New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-14
GENERAL NOTES.

The man who secured the contract for TAX
ing down the old brick county Jail at Battle Creek,
Mich has found it more profitable job than he antlci
pacd In a OF the wall he discovered two 500
greenback and by large amount Of gold Jeweify'
all Of which had evidently been hidden by thieves I'm
avoid having their spells found upon their per-
On the 30, 4th and 9th inst. the Chinese
the Pacific celebrated with great pomp and With
the burning Of countless crackers end bombs their feat
Of " Devil driving" second in importance only 10 the
New Years jubilee On this occasion they made
image representing the ey spirit Toasted it to glutton-
ish stupcfacaton, aud ten burned IT, Thus were The
that particular devil for the ensuing year
Some of the hitherto dark places in the
British Museum building such passage
cloak rooms, lavatories, ETC., now illumined by
electric lamps II is believed, and certainly hoped, that
this principle will be extended to the Department Of
MSS and eventually to the adjoining the Roang
Room and to the galleries. thus enabling attendants 70
supply books to readers IN toe evening instead OF nnt
ing the time, in fall aud winter, to $50 p ~ as at
present.
4 happy hunting ground for the NimrOds Of
France has been established in Southern Algeria by
entcrprisiug Frenchman Leasing large tract OF land,
useless for agricultural purposes. he has transformed
into lion preserve, by turning loose upon H. a. lure,
o rove Of supcrannuatcd mules luxurious hotel,
with Partisan cook viii AFFORD shelter and entertain
TO the sportsmrn aud portable orresse will be plased
TO meet the " king OF beasts" IN the open field.
The Portlapd Me-, fishermen were unusually
successful during the season drawing 10 close.
Ahont 100000 barrels OF mackerel have been packed
there this year. an Increase 10000 over last year The
best trip OF the made few days ago by the
schooner Alice NJ Could She left Portland on saturday,
November D. and returned the following Thursday with
10000 pounds of fish, having sailed about 400 niles
,r profits were 81 200, giving each man OF the crew
$50.
Is there an affinity between guardian spirits
and sole Catherl Or apstUnes and pa.mystery, what
ever that may be Is there more than rbyning reia
ton between past and lastr And is a w9Xed end
symbolical OF the end Of mortal eNistencei man in
omaha advertises himself Magster in Palmystery
and Conditionalist" which that he "will, with
the aid of guardian spirits obtain for glance az
the mast and present and certain conditions In tho
fre also Boots and shoes made to order" II does
look as If there things In Omaha not yet dreamed
of in other mems philosophy.
The idea that American grapes are unsulta
bile for the manufacture of raisns must be considerably
staggered by the announcement in The Rice sde
Press OF San Befnardino County, Cal, that the rasn
crop of that state this year will aggregate than
100 600 boxes 1879 the reports Of the lid
not mention that any such industry existed Perhaps it
did not then; but in three years it has reached an
nual production of half million dollars worth, and Is
rapidy increasing. An interesting circumstance
on about 400 acres while to produce crop OF wheat
~ enu.l value 25. 600 acres would be required.