New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-08
GENERAL NOTES.

The new town Of Naples. in Idaho, on tho
Oregon Short Line Railroad, maintains jail which is at
once cheap and 1t is nothing less than
deep hole in the ground, into which prisoners ara
dropped with the grim warning that the guards will
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Already during the present year seventeen
separate uoce OF the discovery OF gold and silver IN
the State OF NewYork have been filed with the Secretary
Of State. These claims distributed among tho
counties follows: Herkmer 5; Fulton. 8, Hamilton
81 and Saratoga, Otsego. Putnam and Rensselaer, one
each.
1t has been an uncommonly cold winter In
Maine, and the nights have been very scarce which
the most ardent lovers could derive enjoyment from
q moonlt sleighride But for purposes Of business
not romance the winter has been unsurpassed Ho;ses
have been Kept constantly busy in the service Of team
sters and dogs have been pressed into use The
cost OF country roads ns; oeem s%a los
never worked with better facilities.
The Indian Department of the Dominion
Government reports that there are 100000 Indians In
Canada, Of whom Quebec contains 1000. ontario
1900, British Columbia $4,000 and Manitoba and the
Northwest $1,000 There are now living on reserved
land 633 Indians who cultivate 500 and
credited with the following stocks Horses l49oo; cows
b.76s; sheep 2,0O0i pigs, $685. oxen 1859; young
stock 8169 They raised 100000 bushels 81 grain last
year 900 bushels OF potatoes The model farms
established their instruction have already so far ac
compshed their purpose that much smaller expend.
iture under that head viii be required in the future
In an interesting article on Hank Monk, the
famous stage driver, Just dead The Salt Lake Tribune
gives this OF his last days. suggesting romance
In his early ie When this winter closed down he went
into his little of house and knew that he going
to mire down In few weeks When friends tried TO
have him to be removed to the hospital where
he could have more oomfo-ts he refused and waited
where he was until Wednesday last when he drove Into
the home station He died simply disspated old stage
driver; but II the long ago. when life was bright and
hope was exuant, his heart did not receive wound
which changed his whole life and al Its purposes then
are no Indication OF what he has done and suffered"
An tinerant schUolmaster from Virginia
strayed the Kentucky town OF od Deposit last June
Just In time 10 step into the place vacated by the death
OF the young LADY who had been teaching the young idea
to shoot The salary not muniieenf, being aoout
SIS term but the teacher expected IN = board
around at COST and the trustees agreed to pay
whatever debts no might contract through failure 70
obtain free board Thereupon he engaged regular board
at So week. but when the time for settlement came the
money came not with It, There much excited feel
ing and persistent dunning and at last the teacher
brought a suit Tor $50, alleging that be had suHeisu
grievously from cold caught while hunting up me
trustees at night In Indictment weather 10 obtain MS
dues The Court gave him $l7 and costs and II Is 10 10
hoped that there will be no appeal