New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-19
GENERAL NOTES.

An extraordinary suit was brought before
San Francisco court on March : FRANCIS ohruhStoH'
who is penuess sued his John, who IS very rich
for alimony and counsel fees The plaintiff urged That
he was the author Of Johns being and ought to be fed
clothed and housed in his old age at Johns expense
Jude wheeler ruled that the law did not compel son
To support his father, and that the Old gentleman Was
not entitled 10 ahmony.
February was a lively month in the Hawaiian
Islands On St. Valentines Day, Mauna Loa broke loose
without a moments warning. The flames burst from
the she'll OF the old crater and column of Illuminated
smoke shot 10000 feet into the air On Feb 2i sub
marine volcano found vent near the entrance OF heaIa
keakua Bay-the scene OF Capt. Cooks death. About
nile from shore jets OF red green and yellow NE
lraped from the sea columns OF steam ana spray were
resp endent with rainbow tints rUmblns noise was
heard Ike TIE grinding Of rocks in freshe; blocks OF
iocndent porous lava two feet square were brought
10 the surface where they hoaed until they were coo
the water boiled and emitted hot Vapors Inc eruption
apparently from seam NILE long III the DoItOM
Of the
John d. Lee, who is now awaiting IN the
Utah Penitenary the execution Of his deatisentence'
will leave 81 children to bear the stigma OF murderers
name lie had IL wives, but when Brigham Young cut
him of from the Mormon Church. eight OF them were
divorced from him within "a hours and now only three
are faithful TO him. The Mormon leaders have utterly
deserted him; Mornons testified against him ana
Mormon Jury brought in verdict of guilty; but lie sun
pins his faith 10 Mormon doctrines ana expects 10
have ms share OF bliss Ia the Mormon Hereafter lie
hates Brigham Young He il writing account Of his
life his conversion to the Mormon faith his part III Ie
Mountain Meadow massacre 20 years ago. ana iiS la
thu! wives before be is shot and as many OF Ills ciu
rcn may care 10 visit him.
Here is q oueer case of legal mlsinfOrma-
ton creumstantia story Is going the rounds 10 the
effect that THE TRIBUNE has just lost an important AoeI
suit The name of the alleged plaintiff Is gwen
and the verdict is carefully SGT down at precisely
4, allri
been no sucn verdict against THE TRIBUNE, no plalnt
and no suit In eight years TIE TRIBUNE has not LOST
three thousand three hundred dollars III lIp,l
quits. II never libels any one Intentionally. ii
falls into an unintentiOnal libel, II corrects II as
matter Of simple justice ana as SOUL
sspOsste II IL Is sued by striker VINO want. m %
saye for dcservediy damaged character u ngaIs nun
through an the courts and 20 the Gitter eu, iu rD
loses Witness FADING wrecks Of It's IlDe Sult'
Of South Carolina Benjamin Franklin camp "-e
~CAronlc DcaO Head"l Of Westminster.
SIhe London Times has "A keen eye for quiet
virtue. II has discovered that mOdesty is one OF the
Traits Of statesmen Tweed IL sIy5 that "he cOntehJeu
himself wth a mere fraction Of what he might nave nau
II be had been less modest" Again: "Tweed was ID
certain sense man of genius with good powers OF Or
eanizaton and a fac discernment ~ opportunities. Du'
be may thought 20 failed 10 rise 30 the IuH hsn'
OF MS opportunities ia his day Of power. El'e inc
saiesman4iis due There nothing small ADou' lis
Operations be certainly made the most OF his oppor
tunites for public plunder. NEWCOMERS have faiieh
INTO the habit Of regarding the hundred ana twenty ouu
Millions Of municipal debt as the OF the dishon
sy Of Tweed and his cOnfedeTates. whereas INC puh %
results from tie reckless system OF finance ny Wlc
more than half OF the citvs income year AIti yeI Hs
Deen derived from loans in place Of taxes ~ n;s Doe
easier gct nd Of the thieves than OF the bOrrO"lhs 81
Ten
Thackeray and Dickens have done scant
justice TO the trials and pe!s Of fOrlOrn maidens IN odg
n Last May Misses Gaisford, two maiden ladies' TOOK
lodgings Miss Curtss house in Brighton and at the
shd Of week received bill FOR two weeks lodgings
Tie sndlady insisted that they had hired the rooms
seek before they took possssou and turned them out