New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-07
GENERAL NOTES.

The lad of fourteen, who killed his father at
powdon Me- last wee offers very natural expana
top His father had boxed his on the nigh, OF the
murder.
The success of the steam street-cars In Phil
adeloba seems 10 be assured Daring single week the
receipts Of ye horse-cars averaged 500, while those OF
FIVE dummies averaged 500 The average expense OF
horsecar during tnat period was So So tAaI Oh
dummy $54 80.
During the three months ending March 81
one OF the Philadelphia evening papers published 200
news articles and editorials from The TRIBUNE; 40
from The Herald lOl from The World III from other
New-YorR morning papers; and 50 not ereolIeu'
total go.
Chin Nook Sow, the condemned murderer
who is soon 10 be hanged in san Francisco says plain
lively no likce hang, no likee chokee When was III
China went to a Mclean church. man say when we
die good Chnaman so up. bad Chinaman 20 down.
S nm tAI t 80 up never "eH' -
A little newspaper in the little village OF
Wilmington in the little State Of Delaware, ventures 10
remark that Oakley Hall is not sufficiently picturesque
scamp 10 be occupying much space as he has recently
oecupied in Associated Press dispatches. Wait tn the
little Mayor Of Wilmington goes 10 Europe on IAo sF
with warts her name!
Three glass factories in Baltimore, wherein
the true blue bubbles have been blown, have been closed
IN conseouenee OF the unwingness Of the workmen TO
submit to reduction of wages. The manufacturers arc
acting in concert with those OF Pittsburgh me violet
and the actinc and al rhe little electrces discriminate
between pigs and wages. .
The new assortment of relics on exhibition
at the Old south is exceedingly miscellaneous: oxford
College can with nose 1927; glass plate Q677); knife
u752) gold thmble Q741l; mourning ring, with hair
prepared in OIL Q777l; mourning pin Q13O) copper
bowl Q7sg shoe DHcSes 7l'f ieyy-, box n777
Twenty-four residents of Eutaw-place Bal
tmore have purchased the large Mott fountain In front
Of Hor' ieutura Hail. Philadelphia. and in few days u
will ornament the large square near their HOUSES
30 feet high. four basins, ana throws centd Jet
water Is feet in air The border around the fountain
about three feet high and Il surlnOuIeu Dy
usns which be kept filed with nO"ers ny inc resi-
dents.
light musicians of the Boston Cadet Band
played The Star spangled Banner" at the telephone
In Exeter-pace Thursday morning. ana Frol'
A. Graham Bell and Prof August Damn, at the fearis'
apartments. able distinguish the harmony, tne
time, and the several parts. cornet solo, Oid foA'
at Home" also heard The object OF tbe eNperlhe.
determine whether different instruments used AT
the could be recognized. In tue evening zen
concert IN Providence There comets, clar1onet
alto horns, tenor horns bass horn, TUBA ana PIC
colo.
week ago Tuesday a NewYOr1Ier was to
have married cleryman's daughter in Nc"-HaVen'
Conn, but did not appear at the appointed hour.
Later in the day he sent disp tch announcing the
sudden illness Of his sister, and posponng the Wedding
until Thursday. The young lady again put on her wed
ding and oitered before her dressing bureau
Out the bridegroom again disappointed beF anu lho
guests sent another dispatch expressing regret that
be would unable 10 present al the ceremony ana
what more he did not know when II would be cor
yenieDt for him 10 marry the lady. The ciergyuans
family have discovered that the young gentleman mas
disappointed several ladies IN the same way.
Major c. w. Barker, a New-YOrk pool seller
and horse dealer died suddenly on the cars between
Syracuse Port 3yron Thursday morning. He was
travelling with NeW-York friend and stepped off the
train Syracuse breakfast with HIN. he remarked
thai he did not feel well and would get glass Of Vichy
wafer His friend afterward found him IN a sleeping
gsping fer breath. He asked to have berth made
up for him away from the stove, where ne cOuid get
fresh air. In few he dead lie was III ms
54th year; commanded during the war a company
known the Mcclellan Body Guard opened IN AUCTION
al Thiry-ninth-st aud Broadway In this city; had
great reputation among horse dealers ana genius iOr
Pool selling.
1t is a new phase in life insurance, when
strong and popular company calls special attention TO
the tscts that it las costly buildings, thai II pays no