New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-25
GENERAL NOTES.

e There was a fall in real estate on Wednesday
night in South Worcester Mass Certain building lots
near southbridgcst that had been filed to hight Of
two or three feet above the surrounding surface sud
denly dropped below the grade, and have gone down
under water pole was thrust down 30 feet in search
OF solid bottom Several rods OF the street there once
before sunk down nine ten feet with similar abrupt
Holding landed property Whereabouts is somewhat
arduous.
The Philadelphia autograph maker, Robert
Spring alias Dr. James Hawley. has come before the law
again in that city this time charged with opening
letters not addressed TO him. This worthy oper-
ated last year in forging autographs OF Washington
Jackson Franklin and others. though he says that his
Jackson letters were detected as fraudulent and ex'
posed gland the field OF his operations and he ad
s having sent thither eighty letters of this descrp
return 500 note dropped ont OF one Of the letters
In which he opened in presence OF detective
and tins trial originates from ls OF another
than mis- own the receipt OF these valuable replies
himself peculiar defense. He thinks his case worthy of
consideration ifnot OF PARDON because IN all his forging
he never swinded anybody but EDgishmen. Perhaps
the international benefit of having conferred En
gshmen even spurious acquaintance with the writings
sdered as miti cation Of his crime. IT, British
cousins alege the Alabama question is an affair OF sen
ment of money there no saying what good results
may follow.
The distinction of being the first martyr
while the British regiments were in Boston. belongs to
boy named Christopher Snyder. who killed the
New Brick Meeting House, Feb g. 1870. Ebenezer Rich
| ardson Tory informer undertook to remove pole
which had been erected to bring into derision certain
goods at time the citizens declared they would
sumo such articles. crowd of boys and among them
SNYDER up shout at Richardson, which he resented
and the boys pelted him with DIRT driving him into his
the door Of which ne 0ske At
HIS death created intense excitement and he was an
Rc to the Cruelty and rage Of
The lad was about II years old HIS funeral
schooboys in couples the relatives 1900 citizens
foot, and long array OF vehicles snow says more
imposing spectacle than this could have hardly been con-
sion" The coffin bore inscriptions appropriate to the
times the foot" Latet angus ~ herba " on each
side Haeret laeri ieiaiis arldo :" and the head
" I,ploesntia NusQUAM tWa'
| Whether or not tyrant Gesslcr is expected
among the Chicagoans 1t is certain that OF their
number is praeticng the role OF william Tell. For the
weapons that killed Cock Robin he substitutes breech-
loading II is not recorded what proportion OF the
walkngStiCk among that community are furnished
| with imminent, deadly" arrangement BY some
such ingenious device as Columbus employed In poisng
an egg on end lemon instead OF an apple Is set mp on
the head OF Jack White The Of the change OF
fruit with reference to subsequent use with sugar and
| gives these facts TO the world in u newspaper.
forth that distance OF Il feet he has shot of
Of these pOmQlogcal targets HOnl me sncpnt OF MI
White. And, further. he wishes to bet $500 to 81 600 that
he can do 1t again public rejoicing ia the hope that
the Will be accepted awaits with Jealous anxiety
the prospect OF the unique exhibition Take time, Chl-
cagO! Noother city is ready TO anticipate your anuse
ment dcb from you the aures the sensation Of the
performance. Nor VIII any surprise be excited II. IN
foraed corpse of Jack White, considering the glory that
his deahmus shed over his native city, returns YER
dict Of justIlabe homicide
There are lively times anon. the Medical
Faculty Of Philadelphia. II appears to De settled that
whoever may wish 20 buy physicians diploma, in that
city, can get one NJ cheap rate 10y applying 10 certain
doctor whose name and business shalt certainly not
advertise TIE articles which he has to sell are no doubt
highly respectable Ones, and handsomely engraved a.
any IN the country. There h. dOub either OF Their
| being genuine skins from institutions apparently re-
spectacle We confess that under these circumstances.
perhaps any other, II ~ hard for to comprehend
the precise value OF diploma. doctor stands or fall,
ulUn III ~ rts ana he may posses. all these without
| ANY parchment Ut alt who Ii taken suddenly
! sick. aud who ~ obliged 10 summon "a plysician I'm "A
strange place, asks whom he does so see the
doctors dpl1na. IN other cases. doctors are selected
by families ont OF whl, or personal admiration or for
various other There excellent doctors all
over the country who have not their own diplomas
since they graduated, although they have the mystic
time when duaeks were not numerous aud fOurishing
| COurtod aud caressedaDd there never viii DO. For
most patents any doctor" serves the purpose; IL A,
plenty OF doctors with real genuine. unmisakable
aud authentic diplomas who Inaryels Of pOmposty
aud cOncet although every Of them should long ago
have been indicted for mauhaughtcr II h the clirau
ter that should tell. No doubt Dr Sangrado had
lovely diploma aud showed IL often enough Ia his poor
! patients II men aud women would but Try to obtain
| some knowledge 81 their own bodies. and add to II
wholesome horror OF dosing. the number of diplomas
issued Ia THIS dyspepc laad would act Dc Of much
! sequence