New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-16
GENERAL NOTES.

The hurricane of 1866 blew over hundreds of
thousands OF cocoanut trees IN the Bahama Islands. In
stead Of dying, they not only kept growing in their
horizontal position. but sent up shoots from the top.
These shoots now from forty to ly in height,
and yield an abundance oi lTult
From time to time curCusly shaped fiat
found IN Switzerland covered with lines dots
and Herr Rodigcr has recently couccurcd that
they rude charts OF the country made by the pIehs-
,oric Inhabitants, possibly The lake dwccrs He has 4
map OF an entire canton.
\ female wolf belonging to the collection of
animal, in Lincoln Park Chicago, gave birth to four
Miniatures OF herself last Friday, said to the first of
their born captivity. But the triumph of the at
trud ant. wa, ,hor-lyod for Oh Saturday morning not
thought it not worth her while 70 rear them and 80
dcyoutcd them during the night.
The death OF Isaac Randolph, negro, in the
Connecticut state Prison at Wethcrsfed last week after
twenty year., imprisonment life sentence. r.
calls the circumstance that his conviction of murder
tie indirect result of dream His wife suddenly disap-
pcalcd on May -5G and it was than suspected
that he had killed her lie accordingly arrested
but for.ack of evidence discharged after few days
Three mouths aftcrward her father had vivid dream IN
which she appeared to him, uttered - cry of agony and
vanished Ne awokc convinced that shs had been muir
dcrcl, and at began to dig around the barn
little later suspicious circumstance led him 10 renew
his search IN the garden where eventually body was
which MS story OF the dream produced IN court at the
trial OF his son IN law.
The Director Of Posts and Telegraphs under
the French National Defence, W. stccnackers has pre-
pare, complete history OF the operations # that branch
cproysoua Government during the Franco PrS~ian
one of ITS most interesting chapters describes tho
means 20 which he resOIted to communicate with Paris
during the siege. Every device which ingenuity could
suggest was employed to ge,pdspatchcs through the
German lines and there plenty Of volunteers for
the difficult and dangerous service whose devotion was
equal to any test Among the contrivances &c secree
dispatches we're hollow cigars cigarette papers written
with invisible ink shoe soles with concealed cavity hO-
low umbreaTb>, artificial cavities IN the messengers
teeth, the handles OF pOcketknives followed out from
the under side, plano tuners key the ferrule of
ordinary walking stick and through a list Of all
conceivable devices But the Germans met every scheme
with such lnyncble scrutiny that not single messenger
succeeded IN reaching Paris although many came within
a hairs breadth of escaping detection.
The Russian police are making extraordinary
preparations TO prevent tragedy the coronation and
Moscow has been paoed under the most minute survei
lance. owners OF houses who wish to let windows and
balconies to spectators or lodging TO visitors for which,
by the way, enormous prices gladly paid are re-
qur-d to exercise police supervision everybody
under their roofs and pryy councillor who objected
TO play the role OF spy straightway forbidden To
open his house TO anybody Hundreds OF detectives
nave been distributed through tho city the gise cab