New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-26
GENERAL NOTES.

yanderbis estate as worth about 900 900 The Con.
et (Geneya cautiously remarks ta, IS said" that
tue deceased worth 100000. The Limerick and Tip
perary papers announce that one Vanderbilt, well
known shipOwner, II dead
| The duel between the South Carolina negroes
has given keener edge to the satire of the Southern
press The affairs OF honor in Delaware and North Car
DINA are cOnrasted and the social nieIOrity of the
North il forced home by such Irony this from me WI
mtnGt0n Star: That amt the way that Novels AID
Moody dld. They banged away until Moody keeled
over"
After the railway accident at Arlesey a
Bible with the following memorandum on hy-eaf was
picked up the scene Of havoc: should by accident
be killed tomorrow wish this bbe 10 be gwen u my
mother" 1t had belonged TO gallant officer OF the III
glish army. who wrote the lines on the eve Of the
battle Inkerman, aud who had taken 1t with hln On
this fatal journey.
"Mrs. Snifkin's Coffee Pot " is a clever lecture
by clever Cincinnati lady But the pot has just boiled
OVER and this is how it happened. The genial Hasead
who dearly loves his Mocha sang the praises OF the lee
ture fragrant hcxameters, but in setting up his heroic
periods, the Eastern cODpositor gave fielNh t"tlo
The lady's name and spe led it "DcchaTd" instead OF
"ArcLir" wherenpon the coffee pot, &C., &c: Matter;
her coffee pot ready for further lecture engagements
Whether the Steinways of New-Y0rk, or
Knabc Co. Of Baltimore received the highest honon
OF the Centennial Commission is now the great question
in the piano trade Knabe Co return TO the charges
this morning vigorous card which certainly requires
a comprehensive reply. The fight IL very pretty one
as it stands and contestants are clearly wise IN con
Quoting their controversy IN the NEWSPAPERS rather tAaa
In the tsllrts They get the evidence bciCr great
many more people and whichever wins the verdict will
make great deal more ont of IT,
A religious revival in Upper Sandusky, Ohio,
has not only changed human hearts but united Item.
Among the recent converts young lady who wasa
great fayorite IN society and who had manv admirers
when she united with the church she bccAoned to tho
III ulster who conducting the service t" pause, "a
she had confession to make She then faced :he con,
.reypn and told her secret. She said tat >iit was
married woman. She did not think u would be right 70
ii eeiye her friends any longer There wac pnzz OK
conversation III the pews The next moment Behtie-
man, who had been set down as bacAeiO stcplS' or
ward ana joining the weeping giri, achnowIGeS n 20
his WIFE They had been married srsieIS III Jn,sgo
during the summer and had separated Iney asked of
forgiveness, and were received into the church.
Five converts were immersed in the Schuyl'
kill near Green Tree, Penn on Sunday last by the Rev
Jacob Gotwas Dunkard minister. Tie water was very
cold but the current was swift that Ice had formed
at the point where the ceremony performed In ac'
cor,lauce with the Dunkard ritual each convert
MAS Immersed three tImcs-In the niDe Oh
lady nearly tainted from the effects Of col. cola
and eXpcsure Another lazy, VINO Wa 'sler roS'
and the minister so cold that when re thu%h hI 20
had not sirens TO Dola nes anu w @ hsn nnnTd
IN an. rescued them just as they we've on ne POM"
being swept under the solid ice, Tue converts ilu ~
Urged TO wait until warmer weather. but were uI""lns
to deter the ceremony.
Last Sunday, after the first hymn had Been
sung in the Congregational Church at Gencseo y Ia
wealthy and respected resident OF the town rose IN us
pew took ont his watch and addressing TIE clergyman,
exclaimed: There is devil in this church. anu
I give her Just five minutes to hye.' Az INC
same instant he drew a revolver and pointed y
at lady seated In pew III front oi NM lns w
Discreet She rose quietly and iei' tue caa
dun ears and there gossip Without ehh ae .I.
beuedic;ion. The gentleman bad been S',mmoneh uo ne
from ALBANY To look his daughter, but Whh 10
arrived lie had learned that she HAD nm -Hiy WIN ,s
lady's son ANA been married at Mount MORT, lew IN
| col flfGn Ia
planned 10y mother-in-aw and "as unable 70 Fel''
his indignation IN church. ,.
The barOmetric curve has been WaDphns
each side OF the mean line OF mean weather al o'et Wv
country ~ tie following observations by o'a' eu''o'
Indicate: A New-Mford, Conn, maien VINO foahu u'i'
self in UNPLEASANT company after accepting IN hfC'o"
70 lake a slegh-ride with young man. uroppcu "o'
handkerchief Oh the road and when ne gov ou' 10 P
UP Piled the whip and drove home without H''u -
5000 men and boys are seTaplhg. plo"ius' '"'''o,
housing ice III the vicinity OF hlnGsloh' " -
Hill near Preston, Conf. furnishes ID "h''' .'"s
course threc-quatcrs of mile long Las, i'" e!,m
Marty OF nine from New-Lonl,n started i.S. y
The crest of the hill on a. uou .,n,rter at
sled IA feet long When about y g.'u nsrty ard
mile down the hill they ran into another Pc! 80
inay into amr-pOst. Six OF the nile n, q Mt tbe
ously Jnrcd An lcicS 30 2 2 Lo"s T1I tbcnsand
freight ears are bound between bHAdo aIu $780,
Every third Fiord" orange Is soSN ot srSs ths
plucky lady vi ST. NiaryS Nd has skate pn1,srd
Patnxent River from Tr,L. Hall l"tndhs 10 D"A" An
I.i,nd--an uuorccclrncd exploit ~ That
English gentleman who accompanied her par % V III
hrnke through the ice and turned BACK aiteF t!u -,
Niscnjetmakegs have thrown Worcester MISS In
piicily scare by Initiating tEat to ~ In M Driyare
had sprung leak signs OF. thaw IN the i;,inp:
battle-ground. Hint FOR tae next Arctic oIres
nv rIuployirg very large Mnnts.o'ncrS coupe 81 -
with dogs m.lht form part Of tie eAlcu"Vh 'u
suitable wind took the balloon Ii nUitH'rp giy
her, 4, no earthly mCicO:O.Os'ctl Fca. W.! ha
Wind in an Opposite direction should not DthE wv ~
lonns parl On all the way back ~ where thr
Emr Kindred miles AT the average rate OF atnosphe
currents would not occupy II hours. the ears 'ou
fnIly rnupped with boats 10 for contention NIt -
so ~ n f1rorn hOpc-iDuCCd, every eOhceN"pe ''
cency might be provided FOR.
About four years ago TnE TRIBUNE reierfou
edorally to Gen A. j. Pleasontous theories e0n'e'nNH
the influence OF blue and light upon life ANA dS'a
The exchanges took up the subject with one eohse ~
iudulged IN comments iGcctiOus. perhaps, tn"A
wise A CORRESPONDENT OF The Cktod9O ir'oh'e h'S ~
Gently strycn to renew public interest N the ma,'
relating some OF the remarkable cures which nave
wrought by means Of blue glass For instance t"V'
friends Of Gen Pcasonton afflicted VITA rn' thi,
tsn in the fUroarms. from their elDOWlOns " ,I "a
dngerrnds, severe AT times that they Wcto IND II
hold pens. They obtained piece oi oiue Rts Ia
Il I'D Loosely IN OF their windows TOT tu1oois.t
they barred their arms ana held them IN tle nd
blue and sun light for thirty minutes. Eaoh uAy p,"
them relief and ut tie end Of three VS. thr @ i,.
fsIn had dis ppeared. little child that hNu ii"i -
birth, scarcely usc OF It's les was ,ian al no
daily in room where blue glass iVrined portion ~
OF Ike windows IN a very short time IL Oosav, az
use OF It's less. aud learned " walk lpu Fun