New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-03
GENERAL NOTES.

A Massachusetts school teacher was recently
fined S25 and costs, by District Judge, for uhumaLy
beating young boy. of her pupils The Judge took
occasion 10 pronounce the assault of the Ost cut
rageous of cruelty to child which had
der mis- observation The Teacher appealed ana was het
$500 trial at the next term Of the superior Court
Attention has recently been called to a siDgll-
Jar illustration Of the manner in which historians
times become much interested In ther subject 10
forget TO mention important details II is said that the
Rev Mr. Poets book en- The Ashtabnla Disaster" no.
where gives the date day month or year, Of the great
catastrophe
Tito Rivera, Spaniard by descent, who
When a little boy was stolen in Mexico by party o.
Comanehe Indians and subsequently redeemed by
General John R. Baylor then an Indian agent Oh tbs
Comanche reservation, is the cashier Of bank IN
Corpus Christi He is married TO an American lazy aad
TO regard General Baylor with the most profouad
venerauon
The Miicaukes Sentinel estimates that tho
logeut Oh the Wisconsin River and its tributaries will u
per smaller this season than IL was last Heavy
rains have filed the swamps and low lands, making II
impossible TO locate camps and carry in supplies b,oe
freezing weather. Wages higher feed and supple.
of all kinds dearer and OF poorer quality, ana AID
gether the outlook Is reported TO BIO dsooIragng and
prOhtess
Mr.. Walter, proprietor of The London Times,
has recently recognized the value Of the opinions Of The
Sanitary Engineer by addressing 10 that Journal letter
In which he inquiries whether the stencil which ofton
arises from sewers through the open gratins ia hs
streets is an unavoidable result Of that method OF yent
lation Mr. Walter writes that he has often been tor
mented by this nuisance In London and particularly
the road out Of Shann in the Isle of wight the way
to sandown, The Sanitary Engineer replies that the
system of ventating by perforated covers, AZ
frequent intervals, Is now widely pracsed both IL Eu-
rope and this country, and is generally received by
engineers the best method yet devised, and aids
II sewers are properly planned. weconstructed and
carefully looked the perforaton OF hole covers
purposes of ventilation Is not likely 10 lead 10 trouble,
OF something wrong in one or more Of the above
particulars"
The Boston Museum Of Fine Arts is about
TO make a ana effort to secure the sum OF money 70
oured for the purchase Of pictures by Dutch art
ists which were brought by Mr.. Blake from the DENT
doff sale They include works by Teners wouverman
and Ruysdael The Ruined Cottage" by Ruysdael and
wouyerman was injured In transportation but examina-
ton has shown that fortunately the damage extenis
only to the varnish and be readily repaired The
picture was thus described In the San Donate cstaoge
In the centre Of the composition, tumble-down
cottage which rises beside sandy and rough road.
horseman has Just aghted. farm boy who is looking
at little dog, holds the horse, which dappled gray
Before the hut valet, seated the ground keeps
watch upon another dog and the travellers baggage
At the left, where the road forks and womaa
are resting In meadow. On the right path leads To
field and TO farmhouse surrounded by trees The sky
filed with clouds which seem to presage bad weather
but the rays Of the dsspae them here and tbsra
and strike upon the traveller"