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

The piano controversy widens. Mr.. Weber,
.ho las heretofore been calpy contemplating the Tray.
int ,oscs now after the of HsOp; whe IT ia IN
arTs,,od thai tie seinways are meditating
NELL pianssimo. but after the manner OF Til"
hammer.
A schOolmaster in Lucknow has recently died
martyr to the theory that discipline must he main
tanned" boy returned to the school after playing tru
ant for days The schOOmaster locked him up in
a small in which there was large snake. The
child cried, sGakei snaae" ana begged him 10 open
the The schoolmaser kept the door CLOSED About
the boys father came TO inquire aer nm ana On
opening the beaeld the sake near tbs neck Of III
dead This htile incident created 20 strong preu-
pm pics 81 sohoolToom discipline Was forsotten, and
he was promptly hanged
Chicago is suffering severely from scarlet
fever and dphthera At meeting OF physicians TO con-
slider the epidemic and its proper treatment resolution
was offered the puTpOrt Of which that no medicines
which could be administered would prevent dhtheria,
and that the continued administrator of them for any
great 9Th OF tune would injurious DrBeebee declares
That this aimed at his Recommendation OF sulpho-
carbuae u soda which, he holds viii destroy the germs
OF dp.iheTla. the blood and Tissues being dsinfecIed
He thinks that the remedy has runiled al expectations
and some lis BRETHREN II appears, THINK OjheTNte
Who shall leede when even Chicago doctors disagreef
Two peculiar cases are on the March calen-
dar Of the Circuit Court, in Davenport, Iowa. The
plaintiff is the wife of habitual drunkard who. on
Dec T. bought several bottles Of liquor at Two saloons IN
Dixon tie proprietors of which the defendants. He
was working On a railroad at time the weathe@ was
Butterfly cold he staggered out OF the saloons ana S'ed
FOR his home but fell by the roadside went 10 Steep ana
Law In the snow fol two hours before lie discovered
Z lee! were frozen modification -ei IN aEpu.a'lon
vii D, n-oessary His wife Lad frequently requested
the TWO saloon keepers not 10 sell qucg 10 her husband
she aud uer two children needed eItly peLhy NhcL
he could earn she now CLAIMS @oUVO caihaees Hoin
each liquor seller.
Six little boys, all under 10 years, while
playing fortnight ago in the Plymouth une) railway
station were frightened by the approach of an official
and concealed themselves IN goods truck which was
afterwards attached to train and dispatched TO Truro
The little fellows GOT out and started walk bach to
Plymouth distance Of 20 HlilespO0T inDOocnS! They
eean fright, back u the station, and watching
their chance mid themselves IN another truck winch car
r@.d them To Bristol discovered, faint
In AMI famtsed having eaten nothing Tor three Gays,
aud having cried their eyes OUT Inc corpori1oH leu
them aud them home 20 Their mothers. II also
fined TWO Of them two shiEgs and sXpehct eael iof
travelling eurr~puuousIy.
A party of miners in the Black Hills recently
eompsred eyes and ears over a campfire. ono said:
"When was coming 10 the HILLS / looked for Indians
until could a mosquito a mile away" Another said
that eyes weak, but liz could hear gnats jump
ing around the rocks four miles of The next man
had listened for Indians until he heard the mountain
seep light on their horns the Big Horn Mountains 300
miles away The fourth with hs head on his pillow, had
sEsned until he heard the Chinese mailing mp
tetboxes. TIE fifth, IN crossing tue ROCKY Mountains
had iogud a peI1ned fores-big trees turned into solid
sone AS lOiiercd the edge, deer started across
The valley and transformed 10 moment INTO s0id
stone A bird flew past him, and erclnnS upon DrancA
beg4G sing suddenly the bird was changed TO stone
down from the beak Of the hirda cold cold stone II Is
about time fjr great American novels; 10 20 out TO the
Bid aud wTite ABOUT these interesting mihers-IOr SAO
word
The Gold and Stock Telegraph Company,
which is a creature of the Western Union has adopted
novel method of intimGatng The stock brokers' 1t has
distributed among the bankers ana brOhers who nave
said good word for a reporting instrument IL
vented by Charles Wiley, circular pronOuncins tie
opposition machine palpable infringement upon sew
era patents controlled by the company and limiting
that those m Whose Offices they placed may be held
responsible for the infringement. Charles Nann mas
issued counter circular, III which the course OF tne
Gold ana Stock Telegraph Company IN attempting 20
crush cut tue Manhattan Quotation Telegraph company
polujedlV. the aDsurditN or huldnS lndt
those have-he Instruments in dor Office would De
responsible beng well illustrated by the question
whether the men HhO buy a newspaper Te responsible
for the lbes my contain, and earnest appear Is
made ~ lave the competition sustained Whatever Nl9
b. the merits u The new machine Oae iBine IL cat
tam, the western Union and Ms tenders always 40
their best 70 bI ak up competition. The public uGdor
stands verl well the DRIFT OF such 4 policy
few miles north OF Tecumseh, Mich, there
Is brick schuO-hcuse wherein reigns muscular younS
schoonisSs She induced the trustees ~ brighten the
ding walls with paper, ana warned the subjects OF
her Little re.n that they must not detacc IT, one Young
LADY willfuy ana repeatedly ornaDented the new wall
paper with slasLes ink and lnartishc pennidnshp
Tie school dismissed the euiprt detained, the door
locked, and the feTule bTandsLcd. The pupil struck
back and haudO-hand conflict ragged. brother ana
SISTER Of Jae young rebel ran home aud -uumOhtd TWO
indignant Parents 10 the scene OF war me door wac u
lOcAe TIE father nratncd out 'hreaehlngs ana si''Sh
ter; ht mother rolled her sleeves, seized the arm
the schOOlml.tIcss and the point OF Ieang anu
bin. her, when 10, champion OF the oppressed en-
teied IL WAS beautiful young gentleman VINO Lhu
oiTn W. IN sleigh 20 nyiIe The teacher to go WIN MN
~ concert IN the village tRdt evening ne o'Pdi htc
the eomiataits glared at the father put the schoU
mistress IN ice cutter and drove away over lue iiS
sn la, After the concert n gave IGl SCI