New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-23
GENERAL NOTES

number of ruifians, of whom Troy pos
sesses large and varied assortment made raid upon
garden in the suburbs Of that city Sunday The lady
OF the house twice ordered them off the premises aud
twice they refused to with the incidence which
towards generally employ toward women. In this
however, they had mistaken the person whom they tried
TO bully. After the second warning she calmly said:
Very well II have big dog and abrace of rcvolyer- In
the house The dog j. not afraid Ia bite and am not
returned the rowdics were not there.
The prolonged dry weather has brought the
upper Hudson "A lower point than it has hitherto
reached this season. At Albany the basin presents
disgusting appearance. The bed strewn with rubbish
OF all descriptions, T. almost dry suggesting possibilities
of disease which not pleasant 10 contemplate. In
the vicinity OF the state street bridge old hulk- Of
wrecked canaboats project from the marshes the boat
houses are surrounded with rank vegetation and msce-
ancou lt it Is with considerable difficulty andat not-
Tie risk that and cauaiboats reach the warehouses
fronting the basin, and the place has more the APP
pearauce OF general dumIin ground than oi hafb"r
On one of the ranches of Nevada the WIDOW
Ioyelcss carries on the business Of raising hay and
cattle. and asks no favors Of any man, except to be
excused from paving poll tax Tho assessor declares
that ne would be happy accommodate her. but tbatt
she will insist wearing trousers she must pa! up Ike
| a man. The widows name perfectly describes the
condition of her heart since her capcgrace u husband
deserted her year and half taking with him sew
of her best horses. She rides and throws the nsso
az skilfy as any hcui-man of the plains and as she
/
! her auburn hair when waves ABOUT heI shoulders
"The reported Land League aid from Amer
lea to Arabi" says writer in The Ltr@pool Courier,
has placed the valiant Leagues at Westminster In
serious predcamcnt. To be found consorting Win
aud succOring the enemy, the old statutes have ~
would awkward matter for some OF the Ifish gem
tlemen who will not plead guilty to being -teeped to
tire lips in treason This point has not escaped the
attention of the Pancltos and learn that the leader
himself has tcle-raphed to New-York advising tie
American Leagucr of the Irish Land Ieasucr' not 10
send any aid to the Egyptian rebel Ny informant does
not say whether the crcumspecton OF the Home Rule
members Is que To a s.ihd,n l9pls, o, oyay 10 ..S
British Crown or Ia an appreciation OF tnr
which cooperation with the enemy would involve
4 new and rare century plant, botanically
known rs Agaye Victoria Regime. is now in blossom in
the palm house Of the botanical garden Of Harvard
College 1t is said 70 Doe the first OF it, kind to blossom
in cultivation and specimen OF the species 80 fnr as
is known has been seen in bloom IN It's native homo
among the mountains of Northern Mexico The plant
now in blossom. with several smaller ones, was pre-
scented to the Harvard garden by DR. Edward Palmer,
who collected them three years The inforeacence,
which described looking like an immense yellow
bottle brush stands upon stem about eleven feet lgh'
The first plant OF the kind ever introduced INTO cmfa-
ton was taken from Mexico 20 France IN lS12 by VI "
C,psileronr That plant died during the succeeding
winter and there was other OF the sort IN cuta-
tiou tll lS7I when W. COnsidcrant again succeedclm
i'tr,inrn, il For This species silver medal az the
first class has been awarded in France and gold 'dai
in England II was named by Mr.. j. T. PeacocA, OF
London, I'm 1873, in compliment 10 Queen Victoria.
Every appliance which fertile Imagination
coud suggest has been employed in the unconscnal
task OF separating fighting dogs whose blood was up
few years ago there who went about declar
ing that sudden dcugc of cold water would lnYafdDy
produce the desired result until one day he saw '"o
dogs (which IN the heat OF battle, were Unconscious"
all about them fall OF a bridge into river forty iee'
below and still clnchcd sink and rise sink ana 'o
until one of them hoated down stream dead ana no
other crawled ont upon the bank Oliver NchIoI
Holmes has put il on record that
the mongrc's hold viii slip.
But only crowbars loose the bulldog : GRIP.
In the face this decision Of the Autocrat, Na''a'u
sets man boldly declares that no dog, however or"
bynature or iunamed by passion, can keep ON h-h'hs
after handful of yellow snuH has been throw n ny
mis- face The logic Of the situation. h" would lt"paDy
saw il that after the Application of snuii the doS t
either snceZe on burst; dog can succlr d" u-".
The same time and IL is certain that mo- dog can phf'' ~
tght al the same time. The Massachusetts man ~ IN
with confidence and it would be pleasure to sec ~"
administer The Hltlu