New-York tribune., 1877-08-08
GENkRAL NOTES.

The award of 100000 to the employees Of
the New-YOrk Central Railroad has promoted loyalty
and common sense all along the line. One en-.
gneer SAYS: "When there is talk Of strike II
comes first from those who have little 20 lose
the floating workers, who haven't laid up cent,
and who have dependent upon them. ere
was in twenty IN TINS last strike that wanted
to do IL! few nOi-l AIDED ones ran the whole thing,
a '@ TIC '''' "'"' '' II 'O' '' '"'' "0"' ~ ''''a
81 want cup Of tea grufly demanded a
tramp he entered Of 1e ncatost kitchens in Kings
ton, n. y, last week aDd dumped himself on char.
"Yos sir. said the nervous lady Of the house bustng
about IN tmorOu anxiety and setting before him what
We wanted. The tramp tasted the tea, frowBed, and
dsLed box Of matches OF his pocket 81 would as
soon have bilious medicine as tea without plenty OF
sugar, his cynical criticism, he scTaped su.
phur from the match-ends. "Ob excuse me, was tbs
response the panic-srcken lady, she get the
sugar-bOwl Her guest restored the matches 10 hs
pocket drank the tea with relish, and resumed his march.
The venerable Professor Park made a whole
suggestion to the Corporation Of Brown University
last June. The University degrees Of a NJ" "D. d."
and Ii D." have ceased 10 b5 more than academic
compliments pad to Presidents Governors, Senators.
Congressman, College Professors and m. tropolltan
preachers The departure which Prof Park odvO-
Gates will invest these empty niles with positive sg-
ucance by awarding degrees 10 those who compete for
them aId really them. Applicants for academic
honors will accordance with this plan offer essays or
works spcca departments, and the degrees VIII be con-
rred by conpeept committees ppOiuted by the Col
ege CORPORATION The WORKING plan OF this system has
CONNIE ded IT Elf TO the authorities 30 Brown, ana VIII
be submitted to the Corporations of otLer Colleges.
The details of the incrcmation Of Or. Wins
lows remains at Salt Lake. Utah, rectcd by cor
respondent OF The ChicagO Times. When pac In no
furnace at 62O p n. the body weighed l26 pounds. Tho
first appearance Was that Of roastlug bat in twenty
nearly al the uesh was consumed aud the bones
began to crlIuble naf hour later very ,te could DO
OF the form Of the body. Al quarter OF eight
physician opened the door Of tnc furnace ana but )ne
or Two pieces bone could be sccn aud trey crumbled
under the weight of the ashes. The incrematiou was
completed III the shortest record-twO hours and
tnirty-five minutes The weight OF the ashes, which
contained calcined fragments Of bone, was four
D0uud- and eleven and a haf ounces. 1ht pnlhlhg OF
the CORPSE was regarded inteIef 'lng town sh2",
nearly thousand people stood Dy "hle Tie IOtlhb
was going on.
The programme of the Social Science Con-
venon which IS TO meet at Saratoga early in septem-
htr, a very attractive Two papers OIL the silver
Question promised, of them being from the hand
Of Prof. Stanley JeyOns w. l.. Trenholm OF Chares-
ron, s. c. and Peter Hamilton OF Mobile Ala, TO
read papers on the Industrial and Social Aspects Of tho
Southern Question:" Gen. 4. NJ. Logan o Rchmo1 'Na
one o Eiu-adon in tho Southern States, aud j. Ran
dOlph Tucker OF Virginia, tDe Relations OF the
United states each other" During the debates on
these tOp.cs Charles NorhoK lafayette s Foster, Presi
dent Porter of Yale College, and Senator Bayrd 70
preSiGe. 'Ta, lton" Is 20 De discussed by Prof ". u.
Summer of New Haven; the Inth Question" by for-
ace White OF Chicago; Is the Intellectual Worli Grow
ra Nrar--l GIFTED 2" by t. g. Loliug, ND. OF NewYork;
aud many other living issues oi the day VIII receive
attention.
Old Luke Dewey died on the battlefield of
Ori.hany last Monday. lie had looked forward to tho
Centennial celebration OF the battle the great event
of his e aud had abored early and late with tac C5n-
mittee Of Arrangements The excitement of the occa-"n
overtaxed his powers of endurance. He was attacked
with heart disease while standing near the Fort 5iah|X
platform ana died on Farmer Landiears trm-the his
toric battlefield Years ago, when Luke was young he
married q bright, energetic woman, who was Roman
catholic. lie lad become Freethinker, and ho result
Of their religious differences separation. Mrs..
Dewey vest. 10 California whore sho turned her
business abilities the best account, and ulaoda
fortune Her husband greatly depressed by the
eeparaon rom his wife, HON he loved tenderly. lilo
had inherited fine farm but did crcey days work
alter her departure uau he had, dime by dime passed
ms fortune the bar. TheI he went to work day
aborer. 20 he lived until tue war Ihen De entered 1le
army piI ate and served three years hgt5 brave
Is m All tie conflicts when lie Was engaged. Nnen
lis service done he returned home an altered man
lie drank less and 70 dom OrOJded over his Oouc'tc
troubles but he recovered from his WiIcs de-
lection.
A correspondent of The London NeCS who
accompanied the Fourteenth Corps ts march through
the DObrudjl sketches early evening scene near Ir-
jan's Wall. Along the road perhaps half mile away
we're some Turkish horsemen the slope OF the next
hill, aud beyond this rise was long unbroAen rdse'
with the Turkish camp extended along the summit in an
rr, jlar black line with here and the,e white tents
Tne Russian army was drawn up the forcgroGld for
he evening which Is alwaJ sung AT sundown Inc
sodi IS stood there parade with their white caps
under their arms singing in chorus the sweet yesper
hymn with an interlude from the bands aud buges Inc
long lines OF men without their accouuemenls standing
m reyerentia silence while the bands played str9o'
and ktn ioinE. the chorus with solemn e1rnestut-
the twilight hour Ire presence OF te enemy, the gra1
lines of the encircng hills all made 10 scene tO 20
remembered After the hymn, orders were read thai ie
dark uniforms - he put aud that they were 10
c read. 10 advance at Gaybreak aud tnat n any Als
WAS heard IN the u gt they were 10 lie stl ana await
SaIte was OK and Ia AL hour the whole camp Sai
asleep.