New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-26
GENERAL NOTES.

The experiments with the telephone are very
spccessful. Prof A. Graham Bell lectured on Friday
,gbt al Lycelm Hail. Boston, and GOO people were
present to bear what was going on at Salem Iulies
i,tyed upon organ and cCrnet in Boston were as
,ir fN Heard by the Salem audience lively CONVERSE
gentlemen rom tue Iabernacle cholr theL SAM iiol
tr Fort and u was announced that the tune was heard
Jy every person IN the Salem halI.
There was a slight skinnish behind the
sres Of London theater about two weeks In the
middle Of pantomime scene one OF the actors
VA, pinchcd IN the by actress. Don't do II,
ther.s atod GIRL" was Ills TemouStrdnce she replied
l,-,qu lg All right, you beast; You cad, III SHOW
IN ~ soon a. TIE scene is over" When they went be
hind the she slapped hls face I'VE times aAd on
a. fry dov lie rehcarscd his gricfs in "a police court
% coI0pliut was dismissed, and nobody went TO jail
fbc proceedings were lOw-toned. How much more
noise made in Brooklyn over these little episodes
There is a proposition before the Georgia
legislature to establish lottery osiensbly for tie chart
,hIe object Of founding an orphan school in Atlanta.
letter in one Of the Atlanta papers which has been de
rcuDcp, the scheme as fraudulent intimaes that the
protector i Benjamin Wood OF this city, Who offers
lie Taler very briefly adds that run on: of other states
Ben Wood proposes To buy OF our proud od Sta't il
atc m the Union" The character Of state lotteries was
never better described N short sentence.
st. Louis has a color doctor, and HOtchklsS
IA his name The color Is based On the propagation
of electro-masnetic currents The human system alb
they are properly balanced carse equilibrium
oftempe1ameut ;here is perfect health. Every human
beng has ITS characteristic color, 70 the influence OF
yl1r6 II h rtcullry susceptible. When is sick he
much or too little OF his color. The color
doctor has only find out what the color Is and whether
bere p surplus or deficiency of il, and then, when the
SIsos,s is completed 10 restore through eeciromdg-
uetism the chromatlc equilibrium Gen. flcasohoh may
as well shut up his greenhouse convert his PIGS mo
rr and mt lis blue-gass patients steady diet or
ciroInatic equilibrium.
St. Johns Guild has long been a source Of
suspicion many Of the pu5icsputed gentlemen who
concern themselves with the practical working Of the
organized charities Of NewYork When what called
the clearinghouse for charities first organized the
gentlemen connected with il unable to satisfy them
selves of the merits Of st. Johns Guild. and while not
convinced that il clearly their dutY to attack ~
convinced that II was thelr duty n0t 10
The World has now gone cOhsldedpy uIlntI, IA "a
Openly declared the Guild mischcvous continuance for
increasing pauporism and It's Master Mr. Avian NlsWdu
improper person 20 De az me He" % a' Tb U5
Dir. Miswal threatens libel SUIT 70 Whch me "~tG
Trinity In which he strongly backs It's opinions There
/, much reason believe that IN TINS matter me NORA
is doing Thoroughly gOOd worn
This is an age of nulsances. Somebody Is
continually dong something which makes a noise or Il
smell or otherwise nterfcres with the comfort the
health Of somebody else. Now 10 is slaughtcr-hOuse;
then III stable which is maintained, TO the great
wrath and encouragement OF the yciDaSe soapboiers
and fat-renderers are constantly called upon to show
cause why they should not put out their fires and trans
pot their business some other locality An ana!aS us
roa ia that ~ he hGarder VINO practices at night up II
wind Instruments bansnug the hainy rom every oLtT
APARTMENT Of pension. Then there Is the man VINO
smokes and who does under difficulties, hndlnS the
yIrr ~ rlacls where he may much smaller than the
nGmlrr OF places where he may not blow his cloud
chime OF bells has recently ny court Of Justice IN Ph-
crnba brcu declared nuisance, and injunction has
been against their further use except under GER
tam conditions. Especially is II ordered that thcy sha'i
not De luug at O'clock III the morning.
The amateur singing match at Music Hall,
Boston LAST Wednesday evening not on the whole
McCan's piping in the Bah Ballad" at was jerky,
spasmodc and harsh I'm aware But still it distinctly
suggested an air." Why cannot Boston take hint from
tie English residents Of Shanghai In place OF spelling
contests OF singing bees they have conundrum matches
prize eapots being awarded for the best and the worst
samples Of wit On Dec. 20 there were many competi-
tors The prize conundrums these o. the best:
90 What grounds there for supposing that our
new ruler is a regular Turkl A. None, except
that he Is the new BOsS-fOr-us" (2) the worst: %
Why Is Hong Kong like cavalry horses keeping time !
and me Others TI ali prance time" Tie stimulating
effect Of these contests Is cvlnced by me 1oiOTlhk con
t1bution 10 The Celestial Empire: 90. Why Is Kenlng-
ton Oval like three-cOrnered tarti A Because ne!iLeF
OF them is Eaton square" The organization OF cOh
bee in Boston might promote the Yankee talent for
guesswork and the wits OF the local Dress might DC
saatued thereby premium could bS offered Tor te f
worst couuHdru not for the best and the number OF
competitors would undoubtedly be large
The church wardens of St. Jamess, Hatcham,
have been doing their best 10 render Christianity dcu
lous, and have succeeded admirably. The Bishop OF
Rochester appointed the Rev Benjamin Dale rector OF
the parish place OF the Rev Arthur Tooth, the Rtu'
Rlistc martyr The new curate sent to Horsemonger
Lane Jail for the keys Of the church, and MI
Tooth remarked that he had no answer 10 give
Tie church warcns declined to open the door ana the
ca7ate compelled 10 force an entrance On SatGr
day afternoon, Feb TO- a small force Of workmen sup
ported by detachment OF police, made an attack upon
the vestry door, and after inserting six iron wedges
forced two large bolts from their sockets the SOLID ma
sorry behind them being splinered chain prevented
The door from being opened more than few inches
small boy squeezed between the door and the JanD
TIE chain unlocked, and the wOrkmer rushed H.
One Ct TIC cLu;ch Wardens now appeared upon Inc
scene, aud Srding mp the police inspector DEMANDED
hs authority breaking into the church, and also the
uaines Of the assaultng party. The police Kept theI
ground during the night. and in the morning
were reinforced by a detachment OF one nun
tired men. Tie curato held i've services durlaS
TIE day. There was no music, for the sly church
NsrdCs Rad boarded up tie entrance 10 the Organoft
me services pcIfeey plain. Most OF INC OihiieH-
Ia par u tie communion table furniture had Uech taken
away, aaN I large candles aud flower vases, ana SIX
uslr % angels had disappeared. Tie church WGfaehs
occupied back sCGts and when they were asked 10 sS
he new curatts declaration atly refused on the ground
that they were TOO Ear back 10 hear distinctly. New
htAs we're placed on the doors on MOnOa5 ana Ihc 10y
sAvete1 10 the curltC. The church wardcn5 uhdObtey
MItit2.C themselves upon having fought goOd nghi'
thd Nh Tooth commend them for being hOt az
most out a1gether" good Rtualists as lac IS except
-ese bOuds.'
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