New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-14
GENERAL NOTES.

A waterproof oil company has adopted as
trademark the porty figure OF Wm NJ. Tweed, the con
Wet statesman. standing in u drenchns storm with
shabby umbrella over his head ana huge diamond Oh
bis shirt front
Nantucket. Mass, is one of the Isles of the
Blcs for it has Jail without prisoner The whole ex
pense Of the establishment last year only 1888 81
Part OF this expended III withdrawing the our
side Of the building which Is certainly no Wteu SeP
cher
The glass trade is in luck The experiment
OF exporting American glass To England If meeting with
fair success and Gen PleasOntons theory has stimulated
col,sumItion at home In Boston over 5000 ieet OF
bur glass were sold by single houseln week. ana the
price has advanced so per cent
A Christian gentleman, a widOwer, over 90
years old free from vices, rich This Is the Bost0nian
who advertises for a wife. She must have integcuce
she must position she must nave good health sne
must years old The Christian gentleman Is eahH4
satisfied. for he saws nothing ABOUT gS0u ams
deserves good luck
Sentimental suicides are becoming very COM
mon in the United States. About fortnight ago
young lady who was engaged to be married ana appai
emily happy committed suicide in Marion. Iowa few
mornings after the funeral her lover called young ady
cousin into his ROOM and renafkns Issy uh h ns
going ~ his sweetheart shot hhseH IN tne noc m
brother Of the dead girl went TO TN house 10 see ne
and lid his best TO shoot himself did not succeed
During a service at a Wesleyan chapel at
Dittou near Widnes, Jan. %, several members
OF The congregation closed their eyes and fell from their
seats in a state OF mscnsbity The repose OF sleepy
souls was by means an uncommon phenomenon III
thai church. wOrshper after another dropped
down with thud the sexton supposed that an Oplae
more powerful than the sermon was acting upon ne coz
In. in the pulpit 1t quite plain that he h%d nor
listening to his own sermon and been 9'eranS os
drO siness The service was broken on ana Ine chae
cleared The heating apparatus was found 10 be ou o.
ORDER ue chOked NJ; no&lOus Eases were gem
Grated and the atmosphere was thick with poison
The London Globe announces the death OF
the Keeper OF the Seals and then appends pleasant
sketch of the genial old Frenchman who for many years
hs had the care the graceful and spOrtye seals IN tHe
biological Gardens, Regent Park 1t is rather grim
reasautry but pun title is allowable in sprlghty
ioUTral that has not reputation what The Spectator
Gals uubroken soldity. There exchange OF KIND
sponded to his whistle and he trained them TO perform
many simple tricks During his last Illness nc USED 70
exrain know should he better II l could Dut see
my children; know they viii die cannon see tne.,
Among those who visited nm toward te aSt "h a 'n
the lond Oh Sundays
A touching romance OF the NO Name series
comes AL the way from Old Virginia she was tall she
was beautiful: and citizen Of Fauquier County was
enauord of her She accepted his love- and the only
bar their marriage the fact that he hadn't any
real name He became an orphan after he was an
infant and nobody seemed TO remember who his parents
Christian name improyised for nm, anu ~
the form of a Practically he was outside tne
pale C.. genuine nomenclature and She Woid no1 c4 ISL,
the courts LAWYERS argued that they c3nid 90
him: "A court could change hilnt, NJ, '
hadn't any name to change He has applied 20 INC T
isaturc for the passage OF blli Sl'ing MIN h'N' &
day hr is named she will nam" the day
The Pal MAI Gazette publishes Boston letter
IN which the performances Of two trained whales are
described The whales harnessed and brdled and
three boats filed with passengers We're drawn by them
Up end down the harbor The exhibition was unde the
direction Of the superintendent Of nine railroads ana
the correspondent bears witness 10 us complete
haU1g been himself OF the vOyagers ana having
looked On while the levaLhans were Ied. ~ C is Goo
or " The Moon Hoax" AS buresqne on tne American
press falls short Of the mark, for nNh stories are no
glish papers have recently been Pubishng alOul sea
seip+hs coing about sperm whales ,, no va nrared
the American pubic UP 20 the higher dle Oh ger
arc beara These 1t will have-bu no fish, positively 10
There was a Yale crush" at Sachems WOOt
last saturday evening The Freshmen collected nearh
fence on the OF ridge and b~ndshed heavy cane
the hanger" Their leader posted hai-aozeh oi ns
strongest in the center To protect the precious NICK
aud then marshaed the rest Of his host 10 meet me
oUset the enemy With shout and shrek the Sopho
moies sprang upon the Freshmen their pan oi Datle
boders and then 20 send in st0utest men 20 cap
tre The prize. The course Of the com0dtants turned
voices shouted at once the sOphcmores seized the
baGger;" the whole undergraduate mass PLUNGED oown
the bank the Freshmen recovered thelr PIc -, one h
young fellow trOdden underfoOt ana carried on me
srOuEd badly hurt, and finally, after nall hours stIu-
&c. the sophomores bore away the trophy. When the
battle the boys march, down toe street win
Vih shlfls, RED Dackb, ana wei i"|oo o'Hs4"e O'oN
ehOUses.
A crazy California farmer was conducted to the
insane asylum Stockton, Feb 3 by his brother and
Constable Peck Of Tulare Township and commitment
papetE The luDatic stepped outside the
door aud suddenly broke away. running at full speed
with his brother close behind him. Meanwhile the
plyrrs were signed In the Office and Constable Peek
turned look for the patient, but could not nnd h
An attendant. hearing that luuae had escaped ana
Decii the constable In the hail. mstOok him Tor tne
patient Where Is bef" asked the constable UP
stairs" said the attendant III show you" They went
stairs together hoping Ia ind the lunauc and the
Other hen. locking up the patient whom he was en-
trapping When they reached the ward which had been
selected the patient, the attendant adroitly
the door the key locking up Constable
Peel mailman vain the prisoner shouted that he
zane. that real lunatc had run away that II was
mistake, and that he a constable. The attendant
marched down stairs with the CONSCIOUSNESS OF being
returned 10 the asylum after long and unsuccessful
chase that the constable released
One of the requests for prayer read at the
Boston Tabernacle Monday was this: :" For church