New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-20
GENERAL NOTES.


Now that the mercurial Tom Collins has been
roasted to crisp cndcr IN 10 Moyne's cremation fur
mace at Washington Penn, John Doe respectfully claims
the second bake
A proposition has been made in England for
establishing a regular carrerDigeon system In Suffolk
County for police purposes with headquarters at Fps
wich The birds will De used for conveying Information
Ia and from the police stations III the county and from
detectives employed on perious duty They VIII also DO
resorted means Of communication by those VINO
live In isolated mansions TO summon assistance in case
OF fire, robbery, or accident.
Chow hard did he shake the man when he
grabbed him r. asked attorney in Virginia City,
Ney police court "Wcl" said the witness, guess
can show the Court" Rising from his seat and spring
ing upon the astonshed lawyer, the witness seized him
by collar, and with strong lmpulsNe gerk tnuoi
Linn on the floor and battered him over the nehcles'
won't the Court rule out the answer gspeu the LAW
YER The question was withdrawn, the witness resumed
his seat, and justice went on In the Old rut
The express train was bowling along at the
rate OF 10 miles an hour the Toledo, Wabash aud
Western Railroad near Huntington, Ind. last Friday
afternoon when the whistle sounded the air-brakes
cracked and the cars were back with shock Tho
passengers ran forward to learn the The grlmy
bruised face aud in the grass him LITTLE gar!
about three years old with torn dress She had been
running along the track ana the brave fireman IN cp-
ing forward TO her was thrown aside and bady
hurt The child terribly frghten d, but uniIjured
The Pail Mall Ga=ette is alarmed by the de-
cline Of the Sheffield trade with America. II admits that
large reduction in exports which has taken place during
the last four years st contnuesthe decrease from tho
preyous year being aJ031l. This falling of is shared
by three OF the chief branches of Sheffield industry
namely steel cutlery, and flies In tools only Is thefGn
slight Increase The decrease in the value OF steel Is 10
less than s2573 The June quarter OF the present ysS
shows total decrease OF s5Ol6O rs compared Wiz 10
corresponding quarter of last year. THIS state oi s
is attributed partly 10 the high protective duties OF tn
United states, and partly TO the fact thai the Aeica
manufacturing their own steel, cutters V0''
/ aud all kinds OF hardware.
A workman Oh the South Pueblo waterWorks
ditch the ST. Charles, Colorado while sleeping on 'ho
floor III Grayback Ranch Oct g. felt something pnch
his left shoulder, aud then run across his face sewers
pains began 10 shoot the shoulder, and he became
convinced that ho had been bitten by tarantula MI
Burke once said: Gentlemen who are bitten by the
tarantua Of reform are often cured Dy to music " 80
courts" This poor fellow did not run Tor D'lgo ~.
oven whistle 10 keep up his courage. but gasped 0I
whisky as the sole remedial agent Not only gasped out
theeluarters Of mle Tor te Jug sa ' c H ,9
the tirewaer. The messenger dld not return Tor wv.
at the gates of death quart OF whisky was poured
down his gulct ana he speedily recovered WHISKY -
| well n music lath chaflnS'
Forty years ago Providence mechanic spent
n small fortune in attempting to make glazed Russia
iron Only life conycts initiated into the secrets oil
this manufacture, which is important source Of rev.
! euue to the Russian Government The young mechanic
resolved to suffer penal scryitude in the dungeons OF
Russia and thus 10 learn the secret lie went to Europe
and the simple of the attempted assassination OF
the Car by an American who was supposed 10 De ~
s1ne was All that was OF the fate of the ambitious
Workman Nearly half a century has ratified by, ahu
woman has been waiting patiently for the convcts TO
tnrn He had promised TO return on her twentieth Dr
day her hair is white now she hives Grace Church
and has never lost faith IN her lover ana ath mas s
her in old age the grace and beauty Of youth LIss
week she received from Europe the glad dings mar W
was on his way home TO keep his promise. The al =.
the heroine IL indeed elastic, and must that OF ln.
public II IL takes the word OF The Providence iTe'
| and believes this romantic little story.
The Chicago juryman is not without honor
save among his own people At the opening VI DreA0-