New-York tribune., 1876-08-19

killed his man. but the Jury promptly acquitted him. He
from his rivals seconds expressing their regret at having
served elon. NJ. Ovcrs mother brought suit AGAINST
punish man for abusing his victim and TO let him 60
scot free after he has killed him is of the refnements
of French justice which grained
to appreciate.
A life is a life the world over; but a life
that is lost the brink of Niagara is invested with
thrilling interest. Six Germans from Detroit stioicd
down the Canadian sldo Of the last Sunday, and
stopped at the gaehouse of the bridge to look back
AT the id One of the gentlemen approached the edge
OF the bank which is hidden by long grass ana basnes
ana became interested i'll conversation All at once ne
staggered threw his hands, and disappeared. HIS
friends rushed forward to the brink of the prccipic aud
behed their companion lying dead ON the rocks 20 feet
below.
A physician in the Isle of Wight has found
the homng pigeon to be of great service to him in his
country practice. At every village through which he
passes and when his last patient therein is scen he
writes list prescriptions fog that village aixcs 1t to
house Says the physician in letter to country paper
"By this MEANS either country cale' is Intercepted
lOmcWard market town, and the
medicine delivered by him on that very evening" or my
chemist enabled hour 10y hour to mis- work ahead Of
him, and for,stalI his dispensing necessities"
Judge and jury have been worrying over a
dog case in Memphis, Tenn Nothing could have been
simpler than the issue Of fact. negro stole New
foundand dog but the law IN regard to property in dogs
always has been past andns The prisoners counsel
argued that under the law dogscalng was not
q
lists in Tennessee making dog-stealing punishable Of
fense such as larceny Judge Adams held that Che steal
ING OF dos was not larceny or an indctape oi'hSc
and that the demurrer OF the defendant to the Indictment
on this ground was good ihe AttoiGcy-HeheiaI ulcn
raised the port that the collar on the dog wa9 personal
property, ana the Defendant cOuId DO neii 10 answer io
tEet but the adrot attorney ON the other sde reiolN
that tine negro took tie dog, 9nd that II was me dos ana
not the negro, that w&s responsive Tor the collar
prisoner finally discharged Now, the Old question
comes up If dog is not property Is the dog TAX eo'
tutiOnalf
George Fruits died at Crawr0rdsvillc, Ind,
on the 9th inst at the extraordinary age of III years
He was born in Baltimore but passed his bOyood near
PHILADELPHIA. During the Revolutionary War be saw
some service but not regularly enlisted In 1887 he
fought with the Indians in Virginia and Kentucky ana
in 1890 went Ohio, and after building block hose or
ST. Clair In 1892 he returned 10 PennSyF ana Nulcd
for Gcor Washington for President. ~ i,'i ne Was
IN GEN WayIcs army and was in the bntle ot MdumeC
where he received wound from an Indian nfe, the p-
t remaining i'm one OF his legs 10 the day his death
He lived rambling ligC until ah0nt 1890, when he kc;
tied near Hamilton, ono. lo served III lhc war oi II
was fcot 3 inches high and weighed go pounds.
A letter from Pope Plus lN. to jefferson Davis,
President the Southern ConfedcIacy, beaing date
Dee g. $685. has been brought to light among the records
of the Confederate Government This - the man
passage: eve certainly experienced no small pleasure
when We learned from the letters Of your Excellcny
with what of JOY and gratitude toward us you
were affected iusrious and honorable Sir, when YOU
were first made acquainted with our letters to those
reverend brethren, John, Archbishop Of NewlorA and
john Archbishop Of NevOrcaus, written on tie lsih of
October Of last year. in which again AMI again urged
and cXhoripd the same reverend brethren that. ~
behooved her distinguished picty and tIcr episcopal
charge. they SEuud most zca!ous' use every rnof,, ~
our name bring end tHe fatal CiN war 't
had arisen in those c-iOs and that those peoples oI
America might AT length attain mntu pence anu cor
cord and bc united IN mutual charity And very sltoh
was IL 10 Us. ilustrOus ant honorable Sr 1" perceive
that YOU and people animated win jhr same
feelings of peace ard tranquility which We 5" earnestly
incucated the letters mentioned as having brell
oitrass. TO the azores id reverend brethren AM Woud
that other people also OF those regions, ANA thr fl0
seriously considering how N!cYoT, ana houl'u nm
n intestine war wodld be pleased with Tranquil minds
10 embrace and enter upon cOu,tis oi nCHcS we l"''
sSa NOT cease fcTvCnt prayers 10 DrSccrh dd
r1y cod the onnip0lent and ali good, To pour "u the
tiniit OF Christian charity ana pcace upon all those
reOplc Of America ana deliver them from thc eNi5 80
great N ,ti WDiCn they sii cicd.'