the reddish
color, and has the appearance OF short name. The
fishermen related that This animal was sometimes
upon the shore OF the island and that he made nus-
cal noise. which gavt him the name OF the singing unit
corn, aud some of the more creiulOus ISLANDERS mad
taken his notes. heard family In the distance Tor those
OF mermalds-
Mr.. Gladstone's budget deals with facts as
they arr. and not likely TO be reshed In England for
the simple that The facts themselves are unpa'
aabe II possible that before the end of his he
may be able to achieve results which will sustain his
reputation "A nancier OF marked originality. Many
ago he thought IL possible to refund the National
debt pig per Circumstances then turned out ad-
verse; but cOnsols at the present moment very
nearly at par and indeed for long time have not been
under it, In spite Of the fact that the growth OF the
floating debt has kept pace with the reduction Of the
funded debt IT, tnen the floating debt is cut down rig.
orousy and If the revival OF trade continues. bringing
with II OVERLOOKING surpluses, he may reasonably ex.
pect to see consols above par in the future for to
he borne in mind that large classes Of investors must
buy consols The price may rise above Five years
hence the Chancellor OF the Excbequer Of the day will
have surplus OF $50 900 900 to dispose OF IN
sequence OF the falling in O tcIminabe annutes with
out reckoning any erod nck 10 tne shope OF
ton either OF greatly reducing aud revs ny taxation IN
the Of MS 1874 manifesto or OF making arrange
for wipng out the Natioa al debt, and rcfunding
VIII become pOssDlc.