New-York tribune., 1882-04-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The design for a National monument to the
late King OF Italy which took the first prize aud brought
the young French sculptor Nerro the handsome OF
$4,000. represents arch Of triumph, after the old
Roman model, crowned with statue OF Victor Emanuel
A little English girl one year and nine
months Old found lying the ground not long
with game-cock pecking and squirting at her head,
and afterward she died from the wounds thus in
iced doctor who attended her stated at the inquest
that similar had occurred in the street not
long before child having died from loc5aw caused by
the attack OF gamecock The jury returned verdict
of death from mtsadventure" but does no. to
have occurred to anybody to suggest that the game
cock might be locked up TO advantage.
A sub-lieutenant in the French Army re-
Gently undertook his endurance and that
his chestnut "Mascote" by riding her from Lune
Vile 10 Paris distance Of 217l2 miles, in seventytwo
hours He arrived in the Champs Eysees with half
hour to spare, and received "a perfect ovation" and
special prize. The gallant "Mascotte" frightened by
horn rs sho entering Paris had ugly fall but
neither she nor her rider was injured.
An English journal suggests that somebody
can make a fortune by collecting cigarsumps tn London
and selling them to gardeners and florists for the fni
CATION of greenhOuses this industry having been pur
sued for n considerable time in France TO great profit
These unragrant relics collected this side Of tho
Atlantic that they may be rchabltatod into cigarettes
cheap cigars and smoking tobacco, and IT Is cheering
thing to learn that they are anywhere made to do
Gle anly ana useiul Work.
By the will of Peter SymOnds, made in the
year 1865 sixty Of the youngest boys in Chrsts Hos
pita London after divine service every Good Friday
morning in Allhaows Church. LOnbard-st, receive each
n new penny and bag or raisins. The requirements OF
the will were carried out two weeks ago to-day for the
2s9h time the hour. at St Bnrtholomew's the
Great, West Smithheld, twenty-five widows visited
ancient tomb In the churchyard and each picked up
new sixpencc Though the name of tho bencacress has
lost her g has been received in the same curious
manner Good Friday morning Tor the last 900
years
A recent trial, which ended with the ac-
outta OF certain peasants in the Russian province OF
Vyatka who had beaten the chief OF police half dead.
brought out some dsTaccfu facts concerning the way
in which collected in parts OF Russia It
was shown that Of about 1000 peasants living the dis
trct 797 had 1ogged for Don-payment OF
the short period from 1873 to 1850 The rural authorities
were fully aware that 1t from sheer poverty, and
from no cause, that the peasants in default,
and consequently they presented petition to the Gov
ernor for a remission of the payments due The police
intervened nevertheless assembled the rural tribunal
brought the peasants before the judges and had them
all sentenced to receive SO many ashcs, threatening
that II this were not done they would nave the Judges
themselves nOgged.
Sheriff Whitehill, of Grant County, New
Mexico. in his possession letter written on March
II by Secretary Hoffman OF the American Legation at
St Petersburg behalf of Russian lady of rank and
wealth whose wayward and adventurous son came to
this country years ago She had not heard from him
since May 1871 and hoped through the good Offices OF
the Legation get from him. 1t will be the pain
f,l duty OF the Sheriff send word TO this unfortunate
woman that her son, WAldemar Tethenborn, a
torious cattle thief for several years IN NewMexco
where he was commonly known Russian Bill" and
wus finally hanged Of bis comrades by Vantcs
i'm nm old hotel last October. Their bodies found
snsnended from q beam. the feet shackled and their
hands ned behind their backs. The CoroDcrs jury dis
creetly brought In u verdict OF death by suicide.
matchmaker of Middlebury, VT, has ap-
piled his ingenuity in rather unnecessary and disagree
abe manner construction of clock which acts
thus described 1t Is cuckoo clock, with attach
ment representing railroad station In miniature At
one window IL ticket agent dealing tickets while
at another telegraph operator Is busy his work.
and truckmeD, porers train dispatchers, etc, all
ayng around as natural life. AL OF these figures
of wood inches long At the end of each hour
the cuckoo announces the fact and Immediately figure
OF President Garfield appears the platform which
the scene is enacted accompanied by an enigy OF Mr.
Blaine Guiteau is seen 10 follow him, having just
alghted from a truck wagon, and ho fires at the
President the latter falls Just then train OF cars
comes dashng n and in the confusion all tho principal
actors are carried the depot out OF sight After the
train has given the signal and the train has
cone a small door at left opens and priest appears
nook i'm hand. IN the OF reading funeral service
while nj the same time another door at the right opens
and Guiteau appears the gailows The priest leres
the g,lOws disappears with Guiteau, aud the doors
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