New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-02
GENERAL NOTES.
NJ mnetinr AT Saratoga last Wednesday of

At n meeting at Saratoga last Wednesday OF
the subcommittee having charge Of the dedication OF
the Saratoga Battle Monument 1t was resolved TO post
ponc that cclebr until year. This course was
decided partly because OF the Newburg Centennial
and Evacuati on Day celebrations OF this year. which
would divide the interest, and partly because II IL
desired to ain further legislation to give the event
National character and to complete, ready for unyel
ing bronze statue of General schuyler. This statue
will cost $4,000. Statues o: Morgan and Gates VIII
also be erected during the year the necessary FUNDS
are obtained enough The monument Is all palu
for and is complete, excepting the bronze tablets ana
other inside decoration and furnishing Visitors are
already admitted by paying small fee, to the top The
yet In position H. the grounds ABOUT inc
monument AT the meeting Of tho association at
saratoga next August date Of the celebration VIII be
fixed
An ice. cream festival in Louisville, KY, has
caused painful warfare between young man ana
woman who might have been his mother-in-!aw Joseph
summercale escorted Miss McGhce 20 the festival and
there entertained her with great hberaliy expendng
no ess sum than 81 50 her benefit After seeing her
safely home however the remorse which follows exrav
aCauce set and he expressed TO friend regrets That
he had been so lavish. TEis regret was subsequently
communicated to Miss McGhee, who told her mother,
wbereupon Mrs McGhee, thinking to oyerwAelm him,
forthwith sent the summercae the sum which
she understood that expended upon her daughter
Ths was a bold stroke but the young man was equal TO
tho emergency, and Immediately made reply that she
had NOT sent him enough by 80 cents At this point
snmmercale had a slight adyant gc but when Miss Nc
Ghees small brother t0on aterwatd aEuIeSseu nun Oh
the street Ihrtyhvecent joe, ne Iost MS temper
and threatened thrash tho Y0unSster Inc ooy lOu
his mother who sent word that she would cp"hlde sum
meroalo II he attempted anything OF tue sort But
summercale is nan OF resource ana ne iniaedlateYy
swore warrant and had Mrs McGhee arrested
10 which forthwith responded by causing MIS- arrest
for dsOrdery conduct. At this Stage OF tue cOIct the
Iouisyle papers to press and the telegraph has
been uuaccountaby silent as to the hna result
Much is heard of the barbarism OF the In
dians in the West but very little is tod of the more
lucxcusabe acts OF barbarty often practscd by the
white settlers both American ard Mex lean. Here an
incident that recently occurred in the and thriving
city OF chihuahua Mexico which IL Is to be hoped can
not be exactly paraleled anywhere IN this country.
Thirty mounted left the city to hunt Indians They
scaped eight whom they caught unarmed and captured
n number of squaws and ponies They then turned
homeward, and reaching chihuahua on Sunday, were
publicly received the plaza OF the city by the Mayor
as though they heroes returning from glorious war
The whole city turned ont to greet them, and amid
the Changing Of the Cathedral bells and the yiyas Of the
populace Il oy through the streets dcckcd with bunt
Ing with eight bloody scaps dangling from pole car
red by eight men. At this sicenng spectacle the peo
pie were frantic with delight and waved their
handkcrchef5 in appreciation Of the sayers The poor
squaws. many of them carrying their infants
on their backs only excited the contumeous scorn OF
this city full OF Christian people; and men who called
Themselves brave showed their superior manhood by
striking these wrctchcd barbarian mothers ana their in
fants rs they tod their weary way in the procession
after this cdityng spectacle the Cathedral bells
It's sacred portals worship BENG
who taught the universal brotherhood OF man. The
squlws thus captured imprisoned Tor lie ana the
Government pays 500 Tor every Indian scalp presented
to IL,