New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-17
GENERAL NOTES.

GE-N4-4'hL -'CAIO'
Here is cIumb Of comfort for Cramcrcy
PARK The name OF a North Carolina town mas been
changed from shoe Heel to l!ihen
After the qdad;d certaminis comes the petty
speculation. The battle-ground in Delaware Is to he
fenced by the and small fee asked AZ tie gate
IL the of few years collection Of relics may be
expected
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt's appeal for the
shnnecock Indians has already resulted in the collection
of over 5000 for their relief Mr. Roosevelt IA going to
the remnants Of the tribe in person next week 10 see
to the proper expenditure Of the money.
The little talking machine which was on ex-
hiUton in NowYork few years agu lis now sputtering
in Paris. An English paper, IRON, suggests method OF
utilizing it, says that the instrument would be inval-
uabc 1T railway stations wher portcrs roar Oal me
name OF the place IN tones equally lond ana uhites
bic.
A fire which broke out in the DOncaster
Theaer O'Clock i'm the morning three weeks ago
to alarm the playgoers Of Liverpool and to re-
mind the magistrates OF their official responsOhty me
surveyor instructed to report upon me means OF ~
gress cgress of the theaters and public halls ana
satisfactory certificate iom an architect was MADE Tie
condition of the reuewG! or license.
An Erie Railway train that stopped at Bing-
hamton on Jan - had rgurehcad standing IN 'front.'
under the headlight. and covered NJ to the eas Win
snow The dgurelead step! ed down. and walking BAGS
trjl Won ia g,t here ahead OF yOdf" The young man
put of the cars AZ Wavery Tor not payl hs
fare and hAd surrepttOusy climbed to his post on tue
engine The conductor was beaten BY four cars lengths
The London papers record an extraordinary
shooting feat performed recently BY Chomondeiey ZEN
nell He laid long odds that he could shoot consecu
lively pennies tossed in the air He selected some oi
the old Georgian coins being heavier than the modern
bronze pieces and likely therefore 10 be caught by
the wind. An old soldier threw each penny up three
feet above his head and as he threw Mt Penne nrsd
with small shot and bit OF tie 100 coins lie
had about hall dozen and offered to bet any OF
the SPECTATORS that hc would bit those rs well But hey
IN. .fieG
OF them making the money IN little more than an hDui
Tb" sv ia so en-0us tIat il NAV he well TO remember
that the EerO besdes being an Inspector o fisheries mas
been contributor to fWlcH
Capt Geo. L. Tyson of the POlaris Expedition
expresses his approval Of Capt. HowCate's North Pole
Colonial scheme. In letter 10 Capt Howgate dated
jan 49, he says agrecably surprised to see
your letter. published some time ago in the New-iork
papers containing proposition Congress to appro-
pirate money ship, and the necessary equipment for
another expedition TO endeav reach the North Pole
and heartily concur with you IN inc pltI therein ong
fer of no little surprise that there has not been
OF an Outpouring OF American enthusiasm toward
the achievement Of the success OF this great enterprise
that. too. when we consider the naFltnde ahh eat
importance OF the work 1t II unquetLlOnaby noble
effort and The scientific societies 0I the cOuauy Wouu
do well TO unite ia memOrazing congress reihtVe
thereto. Now is the time, and II tins Government Hls
this year, through spirit OF parsmonous econoy 20
appropriate the necessary 10 the furtheance OF
this project, En- -land or Germany WILL III al PROBABILITY
secure the honor OF this great achievement
There have been so many accidents on the
English railways Of late that certain kld-hearted
London editors revived the French theory OF color
blindness as probable explanation OF an enGnediyers
peglecting TO heed a danger-sgnaL medical expert
HAYNES Walton strengthens the theory by rectng TINS
incident: "A few years ago investigating color ap-
probation and the first instance Of the acquired defect
that came Ia INV knowledge was in the person o. an
euganc-irivcr The man confessed, aIpr an accidehi
Tough not distinguishing the red signal hat ne had
raduaIly LOST his colui-power. which had boon perfect
manager of the company assured the expert mat the
driver had been carefully examined only Few year, pc
(0.fue sagely remarks that III" evidence W0uId nav
ben less open suspicion If the engnedryer had con
cssel TO his cO.Orbntness before instead or atte an
accident. The paper aplreheidS tiat cOof-DIIn
ness may become rs popular defcnse 10 certain ihct
ents for mansaugher insanity IS TO charges OF muir
der The hint viii not he taken cn this side OF the sea
Not that American engineers are more hOhcS' OuI Ihao
there il risk Oh beng indicted
The burning of the Brooklyn Theater was
horrible the fL OF the Ashtabua bridge was horrible:
but the horror of horrors that stands without parallel IN
the annals OF mankind the recent cyclone ana storm
WAVE in India About quarter OF million souls were
suddenly swept into eternity The plague OF London
and the destruction Of Lisbon by an earthquake shrnl
into iusignihcance before this appalling catastrophe
The gosbqy Gazee o Nov. 80, gives some OF the details
of the awful event ON the fatal nght-Oct 3l-there
were no extraordinary pOrents OF the approach Oh the
-to1a The weather had been hazy windy and hot AT
II o'clock the wind ireshened Suddenly about midnight
niobtv wave was seen. and the next Instant
houses ana those who were sleeping there
in were swept away by the Hood Wien
Tho ann rose it shOne upon desOlate country ana
sbivinr errOrstrickcn band Of survivors, VINO were
nor able 10 realize what kind Of calamity was that had
nycru heImcd them my sterIOusly in The darkness
one of the most striking illustrations of The terrible
syiftncss of the 10 given by the Postmaster al
Nnacnv He was has tTav cling barge. IN creek near
at place and about ten miles from The river egna he
had conc 10 IL without fear or anxiety WHAT
ever His bOainan had gone shore, but -four native
servants were with him board Shortly before ma,
ni,bt ne was awakened by cry OF the W1Jers are up
n.apug up he looked out h1 saw high wave WIN i's
crst and ton cleaning in the starlight IL seemed Ike
e.rL in an instant his boat seemed rising 40 on hlsh
a.. ..,.rcd an a fe-belt in few moments; another
49, came rolling on and the barge capsized ne PAD
Geo anut in the all the rest Oh The night win me
49, a. ,o i,iehet. tbc native servants chung 10 spars
Tbrre we're sayed and lost The water iei warm
IN fe body but The air bitterly cou 10 the hcau UT
hands above the surface.