New-York tribune., 1877-11-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The unexpected happens in a small grocery
as well as at the scene Of war. Mr. Krawl OF Dayen.
port Iowa, went TO his store early one morning last
week. and after kindng fire in the stove threw the
lighted match behind him Now 1t happened that
burglars had entered the store during the night and,
after drilling holes in the safe had departed suddenly,
leaving small kes OF powder on the floor, and Mr..
Krays match lodged on the barrel aforesaid Before
he could close the door ~ the stove, the barrel went mp
and he went down. and the store was in blaze The
poor grocer dragged out or the burning DuldIuS
dangerously injured and considerably dazed
There is one truly rural pumpkin on this
green terrestrial ball who takes earthquakes hard Hc
registered himself last week at hotel in Baston Spa,
and blew out the gas in his when he went TO bed
A woman with efficient nose detected strong odor OF
gas in hail. and called the night clerk up stairs Fore
ing an entrance into the room they found the guest in
deep sleep and on arousiug him. asked him buntly he
noticed anything wrong "Wcll" said be. rubbing his
eyes since shook mp 10y that earthquake sunday
morning I'm a condition not 10 wonder at anything
strange in this OF the country" sure enough,
one cannot recover quickly from an earthquake as
from a sneeze
There are some things which American poll
iticans will not do to election. but Frenchmen
stop at nothing. On the Of the recent election Is
was announced in Paris that mob had invaded the
church OF Izeux IN the Loire, sung the Marsease, in
shifted the priest IN his pulpit and committed infames
,npossible 20 describe even In Latin, and which tho
-, ordcr iourrals described as the commencement OF
I-03 All this turns out 10 have been an electoral ln
ycntion from beginning to end. Ten young men were
arrested the commune FOR no cause yet assigned ana
marched on in chains long distance to prison. Tley
v1crc kent I'm custody a week, but released October
-, the day after The election.
Although Mr.. Merriam has been condemned
nv brethren for skeptcsm and herosy
his congregation stand by him. At meeting held last
thursday IN tho parsonage at Indian Orchard Mass
over hundred members Of his flock expressed their Will
ncuess TO accept him their Christian teacher and
guide and earnestly requested him TO remain with them'
notwithstanding the refusal OF the Council 10 Install him.
The doctrine OF eternal punishment the bone oi theo
logical contention Mr.. Merriam complains, however,
o, T., its written finding the Council dslpprOyed of his
-" an he ioctr1nc of the AtOnemeut, when 10 had not
,veu him an opportunity To define and explain tueL
Erainy so elastic an ecclesiastical system as Congrega
ttIn-.' ,,,,t mr,X,n bis preaching so long as his
a9ck are willing TO listen TO him.
If matches are made in heaven. kerosene is
manufactured on earth and IL not always SAFE hymen
=, trcb especially when jealous hand fills the lamp
rcks the wicks On Thursday night a bride and hor
wedding guests were waiting for a bridegroom and a
minister in "A Washington second-aoor, when young
oored man. who had been Tilted, walked into the back
room lie noticed that the kerosene lamp the table
was unlighted and that the darkness OF the room was
relieved by solitary candle. Turning 20 tho dushy
bride he asked, "Why, ains You going to Light this
lampl" The lady answered that sho was afraid t
might explode but he took the lamp and said he would
strike a light fash followed, the lamp fcll 10 the
floor the room In a blaze tie mattress was over
turned, the bride jumped over tt heu iuu tur M0uu9
o,teats bOlcd out of The room when the bridegroom
and the mnister appeared they found the hose comp1
ues play Ing away.
Little Miss Elites double tainted away on
the streets in san Francisco Thursday week Under
the common law practice OF California, Frazier aSt
Croweu alias Golnsky, involving an estate OF 100000
had been as long in the courts as Jarndyce ag Jarn'
dvce In chancery. Miss Golnsky nervous emaciated
lte lady OF sixty, had fought her from court to
court with patience which the delays OF the law could
not exhaust, and with determination which the III
eenuty OF lawyers could baiie' bat not overcome sne
had told her story every lawyer ami Judge In the city;
avery clerk and reporter knew 1t 10y heart and nodded
10 her famaly whenever her strange little hsure cast
IFS shadow upon the court house walk erJewes ono
after another had been sod her prncsse dresses ana
her polopases had been pawned and anay she was re
duced To such straits that she had to borrow tho Ym
bits' with which sho kept the iie IN her poor ht,lo
body Hut she lost her courage; hcr fath ~ lno
Righteousness Of her case remained uAsAaAeh- ou"