New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-28
GENERAL NOTES.

A correspondent of La Justice says the sur
roundngs of Garibads home the Island Of Caprera
were OF desoate nature. Their character may be per-
ceiyed from this descriptions 81 remember having
pa ed the Straits Of BOnaciO about thirteen years ago
wilder bit Of scenery scarcely be imagined. On
one side the mountains OF Corsica the other those OF
Sardinia here there graylshcolored rocks The
straits themselves obsructed with little rocky isets
through the narrow channels formed by which the
sea forces its way have anything harsh
and desert the archipelago The only thing
tnat presented Itself on the horizon was EaIloa0l
house"
The Vienna chess tournament led to the
dis overy OF q fine American chess-payer James
Mason who the third prize, fifteen years ago was
neWsboy selling newspapers at Fulton Ferry He was
instructed in chess playing by the proprietor OF resort
for chesspayers made such rapid progress that he
was soon able to conquer his instructor Games fol-
lowed with the best chessayers that came into the re-
sort These also Mason after practice defeated
Within TWO years from the time he learned the game
none but the pest players would engage In game with
him; and before lac was twenty years Old he was con
sdered one OF the cty's finest che.s-payers
immigration into Dakota is not as great the
present month the preceding but persons inter
est,d in prosperity of the Territory discour
aged by this fact believing that with the gathering Of
the harvess Europe and the releasing from work OF
laburers under contract the tide OF emigration will
inc still vaster proportions. The Territory could
not fail To profit by such immigration The growth
of the Territory the past three years in population has
been surprising. In 1860 the population 1857 OF
| vhoa 2,26l Indians; in 1870 IL was l4,lSl; In
1876 $50; and III lSo2 Is estimated to be
above 100000. The entire area OF the territory Is
| 0G.5964sO acres.
| Garfield, the metropolis of the recently dis
covered oil field in Warren County Pennsylvania is still
growing Its site three months ago hidden by the
trees OF wilderness. Now there $50 houses and
stores covering the ground and other buildings
under rapid construction. Meanwhile the country sur
rounding the place has dotted with 10 derrcks
and their accompanying apparatus for drilling oil wells
The well company flows at the rate OF 100 barrels
an hour Every well struck is expected TO flow at 1000
barrel rate Old operators predict that the field will soon
no exhausted declaring that the oil must be in loose
cong lomerate which swiftly releases IL when pierced
Unless therefore, there is an extraordinary quantity OF
he oil in congomeratc the supply VIII quickly be ex-
hausted.
The memory of old-time politics will be re-
vyed shortly in Western New York by the erection at
Batavia OF statue of william Morgan the assailant of
Free Masonry A. c. yredenburgh, sculptor OF Kings
ton has just finished the model OF tho statue. The model
which is only three feet in height, will be sent to Yer
mont to be in granite in heroic size. II represents
Morgan standing firmly erect, with his right leg adj
vanced and the slightly bent the weight OF the g
ure resting upon the left foot The body is gracefully
outlined by the closettirg the right is bent
hangs naturally the side, with it, hand graspng
dicatng Tankness and Openness is crowned by large
forehead The nose aquiline the lips thin and some
| what pressed aud the chin large
| Railway accidents happen even III Great
Britain, where the greater care IN the construction and
Of railways and the closer supervision over
| the movements OF passengers would seem to render
them impossible. The annual return Of railway acct
dents just Issued shows that IN 1881 there were 20
passengers and 10 railway employees killed In Great
Britain by class OF accidents which the victims
could DC supposed to have any control In the pre-
ceding year % passengers and % employees were hno
The cases Of injuries connected with the aeedenS III
| 1881 903 among the passengers and los among
the officials an Increase 1880 In the class Oh ae
dents for which the sufferers were in a measure re-
| sponsibe thore were 50 passengers killed ana eo1
| Injured, and OF railway employees oOZ hled ana
more than 1000 injured. The trespasser-' includin
suicides add 32s to the list OF edi 80 lives were lost
at level crossings and II there - added miscellaneous
class of fatalities including 90 deaths the total number
OF the killed exceeds 0O0 while the persons Injured are
457l Even these figures could be enlarged by the In
ciusion of somewhat rancous class or accidents oe
curing ON railway premises by which SO persons were
| killed and more than 1000 injured.
Port Said, where the European p overs will
probably land their troops they resolve to protect the
suez Canal against possible destruction by the rebel
ous Egyp tan army. twenty years ago merely