New-York tribune., 1877-03-13
GENERAL NOTES.

The deaf mutes of Worcester, Mass, are
trying open readingroom. II would seem II they
could the public library and rcading-room without
disturbing the regular Subscribers
A man was arrested 10 days ago in London
for chakng street pavement the words The power
of prayer" The police sergeant asked him what he was
doing and the artist sad am doing good" The mag
statc before whom he taken had the good sense 10
discharge him. with the remark that there was no law to
prevent any man writing The power of prayer on the
pavement, II he thought he was doing good
Popular suffrage has been put to singular
test in village of AVA Japan The neighborhood was
harassed by midnight robber whom nobody could
detect. The head Of the hamlet summoned the entire
male population under his charge and directed every
20 write the name OF the person whom he suspected
and to deposit the ticket i'll box. Fifteen ballots bore
whom rybody distrusted was so overcome with
astonshment that he made full confession and went to
prison. Never before IN the history OF popular govern
ment was q thief elected with such unanmlty
The fire at Newgate prison, London, on Feb.
26, insignificant affair as the flames were con-
fined to portions OF the Old Bailey Sessions House. over
the old there is large diningrOom in which ban
quets given by the shers TO the judges and alder
men and it is a robingroOm 1t was over this room
that the fire was first seen the flames issuing from the
iron cowl which employed in venating the build
who repairing the building underworld to exngsh
the fire by of buckets of water Ii vas not long
and the rcmen swarmed the tops of the neghborng
houses to apply the water More than twothra5 OF tbe
fell ill., and the fire extended TO the BACK
of the judges seat in the Old Court.
On Feb. % a deputatOn representing the
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and the merchants
of London. Liverpool, Belfast and Dundee, waited upon
Mr. Tley, Secretary of tho General PostOce London 10
call his attention the necessity for an alteration in the
carriage OF the American mails. 1t was stated That u-
der the present system of forwarding the mails by the
slow steamers goods sent by the Wmte star ~ In',tn
invoices of advice dispatched by the GuOn line III was
suggested that return to the old system under whch
the mails carried by the fast boats w0nld ne sa'a
acoIy TO all. Mr.. Tiey replied that there could he no
doubt that the present system was not woIklhs
tory. but the fact tnat The fast lines wond not
carry the mails at the current rates the main reason he
ing that they could not afford To be detained lor hlhe
hours at Queenstown
Harris an assayer of Gold Hill, Nev had
pet monkey which perched on his shoulder and con-
versed with him in Spanish and English Ono day JocKo
climbed up on the upper shelf Of the kitchen closet and
opening box Of parlor matches, sucked and cheWeu
brmstone until the caught him in the act As she
was reaching behind door for broom. Jocso made
final experiment with dozen matches ana herr"
bright flame st1camed from his mouth Ho gave wila
loud squeak and with one leap went tynS through me
kitchen window like sky rocket, rs the COOK remarked
6ing 10 hIrs s his tle mouth with both hands and moa
ing pItcously. Tcnderiy Harms nursed his tie pet' D
he could not him. JOckO drank gallon OF waler
rolled up his queer little eyes, apd died The God HW
News, which tells this bright little story COINS the "ord
" mOukeycide."
There were about thirty-fve of them, the
teetota antiquor ladies of MiierOwn. Ohio and each
one OF them had in her hand, in that respect re-
sembiug the martial BOadicea only her AK was battle
AK while the MllerIown weapon was the peaceful do
mes:ic ak used for splitting irewood On this OCCASION
however, what splinCred was the front door OF
whisky shop which fell hefOre them into nifty Thousand
fragments, each larger than tOddy-sck Then, en-
terns AK hand The bacchanaan shrine, like so many
waer-drinkns MOcnades, they broke up the bar, de
oshed the decanters spilled the spirits DESTROYED the
dcnijohns crushed the and the KEGS and the
glasses which so many Tam OSlanteTs had crown
glorious. The in moment became one OF lnuc
scrbdble ruin while the husbands brothers, ana darer
ones earnest ladies looked approvngy on from
a safe distance.