New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-10
GENERAL NOTES.

AugusMs Walls, of Company f, 9th Regi-
meut returned to Philadelphia from Scranton early this
week to learn that he had los, his situation His former
employer who is German gTeen-crOcer named Frank
Warner pakes this explanations II dons care nottng5
about uObs and riots Gus he away soldering, and
gets Young Dntchman fresh from Hamburg 70 DO tie
work ANT going To turn thiS young man into the
strecrs. ana that's all about It.
4 London party of the better kind re-
roelized by society Is expensive luxury According
to Vanity Far an evening party at one Of the great
houses I'm which tho hostess was " high rank and which
was attended by hundred guests recently cost over
- 900 concert at OF tine best OF the ordinary
ygvng houses in London. the singers being Aiban
Thalberg Capou ami i've Others, and The guests he.I
about 25O number, cost $4,000 ball ~ one " the
great HOUSES. with 600 guests present, cost $1,000
Barney J. DOnahue, the leader of the Erie
Railway strikers the editor Of The Warsriy Re.
rc that Ludlow Street Jail IS one Of the most celebrated
and fashionable places OF restraint In the Uued states
This is the bono Of Boss Tweed and he ANA enjoy the
privileges OF the same yard He looks well aud las
splendid apartments, with servants etc. Al classes Of
noted criminals found here, and could relate Macy
facts IN relation but cannot now think my case rests
good hands, ard n there IL anything Ike JUSTICE m
court like this, which has such unlimited powers tAnN
viii DO liberated"
Domestic markets A Massachusetts, COW re-
turned 20 the watertrough evening with memolan-
DUN pinned to her horn: Enclosed find six cents FOR
quart OF milk taken hisforeDoon" Ar Oh iamy
;abby in Minnesota has adopted a brood OF chickens
which was loft motherless. -" Have you any black
berry pies e. asked hungry traveller of the mistress OF
tumblc-down shenty by the roadside in one Of the
upper counties OF South Carolina Thank you il VIC
be poor and amt got bread, hucrnik, nor no
thin ain't come down % blackberry pies YET; ,.,,
Gold value Of tramps lodging IN Central PcnAs!NaNH
minus two hats and an umbrella.
There Is a rage in England for collecting
specimens OF the Colorado beetle. An enthusiast IN hAh'
has placed nearly hundred OF them "a an open
garden ard s feeding them with various kinds OF hws
and vegetables, with view 10 ascertanlLg the AhuOA
diet which they prefer. Now, there Is no act 81 Faf~
ment by which Do restrained from nalht'l-
ing any insect for which lac may have fancy, and Eence
this Manchester gentleman feeding his oee''S
with strawberries and yegetablemaIrows rs long - 70
likes and they remain. There Is high fence arohd to
garden and the entomOlogst il confident that MS stc
friends viii not try their wings but there panic IN
the agricultural districts. It IS said that these encps
ing nmg grants travelling by post ininnocent0Oais
pillboxes 70 al quarters OF tho United Kingdom.
An English clergyman was sued fortnight
ago nc the Wells asszes FOR $4,000 damages for sehu'
ing postal card 10 OF his Pensioners accusing hh
OF forgery This was OF series of cards when INC
rector had TO his Pensioners, IN which he eai'u
them perurers he locked the door from tie oa1-
side when vesry meeting WAS being held ana tlo'"
attending Il had 10 escape by the window. Ia consa
guenca OF these acts his church deserted, except ny
his own FAMILY and churchwardcn aud II was arrahsoi
by the Bishop OF Exeter that the accused should ap'sns
himself for three years, nut wien NOEnMaii Do.'''
separate See he returned, as Bishop Temple was no
longer his diocesan. HIS plrishoncrs have az iehs,n
subscribed go prosecute him for libel, ana the J"'9
awarded one Of them 81 900 damages.
4 railroad engineer at Syracuse puts the case
very forclbly: suppose should strike no" ana D"
ont OF work month and at thu end OF SHAT time the com
many should give In and lee IA have ont ten per cent al
vance--now much would make Oh that deal Dur
ing the month OF strike and idoness should lose over
$50 TO start with. Some might think that high ngire
40 cut il down 10 500. How long will It take me to maze
No that 500 which have lost by the by recover
ing the ten per cent advance which the stIko might cam
oT ma on I've gurod this thing All out should DeJuss
FORTY weeks nearly whole year trying 70 maze ~,
what Lost By ones months 1lencSs Ihss - Oh w
sapposion that We come out ahead II We don cou's