New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-11
GENERAL NOTES.

"Nay your seed-time and harvest Of pickles
m beautifu." With this appropriate sentiment the
pupils Winter school in Crittcnden, n y, pre-
sented principal last Thursday with an elegant cut
ass pckccaster in token Of their fonness for MN and
his for pickles
During matinee performance of "The Two
ORPHANS at the Academy OF Music Buffalo, last satur
day paper box known as the snOw-spou which was
brought into use Winter scene. caught fire AMI fell
upon the stage, where the artificial snow VAS soon
s,oldorirc The flies were non-combustible, being
heavily coated with alum, and the flames soon
tinqaished There was some CONFUSION III front OF the
curtain. but nothing Ac pane ana Ofdef was restored
In few minutes
Sartor Resartus might grin sardonically at
0 modern BOstonan gyrating at a ball In The garments
of dead and gone Revolutionary patriot. But sartor
Resartus grins cvcrything and IL Is really interesting
u read that the Old South Ball in Boston on Monday
night merchant appeared in the very garments which
John Hancock wore when he put his magnificent auto
graph TO the Declaration Of independence, viz Grim
velvet coat lined with wite SIX, white SATIN en-
member OF Congress in full fig OF that kind now! The
ball most brilliant social success.
AS an express train was bowling along be-
tween Paris and ROuen March "a, of the wheels
broke carriage thrown OFF the track. the lights
were extiuguisbed, and a crash was mOmentarily eX
pected young volunteered 10 undertake to com
municate with the engineer by passing along the foot
board outside the coaches, but prevented by Paris
merchant Alfred Hallat who declared that he was
.IfI iaiI" Inc added you may ty a!terward" After
terrible shaking he reached the engine and stopped the
tain.
The recital of the attempted abduction of
rchIyd lady from railway train by SIX desper-
ldoes who induced the passengers 10 believe that she
was crazy pronounced by the latest files OF the Iowa
papers be "bogus sensation" The woman was
crazed by nervous excitement and in her rawlings told
Wild story which brought into full play the imagination
Of the cnerprsng reporter. There is another remark
able story of young girl who walked twelve days and
ricis from 81. Paul Madison WIS., without food and
without sleep. eating the railroad track. sleeping Icy
the Vay.ije and riding on the cattle trains, cold wet
ragged, wrt he'd, aud prrttJ-hIt Is IL tfe OF mas INC
reporters Mus broken loose again
The Lord Mayor of London presided on
March p al pablic meeting held at the Mansion House
iu connection with the proposed celebration OF the 400h
anniversary of the introduction of printing into England
by William Caxon. Anthony TrOlloIe proposed the irs'
resolution, declaring The introduction OF printing into
Tprlaud 10 event of national Importance worthy
o, public commemoration" The resolution was sec
onded By Count Minister, who as the representative Oi
tie country the invention came said he looked
upou Tie approaching festival another OF those bonds
Of union which would he hoped, ever exist between In
gland aud Germany Sir Charles Dixie said that the
Chinese Ministers, had they been present might Rave
hon inclined 10 challenge Count Minister'S claim 10 the
invention behalf of his nation Chnese printing now
ever was tie nature OF htnography thal IN nc
nature OF lettcrpress printing, which undoubtedly
originated In Germany.
Phair. the Vermont murderer who was re-
proved last Friday short time before the appointed
deatbLor las recovered from the effects of the weeks
excitement and strain He SAYS that Downing
who teegrap1ed 10 Governor that he could establish
an alib is undoubtedly the man who took seat in the
with him on the fatal day. Plair tnauks God that
light has shown by which her sonse may be saved
The defense in remarkable was based upon two
poiDs: On that prisoner went to Providence on June
O. () that the name l.. T. smith" in hotel-register
and on a pawnbrokcrS ticket was not written by the
.anle hand ;hlt wrote it sheet OF paper III the Rat
land jail. of the best experts i'll New-England has
declared that the identity OF penmanship Is unnsiaka-
chance acquaintance whom he met on the cars the cA-
pe's testimony go for nothing The Governor can
BE- ordered.
Two Mormon elders, VIM. NJ. Palmer and
O. H. EggesoD, have sent to The Detroit Irtd"e i"hg
communication, which they point out certain ineon-
sistenccs in John D. Lees confession and intimate that
II may be- q forgery. Among other things they say
"Iee saws there blood atOnemenp believed in and
praccei By the Mormon prophets, and also thai angels
Of death brOug into to carry out the designs oil
Brigham Young We TESTIFY that this statement is
false for there is nothing of the kind believed in or
pracced by the Mormon people And we further testify
that our church. or the members thereof have no fellow
shin with the perpetrators OF that horrible crime, the
Mountain Meadow massacre and do not believe Ill the
shedding Of human blood unless the law OF the iand
awards it, This is as it NAV be- " 1t IL our hrm Dehei
D. Lee his production but mas been gotten UP 10y
unprinciUled for the express purpose OF ndklS
money and ~ Willy the Mormon people. IIlS hnpe,cl-
ment Of the genuncness Of the document Is rather
amusing.
About 400 engineers attended the meeting
40 West PhadelphaSn Sunday at which general strike
was ordered ON Reading Railroad One of the leaders
remarked ave made "a bluudcr in not striking week
ago; we have given the railroad company too much
time for that the struggle has been
resolved upon we will fight IL TO the bitter end The
Brotherhood are going to stand by US to man. ana
many Of the non-unon men coming into our ranks
II the engineers adopt aggressive policy this VIII De
the tixh strike which the Brotherhood has carfel Oh
within seven months Two OF these strikes have been
brilliantly successful-that the New-Jersey Central
last Fall and that on the Grand Trunk In December;
and one has been signal failure-that on the Boston
and Maine last Month Tho Brotherhood now has about
1900 members and accumulated fund OF half null
hon. and is on the whole the most powerful trade Or
ganzaton in America The cost OF defeat TO the Brother
hood Is rng when compared with the expense OF VIC
tory to the railroad corporation. In the Boston ana
Maine strike the Involved wasOny 30 ~ DAY
ten cents for 81 engineers employed on the line Inc
strike the Brotherhood not more thar S3OO uay
tie being about ZIG cents day 10 eacn
member Of the order. The triumph OF Tie corporation
vantage the corporation an economic aspect ana
AFFORD 10 Dc defeated The recommendations OF the
Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners were WISE anu
the policy which they outlined well be adopted IN
Penney lvania.