New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-22
GENERAL NOTES.

The falling off in Monaghan immigration at
San Francisco still continues. the excess OF departures
over arrivals from China during December being 900.
j. II. McVcker has written a long letter to
the superintendent OF Buildings of Chicago in reply to
structures his theater He nsinuates that the super
ntendent fails 10 point any Improvements to be made
in the auditorium, simply because he lacks experience
really for the best "They will simply enact something
which an ordinary lawyer can drive coach through"
DR.. Schliemann is not without honor save in
California. San Francisco editor exclams: :" All the
gold cups potts. aud ornaments which used to decorate
the festive Pram the pious Hneas and the rail Helen
presented by the Doctor TO the King OF Greece and
the learned and philanthropc antiquarian III hcdilon
pays l25 wOrkmen Tor their services. Oh sby dlunt
some energetic American preemptor go IN and jump the
claim 2"
The Gloucester fishing feet met with unpre-
cedened losses last year. the aggregate being ~ vessels
valued at $4,000, and 2l3 In 1873 81 vessels,
worth $1lS 700 and ia lives were lost OF the fisher
men whose names are the death list Of 1876, l67
down with their vessels, 81 fell overheard ana "a
lost in dories; 81 let widows III Children were
gales closed the horrors of the year.
Last Tuesday evening, while j. w. Wright
of Bristol PENN enjoying the society OF his family,
the front door burst open, and horse made frantic
effort TO drag sleigh after him into the hallway.
gentleman and lady riding down the street. oppo-
site the house. wlen train OF cars dashed ny ana gh
cupants dumped into sDowbank. The horse made
break for the door and after SWAPPING the harness IN
murderer who was hanged three weeks
ago at Horsemonger Jail struggled violently for
several minutes, and died apparently a lingering and
painful death This moved The FdR MdH GAZETTE to say
that capital punishment was too often torture, ana
that the gul!OtDe, although 1t might shock e leehsS
would al least lave tho merit OF being Ger aih ana
speedy in it, operation. In one respect however tt
Ensh method Is lar pegr san 'e and are not
turned INFO town snow The dath pena,3 Is p ad
without any of tue coarse advertising winch the Aeri
Cal press docs gratuitously
The London Aews says that Mr.. Vanderbilt
was sort of Gar Peter of money making indomia-
bic full of ready for any labor and willing TO
learn from friend enemy The Newly rkes VIII prop
ably make ep;taph in substance something Ike that
win .n their predecessors commented The death
OF Pcjv s.uyvesant. according TO mat truthful clon-
Iclr., Die,lrich knickerbOcker: We'll, hen the h.
htad on Is gone AZ iast! 1he Spectator ks that
the Commodore had one good qualify in 6uslneS-he
always tTieG 10 make has enterprises succeed ana It,i
lar.e dividends, which. America, as not considered the
gucAest way a great torture. There Is Large cliSo
IN America" who have prtJuulce against uiFiueus
tIat are not earned and ina; are pad ON hcu'lous
capital.
On JAM 3 John Dunbar was tried i'll Man
chester for damaging machinery belonging to paper
mill The evidence 10 snow that the PRISONER VINO
haL bacn discharged for misconduct aterward eDeied
the mills ana oat OF revenge destroyed parts vi two pa
Der machines AT first the jury could not agree on yer
dlt but a few minutes later the foreman announced ihat
troy had de, dcd TO ni the prisoner MOI guit! Inc
thcrcupIE discharged the Jdrl ana uotline
had been indicted tpr juring only one nt, 1
bar 10 be caiued in custody. On tr 0iioWinS y' ,e
SANG evidence hlvlnS been gwen, "a lf-sb JURY
verdict Of guilty, and the PRISON was sentenced To NV
vrlls pcnal serttlle Inns result is 10 be ascr1bed
either 10 faiDty Of the jury sy stem or 10 variations
an the value and efficiency OF the two paper machhe'
An English shop girl was taken three weeks
ago before the Guildford borough ani charged with
stealing goods from her employer. She confessed her
Guilt and begged for forgiveness. The prosecutor ala
not remand her 10 jail hut locked Ecr up in herb5doom
Al midnight, while the rain WAS falling III torrents Se
col out OF the window Of Ter rOolu climbed to the top
ni the roof and sat there until daylight sre then deter
mined reach the next mousse, and cleared zap 81 o
frt separating the bIliGug>. Creeping over me fuoI
sic reached bedroom winGow. ana after knQcKihS Tor
time upon the p"nts awakened sone chlIt naO
were ii, cpiIg in the room Their screams pr"Sht hci
and he ai3Ecd Ter t. pass through the house into the
street she walked up ana down the streets thT0hsh ne
Were She was arTestci the crowd INT Justify cneced
she taken back to the courtroom evidently
thought that sue had larry won her Liberty.
Once upon a time at AniCch-it was quite
early ia the history OF the Church-the converts 10 the
new faith were satisfied with the PLAIN term, Chris
tans" The Rev. j. Applebee is IN IRE faStdious iDrte
weeks ago delivered farewell address hctJre inc
Free Christian Church Of Bolton Edg prior to his sail
ing for America. He addressed hs audience "a Ladies
ana gentlemen" and took pains to tell them that no did
az adyise,jly II be had addressed them, be sal l. a.
Dear friends even as Friends as Dca!5 D.
loved brethren" u: even as BrchGOn' ne W0uiu ndNt
is
me dive OF the emotion telt. He was friend ana
hotLer 10 everybody connected with That ch0rch -but
that was a very different ting from saying That every
bndy connected with that church was friend and
brother 10 Him He was friend and hrotcr 10 the vofi-
est worm THAI crawicd yet When thG worm nus mo-
prei ed thc meaning OF It's Woniag life ana made bis
higher life uncomfortable, then, without any elnorseh-
what lie about 10 do to-day bat az people cug 10
be polite even 20 worms, he addressed them all present.
worms included, as " L&dles ana gentIeinen'
The Toledo Blade has come to the conclusion
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world The capitalists and the Of muscle. skill, and
capacity are not 1t ar.es going ito sit by any longer
with folded hands, waiting for the times to improve
"Youu, ambitions men. vino have career before then
Will not force themselves to NOPE along at a snalis
mace for another year" They know they have bound
Ics courry ovcrowug with pOtcntialitcs OF wealth."
Tnr slow pace" is to be ahGAdCncd: thcIt Ia 10 De
vigorous progressive action" everybody Is going 10
rp OF; Ms cont and wOik with vigorous earnt ,th6ss
anti fhe wees OF business once more began spinning
around. Alack! something posidts Rhetoric Is needed
In initiate the "a tue county ana 10 restore pros
uerity Political economy IA more Wholesome ioilc
Than bunconDe about tho resources o re c1huy' Once
m tDo wears there ,anc tLen come aard times ana
nunfSS III fjne. since 1878 mere his been down
ward curve; the lowest point has certainly been passed;
il rs bjgn time TO expect Tie upward curve " tHe ccie
hS,r,ct reasoning viii not sfcn the courage Of hull
ess men but based this arsdmoni - on INC expot
euce OF many decades il is worth more than ricIOhc
The exchanges have restockcd their menaSe-
re the band begun 10 play, and the printers devil
about the monkeys cage had better Keep away large
uerliied rttlcsIahe, WIN ptridct hCt oi 'o5' mas
he N found by Temperance man near Red Dlui IN the
Far West An absent minded gentleman, who recently
el,igratcd from Fayetteville to Wilmington. n t.. has
received by express large and supeannuaied cats OF
If, own SEX which his c0nsdetc nelgiDoIs had boxed
M and sent to his address panther eight feet long
has been shot Gioyersville, \. y An epicnre IN
soiaIia Mo- has restricted himself to 30 quail IN 30
d,vs Prom II "a 20 'tOOns are killed near narDle H,
NJ ever, Gay. German sCentinL have SEM an OitC 30
HuiYulo axe f0I 30 specimens Of the m0h0Oma Aho-
.,.lB u N ll :
iluty me nOw being ransacked for thcse cullOus ttc
allal igatcrs. Bears everywhere; also dcgs 49, %