New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-23
GENERAL NOTES.

The latest London mails bring word that dur
ing the first four days OF its existence the new parce
post delivered 10000 Ia and collected 7OOOO t
METROPOLIS alone the number increasing every day. The
average weight OF tho packages was three pounu~
The statue of the Duke of Wellington lately
taken down from its pedestal in Hyde PARK has oeen
subjected TO a new indgnitS. 1t was proposed to melt
the atue aud with the material raise less ambitious
but IL il now said that the bronze has proved
10 be OF inferior quality as not to be worth reeas
lag.
The su., IT of colonial federation Is tannga
deep hold upoa the public mind In Australia especiauy
In victoria II discussed in the press and on the plat
form and Is likely soon 70 receive legislative consder
tion Az recent public demonstration In honor OF the
com petion of railway union Of Melbourne ana a
ney the Victorian Premier hr 'ery &C. decareu 'uS' "
hoped 10 live to be Federal Minister.
Persons who have never ceased 10 regre'
that they failed to see Maid Of the Mist rush through
the WHIRLPOOL Rapids and the Whirlpool will probably Dc
able TO enjoy simi ar spec In the near alure
IL that eight citizens OF Suspension Bride nave
Purchased doubledecked scog built OF strong OAK u
Der they intend to riShion into the general sv
OF small steamboat and send through the rap'os ass
lashed rudirr aud nobody on board. Tue ehperinirm
will probably be made oHrIAg the hrst week Ill oeP"
Der. In tue exact date has 40 vet been nxed
Three years ago the Rev. t. L. Flood began
the publication Of q monthly peroSica-Ihe CAaHsas
oandevoted to the in crest Of the Cnautauqus Litef
IA
IN its succes but to-day the Editor points 20 crcua
ton OF 20 900 as conclusive proof OF his foresight ana "
the D evaleuce OF the Cnautauqua idea The peroof
cal has subscribers throughout this cou Htry 10 ~
ireland scotland, France, sweden, Germany nas va
Est aud West indies Africa China, heW'Ehsi"a" aA
the sandwich Islands
In the course of an address on the fish SUP
NV before An audience of Irish fishermen at Bngsgse
Market the other day Mr.. Blake, NJ. r., related Ina'
several We ago the supply of Holsters at Dunmore IN
the County Of Waterford having begun to fail or IL was
suggested that breed might BIT improved by mpors
lions from Northern Europe. scandinavian HOLSTERS
were accordingly introduced in the Dunmore waters
but the Irish Holsters resented their advent 50 uous
that the dIsm OF the arrivals wrro
strewn on every In the neigbborhood OF Dunmoa
At this point in Mr. Bake's dscourse ancient irs
fisherman from COnnemar VINO oan oeen llsteu,nS c,,I
aaaer stfention exclamed: Begorra. after that W
have vneraliOu for the lobster Vi niVer nau "'
The disabled soldiers" of Ohio ORGANIZED
n society ON July 81 with headquarters At Columbus
which city they will hold meeting ON 5eptemoei.
The purpose OF ne ETY. exp essed In it's piohs'
resoluti u.s. s to adord to its members an ave ue OF
,ua assistance and medium for securing recoguItionoi
their claims 10 National assistance. They bold tns''
reduction OF internal revenue was an act OF inu'.
inasmuch as IL postpones the day OF their rehei' WY
demand that Congress sh al re-ensct the law SHOWS
arrears OF pensions, and thew declare that aer nso
have been injured by "the persistent and dsioy" nv
OF many of the newspapers OF our country "no'o 80
stant CRY is that frauds beiag perperated upon
Treasnry in tue ma doing justice 20 the b
just how many OF "t1e dis bed soldiers olVnSrv be
society rightly claim To represent whl Pt"0~N|
better known after tho september meeting