New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-22
GENERAL NOTES.

The figures Of the report Of the Veterinary
Department Of the Pryy Council Office recently issued
tell n rapc tale Of the sui'rrncs which animals under
20 during the voyage from America to England. TLoy
bring out also In striking recf the need Of some better
accommodations than those which already exist FOR the
transportation OF live stock the Atlantic. Ills
rror shows that last year o,l cargocs OF cattle, sheep
aul swine landed IN ENGLAND from ports in Canada
and tlc Cnitcd States. ~ 'e animals originally shiP"d
1868 thrown overheard ia the cOIrsc Of the
.-. Jip ~rfc landed d"a T. nnd 81 wci" 80 much D..
.ri'ng. Humanity certainly ought to dc, l-c sOur plan
80 lr.t cnt thi. san' ring auI .par.
IS an extraordinary combination Of accident
and misunderstanding Mr.. France. H. Fergus Of pll
dcipni liucal descendant Of Roger wliame di'd re-
Gently iu tie very bed IA the Rhode Island Hospital
ilcnc. ia which her sister, Mr.. Nary Nj ain
hal drd few days before. II vas great grief {" 5Irs
,rl ihIi her sister should have died IN the hospital
among -iraugr- and she cNpressod the hope that she
ul.'r boz spared such tate. while In Pro, idrhce,
Whittier he had gone attend her sisters funeral -he
WIS stricken with apOpeXy on bc street, and no one
knowing where her home ws. sine vas taken To- tn" hos
Wll and placed ~ the h'd from WHICH hcr SISTERS re-
mains had just been carried
The ancient belief that seals are born blind
which has passed for tie truth among multitude ~
persons and has recently received the support Of sn
tl,unn who signs himself r. l.. T." In The LOHd9is
Ntndard and refers his yoy In the Arctic
appears to bc finally laid rest by J. b. walker, the
senior CAPTAIN Of the Dundee whaling feet. Captain
walker wrtos Ia The Sfnddrd: IL have stood by hun
drris times the mother seal brought forth her young
Invariably oscrying that they were born with their eyes
OPEN and could observe the strange world into which
tkry wcrr u-hrrrd. steadily could be expected
unr ar 4, h,rn bIi,d II il even more xceptlona
phenomenon than when this happens Ia the young ~
that nobrT mammal OF which, no doubt he Is fa'or
able specimen
If Dr. Tanner has that magnanlinOus appre>
citation Of the success. efforts Of LIS competitors which
the Of the American
Pn-ter he will make pilgrimage to the shrine from
which "a Scottish maiden Is being gently exhaled The
Grsgor Nail says Another week lthe eighteenth has
PASSED during which the girl Christina Marshall has
taken no nOurshnent other than little cold water,
ard strange TO say there but little percepbie change
in her condition The Is exciting the greatest inter-
est in medical circles and several professional gentlemen
have visited the girl In her fathers house ut Chnpeon
during the week. Last Saturday medical gentleman,
who made thorough examination Of the patient, stated
that her pulse beating quit, regularly and that he
could rt,t. trace Of Internal disease III" Rev john
Media, IN the parish minister or Chal"ltou constantly
,sit- Tie cr aud froin the we'll known probability y
the parent. and nn infinite kn0wl"Ir 90 W ict' VI
thu ,-,. De- has rot the slightest d"ui ui ltr trhth
There is much reason to fear that the anti
jew isI disturbances in the Ukraine viii grow lnio
i,I.c AMI bloody conflict In That part % the Russian
territory rrr aS generations deep hate be-
tween the jews and the peasants, and the conditions
exit for "a 80, ni Professor Dragamanoa writes
.rl Geneva To 4hc raj NaY Go-,t ~ follows: " have
f, t,rr-,sl the krailr. both IN Rg-sla and IN Aus
fra that f. 10 aar Eastern Cati the buAoN ma. aii
Eastern !Iuu-. li rNtTNW here met the -iin" l.
rc.,niii TIE PEASANT, against the Jews and ITO
-.i,., ,.t,-t l;,, nat a good time was coming wl,n
tlo, wu4 L.. oi the jews. But by what means
ir. -a, ,a-iut 10 the Carpatlanr. iio~ can You
,.ttl of On, .n-i' oh, hc rcl,t II viii have %
,.,t'i,rhy .,-.ilcncc or war; How" special! :
ID. J,,a,t' Veg De- answered. with ulciitatNe ar
..,.y for 90. Icp. ami hen the conIrr- ton tgr Il
,u . band O.. ~ he Gil t;Aian, in Tie e 'ht,' n
.n,rf "a ho gave quarter to rrtltl landlord hr o. "
o. .. p'tQ de-, -faur - tie peasant i"r re
..lr, -,u,,i ,l j. >,Ifg tt Ia the his.hc, lis
AK ua. f.i.-r. 49,. punitttd >'thc N.c rhtt =.
80 ~ -rui', Jewish socialist ref st'r ~ IrrFi %
- t:il- upon tht jewish pro'"tu''- IN
Il-.. nDd alicia 20 i tach them IVES from t 10 VISA
, o. ,- ANA o." thro" ~ Their lot WIN tAe CHRISTIAN
| NJ ':ai..,u AMI peasants ma THESE committee