New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-19
GENERAL NOTES.

The old-lime iunks which have long made
Jananese waters picturesque rapidly disappearing
A native paper says that shipbuldlng In japanese
style is 40 far giving place to FOREIGN construction tnst
by nd-hy theie VIII DE no 7uch tliis I'D d" Jun" 'fS
IN pal jings."
AT the bottom of copper mine al the 1OOt
Of Kenpesaw Mountain in Cobb County, Ca, peculiar
lianid OF deep wnecolor Is constantly coheouhS' Inc
col,r oaor and taste OF this huid, though strange
h arc not is most singular characteristics 1t has
ep found that when few drops OF nut-sal are added
., - the auid turns etblack and at becomes ink
~ me bssi quality Judge Hamnet is authority for the
Statement hat the records OF the county are kept IN ms
ink which neither freezes, fades, nor corroies
4 Limited Brotherly Band of Americans"
a heen or hopes be- organized in san Francisco for
tho norpose OF enrolling 10000 true
nIedqed to assist Arab Pacha, who is
boilcd "a "The Bright star Of the East"
The Executive Committee has just issued circular
adorned with a bow-legged goddess Of liberty, who
scarcely able TO retain upright position by The support
of stout flag staff fiurrah Tor Arab " Il the osten
thic sentiment OF the circular, but Hurrah for Ould
Oireland :" plainly read between the lines
The Registrar of Marriages at Bombay SOL
empized on July 4, under the civil FORM the marriage
Of a HindoO lady with Branmin. The ceremony took
Mac at he residence OF the brides father in the pres
ence of a number of friends The preliminary declara
lions of tue contracting parties stated that they were
unmarried that they did not profess the Christian,
Parsi. jewish Hlndoo, MahOmetan, Buddhist, Sikh or
lain religion; that they had respectively completed
their eighteenth and fourteenth years; and that they
were not related to each other IN any degree which
would render their marriage illegal Ihs done, the
hrdes mother gaflnds OF hOwers around the neck
of the young couple, rRe man SAID lake thee 10 De
INV lawful Wife" and the woman, take thee u De my
lawful husband" NOsegays and rose-water were then
passed around and the company dispersed.
An in0uest was held the other day in Lon
don subuib over the body OF little boy the Responsible
ity for whose death was singulary distributed He
plaviuc ON the street with several other children,
when man. whose generosity had been stimulated by
intoxica,ion came along aud achieved immediate poDn-
larty by scattering coins tile roadway for the young
s,ers TO scramble for" While they engaged IN this
entertaining and profitable diversion, the subject OF
the inquest was run over and Instantly killed by
haasom cub which suddenly came around the corner
and ooud not be stopped In time The jury found YER
dict of accidental death, but ut Cue same time cxpessed
the opinion that the gOodnatured man VINO threw TUG
money the road the rec cause OF the accuee
nv angular oversight however the jury omitted 10 say
Anything about the eabdrvcr who whired around ire
queutod corner rapidly that he could not aVoa run
ming down All active boy. .
The train dispatcher at an important railroad
centre In this state lately expressed the opinion
that within very few years every locomotive wiz
carry either the cab over the boer or upon the
pilot man whoss duty viii DO 10 watch signals,
| switohea- bridges crossnss '""f""s and the track