New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-27
GENERAL NOTES.

Another, reason has been discovered in San
Francisco why the obnoxious ChinarOan " must co.,
lie establishing chop where knives and forks
and not chOpsticks used In the good oldashioned
way These houses patronzed by Americans as well
by Cinnamon and the prOprieors OF the French and
Italian trembling for fear that the
ming pigtal may steal their trade by undertaking
Patriotism is the watchword just now in
Augusta Maine. The soldiers monument has recently
been completed, and is regarded with pride and admra
tiOn 1t is made Of granite, and forynine feet and
sevennche in height On the shaft proper stands the
calledGoddess Patriotism OF heroic The monument
ishexagOna form and three bronze panels are n
scribed the Of the 156 soldiers from Augusta who
fell IN the war Other scenes from the war; together
with the seals OF the United States and OF the state OF
In the park.
The outlook for one practical joker in
Omaha is not "a very cheerful one He employed in
brewery and fanced that It would be great sport to
cut some eyes and mouth in cigar-box, put lighted
candle therein and his fellow workmen who
going into the cellar. He did and Of HIS par
ticular friends" seeing the horrible apparon, with
halo OF light around lis head fairly parayzed with
terror, and tainted away on the spot lie %as taken
lawsuit against the thckskulied idiot WHO perpe-
trated this " joke"
The City of Newport KY, has a conscien-
tious Mayor. His name is william II. HartOn. Eighteen
years ago. in Washington he borrowed BIO OF Captain L.
5. Aver the 4th Regiment OF Maine Volunteers. Since
that time he has made repeated attempts TO learn the cd
dress of his benefaetOr but without success he
not positive that Aver was from Maine Recently. how
ever ne communicated with Acknowledgement Beal Of
that state, and through him learned that Aver was y
ing in Montvile. The other day, therefore, Aver re.
ceved a check for $50 so, the Interest amounting
more than the original loaned, and the Maine
papers commenting az length, in terms OF praseu0l
this " rare act Of integrity"
Washington health officers are hard-hearted.
DIR. Delaney, African, who claims to be one hundrci
and years Old, and TO be descended from the Mum
dingo tribe presented himself the other day. at the Office
of the Board of HEALTH and asked to he registered
as practising physician, lie showed what purpOrted
to be diploma, the words being written in English
elephant skim and stating that he an herb Doctor
The document was dated Sierra Leone, 1906, and the
man claimed to have been born in 1880 The health
officers raised their eyebrows at this statement, and
smiles broke over their faces when the African soemnly
asserted that his father was still awe ana tha Ne was
King the MundingO tribe. Neither this testimony nor
his barring remark that he was with Livingston for four
years had any effect upon his hoarers Tor, his CIede
tals not being deemed satisfactory, Lac not allowed
to register.
Partisan capitalists have faith that an ele-
waited electric railway around the city will prove be
paving investment The Messrs Siemens have the work
In hand and plans for the proposed road have been
drawn up These provide that the structure shall be Is
WIDE and shall rest upon pillars placed from $50 to
l6O feet apart The gauge Is 10 De teet, ana the et
tons are TO at intervals OF 400 yards The cars ara
intended TO carry hfty passengers, the doors being
opened closed automatically snd, 1t is 10 be hoped.
without deafening Slam each station. IL Is est
mated that $3.50 mast be realized each year in order
that the shall pay IT, expenses. The usual obeo'
lions against such road have been raised and New
Workers. will amused To learn that, offset TO
these the promoters OF the scheme claim that the strao-
ture would form usefu shelter In wet weather" Pa
risian wit Is generally more brilliant than this.
A pathetic scene occurred few days ago in
the penitentary at Little Rock, Ark. young man,
twenty three years Old OF the train robbers re-
Gently sentenced seventy years Imprisonment, CON-
planned OF being i'll, and sent to the hospital He
appeared to he suffering from disease but his pulse
was UP to 40 His heart seemed 10 DO breaking on ac
count OF the severity OF his sentence Tears fell from bis
eyes he thought Of tho long years of imprisonment
before him His mind began to wander and In his raw
ngs he quoted from the pernicOu literature
which had him into his life Of lawlessness SEEKING
the bride cried the sufferer che sprang upon his AM
tagonst's and dashed away 'Hatp he exclaimed
drawing revolver and lev cling it at the head Of young
Horace" "slowly and sadly" he continued IN sub
dued voice. they left the church. and walked along tho
welworn path to the rude grave Of Lawrence. stand
ing near the stone placed there by the Indian Casper
and his fair companion lere his mutterlngs became
inaudble and his voice died away III groan Suddenly
he raised himself looked inenty toward tho door, anu
sank back dead OF broken heart IL would be super
uOus to call attention the moral which this sad Incl
dent carries with it,