New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-19
GENERAL NOTES.

I'D tolenhones are now in use between the
M, MAYOR and the Chief Of Police of Providence.
c. Il nnitt also has the instrument in his Office, so
- , Universe with his son in the bleachory at any
,yeu known clergyman OF the Church OF
,,rd in Liverpool. has resigned his charge and LEFT
bn,,bood in consequence of having become Sc
-, involved in speculation on the Stock Exchange.
of one II the most fashionably attended
- : IN inc town His losses are estimated at from
$1,000 10 tlOVV'' -,
rbo Freshman Glass of the College of New
- was suspended last Saturday night After finish
- hsr examinations the previous day they had ser
5d tbeir tutors, singing college songs TO the accom-
,ent O. ireorackors. President McCOsh ordered the
- .l,ss numbering between 90 and 100 men, to
80 p,inceton before Monday noon. He had previ-
y suspended 32 members OF the class Tor intnida'hS
candidates for aumlssioh'
The shakers of New-Lebanon, NY, came near
IN, bnrnel out Of their houses and quiet homes last
-, tho bindings being fired by incendiary-a Ger
=, r,o,,ber of the society who angry because he
bad bocp found fault with. lie was treated, however
,,th Great lenicncy for deputation OF the elders
,.,,rlt him 10 New-York and sent him home to Ger
-. ,ho e,eiety having his expenses. The reason OF
M course stat 10 be that the shakers, as ma ter
osr,iuclpc keep out OF courts OF justice alto> thcr
The Wisconsin State University has been
.xo3t,d bv a tragic event. A. u bennett one OF tho
o3patiue class has been arrested for smotherng ana
,nroviuc INTO the Mlwauk g River his enid
,,s notler was Miss Cain. The child was born aOont
even months ago. and was taken to Milwaukee
nv Dspoet and placed in charge Of German nurse In
1,.,,f,er bennett and Miss Cain were IN ured ana
, se,,r,cd sac teaching in Prairie de sac, ana nc
,no tac; 10 his class About the LIST OF last May ne
took the child from its nurse smotheied 10 ana
rlocing It in a Sack threw 1t into the river lie
Then returned to his college and continued TO prepare
n, self for graduation. passing tug brought the 1y
al g., he
Upop s clohng; the father has been arrested Tor thS
murder and has confessed his crihe lte ~ - 1'" 0'
and mas b .cn beloved by his felio" Stni'n'S'
Mr. Jerome b. Stilson, in lcttcrt to The Her
aid i,,s the details Of the recent attempts made upon
nj. fc in salt Lake City There are two amusing DIS OF
description TIE first recounts the effects of the assas
sins blow d" He person OF vastly more pohori
ON, size than your servants and the blow he gave might
have smttcn down medium-,ized steer IL certainly
knocked mt cut Of time ana into posture which shall
blame no one for dcemiug ridiculous. l was in TACT,
C,ored between my wrting-table and bcdsicad very
much as Sancho Pa8za grounded between the meal
s,ek aud the wine cask" The Other passage relates TO
The Mormon investigating tribunals at consisted en-
i1ey of the Mayor Little by name, little IN stature niue
IN mind habit manner and should suppose, in every
thing little mouse of % man, IN iact-hls lace, MS
hair and bis garments seeming Of hne moise-cQloi
ls head % ,a AM his eyes gancns slyy, liHc nose
Of mou,, lis hands. mo,s,-iikt-iudeed aoSctheI y
human mile of q mouse OiGer mice sal AROUND
him: tCG-hairCo mouse oi ciiy Attorney ItuIlc'u
mic. called Mormon polrc. hoist thoir hind legs, ana
loosnc as vicious and dssipated as nice cOuid De-
cO'ciiye of mice
The shocking catastrophe at Bath, Eng, on
June Is attributed by the Manchester papers 10
sheer caiclessness The West Of England agricul-
tgra show had attracted TO the town n concOurse
of visitors from the surrounding districts The nearest
way from the Great Western station where most Of the
stranger, would arrive, lay by a bridge over the Nvon
leading 10 the road 10 WidcOmbc This bridge, lOO leet
IN oneth aud 20 feet above the river was rom an carry
bourcrowde by people Wdcombc on their way
10 The show suddenly it gave way, lrccptatng about
2oOpcople into the river below, which wares IN deph
fom seven or eight feet the center to about four
icct al tho sides. Twenty persons were killed outright
and between 80 aud 60 were seriously injured The Er
oainr remarks that the Ashtabua disaster TAUGHT one
lesson and that was that bridge could be considered
safe which did not undergo pcriodisal inspection
"whcher the bridge at Bath had been examined since
Is erection seven yciis ago We do not know "ul, now
iha be- II Is clear that there was sohelhihg
defective I'D the structure, OF - lhe alIdh '
Permitted of ITS being strained beyond endurance an
The Coroner, jury will only do Their dny by caieSsN
picug the burden OF blame upon the proper persons DO
matter WHO they be-"
While Mr.. William II. Vanderbilt was IN
Tueaud Nayfar introduced him to the stock-orokeTs
after this blunt fashion: Tie is the son OF The great
Commodore Vanderbilt who left what we nave heaid
stated az anything between five and tee million sterling
70 be squahbcd over and compromised by number OF
per.ons The father was "a OF genius practical
Inn and the SON is reported TO be an uncOmmOny sharp
shrcwl, Observation-Disclosures Yankee oI the very hncs
water and therefore likely both To look as sharply as
possible after his properly ana 10 tell you no1ng th
he does not wish to tell abodt IT, Bong one OF The rail-
way magnatcS Of the word-if not perhaps now quite
the mrgcst-his opinion is Of course, worth listening
TO- hat IN hand" After quoting The Loadon
Worlds city article, in which Mr.. Vanderbilt
had asserted that the Nrw-York Central was earning
per cent dividends and that his family owned half the
stock Mayiair remarks; 1.-THE answer is wonderfully
plausible and the callers standing by would listen to 1t
with open mouths. and 20 away with blessed McsO
p0tamil of investment upon the heart. But the financial
nouliicc would do them no good The Information
Vouchs nfrd is simply T. Investment purposes. worth
less within q week or month, Mr.. W. H. vanderbilt
NAV die n he does not die, he Is only Even
Roman Imperors have cnInged their disposition III tnc
course of their lives very rcmarEahlo degree
American gentlemen are by 10 means Ter the hlsOr
cal espon, blties laid by pOsery upon the historical
blgWigs."