New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-14
GENERAL NOTES.

| The general belief that there is a slight SUI
pcruy OF divorce proceedings in Chicago may be usti
fed by the actual fact that not in ten times an
average Is there days law reports which does not in
Cludc something Of the sort. little commonplace item,
not worthy OF special attention, tucked away In the
Chicago papers the sth inst, stating that defaults
were entered in q divorce cases ON the previous day.
A correspondent calls attention to the cir
cumstancc that the Of Leo w. in the Pontica
chair was a woman Pope Joan VIII" her proper name
being Gilbera, who held the position for two and half
years. Inquiry is made whether, there has been
an nfable woman Pope, there might not be nfalli
Gil OF women pronOuncng Mrs. Henry b. Stanton any
other woman nfable and then, of course, eectng her
The Pope Joan story Is slightly OF the gment ORDER but
perhaps that does not matter Such President would
| infalliby make history.
There is something extremely unsatisfactory
about dead people Of late years The Gauois tells Of
OF the bodies that had been conveyed to the Morgue
stripped, placed a slab with the clothing suspended
above, disappearing before morning with the clothes
The keeper OF the Morgue proceeded to the address OF
letter which had been kept out of the pocket to assist in
Identification and found the supposed corpse in lively
condition, not much the for his nights lodging
the slab. lie had been subject to cataeptc attacks and
having fallen in the street the day previous had been
supposed TO have met death by congestion of the brain.
The Rev. Edwin C.. Bolles, Pastor of the
Church Of Our Father, in Brooklyn n Y, is also eminent
student of the natural sciences. As a nonresident
Professor Of st. Lawrence University Canton ~ Y, he
has just closed a of brilliant lectures before that
institution, in which his varied and profound studies in
|
trated by vivid and novel experiments with Ingenious
| ana very costly apparatus Luminous exhibitions OF
| reconcile phenomena by means or optical science,
attracted large audiences to the equally lucid explana
| tions OF the lecturer.
A distinguished poet has related of himself
that he upon occasion seized with desire to kill
man, in order to crafty curiosity to how he would
feel II he murderer 1t affects different tempera
ments variousy perhaps Of its developments might
be characterized unusual tendency religious
phrases In GAINESVILLE Wis. about fortnight ago. one
Barrett convicted Of murder in the first degree he
by pluuging butcho rknfe into his heart. When the
verdict rendered. Barrett broke forth into wall,
and kneeing down in the courtroom, offered a long
prayer that would have done credit in s devOut express
sons, 10 AN evangelical pulpit IL is To be regretted that
very small fraction Of such religious emotion could not
have been evolved beforehand, IN time TO have antci
pated the act OF iratricide.
The golden eagle of Pawtucket, for which
Mr.. Dorsey, the prisoners friend, paid gold double
eagle and gave him liberty which the ungraeful bird
too fat TO appreciate, has since been handsomely
housed by his lberator. He is still considered as an
ataeht Of the Monitor Steam Fire Engine Company who
originally proposed to stuff him. and in order to elevate
that association INTO III company for the noble emblem
toward properly nnforming them. Mr.. Dorsey has also
purchased companion for the golden eagle white or
rather gray female bird oil large size, costing him $50
The gray eagle is n cOd-watcT-Tnker and II is hoped
that her example In this respect will have good effect
They live together peaceaby though platonicaly and
Mr. dorsey by way OF HtOlagng them In housekeeping
forever.
The Wilma Messenger has a correspondent who
calls himself eyewitness Of some singular Jewish
customs in schklof Russia. The Diskind, a Jewish
official, with Council OF 70, manage the town. whose
population is almost exclusively Jews. and Russian laws
are quite disregared Their mode Of treating conugal
irregularities is worthy of note II not Of adoption
married woman and man reputed 10 he ON terms OF
mpopcr Intimacy with her were brought, tied together.
assembled. one WHO pleased spat VI struck