New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-03
GENERAL NOTES.

Slavery still exists III q modified form in
Siam but the youthful King whose halfbrOther, Prince
Prsdang to visit this country has shown strong
disposition TO abolish it he can do 30 without
arousing the antagonism o. the nobility The English
Government is to give him It's moral support
The enginc-house where John Brown was
captured Harpers Ferry ia closely watched by the
people Of the town prevent rechunters from carry
ing it Off When stranger Is seen at the railway station
with brick in his oyercoat pocket he made
his brick or else leave It behind him.
In a ravine near Little Falls between Mid
dletown and Durham, Conn.,, last Tuesday afternoon
brought to light about fifty fine specimens Of tho
rare fossil fish CaODteS grdciis This valuable variety
is f0unrn the tassc formation and Is supposed 20 have
attained the respectable age OF 100000 years. It's
said that there are only three places in America where
Haven possesses Onls few inferior specimens.
The Albany PenitentiaTy is about to open Its
hospable doors to Of tie most experienced road
agents in the country-Samue White, better known as
Henry W. Burton, Of Pueblo. The charge upon which
ne has been sentenced to life term is robbery Of the
mails between Aramosa and Dreadnaught, Col lie Is
the who, while his way to Jail at Detroit, freed
himself from his shackles with toothpick and would
have shot his sleeping guards for the interference
or young lady. He has been brought East i'r the
that the West is thought to contain no place OK
sufficient security.
The twenty fourth annual Convention of
the NewYork state Association for the Protection Of
Fish and Game Will held Niagara Falls this year.
beginning June II and continuing through the week
Numerous contests FOR prizes in pgeOn-shoOtng, life
practice and Hy-castng have been arranged This ex.
tensye will be held under the auspices ofthe
Niagara Falls Shooting Club upon grounds the margin
OF the river ia view OF the rapids and the islands The
president announces that $1,000 Wild pigeons the beat
ne has ever seen at meeting or the association, nov
the grounds.
In reply TO a statement made in The TRIB-
time that pig iron then selling ut S2j
a and that PSI furnaces out OF blast because
they could not afford make IL at that price, trust.
wOr ny friend The Boston Herald informed that jour
nal that he made pig good quality OF
not over 81 per TOM In few places where iron
owned by and at the furnace that there Is
hauling. and where wood costs nothing but the cutting,
iron be made at very low cost Provided
no profit is charged fuel. interest on
money spent in buying mine and woodland, inter
est on money invested in the furnace aud no allowance
for accidents wearing ont Of machinery the cost"
can IN some places be stated below S12 that range
prices would nearly NIL the furnaces the start
and the q little time eter wood Oy had been
consumed or wear and tear had taken effect
1t was early morning in the Union Depot at
Cleveland and solitary woman occupied the waiting
ROOM II was the morning after Decoration Day, and
she was evidently tired for she leaned her head against
the wall and dropped asleep leaving her lunch ungardci
on the seat beside her policeman, WHO happened to
be where duty called him, remarked that he had seldom
seen more touching exhibition OF trust and confidence
Whatever his designs respecting the lunch may have
BEEN he had 10 opportunity to carry them into execu
tion for at that moment large rat, evidently an old
campaigner half his tail gone, appeared upon
the scene and leaped lightly upon the woman's lap to
test the soundness Of her slumber She dd not STIR and
the rat sprang upon the seat and vigorously attacked the
lunch This more than the policeman, who had
hitherto watched the proceedings with breathls inter-
est could bear He struck wildly at the rat but missed
IT, and his sank into the vtas OF dOughEut wilma
disheartenng thud. The woman awohe, ana tahlhg ~
fine situation at glance she instantly rose 10 Il ana
likewise to back II the seat where she had been TO
posing From this perilOus position she escaped Ia lne
10 catch her train. which dispatched al about tIo
same moment Us the rat