New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-07
GENERAL NOTES.

During the first six months of the present year
the ouui,cs street cars boat, and circular railway OF
Parl, carried III 100000 passengers OF whom the GEN
crn Omnibus Company, including It's strcet-car lines
conveyed lOiOOO,OOO..
The gold-diggcrs in Berkshire County, Mass,
are losing faith the enterprise upon which they en-
tered with sangunc expectations Tho owner of the
VEIN however who Is Colored man, keeps on digging
and Will not admit that he Is discouraged
The American NiccCOnSul at Toronto, Mr..
UirschfcIder who Is enthusiastic archcologist, has
lately come possession Of about onchalt the Skele
ton OF a mastodon lind Of much interest and lnpor-
lance since remains OF that species have never before
been unearthcd in Canada. Mr. llirschfclder acquired
few OF the bones by purchase and the rest 10y digging IN
tho field, in the township and County OF Woodstock
from which the former had Lccn taken lie hopes that
further explorations VIII complete the skeleton
last Saturday afternoon while the City Regis
ter Of Providence filling out certificates OF vaccina
ton for school children. brawuy young lrahmanlcn-
tered and asked for a certificate Tho Official examined
his arm to if the virus had done its work made out
the usual document, babe the Irishman good day ana
wont ION with his work. About fifteen minutes later hc
was surprised by the rcentrancc OF tho young man.
who asked: Was smallpox certificate Xe gave me,
can take It back aud mako out bit of marriage license
fnr ~ uc.c that's been COOrtin fine young lass Tor
stycn months, and sure We want 10 sittlc down"
One of the finest obScrvatOrcs in Europe is
that which the muniiccncc Of NJ BiscloGshclm the
pori4 banker Is now building at Nice. and which Is so far
CONNECTED that tho work of observation has already
bclrn under the direction of NJ Pcrrotn, the French
tronomcr who conducted the expedition to Patagonia for
the observation of the transit OF Venus. The entire cost
Of the undertaking will not fall far short OF 100000.
The large equatorial telescope, which Is 10 cost about
$40 600 and VIII soon De completed IS eighteen metres
I'm length and the diameter OF Its object glass Is seventy
ak ccnmcrcsg The building Of the Nice Observatory Is
considered patriotic work which will help TO redeem
the reputation OF France in the world OF science.
The directors of Girard College, Philadelphia,
are puzzled over ancient sarcOphagus which the
BOARD of City Trusts while examining the foundations Of
the main building recently discovered in damp dark
passagcway It f. OF granite feet long three feet
wide and three feet high, to have been made in
Egypt at remote period aud Is In excellent prcscr
yaton except that long crack the lid None Of
the members OF the Board could remember having ever
seen il before until finally old gentleman dmiy
called an impression that the tomb OF Egyptian
crptaclc the remains of stephen Grard An Inquiry
ha. been Instituted and If tho sarcophagus is proved to
have any historical interest II Will hereafter occupy ~
more conspicuous position.
A Swiss newspaper gives an account of a sim
1ar case OF necronancy practsed IN tho of ST.
Gallen Tho keeper OF cemetery at St. Fideu hOr
rned 10 nd that grayesoncs after being set up again
were repeatedly Oyertuncd and the result of inyes-
cations It was discovered thaGthrce formed society
to exercise money by acting recipes found in the
pages of Abcrtus Magnus The process adopted was to
cntor the cemetery midnight and bury in tho earth
five franc pieces repeating the prescribed lOrnuas and
performing the due antcs then two of tho silly men
nos,ed eight days naked in a hut, living on bread and
water and muttering their magic phrases They were
! convinced that such absurd behavior would pro
initiate dark spirit named Hiss, VINO Tor their Del-
rpai would transnnte the total sum buried hundred
and sixty francs into i've millions. The poor wretches
n npems were discovered by the authorities In state OF
extreme excitement shuddering, quahng, ana hau Oh