New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
GENERAL NOTES.

Atunncl under Boston Common, to connect the
Boston md Albany and the Boston and Providence Rail
road tracks with those OF the Northern railroads, is
pretty htt!e Yankee project
The success of Prof. Bells experiments with
the telephone leads The Spectator TO express tho hope
that the curious Yankee instrument cannot easily be set
at work without consent OF the victim Its uneas
ness 10 betrayed by remark: Fancy suddenly having
your opened TO all the silly habDle OF this middle
headed and very chaterinS world!
The shipment of II mules from Kentucky to
Glasgow where they do the work OF drayhorses
Is An incident that the souls OF British stock
rasers The Introduction of American butchers meat
has already cut down their profits, and now the ire
pressbe Yankees threaten TO supply the Kingdom with
beasts Of burden. The Pa jf Gazette seeks TO console
stockraisers by the remark that wnen the mules left
America they reported to be kicking mp behind and
before. 1.-THE Scotch" IL says, are serious naLon
and not TO DO tIitcd with"
Somebody in London, who advertiSes that he
is an NJ p s. and "a Medical and Chemical Agent" has
invented what he briefly calls The Acknowledgements
con-" This thing, which in plain English is patent
pocket Inhaler Dr. Austin declares to be "dea,h-repc
Ing healtL-restOring" so the patient, II he finds him
self with aceratcd throat Occasioned by trying to
pronounce the AeximOrhygiasticOn,h has only to
put little carboate of iodine into it and inhale the
same The instrument Is said to be simple and would
probably be just well TO call 1t by name simpler
than AlexmOrhyglastlcon.
The managers of the Cooking School at No.
St. Markspace in this city, have opened new course
of twelve lessons the second OF which was given on
Thursday The classes intended to be self-support
ing 10 far as possible, and pupils are asked 10 pay
small tuition iee50 cents lesson or 50 for the course
II il comprehensive In plain cooking The first
lesson was devoted to soups and brohs tue second to
struction in cooking boiled meats and ragouS' large
meat dishes, poultry and game yegcaDles eggs bread
and biscuit cakes and pies dishes for the SICK ROOM ana
children's food Similar schools have been opened In
several English cities
A young lady living in East ROckDort. Ohio,
had two lovers-a Dover farmer and Cleveland sales
man. The farmer met his rival on the highway one dark
night and attacked him with knife but the lady rushed
botween them and prevented bloodshed Ruscus suked
on his farm for day two and then challenged his
rival to meet him and fight it out 10 was done week
ago Wednesday i'll a ten-acTe lot. Not with pistols nor
shotguns, but with fists, mutual friend sitting on a
fence near y and by OF revolver enforcing fair
play After a rOugh-and-;umble fight, lasting three
quarters OF hour the country lover cried Eough"
There is a CreedmOOr IN China. Certain
officials at Marking who owe their rank to military
services rendered by their fathers during the TAPPING
rebellion used TO compete month in archery prac
lice the successful candidates receiving pecuniary
rewards; but they use rifles shooting at an iron
target at distance Of 200 PAGES The competitors are
divided into five squads; when all the bullets hit the
target the narksman Is called red flag man and is en-
titled to prize the champions have final round. and
the ono who has the receives governmental
preicrIent The most popular arm Is tue MaItlnl-lley
hreechoader and during the past six months the rifle
men have attained great accuracy in shooting.
The importance of the decision recently rem
dered in London by the Master OF Rolls against the
limited States Direct Gable Company has been cxaggcr
ated. On Feb ., Mr.. Pendcr, Chairman of the Globe
Telegraph and Trust Company offered resolution at
,oceug OF the shareowncrs OF the Direct Cable Com
many 10 the effect that the breach with the AngoAner
can Telegraph Company should DO healed and the all
ouce between the companies be renewed. An amend
neut offered in the interest OF the present manage
mont WA declared carried. although Mr. Pen
der demanded q poll. At an adjourned meeting
,be chairman rejected 649 votes which were
recorded against the amendment, and again de
Glazed that It had been carried Another resolution In
favor of which the same number OF votes were cast was
rned ont by the chairman. On MaIch 'iI' Icn'eT
asked the Iigh Court OF Justice 10 restrain the chhf
man from rejecting the votes OF registered members OF
H. ccmuanV These votes had been thrown out OA the
ground that they the votes, NOT OF persons Dtc
hcay entitled but of trustees for other persons who
we're sO holders In their names OF other shares IN
te compauy. The court discussed the provisions OF inc
srcls OF association, and held that every member on
The register entitled to vote
The yicissitudes of fortune have wide
range among the Chinese. Yaou Cha0-an was rich
mans son, but before he OF age his family we're
reduced TO beggary He was accused by shopkecptr
of beine n thief and fleeing from the town OF King
seang worked on a river erryman. An old man with
a wife and daughter used 10 pass up and down tho
river In q fshing-boat and noticing how dig;n was
the ferry man, gave him employment Heimallleu 'he
daughters three years afcrward the old LADY ded ana