New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-01
GEALRAL AOIES.


! 4 palm tree, fifty feet high, has been added
70 the EXHIBIT Of Liberals Productions ed P4IiIdcph
Beneath the long iFonls al the too hang rye Ok
! iIdit from winch pim-soap Is made
! Plttsburg Is the beSt-abuscd city in the land.
Moreover, sses her gut Tn. D., what one Of
her citizens writes: nero asstssnated h, mother,
divorced wife led an abandoned aud shameless
LIE Dat the iron OF history keep, alive the record %;
vaiucs. Pittsburg officials murder justice, divorce
themselves nom duJ, an" s'i ih o.. ipAJ VITA rrni-
ras whereby many millions ol pr,t 4, are destroyed
auG tnc cty dislaccd throughout tIc cisA1cd world
Gov. Hartrantt says that what Pennsylvania
needs IS a wc-OrganiZcd cOlstIuiTy, rttDcI tniu an
efficient militia. His idea is thtt when soldiers called
milo action the people are pered at once hgt they
Will readily recognize the authority Of policemen. How
wound do 10 have IN Peurs, wanna lihtia that would
oycrawc as Wei rs eXaspelatc Iocrsl Another thing.
How w0ulI II 40 90 nave poiico force ua NUult not
sympatiiAc Win "a mob ana III upon the miLtltf
a pretty idea is the aerial torpedo. 4 bal
lOun 10 b. Constructed capable OF "Ilh torpedo
beneath IT, and starting windwarl OF d camp iOtti.
he'd city, IS to he bust detached BY wh.cA IL
wal be easy 10 contryc and then ito cargo of death
and destruction will tail the midst Of tine my
Tue detachment OF the torpedo may be EFF cted WIN
great by means Of a thin elec;uc wIrc ana tho
pf"tef moment Iol cropping inc charse, 10 ori'r 0 exc
piote ON any gwen loih wa DE only nhd@r oil III
Suuucut,d observation ana q Ltllc lrictcc.
DOubassof, the Russian Gushing, who de-
suoy,d TurAish monitor, ud COMMANDED the Russian
tJrpcLU-JOats of their dalug peutons,
wlIt3 to MS aged mother very often, but never mem
TONED lis own exploits, aPpreLendus That she would be
nervous about him II TO lea the dIugrruus
service ~ which he engaged. Admiral N0N0dsAy,
while spending few days ia snoensk, happened 10
meet The old .aIy ana 20 once congratulated Lcr upon
the g4lanuy of iIr tod wlolc stony,
anu, tanning tLa she eutiIry 0epcud,ut lp0n
the prccarIOus employment 81 Ter SOM wrote o.
Grand Duhe CUns..ntiue aLI secured handsome pcu-
sOA Tor ncI from Tie government
The next centennial celebration Will occur
next Monday, near Uuc.. TX Governor seymour VIII
preside TIE rcises at tie battle-ground Of Ors
kany, and among speakers Will be the Rev. +. \.
Potter, President OF Union College; the Bey. samuel
q. Brown, President OF sAn.lton College; the key.
f. o. Haven, Chancellor OF Syracuse University;
Governor John 4. Hod.uan, LicutcnautGOyunor VII
liam Dorshelmcr. Col Frederick \. COnking the Hon.
Garrison n. Potter, tho Hon. Cox Charles T.. smith,
Judge Mcintyre Fraser, samuel Earl, herman,
Nm. j. Bacon El.s H. Roberts ana Geu. Franz Sisel.
Inc procession viii move tom Or.ssauy to The ba.tc
neld Al II a." IN. From 1000 10 300 people from the
MonawK Nauey VIII Dc prescott Arran cnrnis are being
"ad" iot snc erection oi MONUMENT 10 tue memory u
General Herkimer
Sok0lnikoti, one OF the Russian sailors who
received the Cross IT. George hlroic attack
upon the Turkish AOtlM 1t ouIna, has fishing AID
blown himself to pieces. soon after receiving The prec-
decoration no went 10 the quarantine station 10
Odcssa. orders let Oh torpedo printing Not
wishing the printing conceived tie idea IL
catching FISH while making tIo tess Tho first tx
posiou tne water very successful, large numbers
fish being stunned by the shock. But wishing 10 OBJ
tain u second haul, sokoniAoh seized another OF the
gt4percha bags CONTAINING the explosive matter, and
WAS just thrust the water, when ono ot
his comrades inadvertently touched Tie button the
gtyanic battery connected win tue prm NJ, ana
Instant an explosion TOOK Lace s"aoiniaoh iost al!
hia myers, ana nearly al the hc,h on ui- ce lie olsd
tue day ~ hospital, Cd also anothe. " the
sailors
Tirn0va is described by the English core
spOndonts The nlcAec tua and commercial Cenlro
OF The Balkan valleys teenug WIN isct.ries
linda market here for their products which forwarded
thence roads Leaning in direction Tue name
OF the derived Tn, Thorn. and a district
beyond kasaulik known the Vale OF Roses Accord
ing OF the sags, tine town built ny giants Dut
architecture scarcely reaches beyond the ff,n Gem
mly; and the houses and churches were frequently
destroyed and rebuilt during the wars between Ae BY
zantinc eppcrors and the Ottoman princes, orc Du't
look outside the town for sisL OF anocn days. I~o
miles northwest of the town there are toer'by well
preserved remains Of Roman buildings, walch Ha.ls
recognized belonging 10 the Nkopols al lsirn' me
Emperor Traan. san further west Stands pillar thy
ieot high, Nihcn probably belonged 10 Roman 'lAu".'
The DANUBE, the moro ile Iurn ar i, Cd" s"'o
tuhuh s4"Ncs MIich u~lc Tar he."4C TIC ""N "a Wv
Roman emprlUrs.
At the base of the peninsula which divides
Lake superior iutJ two oOes, a beautiful Lake "tt IN
outlet Inc natural waterway stretches oc
yOud HUugltOn, With Its toptNfuin's oA lNe Du'N''
and almost channel nrou- 90 tae north shO.e oi
ine l. Ike. the neck OF land ing only two AND max
miles wide. As early as 1861 corporation was tona,d
iol the construction OF s4p -caA.sciOss THIS mario"
i,thmus. work begun duuug tht mex. yea, uAs
progress was very slow. 300 feet Wide and t.i,ca
feet deep Wa 10 made across a swamp Wltir =
forest of heavy growth had once been upiIln'i ay
great storm and the su.f the she rendered n,ees
saiy the construction OF strong brcak-Water ""iN
went ON; the capital stock mcrel scd again "h'
again immense Land grants were made oy the S''''
legislature and by Congie.s. aid the properly "''
moitgagcd and romor -aeed; and u 1872 seven Yeas
after size construction Of tho WORK begun, thc canal
wa. SIN unfinished. and the uoltysEc. aggregated
- zoos 600 AZ 10 per cent interest toreciu9nns ,is
I mon and bankruptcy lrO. rttIuEo luicWtd ana . ,io
Was gnul, ordered az Housuiou the Highest hu htils
$50 O0O 40 tine liens Announced q over sJ,-ut,tVO
/ In, b,udholirrs have sunk about -i,DupOuo n iIis
I Ouch. 4 new Company, VII caplta OF flVVh"Vh >
/ now endeuyoIlug To complete the WORK.
A statue of Alfred the Great was unveiled
I'm the picturesque little Berkshire village OF Vantage on
Jply a. This Il the Vale of the White Horse, which
Thomas Hughes has described so graphically II was IN
hi, village that the great monarch was born, and II Was
in this valley that he achieved his most famous victories
and made the nrst draft of his Constitution The statue
IA the gift OF Col Ludsay the gallant officer Who Won