New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-06
GENERAL NOTES.

A site has already been purchased in Albany
and about $4,000 subscribed for the magnificent Cath
Ole cathedral which Bishop McNeirny has in conempa-
ton.
From the eighteenth annual report OF the
trustees OF the Peabody requests in London 1t appears
that 1929 rooms occupied by 14604 persons have been
provided for the aborers OF the metropolis and that 50
blocks containing 1885 will he opened during tho
present year. The vital statistics Of the Peabody build
ings are striking The brtbrae for the past year was
45 o4 1000 which is 10 "a per loo higher tnao
49, AZ per 1000 which 2 80 per 1000 lower naa
births, or 10 50 per LOCO below that OF London.
At public dinner fortnight ago in an
English city. which unfortunately is not named IN tho
report the chairman who is described as gentleman
OF National reputation, gave the toast OF The Army
Navy and Reserve Forces" "This Is toast he SAID
switch requires very little comment from me, as the sp
ject ia one with which yon are all familiar Inc Army my,
and Navy have been drunk for very many years ana Use
Reserve Forces have been drunk for something over
totally unexpected nv the chairman, and the meaning OF
which took him some little time to eompensha; oas
seeing the point at last, he was wse enough .oJ"'n
heartily in the merrment at bis own expense
A couple Of hideOus sayages, man and wo-
man. have been dragged from cave among the noun
tains Of New Mexico where they were found two months
AGO by a Captain Lovett, and placed on exhiDitIoh III
Denver They were entirely naked when discoVereo'
frghtfu to look upon. and utterly devoid OF
but posessed OF amazing strength They seem 10 dc ape
70 communicate with each other by inarticulae sounds
ond Gestures as beasts do and though tractabe,
they manifestly idiots Gbey gre snrposda 10 ,p 10
Pueblo Indians. This at least Is the siory ,Sa W to
Western press and 1t may be true IL II worthy OF r.
mark however, that most Of the wild men now on en
b%n the nsrtormsnce ia over and the lights out
smoking short clay pipes behind the scenes anu hhs
for the latest news from ould Oireiahu
One of the most exciting events of Governor
recent cruise against the oyster pirates OF the
| hfa n
Molly The captain and the crew had gone ashore Tor
wood and the captains wife and two daughters were the
only persons on board the soop when another pnl'o
boat far down the bay signaled that the Governors
steamer was approaching. The women called Ia VAN or
the crew 10 return and then seeing that there was 10
,o time IN lose they weighed anchor. shook ont the
coils and ran for neutral water paying no attention 20
the solid tired across their bows .y thS pun M
breeze ocw up help them and they outsalle Tue
ernor The people GA the NlrgiIa shore atf Ses
mics of the oyster pirates. but when those No
To- be spectators OF the chase saw that the Dancing o
manned only by thrse NO Ton and d iyy
On the eve of the coronation of King hal-
akaua The Honolulu Saturday Press gave forciDe eN-
pression 10 its disgust at the position into when the
King had beea beguled by "the antiquated Premier
that burlesque BeaconsAed Of the Hawaiian Court
aDoes Kalakana imagine for moment' II exclaimed,
~that few thousand dollars worth OF dry gods and
cron which "a by no means crown OF glory OF oil VT
tory, viii make him any more OF king than nc mas oeeh
heretoforel The l.th OF February 1881 Will we trust
he remembered IA annals OF this kingdom Tor on ,nss
OCCASION circumstances permitting the statue OF h"ie
bapeba L will be unveiled. There was a king con-
opertng hero who ruled few have ruled and whose
record should be an inspiration 10 young Hawaii through
MI time when worthy poet rises to sing the epc oil MS
conquest. It will found that the reign OF haneh"neha
l. Il. without parallel m modern history thefe no
stands naked malestica the bronze not hrmer tbah was
h,o will Woud net of gilt kOio leaves add anything
- hi divinity or skirt OF velvet make him any more
kingl MS hxed eyes stare IN blank Mnazement aI INC
Iin5ergarfen pranks quasi royalty let haakaa
think of this when he girds Up his l9ns 10 crhr ae
crown and with the spaugled train dangling ABOUT ~
FoI heels: LET him realize that all this hummeF} paul
for~or as yet only partly paid ior-hy slesai unu
nnop the pockets OF the practical and lndustos nVu
cdronaton people who at this moment running MS
kingdom Cor him and saving him from pahArup3 &,
Kai,kana az snort his robcShe would he more suy
annaTeed were he but clothed in his rght miuuau n .o
nnbnc may smile the liputian pageant pu. sne i,iv
,nicr having precpitated the climax can no" qnoty
fake "A back seat His occupation Is gone. re n Us
hencnmrn have outllved their own epaphs ana VIC P'
nose TO be in al the DEATH