New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-05
GENERAL NOTES.

The sum of $25, 900 has been raised to build
observatory the top OF Ben Nevis in Scotland. An
effort will be made TO raise another $4,000 with
which TO endow It,
The Paris Municipal Council has taken q step
which will lift heavy burden from the shoulders OF the
poor rent-payers of that city has just abolished the
house tax on small apartments renting for 800 less,
and has decided TO make up the deficit by increasing the
tax on all apartments renting for than 800 year.
This is sweeping one and is received with gen.
eral satisfaction.
Mollie Beckett a sixteen year old girl, has
Just died In Cincinnati after OF ifytwo days She
was one OF the inmates OF an Ohio convent who, some
time ago, simultaneously attacked by st. Vituss
danco The rest all recovered, but Miss Beckett was
well afterward Since the LIST Of October she ia,
been absolutely unable TO partako OF food or drink ana
gradually died of starvation.
In letter to The London Times gentleman
states that experiments made with view to inyesti-
eating the scattering OF shot have convinced him that
with ordinary gun and ammunition there Is huch
more scattering than people imagine; and to this fact he
attributes many shooting casualties. For this reason e
publishes the result of his experiments with the hope
that persons who firearms Will be more careiu Ill tno
matter.
In ono of the Lofoden Islands, off the coast OF
Norway, Is deep and tdeesS lake OF considerable eN-
tent connected with an inlet from the by short
and shallow ditch The important discovery has lately
been made that this lake. though 1t contains so little sat
that the water Is not unpleasant to the aste Is stocked
with behring's, which not only thrive but breed tee'
They are so numerous that thirty tons OF them were
netted In few days this The story Is that tty
multiply faster and flourish better than ia the sea- TOT TUG
that the lake contains none OF their ha'uIA
enemies
Some time ago mention was made III HE
TRIBUNE Of the establishment OF College Of Pharmacy
for women in Louisville, Ky.,-the first Institution
OF the kind in the world. The new movement
has hitherto met with much encouragement anu
support but It Is now about TO encounter a So
rious obstacle Miss White, sister OF Congress
man John D. White, OF Kentucky, who Is graduate
I'm good standing OF the Michigan College Of Pharmacy
recently applied to the Louisville Board of Pharmacy"
be registered as assistant pharmacist. Her appcS
tion was refused. presumably because she Is woman
The friends Miss White well those OF the Lous
Vile College OF Pharmacy are about to bring the % -
10 test the courts and III possible forbid inc Doa"
make any discrimination on account OF sex.
Two or three years ago Mr.. Seth Green re-
marked that he could make the fish plenty IN the o
Lawrence River that they would block the wheels Oh @
steamers -" when asked how he would do 1t he repne'
BY destroying the nets."' No doubt the enthusiasm
seoretaryof the State Fishery Commisson nsendea :"
exaggerate s5e facts somewhat but there seems " w
doubt tAss fishing In the st. Lawrence has ianeh ="
greatly during past few years. and that the illegal use
OF nets has been the For the
OF restoring the fishing. The Anglers Association oi ''
St. Lawrence River" has been formed ana It's ne'ho
ship is already large; but It might be much larger %
vantage The initiation fec and annual dues are So' %
persons desiring 70 join the association may Apply
W. Byingon corresponding secretary Albany IN. natal
intended 70 offer rewards for- inc aeS'iueuoA ~ w