New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-22
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GENERAL NOTES.
years ago.

A meeting of the Mississippi River Com
mission General q. A. Gilmore President will take
place Louis tie ed inst. The special object OF
the meeting to prepare projects OF Improvement foE
applying the million OF dollars appropriated at tho
ast session OF Congress DO expended in executing tho
plons Of the commission ana under its advisory super
vision Mr. Taylor, OF Indianapolis succeeds General
benjamin Harrison on the Commission.
Visitors to the National Academy exhibi-
t,on which opens TO the public this morning. will find
usef guide 10 the exhibition and worthy memento or
/, In Mr. Charles NJ Kurtz's American Academy Notes"
II is modelled upon Mr. Henry Biaekbarns % Notes ="
upon the Royal Academy exhibitions, and gives the in
formation the visitor will be likely 70 want concerning
every prominent picture Or the l2z ILLUSTRATIONS found
in TIL! handy pamphlet, 30 sketches by the artists
themselves.
The recent carnival at Rome produced an
unusual number OF unfortunate results, owing the ex
uoorauce of licensed Ollity 1t used to be said thar
everyone entered the spirit Of the time thoroughly
that no amount OF peting with flowers confetti was
ever known TO raise disturbance Possibly the world
IL outgrowng the passion for masquerade at all events
the recent experiences In the Eternal City tribe
dlsheartenng An English lady received a black eye
from n solid bunch OF flowers; a German Baron. In a
frenzy rage at the bouquethrowers rushed a bis
sailaats with big stick, and Infantry sergeant
the ground and actually killed boy whom he
suspected Of some deytry or other
Two feet of snow on level have covered
the plains about the Black Hills nearly all winter and
the cattle the ranges have suffered TO fearful
tent As reports come In, however, the percentage OF
oss Is found TO De smaller than was anticipated Tho
loss has naturally been heaviest among cattle driven In
last fall climate and from localities where
they had been accustomed TO haystacks and stalls ons
class of in the Black Hila thoroughly enjoyed
the winter In rejecting upon the nevi-
table results OF It, These are the placer miners who see
fortune every sn0wed gulch. for they sure or
an abundant supply Of water far into tho summer and
rich placer grounds among the southern hills which have
never before yielded their treasures VIII DO eagerly
worked.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, has sent q
letter the Atlanta, Ga papers urging that the scope
of the coming exposition there be extended He would
have not merely cotton exhibition but general dis
play OF the agricultural aud mineral products OF the
South Me-. Atkinson has recently travelled thrcner
that part OF tae country and Is deeply impressed WIN
the splendid which awaiting Development
He would preserve the distinctive character OF the enter
prize to large extent by dividing the cotton exnlp
IRON the general display bur thinks that
opportunity OF attracting capital aud labor 20 tne sousn
viii be only partially improved the undertaking ~ uot
established on broader basis than the present. plans
design. 1000 {
One of the best friends any man, white OK
black can have Ia hA own rcspecI This idea Wa or