New-York tribune., 1881-12-13
GENERAL NOTES.

A French fisherman recently captured q carp
weighing seventeen pounds but such was bis astonsA
ent at behodins the monster struggling In the meshe'
m bis NET that he almost tainted away the spot, aud
afterward did actually fall sick 80 that he not ony
could not help eat his prize, but was denied TIE su
preme satisfaction OF seeing 1t weighed
Vitriol-throwing has become so much ths
mode in Paris that special mandatory to meet the In
creased demand has been established IN the Plain Oh
81 Denis aad the police authorities ere considering ITO
adsa6ilty Of requiring purchasers to present phys'
clans prescription This is the exaggerated statement
by which the Roppei doubtless means 10 convey uS'
hint
The steam cutter Harriet Lane was built In
1859 for the service was placed at the disposal
OF the Prince OF during his visit to this country
and at The outbreak Of tho Rebellion turned over 20
the NAVY Departments On New Years night, 1868 her
decks were the the most desperate hando
hand encounters OF the war Trinsformed into barx
and rechrtstened the Elliott flGhig ,ns %
Fnr a short time after he became Gambetta'5
successor Bssc appeared in the Presidents chair in
rock coat OF the orthodox evening dress which
tina Chamber WAS accustomed to in that place But
he soon changed his mind and donned coat or tho
traditional cut This incident has caused an inquiry
INFO the pedigree OF the swalowta the result OF which
60 that his peculiar though comfortable and convenient
cIe OF apparel Is declared to be direct descendrnt
OF the old French dresscoat worn in the days OF Louis
XIV Time produced notifications IN Color texture
those Of its ancestor
Don Guillermo W. Swayne, the owner OF
large sugar estates in Peru, who recently arrived In
san Francisco tells many stories OF the outrages per
etrated by the soldiers Of Chill, including in bis mar
rattve very good joke upon himself His own house
xas broken into and ransacked and large supply Oh
wines and provisions appropriated although he was
inaly under the protection Of tho British dag Soon
ottoru,rd he had occasion TO visit Gillian manor
var to protest against OF 1900 Chinese by
tb trnops He was received with much hospitality by
the officers OF the vessel invited breakfast and bor
Iiv reea ed with the delicate yands auf wines "hch
mad beeL stolen from his own residence He does nos
sata whether his discovery OF the source OF tue enter
tSinnent took away his appetite or influenced ann 10
An advance summary of the quarterly report
nj the Kansas Beard Of Agriculture announces that the
total value OF the twenty-five Ged crops raised In 1851
"a go 439 o. or than 80 per cent greater than
in any preyious year the history Of the state Ihs
two tnat contribute the largest share OF this Immense
, total are wheat and corn; the former MAKING
s2l 7O5 275 So and the latter 81, ,s59O63 20 In pro-
pcon average yields not so large AS In 1880 Dut
tina price OF products made the harvest o
| tis year much more valuable. The report says :
" Whfe itt, true that the longcondnuod dry weather
, ,bs o,uiss Of chneh bugs did immense damage 10
% f the state during 1881, yet there need be no
i,9t,te anDrehensioD that the farmers are IN Wanti
,nhan ~ ia asoertained that the value OF
| ~ % l50 4Oj % is divided among them this year