New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-10
GENERAL NOTES.

Colorado has put on her many -colored rob.
OF Wild flowers and is described by recent visitor =,
almost bewderingy beautiful Most Of the fayoriies a,
the East there combined IN endless PROPULSION with
multitude Of namclcss blossoms peculiar 10 that region a
every form and hne
Patrick Kelly, Of Reno New, has one duek
and many chickens Patrick had viewed with dian
proya and alarm the fact that the duck 80 r,ed,
and expeditions In the matter 81 eating that she cot uo
thirds Of the grain and was fat butter, while ia
chickens were slowly starving TO death on recent oc
casion be eXasperated at the repetition Of th,
performance thai he sezcd the duck IN gagyafe deds
and whtlrd her bill down TO "a fine point. cxcaiminr
Faith and hereafter yen pick with the chickens"
Mr.. John Burroughs announces, through For
est cnd &rcaA that his experiment IN introducing tie
English skylark in this country has proved a failure
MI Burroughs imported seven OF these birds Ia April
two OF them died ani the other five, which lheH
atc have disappeared, and Ia probable that they lave
also died or been killed Mr.. Burroughs thinks That lie
size Of the country and Che climate nnfayorahe 70
the inrod lctlon 90 the tkyarb, but suggests that ~
co1.t thfy might multiply ANA eventually spread 10 tho
\ meeting was recently held ut Woolwich
Tor the purpose ~ giving form and impulse 70 move.
mrnt which is likely to have excellent effect upon
military discipline, and at the same time 10 provide 20
admirable sphere for the energies 81 solder wIges
Hitherto, women attached to the regiments 10 which
their husbands belong have seldom been a positive
incnhusand uu,i Invariably have been IN the aggregate
nuisance. Bat it is proposed 10 train them a
army nurses. and 10 make tirr services IN cam
pai-ns whore actual n-htnr is going on. Ire G'1,,
Ip- oui tIt Nurse 30 familiar vfT nc habits ~ lie
soldiers, atd even Niih their individual character. and
,'a-lin;on-, cannot fail 10 prove peculiarly cleeas
lnI valuable.
The PihybUg DHpG'cb is authority for The
statement that az least twenty furnaces On tie Le4A
aid Schuykl Yhry alone which were ln active 1p.a-
ton fOrtui -ht ago, "a have gone ou OF blast wtbns
few day and that the condition OF thc iron trade such
"a To warrant apprchrn~ons. The extraordinary
revival ol h- industry IN the fall OF 1879 says The Dc
IIib slim dated production 10 the point % cNecs, AMI
,hc time SPECTATOR, ordered large siipmeUs
from I'm cand The combined product thus oarr upon
the home market greatly cNc.cdcd the demanl and ths
result has been -eripus loss upon the Eu-i ~, Imports
tons. amounting IN a single transaction 90 S-jOOO0
Frank Winklcr, coal miner, of Canal Full
ton. stark Coz Ohio is now revolving IN hi, min,. vi
and incredibly the announcement that le ia, allen
heir 10 one sixth Of an estate OF sijOO0oOO which
brother accumulated at the Capr Of Good Hope IN
the diamond business. The winh,r family originated
live and whittier the long absent Cru-us was returning
when death snatchcd him untmcy IN London Il d. sad
that tho facts have been advertised the English aud
German spupers ana that the coal miner, marvellous
wiuIfaii 4, likely 10 nothins but a-he. IN liz
TAP. n i- iorrahy safe 10 predict. however that no
50 oooo oO Aill dNinic b dollar OF two shenit f.
nrmbrftsl that since The nr-t South Affiran diamond
Wa. rrcos'd 30 l-b1 The total value ~ all ilr lis
monde collected 90 that rrnon D. considerably les thAa
distribution the brothers and sisters ol tine iss
ltfuluLd NlHAlDg.