New-York tribune., 1880-03-01
GENERAL NOTES.

There must b. something wrong when any
/ Kind o. Il subsidy goes begging. Nassau oorrespon'
dent writes that there n standing offer the part OF
the Bahama Legislature OF $4,000 year FOR ten years
to Ruy company haj viii lay cable between NASSAU
| AID The United states.
IL WAS warm enough yesterday morning TO
Oaw ou the alternating Coney Island pubicap In so
anOnauu 1t would not be dithtuit 10 believe
that tie "hot wave" came from Canada, for which
settlement there ID basis OF fact resident o amil-
ton Outlrio gathered last week, bouquet OF voies,
grown in The open air his garden and sent them to
o,on gen, can had once remarked that Canada
WIS a great country on ice"
The bar of Scott County. Iowa, has had its little
Joke on the Distrrt Attorney and the District Judge
burglar wa. on trial aud lawyers who had noticel
at rho of the Grand jury bad omitted TO sign
the iudirtmeut corspred to prolope tho defence and
annoy , prose ution till the District Attorney iumed
and the Judge weartrd from laying down the law
when the thief W convicted last they called for the
uC .ctrncnt and prUcured his discharge fOi httins
iSrintnai Ion o the Joke the late Recorder Hackrts
shouId have bon spared 10 administer justice 10 cui-
prits and lawyers IN Iowa
"The Abyssinian Library" is a queer name,
but there Is uothng queer about the tEng se unless
library and readinEroop for the use OF eoored people
il s,ch novelty as to merit the adjective The insr.
tuition is about he opeucd IN Atlanta Georgia. ami s
manager $ Root whose address is No East Alabama
ST. IN that CITY, will be glad 10 receive donations Oh
books and papers. The public libraries OF Southern
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which stronger than law aud is gne oDlvious ts St
civil rights legislation statement OF this fact Is sum,
cieat cOmmcDdauon Of tho WORK uGderlaheh Dy IL"
fr.ecds o. tue blacks IN Atlanta
On the principle that all great Atlantic sea-
portS like New-YOrk and Charleston 3 e., occasionally
receive a visit from whale Boston IS pleased tnat
dead whale has becn found noang on Cape Coz ana
has hcen TOW ed under the shadow OF Bunker Hill Monu-
mcnt order to give full opportunity FOR an express
sim of pubiIe 10y. the whale Is To be lowed into dry
Dd ed Dt SOL "A Boston
II General Butler at houe might klhdr over lt,
like Antony the relics Of Cesar. Perhaps Wen
dell philips can be persuaded TO iced ne lamp o, gar
thar 1--we whales visit live h1rDOrs
The inconvenience of using the same build
ing for theatre and church has been proved In Lead
vile On sunday the opera house II the place OF wor-
ship of the 81 Georges Episcopal Congregation. Aud
to satisfy the advanced IDEAS of I~avile sacred con-
cert was given the evening. not OF the KIND,
with an overture 10 begin with aud opera boufe 10 end
with but with solid orthodox sermon by way OF miro
ducton and such musical ebprIaininen. n, hs aus 9
congregation overlooked into The dramatic dresslng'
rooms trod properties under foot aud put hsrionc
| art ouf of cOunienance for the ensuing week
/ The attempt of jefferson Davis and his Con-
feAer,tes To explain away the historical "peticoats"
meets with rebuff from Major T. c. Morse. Editor OF
The ydtick IassD Citi-e He happened 10 be IN Sec
rotary StautOn's Office when the cavalry officer VINO
captured the President OF the Southern confedeUcy
called 10 deliver hands Of the War Secretary
bundle which opened then and there ana was
found 10 contain lady's waterproof cloak aud adys
redhgurel shawl "The officer stated IN answer 10
questions. that these articles were the Identical ones
Norn by Mt Davis when captured; that the CLOAK be-
lug too shot for man. had been pinned about hs body
peneatn arms, wIile his head ana shOhlders bn9
beeu covered aud concealed by the shawl that he had
m red water pail as going for water; that the seT
al the fugitive was exposed by hs boots ana spnrs. aGd
by the manly strides made IN his hurried efforts 10
escape"
Here are bones for geOlogsts TO pick. St.
LOUIS j. having sewer made through solid lime
stone rock feet below he street level Near the
snsiratum OF the rock the vOrkmen have come upon
wo human feet firmly planted IN the rock. The calf Of
the eft lcg traced, but the other foot possesses
only part OF the ankle. They occupy natural positions,
AS II the creature that owned them had been standing
erect in the mud that hardened into limestone No
traces OF the BODY visible. Persons who have seen
the fossils DO not doubt that they are intimately "aed