New-York tribune., 1882-09-26
GENERAL NOTES.

Two years ago the coming winter, north
western Iowa was literally showed in ana tgansporta-
ton almost entirely ceased Then it found that the
supply fuel totally mad uate to the demand, and
the people kept from frceziug only BY chOpping up
fences and Outhoses The mid weather If last winter
made only slight demand upon the stores o fuel which
had been Drudeny laid T bur te lesson was not lost
already arrangements hay been made 10 Dife any
do it,
French enterprise is steadily perseyering in
the work Of redeoming the desert Sahara by means Of
Artesian wells. \ large number of wells have been
sank along thc northern border more than $50 in the
province OF Constantine alone and ihe work j. adyan-
cling into the interior one Of thc curious phenomena
which the digging Of these wells has brought TO notice II
the existence OF FISH and crabs a. great depths. The
learned engineer ~ jus. who for twenty years has d
ed the work. AYERS that lac once bouc aud ale craD
which had been drawn mp rom depth Of 30 feet and
tha', moreover, u Was OF an eNcelshi hayJr
4 few weeks ago mention was made in The
TRIBUNE Of the pecuJ9r coremonie- with which Chinese
residents OF Philadelphia conductnda meeting of their
local branch OF the GAce Kmg Tong AN order pledge
to the overthrow of the ruling dynasty in China The
Grand Master OF tine order recently died In -" Fran
cisco and his funeral was an extraordinary spectacle.
II Is said that such display O. funeral baked meats
never before. Leong Low WIS ga old man indeed
Zee died o. old axe rather tulu OF any ohrr comp amt
1le O,dr clus avery large ocrAip, bat its affair
10 say what its mportaucei IS.
The town of Arczzo, Italy, witnessed an i'm
posing ceremony september ., nj tine uyciling and
dedication of a statue of the monk Guido who Aas by
many been called the father of moa.n music II Is now
pretty well settled that AIczlO was really hi, birth
place although other localities have often med the
Ill, uctiou and the time OF his brth in the last dec
ade of the tenth century He il first brou ht into
Use the lines and spaces o the musical staff thus liking
the principle of modern musical notation. lie also in
troduecd the clc and the name, o. the first six notes
cadences Of a hymn to -. John tne BAPTIST:
asn ans22i s2..oa@ liH' SSi r,.aaa'S 'uoa@. oS"s
Saucte Joinues
Many years after Gudo'a death the scale brought
to dr. portrait ot Guido Ar'tiuu- hangs IN the refeo
Ion Ion % B B,as Guido inventor 1.asl,.e OF his lie
very little known although he 'e o. post"uy seF- raj
important and valuable treatses ON the ar, of music.
\ correspondent OF Tie LondoR Standard
tells how the Paris police recently unearthed an ind
viual of Il most extraordinary type, Old man named
NJ LeblOnd, who had been arrested for completely in
crime. His miserable dress and nerAlly wrctched
appearance induced the belief that he homeless
vagabond. The police we're hoWeve,. much puzzled Ly
the fact that he was in possession of number of impor
tautlooking keys Having extracted rom Lehlond his
address W. Mace, the CHEF 0i Police, accompanied h.m
TO the house Indicated 70 NJ Mace's astonis shment he
found that this was of the largest mansions in the
quarter of the Champs Eysees. In reply TO inquiries
Lcbiond stated that IL had belonged to his family for
over century that he himself had lived there with
out any servant, male or female, for The past leen
years his panaOn being tnnt ne was msanthrope.
ON entering he house and opening the shutters NJ. Mace
found it fail of tho most costly furitre with cooc
ton of old pictures clocks and other objects of In
the princinal bedroom was antique rosewood bed
stead the bed ol winch covered with hoOAs and
cravings. Upon the floor was "A mattress with dirty
nuen tnc nlet,y resting pnce oi TINS modern Di"genes
Every thing covered with dust ana art On proceed
in. INTO announcer part of the mansion NJ. Mace found
small theatre with scenery and uues. NJ Lcbiond
stalc, himself To hc entitled tC roNcnur ot sl 600
wear Hr TO Dee sulicc,ed 10y the authorities To-
animation in lunacy. Whether 1t OiOud Is his
reuulus 10 lee seem