New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-10
GENERAL NOTES.

The courts of San Francisco granted 36f
decreos Of divorce during the just closed proper
ton TO tho inhabitants OF the city vastly larger than
even New England tOerates
The twenty municipal libraries of Paris.
containing in the aggregate 10000 volumes, were
visited in 1891 by 25 900 readers increase Of
than 100000 tho year 1880 In recognition Of this
striking evidence OF their utility the annual grant was
increased from $4,000 to 05,S75 francs.
Chinese acrobat and juggler recently gave
performance AT Brighton, England, In the course os
which he fired small cannon which he had balanced
upon sword held in his mouth. The was d.
rected toward tho upper gallery and when tho smoke
had cleared away II vas discovered tha the hat
blown the head OF a boy sitting among the gods"
The Galveston Neus vigorously defends tho
ranchmen and boys OF Texas against the prevailing
impression that they form reckless and drunken GLASS;
and decaes In but few classes of people there DO
found intelligence sobrey, creliance, Integrity
reliability and general chyalry than exist among tho
sockmen ranohmen, Of this State, and it ques-
tionabe whether any class OF employees exists no
tise more sobriety and sefdena who orderly
from Christmas To Christina and who are moro faithful
to the interests cOntded To them than are tho COWBOYS
1t has been universally supposed that mule,
having satisfactorily kicked bysander 70 death, had
no further for tho remains but recent occurrence
in the South lends color different belief Near Eas,
Macon, Ca, week or two ago, negro was observed
driving mule and horse harnessed together along
by-rOad. Several days afterward two gentlemen who
were walking through peco Of woods IN the vicinity
came upon wagon, dead horse, and living mule. All
the fodder nd the horses collar had been eaten, tho
horses body had been ripped open and not yostgo OF
the negro remained Tho mule expression %
tranquil melancholy but IN respect TO physical condition
seemed be somewhat above his OF course 10
what became OF the negro but why tho
mule should have preferred human flesh TO horse meat
apparent unless his motive wac revenge. ThseK
PLANTATION Ia accepted by the family OF the deceased
The fortunate owners of petroleum lands in
the Luneberg district OF Prussia had scarcely recovered
their establishment at the possession OF unexpected
wealth. when tho peasant farmers about Munster awoks
TO find themselves rich ia deposits OF stroutanite for
which there great demand IN all the German sugar
refining centres, particularly ut Magdeburg, Dessau At
tenburg and Waghausol where It Is now permanently
used IN the extraction OF the sugar from the moases
Some OF sugar reneuos said 20 date fUm tho
sixteenth century The mineral which Is found 30
abuudantly I'm Westphaa and which promises 20 be tho
source immense wealth To that part ~ Prussia, owes
It's recognized scientific to tho village Of sron'
tlan IN scotland where II fret found. II occurs.
though only In small quantities. IA other parts OF Ger
many on the HartE Mountains. also ia -alzburg IA PD-
land aud a. Tayetsoh In thu Grs0ns the place which
polsts Of producing the very finest honey In Europe.
The capital OF tue growing strOuanits trade Is Hhmn,
I'm Wc-tphula More than 900 mines now engaged a
working IL Ia that uelghbOrhOOd