New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-24
GENERAL NOTES.

Will be furnished for Sis; references required"
Brigham has for once in his life done good
thing He was the first to give alarm Of fire which
broke out the other night in the engine shed Of TIE
Desera News That fire presented Brigham In Q new
light.
Tie Cincinnati Enquirer, after devoting q
column to detailed account Of cocknght concludes
with the following appropriate reflections: "In these
aaira anything can Justify the brutality Of the men
In destroying each other They seem to take pleasure
in it similar to that which the blooded racer feels in run.
with his kind" Is there anything though that can Justify
paper cultivatng the brutality Of men aud the wick
edness cocks by publishing columns Of such disgusting
stuff
A curious accident happened at n circus in
Columbus Ca, the 18th inst. An equestrian per-
former balancing q ball with his feet, dropped It, The
ball fell on the head Of boy seated too near tho ring
and stoned serious II not fatal conclusion OF tho
brain claim for $4,000 damages has been preferred
against the circus company The Pennsylvania Legisa
tire have IN contemplation bill TO prevent undue ex-
posure OF life In trapeze performances etc. IL may be
that suitable legislation is needed to protect spectators
IA well as performers IL Ia bad that gymnasts OCCASION
ay break their own heads but IL quite horrible for
them TO break those OF other people
Epilepsy is one of the most singular diseases
to which humanity is subject! and medical men have
always been good deal IN the dark as to Its causes.
and quite 40 az to ts Unless arrested the disease
almost always results either IN di0cy or insanity Win
suicidal or hOmcldal propensities Lately IN France
the attempt has been made TO cure these peculiar con
yulsIons By the cold water treatment and Is stated.
with gratifying success always been known that
the patient received certain limited benefit from
liberal of the cold bath but this we believe mas
never been regularly and methodicaIy prescribed Win
view To recovery.
Mr. Thomas Hughes, NJ. P, says of Emigra-
ton to Colonies For agricultural laborers aud rough
workmen emigration Is almost certainly the right thing
For young men full OF enterprise and adventure ready
to turn their hand to anything. run I'd the eo,ones
NAV probably prove valuable experienced Tor skilled
artisan. doubtful, when he has not made provision
for bad tines When he has he had better remain AZ
Ia hnm he tx "A a
work OF the noblest kind. for every working man who
will give himself TO ito raise the character OF me n
class now they have gained their right pace III INC
nation, to make them worthy OF EhSianu ANU H"so VI
them.
NJ. Olivier has prohibited the JUICES de pair
from becoming candidates either TO the Chamber or 10
general or municipal councils The measure Is sonno
one but t looks harsh and despotc Juges de pair are
an Institution peculiar TO France they combine the Iuno
county court ndge and have moreover. functions IN
the OF "conseis de fdmie that are with us NJ
moe de pair for good or evil and NJ Olivier,
In excluding from elective was Influenced
ys.s is often tempted to visit his disappointment the
suitors who come before hun, and who may nave CEN
tributed to his defeat
The Philadelphia musical critics have fine
imagination. One OF Them discussing the marriage Of
Figaro breaks out in sentiments worthy OF Charles
Auchester" Such power OF Interpretation Is not con-
ferred ordinary mortals, as on TINS critic wnen tue
rous and brief anddte, which In movement o. pee
hapsless than dozen bars expresses tno
venture to say they were never better
IN the domestic touched by IT, aud as they add
the chorus with their tau eotteto tho nearer can
hardly fobear to join therein with heart al least NOS
with lips" We hope he held himself IN.
The Irishman gives an account OF meeting
OF laborers held at Kilfnane. County OF Limerick az
which, It says stalwart able but downtrodden) Ia
bOrers attended" Speeches were delivered oy some
Mr. John Mccarthy. blacksmith. who contraseu 'ue
wecaredfcr condition Of horses and cattle ana tne neg
ard were the most untuored and degraded people n
any civilized country in the world" lie saia me- %
and two meals the cheapest food that the earh OF sea
can produce" He complained that there Was Jaw Iot
the protection OF game, while the poor irish Working
man was hunted down all the year round
Chicago has narrowly escaped the luxury Of
| a nrstclass sensation. A young man employed in
grocery finding fire ont proceeded to rake out acosi
stove and found in the asl-pan an Internal machine
Three quarters OF pound OF gunpowder, wrapped In
four Of paper. had been damned into the pan
while the fire was liz. Two persons must have been
s. 70 the perf ,rmanceone engaging the clerks
tenton while the other deposited the paekage Tue aee,
,be epnosion The second and third OF the build
ing occupied BY the family OF the proprietor;
tagged 10 il where this grocer has sister VINO
suing for and suspicious gossip connects .ns p S,
with the lawsuit. The JOY at escape from Ianlty
blo~orr, Is tempered by regret that the Guy Fawkes
Chlcagois still al large. =
The Republican members of the late Legs
lature OF Montana in letter TO President Grant under
date OF January fully ndorse the course Of exGov
Sy sI tSs Repabcan Central comniitee The msber.
Inform the President that they ndorSe and approve h
message to the Legislative Assembly aud his yetoes
also MS speeches aud the letters which he has written
he came into the Territory They praise his conr
aye In taking the Rebel bull by the horns" and hs
great ability and high executive talent They speak d
his dsned and courteous maIner assure the prc..aen
the people, earnestly protest against his removal ex
press the belief that under his administration the
1nffv harm part
cured" and upon the President that for these rea
warm and hearty supporter of your administration. the
Republicans Of the Territory desires his retention"
The Legislative Assembly of Iowa asks Con-
gress to establish by national AID continuous water
course from tho Upper Mississippi TO New-YTk The
proposed route Includes: Tho construction ~ slack
water navigation on the Wisconsin aud Fox Rivers.
Ship canal around the Falls Of Niagara. The Improve.
OF the Falls Of the st. Lawrence and enlargemen!
OF 4 @ canal locks L. The construction OF ship csrai
from the ST. Lawrence To Lake Champlain DainuIuf
ing ship canal The total expense IL estimated AZ nearly
s9O0OO0oo That the bulk OF the money would he abs,
West and East Is concerned IL almost certain River
navigation except for local trade Il yearly decrea,s
Commerce Is deserving the Mississippi Tor othrf
channels IN spite Of the efforts thar have been made 10
improve that noble stream. Canals have become ant.
to resume the old system OF national macadanize hign
ways to attempt to substitute the eana4s s IT, ne
locomotive. IL water from New YORK To me uPpeI
Mississippi likely prove financial snseess, private
capital will be found to undertake me ~ .
case Congress should oppose All nppiupt,itt vi wiz
sort iii We have paid OF present Indebtedness
The very first qualification for school.
| teacher Is "a command OF temper. pedagogue VINO
cots into a passion and fogs boy. puts himself upon
moral level with the boy he Is Goggng Mr. Ella en-
,,ioyad "a a teacher In Limerick Bureau County I'LL. 10
pIoyen a. n A. syerv way superior man." Ncverthc-
less he first got angry with boy Outside tue school
Itch xayD The spectacle OF teacher kicking
boy in public sorocghare could not nave r oees pra.
AMI TO complete the matter IN tue aiternoon' Eis
an- ,he how a sound supplementary nogging. The
erme OF the foggee was that he JoSted soy
in leaving the school 1t Is further To DE 90