New-York tribune., 1883-10-27
GENERAL NOTES.

4 couple of Indian doctors secured a free
advertisement the other day I'm Richmond by means of
entirely outside Of their programme They
had entered their hotel looking like any other ordinary
white men and attracting attention, but when they
emerged from their room In feathers, bucksn and war
paint the first person they encountered young
darkcy who thought that his hour had come. With
Wild shout o terror he charged upon them with HI, broom
aud then fc on the floor IN convuons, from which at
last accounts he was stil suffering
The commission which has been investigating
the rapid depletion OF the Maryland oyster beds Will re-
port to the next Legislature plan concediug all the
shallow waters TO the tongsmen giving them really
greater area than they have, but dividing the deep
water into ten districts which may be drelg"d alter
natcly with intervening districts OF smaller extent on
which there shall bc no dredging whatever for in
viii be- permanent breeding grounds from which the tide
Will carry -pdt TO the nclshbOIng grounds Tor thcu &c
cupcraton.
Grape growers along the Hudson River have
been selling enormous quantities OF frosted Concord
grapes at prices vary ing from SO 10 S25 ton. packed
in barrels and delivered the railroad stations to wine
makers from Ncw-Nork and Canada The brisk demand
has suggested many them the idea that they could
make wine themselves to advantage since the Canadians
can afford pay duty and heavy freight charges. Ac
cOrlugy number of them. by way OF experiment, have
purchascd small presses and beginning an industry
which may assume large proportion, I'm the near iturc
Wine has been made on very small scale IN the hudson
River counties for several years past and French con
quality.
The Constitutional Convention ut Sioux Falls,
Dakota adopted the following cout-of arms for the new
state which 4, be- \ shield dupod In tho National
u depends from eagles beak in the background OF
the shield appear range hills and the chimney Of
smelling furnace, a river which floats steamboat
flow, through the OF the shield and on the nearer
bank train Of Is running; IN the middle foreground
are u field OF wheat aud Held OF corn; the right
white man at h, plough and the left Indian before
hi- tccpcc looking Ht rift I'm the clouds where ap
pears the legend Fear God and take your own part,
which IS to De the motto of the new state.
Probably no single industry has suffered
more from the prolonged drouh I'm cw-Engldnd than
the lumber industry OF Maine. correspondent OF The
Boston Post reports that the loss ut Bangor could not
now DO repaired before the close Of navigation The
Pcnohscot that point Is 50 low that the Boston steam
cr, can scarcely navigate it, and vessels lie aground at
many docks where there Is usually deep water. Tho
water opposite the city is salt that It cannot be drunk
and boatmcn have to get their supply elsewhere; and
the boilers OF the steam mills which river water
coated with salt Many OF the water mills have
shut down and those ntu In operation are running
slowly, Curtaing the production Of lumber 100000 icct
Il day II il many years, says The Posts correspondent
suco the docks AT Bangor were cleared of nanu0c-
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