New-York tribune., 1881-09-08
GENERAL NOTES.

Few sights at the great Industrial Fair in
Boston attract more attention than the appearance and
work OF two pupils from the Hampton Institute one 0
these is an Apache Indian who surprises spectators
hy his skill in making shoes Beside the bench al which
he sits are TWO pairs OF laced shoes and substantial
tue, and the other produced within two three DAYS q
the fair.
Between the mouth of the Mississippi and
Galveston, ten fifteen miles southwest Sabine Pass
is a spot Cuff Mexico which Is commonly called
The Oil Ponds" by the captains Of the small craft
which ply in that vicinity There IS no land within
fifteen miles, but in the widest weather the wate.
at this spot is comparatively calm owing TO the thcA
covering of oil which apparently from the bed Of
the Guf about eighteen feet below the surface This
small Vessels Which tra SSe5 SS 5ne captains OF tie
Sabine, Beaumont and Galveston, aud when, through
hey b Sf Sr '6Sy y S TO Ss 9 9SrSos %
ride out the gale in safety.
The Springfield onion thinks that one of the
lessons taught by the Arizona is that
the Indians ought TO be removed from the tracts with
which they familiar. This would render them COM
parauvey poweress, for they cannot ntelhgenty re-
treat after an attack, which they will not make uuess
they know where the obscure hiding places and water
holes located. IL is because the Indian knows all
them, that he maintains his audacty. With their nne
horses they can IN night put themselves beyond the
fear the superior skin aud equal knowledge trails pos
sessed by the white settlers"
A few days ago man named Harvey, OF
Moses j. Kelley of that place that he hoped the
dent would die. The clergyman, who is a muscular
Christian, thereupon gave the scoundrel good thrash
ing for which he was afterward summoned before
n magistrate and fined So Several citizens OF
Piscataqus Comfy, where the VenOmOus Harvey used
i've the clergyman the amount OF his fine and
have received from him the following reply: "rhe un.
dersgned gratefully acknowledges the receipt OF an in
teresting letter from Loyal Citizens OF Dover and Fox
croft incosing - toward paying the OF recent
trial While claim no special credit for having rcbuked
base and freasonaDlc words, deeply
kind aud assist therearnost sympathy
is most cordially appreciated. MOSES j. NELLY
If the Presidents journey had not absorbed
public attention and made Tuesday famous that day
would doubtless have been long remembered many
calties for strange atmospheric phenomena. In many
parts OF the East and i Canada the day was 80 dark
that it impossible 10 get along without artificial
light The singular effects thus reported. were
in Troy, Springfield Mass Providence r. L. Boston and
Toronto. In Springfield several large manufactures
suspended work. reading and studying abandoned
in OF the public schools and in hundreds OF shops
and houses, the jets burned with peculiar white
light. In Toronto great fear of terrible calamity
disturbed the peace of tmid and supersttous souls At
o'clock. the sky presented the appearance OF an
orange dome of extraordinary beauty. As sunset
preached, the orange hue deepened over sky and city,
and the streets were flied with people gazing the
weird spectacle In every place where the unusual phe
nomenon conspicuous people recalled the stories Of
the famous dark day," about one hundred
when business suspended candles made only slight
impression the universal gloom, and unreasoning
roosers announced M noon fictitious da Nn Even
the advanced knowledge OF to-day while II laughs at
superstiiious fears, ana rightly attributes 70 natural
cannot give very satisfactory account OF the causes
Whicll nrotiina thnis-