New-York tribune., 1883-03-15
GENERAL NOTES.

In November 1850, the telephone service in
Paris had only 45l subscribers has 1892 The
aggregate length Of the wires, which are all under
ground IL about ,lS7 miles,
At general meeting of the British National
Rifle Association on February % the Duke Of Cam
bridge who presided said that nothing could exceed the
kindness and hospitality showed to the British team
during its visit the United States, and added
that the Council Of the Association looked forward with
pleasure giving American team the heartiest wei
come at Wimbledon.
A palette which was used by Turner the
artist been presented to the English National Gal
lery and Will henceforh be exhibited with the pictures
in Traalgar-square II was given by Turner to his
solicitor Mr.. George Cobb. and by him to NJ. r. II.
Nibbs BRIGHTON artist who has now given IL 10 the
She stood in the middle of Richmond street
helpless from terror while drove Of untamed mules
dormant and tails rampant, bore down upon her
like hurricane. He dropped his vase, sprang to her
side, Whirled her the gutter and the mules rushed
past in the darkness Miss Alice Beauchamp of Boston,
is about TO become Mrs Lonis Shearer OF West Point
Miss and at last credit can be entered on the mules
debt-burdened ledger
The irony of fate, otherwise known as the
Of destiny illustrated by the announcement
that no fewer than forty nine persons committed suicide
in the single city OF Milan during the recent carnival
when everybody supposed to be given TO riot
OF gayety II is altogether probable however that the
general license Of the time played pranks even with the
statistics OF sefdesructiOu, and that nine is nearer
than fOrty-nlne TO the real number or SUI clue5
The coffee blight seems to be traversing the
globe 1t has spread from CeylOn and the FIJI Islands to
Brazil where the loss is already serious that the Rim
Of Agriculture is making every effort to discover
Of stopping it, The product OF of the largest
plantations, which In the past has regularly been more
than 900 tons annually. has fallen TO an insignificant
parasites the root the plant another exhaustion
OF the SOL through neg lect.
The leading journal of the North of Ireland,
dO1bt unfortunate that in respects Ulster
separated from the other three provinces OF Ireland
This province suffers from misconduct in the South and
West with which the people have no sympathy.
Ulster suffers froma coparnership which is dcmoraz
ing and revolving. If the South and West of ireland
were as the North there would be no difficulty IN pro-
noting Irish commercial enterprises"
Relic-hqnters are eagerly calculating how
much they afford to bid for the carriage Ia which
Lafayette rode in the procession that escorted him
through the streets of this city In August 1924 That
hOnOred vehicle has been pously preserved since
that time by the Hon. John D. Yates, OF ChttenangO
but hehas finally decided to part with IT, and it will be
sold at auction I'm ChttenangO next Wednesday II Is
said that nearly every lover of curioses in the state
pain the chances of his obtaining this interesting relic
SERGEANT Ballantine has been visiting Salt
Lake City in company with the gentleman who as cor
respondent OF The NeD York World, last year. found
everything lovely among the Mormons except po;yga
ST. Louis Gio6e-Democrat from Denver, Col, where lie
stopped his return from Utah. the English barrster
goes the American correspondent better and finds
pOlygamy itself excellent institution. He declares
that the Edmunds law is plainly unconstitutional that
he found no phases Of evil in MOrmOnsn which are not
counterDalanced by good and that. "a means OF
peoplng new country, p0ygamy is deserving Of com
mendatOn and encouragement
An old lady of respectable appearance was
recently arrested at Diapers shop Paris on suspicion
that she circulating counterfeit coin. clerk had
pronounced bad silver fve-franc piece which she
offered him, whercupon she had dra from large can
vas bag another coin OF the same denOminaton which
he likewise rejected The police authorities found sus-
pended under her dress by belt and wires five bags
containing 240 five franc pieces 1000 francs I'm gold six
bank-noes OF 1000 francs each, and 100000 francs in
public securities. In reply to questions the old lady
gave her and address, and said that as she lived
alone she always carried her fortune about with her
moreover, she dOutte that her coin bad she
aocepreda piece without examining il. The Com
mssary of Police sent the silver money changer who
at once declared that the shOpman mistaken. as
there not bad piece among the coins. The lady
then reaIusted her treasure in its hiding place, and
left the police station somewhat disturbed by her ad
venture.