New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-16
GENERAL NOTES.

The undertakers are holding n National
convention 10 q Boston this week Nothing Ike "eor
ner" In collins Is projected. They FOR social inter
and tine interchange Of business experience aut
INFORM ttlOn
A cat, carcIessy shut up in room in
Housewife " " while the family we're away for N,
summer holiday was found alive after thirty days II
the agonirs tion II had the curtains
and mutated the wall as hign a. II could reach.
The debts of the ten Southern States 70.
Gently in rebellion amounted 10 $l7O539,972 in 1870
OF this amount only si26625lO charg able To- IN.
Republicans. the balance, Sl27.s77462, having beer
contracted under ID mocrac rule. A southern CORE
spondent reminds THE TRIBUNE that there was sligb
error IN an editorial reference Mr.. H. H. Hls ette,
on this subj Get a few weeks ago. A. the letter wa.
printed the issue and tue gures correctly
gwen no great harm was done by tDis obvious error
The English parish church OF Thirsk ha.
been infested with of bats. Various have
been tried TO rid ed fee OF the pests, but with little
success three weeks ago. when an owl was placed
IN the church. II the owl did not destroy them he had
the effect compelling them to keep very close quar-
ters few months ago the bats did damage TO he
upes of the new organ They entered the vide end
and the pipes feing narrow at the bottom found them.
selves unable to get ok As many as eight dead bats
found IN single pipe
A cross-eyed passenger got off the Name
Central tram az Auburn tue other day. whipped Of
his pocket a piece OF chalk and marked goOdsized
white cross on of the elegant coaches. He then
asked the way to the pump" aud filed himself with
Auburn aqueduct water. When the Old gentleman had
shu6ied backrO the tram some one asked him why he
had put The chalk mark the Nv wife told me-"
sad me- not t. gi OIL the lrau az all, for fear might
git in Tie wrong keers. thought Ia put mark Oh the
tram | should know it was tue right one"
Messrs. James K. OsgOod q Company have
published a Congressional District Vote Map, which
will ne a va liable ass cry who - inter
esed in the political II shows AT glance tic
30 irca complexion OF the TIE size ana shape
OF each CONGRESS onaI District gwen, aud the vote
of eacn 1875 is Indicated by cOOred bars, red for
Republican ne Democratic. and NhIte Tor thrd par
lies Each district numbered. the numbers refer
tabcs wncCcin the exact yOt iOr each can
Il dale given. The map Is handsomely printed and
incl1sed IN nrat pocket ease. i - IN extremely IN
fcrrsuI article FOR every voter 10 have I'D s pocket
The crown jewels which the French Gov
crumeut Is 0nxols sell consist II part If OH cts
VIII en- have neither artistic value nor historical assDcia
tiJn. The Mnister Of Fine AIT, states tJat the II
81 100000 which 10 Is estimated they VIII e.c would
enable hun % fun. FOR the occasional
pl chase Of works of for thc national teums. AZ
present the Lion % Fine Arts has the disposal
of sum OF $50 600 voted By tie Chambers every year
bur tie orce OF routine great that The Minister
oh ICED 10 spend the Whole OF tbs Vs. hlu Le twe
month whether there axe favorable ODD ltlltc, !Jr
OUyIng or moi, aud cannot exceed the "a U.s. 5l~e
frame when there several important sales durls .e