New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The British India Steam Navigation steam
ain Pup;ah recently while her t. Bussorh was
o,oesly followed for twenty hours by an enormous
va.,r said 10 have been about eighty feet long Tn
n,onster did not secra 10 mind IN inc least the NoiS
q bullets poured upon 1t
The limited EXPRESS train from Washington
yeacbed Philadelphia fifteen minutes late on TUESDAY
-, the ,v locomotive aectionately called "longleg
I'D TO- which attached ut that point does not nlnd
little ma ter Of fifteen minutes The train rolled out q"
shc West Philadelphia stotion. ard niHety-hve minutes
trr drew up In jersey City on time Part OF the erh
nine MILF run made AT the rate OF seventy miles a
bar.
In q recent editorial The NeT-Orle''ns Inns
With credtse candor points ont the fact that til" rapid
ettisment and substantial prosperity OF the N"N are
due in large measure 70 the educstona ana rrne"uH
advantages there offered Tn suggests tha
oo houses IN Louisiana would do more To- build w the
State than her rich soil aud sslubrous clinsi+ ~ inr
svnrrsl r. practical comprehension Of this truth Il Will
oeaerve well Of the whole country
Referring to the petition against the opium
traffic with China which recently opened AT the
Metropolitan Tsbernanle Mr. s:areeon said that IL his
sutnIOn one Of the greatest Grimes which England con
sinued oomi4it the carrying on OF the OF ium
tr,nso Thst a nation should set up grcpehoP 10 pay
te tsxee was had enough but worse Ia carry
IN n er.c IN opiule ray the taxee of tae people OF
fpdis IL China EngiisEn,en went with opium In one
hand and the Bible Ia the other.
The dave when nothing WAS 6hu IN Dan
pr..c,so for iess than dime. and that MINIMUM
4n. Wa almost badge disersce IA the of oo-
,s vhe remembered the golden days Of the halfdolinr
H.ve ursu~d away forever. Csliforuans have passed
ahr u.r,od q, contempt small coas and the chink Of
eas .tckl IA heard In the land The Bslchn regards
eAs met "A an Indication Of the healthy hDancial ccd
IN az the community People purchase less of what
49, AZ not want aud Of articles only what
~ nri spd have cssrh TO fear the deri,i' Oi those
tho It'll refuse tc recognize any sum OF D"L'y shianl
Gnc " bit"
Sigpor Tagliapietra and several other mem
~ Of ti+ Italian Opera Company To which ne belongs
tays b<en In the clutch OF Ncw-Jer-cy Jueticr They
e Q, Delighted with Newcastle. Dol where they sang
n Pr4day Last that they determined To spend two or
nnve DARE there. On Sunday they went fishing In the
l1yur viii a. much Innocence - In consistent with
Ssasssn cf the fourth bat they had only
~ cot their tackle In order when the NewJerScy
eshstas posico-bost swoop~d down upon the unrrpec
ag bax1to1e AID his friends and carried them on !"
esIeu for frisl Upon the thnt all charges
end dsmages would be paid the prs3ners were allowed
% depart on Monday morning
It has been suggested that the two Arctic ex-
pediSsps about TO net out frym Frsncsco, should
carry coils Of tight ire which could be easily
u maintaining communication between the exploring
pares AND the bases supplies from which they push for
vardfnt0 unknown AID perious region 1t Ia Sad that
- wfrcs could be rapidly laid each party proc-oded
nodcenstast telephone kept up With
paraeveiy sght additional aud labor. THIS pro-
SA Dat prcse ut nothing NOR than sncecstion, but
easre5 by an electrician. Mr.. james Gamble OF the
Xsoeesn Union Telegraph Company, and ought 10 be
Sssfxily considered befcrv II Il condemned