New-York tribune., 1876-12-08
GENERAL NOTES.

The manager Of Chicago theater has fallen
heir t, an estate OF 81, 100000 in California.
Four thousand demands for space have al
ready been addressed the officials Of the Universal Ex
hbt on Of 1878 by manufacturers and tra1esmen OF all
tionalties-
The Wesleyan University Seniors have left
the poetess out the cold The young lady who was
fairly elected class poet forced to resign and
Young man has chosen in her place This saVOrs
more Of class politics than OF chlVairy'
The exhortatiOns to economy to which some
OF tbe religious weekies given uteranee with con-
siderable uncton have cut of more than half their sub
scriptOns in a single town IN Michigan. lwas an un
christian joke to take them so literally at their word
The iron roof of the Palmer House in Chi
cago is being raised thirty inches The roof has super
fcia area OF $500 square feet and weight OF 1o44
600 pounds It is being lifted in five sections ana IL
takes 200 hydraulic jacKscre~s ana % men w" u"9S
10 raise a section.
The remains of balloon have recently been
found on the coast OF Iceland In the were human
bones-an incomplete skeleton-and leather travelling
bag containing papers mody as not to be &
II ooneoured that this the balloon IN whch the
aerOnaut Price asoended during the siege OF fhrls
Rns IN urbe-a correspondent of The Lon
don SssOs thinks it is very beautiful idea The dull
ness of the sreets should be relieved by tow
ers in windows and balconies He would Ike 20 see
zee why there should not he one NewIOrK II hOt so
r m and staid as London. but It is not so naty ana
youthful but that it cond be fresDened VIII 'eS anu
flowers Ia the front windows
In seeking to profit by the recent terrible
experience Brooklyn tbeateTbuiders Should not lose
sight Of the appliances and convenences at present. I'D
use in places of public resort In this and other large
cities some Of which fortunately employed at the
Brooklyn Tbester Many who were In the parduet ana
dress circle may the preservation OF their VeS 10
the that doors opened freely in and out ON what
are known as dOubleaeng hinges. In the burning OF
the theater at Charleston and OF church or cathedral
AT Valparaiso several years aud at the recent
calamity at St Andrews Church In this city, in 1872
several humid ed people lost their lives because OF the
inpossbity II opening tine doors with frenzied mass
of struggling humanity pushing against tiens- The ST.
Andrews accident led TO the adoption of cy ordinance
requ ing the doors Of an places OF public resort TO open
Ouwardy and similar regulations are IN iOrce IN one or
two cities at the West.
The Pdu Mall GaSette has been publishing
smOst interesting series Of letters the vintage Of
Franco The following extract illustrates their fresh
ness and vivaety; "The white vines OF the Tourane
have been noted for centuries, and the VouVray VINE
yards enjoy the reputation Of yielding the finest CROWNS
vouYray borders the Loire few miles from the easaht
citycf Tours which awakenf sinister recoiecuons Oh
Louis x who here spcnt the latter years OF his reign
shut up in his fortified castle OF PlesssezTours, around
which Scott has thrown the halo Of his genius In his
novel OF oueutin Durward Or quitting Tours we skirt
asucccRsiou Of poyar-frngod u.ea0Ws stIctchink
ward N the direction OF Amoolse ong e rysr
70 view range OF vine-clad nights eAbeIuhg I do
ianee beyond the village OF vouyray bn,ataen of
vinedressers whose houses OF several stories,
out In the face of the Cliff connected Dy @
siaireases heWn in tho colt stone. smoke cuis no.
OF the himneys which peep abOvO the green cres
CT vnes while the blows Of the c0Opers hammer eoun
In several OF the cellars. young girl trips TO her gar
den over the roofs OF these primitive dwellings and an
Old woman, TRANQUILITY seated on ledge OF pIyeS.his i
rock supported solely by the thick struggling roots OF the
ivy Which spreads itself over the disjoined stones,
eisurely turns her spinnrgwhee regardless OF hGr a
gerous position. Tie petne sketced by tine author OF
Ia com6die Humane forty years ago, remains true
~ the present day"