New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-12

NH. At the Music Hall, Boston. the best programme
offered. First. there was a long conversation be-
tween Prof Bell and an operator at East Somervile
next, there contemplating transmitted from the
same point; then came from Lowell an organ solo,
"Eearer. my God, to Thee" with cornet solo, The
Last Rose Of Summer" and the hymn Hold the Fort :"
being heard very distinctly but the tunes not being
favorable the experiments were remarkably SUCCESSFUL
An English gentleman occupying a room at
hotel bed without locking the door, although
he had left his dres,ingtable costly watch. dia-
nond ring and other &welry; and during the night
thieves broke IN and stole whereupon he brought SUIT
against the landlord The defense n) plea Of con-
tribuory uegigence-the plaintiff ought TO have locked
the door and GU limitation OF liahilitya notice posted
in the restricted the landlords liability TO $3.50
The Lord Chief Baron early in May overuled both pleas
and ordered verdict for hc whole amount Of the stolen
goods lie doCided that il woud be mscheyOus 10 hold
that guest OF hotel is under obligation to lock me
door OF n's room. The omission OF single word IN the
printed notice vitiat,d the second plea.
An instance of enforced retributon comes
from Massachusetts Ia ISL the teller Hne, OF tho
MaEaiwe Bank Of Great Darlington stole from the bank
1000 with which he aDsroudcd TO California. After
ward, being conyictcg, he was sent to prison Whlo
there learned from his letters which were opened
by acr that one Barry Of harrington helped him to
got the nigtof the robbery For this service
IIine PAID him 81 ,7OO with $500 Of which Barrys
parents bought real This as having been bought
with its money, the bank brought suit 10 recover, and
NO" e decision i lh - iN"I, larry Llil7,i Is @
the into the United States courts and the accom-
phcc Is az large under bal"
A reception at Independence Hall, lunch
that viii cost not than $500, and an excursion
steamer that can be hired foI not than S2O0-thss
what Philadelphia will do for cXPrcsident Grant before
he sails for Europe May IT, There are Com
mttees on Steamboat Invitations, General Pro
gramme. ana Independence Hail, and the arrange
nearly completed. The excursion steamer Is
TO 20 NJ the river to spy ard where Russian friga0
is LYING and then return to Newcastle where the ex-
President will be transferred TO the steamship Indiana
The President viii be the guest Of James W. Pau ana
George w. Childs till the day Of sailing Mrs Grant and
her friends viii be taken 20 lhe steamer on steam oh
chartered ny Mr.. ChilGs.
President White has recently purchased for
the Architectural Department Of Cornell University over
500 large photographs Of French architecture and nearly
1000 photographs OF different periods OF Italian aren't
tccturo. Among the latter some depicting Pompen
ancient Rome. Herculaueum, Girgent0, and Postum,
including also the various phases of The Italian Gothic
RJmansquc and modern schools The president has also
purchased largo number Of ch-omatc and other re-
PROJECTORS the interior and mural decorations Of
POmpc and Of many edihces OF cities OF more modern
date Tho University Library will be further enriched
by the best French and German works ON Pompei' a
great number Of eary-printcd works, illustrating typo
granhical art quantity OF missals ard other manu-
scripts elegantly Illuminated, are also added Among
the latter is the "Epistoe Beati Pauh,' or fhe
Epst'cs Of st. Paul" yeum Cooley OF me cevenm IN
the finest style o. Italian art at thal tlne me
volume was bought III NipltS lhaSe v1s''I,s va ,,
shipped from Florence and will reach Ithaca before the
college year closes
The London Times has ghost story. For
month the camp Of Adershot visited nightly by an
aggressive spirit II was no respcctor Of persons or
rank Il pumnecd naughty officers in the ribs ana gave
humble pryaes black eyes. private OF The 10Th saw
il one night and was abashod. II midnight ana the
sentry pcrccving something advancing toward nm
gave the usua, challenge TO which no reply was made
The challenge repeated, whereuPon the ghost went
to the sentry-box, slapped the soldier several
times in the face and before he could recover from
his confusion made OH across the common Win as
tonishing bounds The soldier, in his excitement loaded
his rife and fred, Int missed his aim. The ghost
went toward the Military Cemetery AND 10 q similar
manner attempted 10 HI2hloh prFar, i' v i,1 Inn
Regiment. who was on sGalu ny 4 pQ"u,, ~
Again gun fired aud again qld tuc khos' slah on
upon another soldier and cnderIcd t. snatch away S
rifle sharp struggle ensued which ended by ne soI,ef
receiving pair ~ black ana losing his shake Wrch
found next morning in the canal Anothei Sehlrl
was accosted I'm the camp hv some one with q misA
Who Informed him that he was tho nuchdreaded Gh2s'
could d eiten The soldiers OF the present day.
The gallows-tree had bOssomed during the
moYing m the san Francisco ial-yard, and Chin Nook
SOW on his last afternoon EARTH could heal The car
prIfers at work cell dark. dirty, aud bare
there was furniture not even broken chair IN one
corner the wac straw mattress, with blanket folI,"
,ip at the loot. and there the Chinese murderer wts
awaiting HE doom. Ho had lived Lcathen and he
would eathcu, and after death he wished to have
bis bones taken from Christian Land and shipped across
the sea 20 heather China He showed 10 sigma 81 fear.
A:e no care (" he had exclaimed again aHG again. lie
asked nothing Of Christianity. II there any hcc
after at ail-and he couldn't say much about tfGt-he
would De ready to meet those whom he had murdered
II was i,lo indeed that Christianity could do :or Chin
Nook SOW The mldaliCruOon sur zht could not slant
into s dingy cell bat there something bi ght and
fagrcnt there lady who had delivered lecture in
the city on the previous evening had sent beautiful
bouquet Of choice flowers 70 the prison gate aad the
taller rad mt IT on little shelf the mu'crcT'e
mattress Did tie delicate blossoms suggest m Gin.
fal-nf WAY the possibility Jf CHOthcr lfC TIA. would
helm 10 explain this world Probably not for ae
very stadi ncathen. But the Of the dungeon was
swcpteyed the muIdere's eve caught something that
was beautiful and bright before the shadows OF tho gal
lOWs-tree gathered around hin.