New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04
GENERAL NOTES.


The mongOOses, to which the farmers Of
NswZealsnd look with hope aud less confidence
the of ertermnating their plague OF rabbits.
have arrived In the colony after comfortable voyage
from Calcutta.
The ancient house within the precincts Of
Westminster Abbey which reserved for the occupl-
ton Of Mr. Turtle the late organst Of the Abbey during
his lifetime and which his death became the property
of Westminster school, is being torn down Anquarl-
look It's ruins with regret Tor tue oldet parts
OF the building erected as long as the reign OF
Henry Will
According to Ludwig Nobel, tho oil king Of
Russia gigantic fortune awaits the inventor OF lamp
capable Of burning the thick but non-explosive oil OF
Baku which yields only IS per cent Of Kerosene and 10
therefore heavily Handicapped against the rich pc
trolcum II Am rcs Herr Nobel Is OF the opinion that
revolution the oil trade would follow tue invention OF
such lamps for Baku then would not attempt to com;
pete with America Kerosene, pat would food tie world
with nOnexplOsive oil
A commodous house for the free care OK
young children during the daytime, while their moth
or are OF work away from home has Just been finished
fla Cleveland II IL the gift OF Mr. Joseph Perkins TO the
Young Ladies' Branch OF the Womcns Christian AssOc-
aton IL built after the Swiss cottage style, and Is IN
oil respects substantial, Convenient. and attractive.
ihere - scaIcey any 10TH ~ VI idi ,tIeS IT, is "a
direct blessing 10 both mothers and Children ana It's III
direct Influence Il beyond estimation
The only valuable communication parport-
ing TO from tho other world thus far recorisa IN
the annals OF splrituasn is said to have been voGch
safed by a Chicago medium the other evening t.
young man who, of the heirs of AnEeke JAMS.
asked for the bottom facts about his Inheritance Tie
medium handed hun slip Of paper which was wit.
tent
"with no design to scare
Any dear eKpectant heir
Who loves land pays for loving Grandma Anneke,
Expression to the fear
That the outlook just ahead Of US Is pancky."
The credit which tue sprtualistc faith would OF
wise gain from this admir- abe revelation is impaired by
the moral certainty that II vas shaped by the City Ed
itor OF The Chcago Hi6uc, in whose columns IL Is re-
ported.
Il is enough to make the bones of Old
Hickory rattle their cOn know that Chamette
battle ground. below New.Oreans where he defeated
the British in 1918. has fallen into tho clutches Of
horde OF lard obbers Yet suoh appears to DO the case.
The Legislature OF Louisiana authorized tho purchase Of
this land iu 1885, and Monument begun thereon,
which left unfinished at the breaking out Of the
war Under carpet bag government t is said, the
grounds cared for and tho monument kept In
toleraby good state OF preservation but Of late years
every tAug has been alo wed To 10 RUN. and
attempt has been made to seize the land itself EI-iov
erEor John McEnery was authorized by his brother,
Sam Mcgnery tho present Governor by virus Of
Of the Legislature, to denonnce all lands not turned
over to under the amp Land act. and to
ceive oneha OF the land from the General
Government lie promptly denounced the ClalInet &,
battle ground aud forwarded to the Land Con missioner
at Washington afdavts signed by Mrs. DuceosS AID
Maspero Lsseps and by General Besuregard. OF lottery
fame eject that this property swamp land at
tie toe OF the passage of the act Ia 1850 The
OF djacent tract Protested whsrsat Beauregard and
McEnery that h nonresident and nal 10
knowledge OF the land in question But this protest
cited the attention OF surveyorGenera Gla Of Loust-
ana oolOred OF peaohablc integrity, who dts
covered that far from being swamp land, the battle
ground had been cultivated less for 100
years and had been IN the undputed possession OF tue
state for twenyegnt years IL WA. ponted out that X
this considered swap or ovraOwed land nouo ia
the lower della could be cassed any other and saeh
decision would inyadate the title 70 bar tAo Cus N
New-Oreans The plan of tie members VI the rm-
eerned In this land grab Is saG to have been 10 purchase
the tract twenty-five cents Oh ITS being tirned
the state aud TO divide th9 profits. There ~
something very like poetic Justice in the fact that tails
corrupt la nd job In whioh Confederate Goueral APP
pears prominently implicated should have been t1"af-
cd by the sagacity and penetration OF coorcj maj
IS whom this General would perhaps still deuj equal
rights with himself Probably this Ittie circumstance
has more than ever convinced General Be1u:cSard VI
tho iHieTIVrty OF tho negro.