New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-31
GENERAL NOTES.

Two young Jerseymen got into the Art
Gallery the first thing after advent upon the Cen
tenniol grounds Looking around with disappointed
air one of them said to his friend, reckon the snow
must be about over see they We taken o i Nv w
things and lett nohin but some plcers halgm on u"o
| walls"
! One corner of mcrrie old England Is under
n shadow It is the parish of WiSham, Suffolk, and It's
great darkness was chrOncled by the chairman "i tue
! petty sessions at Needham Market fortnight ago
Every window in the church broken ana religious
services had not been held in over Two years M,
seer whose duty it was to make the Jury l'n Ma it
crate that he was compelled To hire the poSlnl 10 VIII
The notices Not II mau who could read or write coun
| he found in the parish to occupy the omceS Vi
/ warden surveyor, OF OVerstci'
The new Trinity Church. Boston, Is regarded
by The Architcc and Building Necs as the most ho'e
worthy religious edince in New-England save perhaps
the Old South \ serious attempt has been mace To
decorate the church with mural paintings Inc 'lS''
are finishing colossal cartoons o the figures vi w
InOphcs and cvangestS. which Will be transferred 10
the wal in outline their painting II Is cNpeccd tn'
the church will be finished IA te Ior ir
markable experiment is tried In making the GROUND Gop'
OF the roof decorations very dark titrl' I9s
while under the central tower II Is proposed !" IhaA'
absolutely black.
Bows are bows even so far away as Madras
Some Of the students OF the Devotion Protestant 'ohSe
at Vopcry recently cut out the bottom - The acting PIN
ciuals chair and replaced il in it, frame rather IN
eeuously by means OF a few pieces of rattan when the
worthy gentleman assembled the platform and seated
himself in the chair the bottom fell ont. and DC was
forced 10 most angular ana aWkNah atti'"uc'
As soon as the hoys recovered from delrum OF con
yulsye emotion. the good man set 10 work 10 discover
the offenders, but astonshed Nv the density ol TX
noraucc which manifested nj every dc'k 10 hhah
dccrced that there should be no Saturday mar h"d'y
until the Inischcfmakers were discovered NH'h az
urday came 30 OF the senior boys ansI.c 't, ~
ON the following Monday the pIlnc" VII. NcusoSl,'
in his eye, every one OF the Un'h'' uem'"o''
thrashng
Michael Coulter of San Francisco is bold
but not udcious ladys A. r. went to his WORK
in the morning and returned 10 his supper IN tho even
ing he passed little drcssmakcr's shop ana always
paused to smile and throw kiss 10 tho young sowing
women al the window. Finally he wrote ovclciter to
the pretest them. and she read IT aloud Al he sewing
circle The maidls aroused and put thcir ht'd7
together. An invitation 10 a Wak.hy moo4lSh. was
accented and "a place OF meeting named Al j. M. ne
stood the cIbst0nc and waInltd the cha,tr nrl"
love but thee win Love nH' saH n mS'g q forms
clad in womanly drapcry sprans upon MN ana h H'
hickory sticks hammered his soft head Michael 'ouI
Ter or san Francisco cOatals streaming IN the wind
and his face shining IN the moonlight ran uo"h INC
street and took refuge IN a stable
War memories were revived in Ere, Penn,
ten days ago by the reappcarauco Of the old Confederate
propeller Georgian. She built at Severn River,
Georgian Bay Canada 1sGi, and sold to southerncr
who pretended to be lumber merchant but who was III
reality an agent Of the Confederate Government She
pass through the Welland Canal into Lake Ee bound
for Canadian port on Lake Huron. where she W1N
10 receive her guns ana armament and thon proceed 10
Jonsons Island, of sandusky. Ohio. AMI hbefAto lhe
rebel prisoners The United states G"NrFnmeht va, III
formed Of her intentions and applied To the 'aha'lu
Government her seizure, ana whru m" toutH'u
sarua OpDus Port Huron. Ia NOycmbcr' lNh' 81" was
taken possession OF by tho auhollu ~ sun was nI""b'
by the ltcd states for her condemnation On Jan -.
1863 mo Confederate agent made prctensc OF scIhE
or T. Geo T. DcnisOn ir OF, Toronto, for elJOOo On
June g. J- the decided In favor of tho United
states md Mr.. DeusOn executed deed conveying her
10 lie tjoyclDincnt without condition. The propeller
nov carries freight between Montreal and ports on The
north shore OF Lake Erie.
The work of church restoration, whether
artistic or nartstc, Is going apace IN England Dur
ham Cathedral was rcopencd oct II, the alterations
which have been progress five ycaIs and which
have been discussed with much acrinony, having
been completed The Bishop declined to take part in
the opening services owing to his belief that the money
would have been expended TO better advantage In rchcy
ing the spiritual dcstitution OF poor parishes, but the
Dean and Chapter had the hearty support Uf churcmcn
and the community. According to The TGH uaU gazette,
the vastncss 81 this Norman cathedral STRIKE, the Wui
sinner II much is hi sht Oh tn banks OF
The Wear aInazes the stranger Sir Gilbert Scott sad that
no cathedral suffered much for want OF screen as
Durham and 10 witness the graceful early In
.lish screen, eighteen feet high az aabascl-colOrcd
marble, very richly nodded and carved ana d"nDl thnl
break in tho IOngCOntjguOus vista OF Durham Cathedral
- an imprys The base OF the screen ana pulpit
and steps the choir OF Inquired black aud gDd
marble. Upon tho base stand the 'arch piers ~ me
screen Of which Il cluster or dark marble sius
with nodded aiabIstcr bases and bands aud carved ala
bastcr caps Richly iOated. nodded and carved arches
riso rom piers, and the whole Is surinouncd WIN
he pulpit in the nav" II or great beauty hr
lions hculIiuTcd IN alIbaStcr bong elective lac
pavement OF tie choir IS OF yaricgatcd marble; the
the seventeenth century have been advanced the new
organ occupies the sccOnd arch either side from the
choir screen.