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

The telephone is an car-trumpCt that plcJ5cs
the German sphinx. The Postuas tcr-Gcnerai having
held uninterrupted intercourse with the chief Of the tel
cgraphic service miles from his bureau. Lepzgcr
-iIsssc, sent telephone 10 Prince Bismarck, at
vazin, and urged him 10 test it for himself.
The veteran statesman has always been easily
bored; the ceremonies connected with the visits
OIL foreign diplomatsts have given him annoyance,
and he transcts business with his suDOrnates without
wasting either word OF moment so that a tmo-saving
invention OF this kind, by which he could command 'Ae
ears bis officials &c any moment without taking the
trouble 10 send fox taeln WIS quite please him.
The Ritualistic Martyr of HOrsemOnger Lane
jail has craylcd out Of the courts through very small
hole In accordance with the argument Of his counsel,
the proceedings AGAINST the Rev Arthur Tooth have been
declared invalid on ground that Lord Po1zance, Of
the Court Arches. al the wrong place 10 Try the
case The statutes required that the proceedings against
him should be held I'm London Westminster, IN the
diocese st James,, ITat,ham, is in the diocese Of Ro
choster) but Lord Pcuzluce tried the at Lmbsih
Palace. Tie prosecution under the Public Worship Act,
Is thus brought 10 naugh through technically. closely
argued dnd Clearly established Through the aubeucs
OF the RicIass have defeated their low Church
opponent, q year after the church forced open
its rector locked up In jail for contuinacy
An old bachelor in Enfield, Mass, died last
Sunday from the combine effects OF cat-tite anl
his own folly Ever since the unucIy day in Sep
ember when he bitton by his p fifteen year-old
tabby he has been nervous; and when physician who
dll not know OF this household incident. happened 10
read to him detailed account Of the symptoms ana SUI
ferns OF Ayersnat, OF Hartford. he has bc
crazcd with fear Tie doctors to again and again,
that he hadno symptoms % hydr0n h0bil but he
WINGED at he would die Of that disease, and he has.
On saturday the nurses gave hm milk 90 drink, aud ne
wa. i'm such mortal dread OF hylcophoba that no
trcmbied when he tasted H. ant eupe1 at single swal
low euous u O chose him. on tAc next day the pap
oxysns came. The incident VIII tend ID s"'l tao NOR
tally statistics of sup rannulted and vicious eats
Utca's haunted house was cut M into kind
linz wood last Frday. Il rotten shol! on railroad
Land and was un0ccpicl when srOoks were Sky lark
ING over te AJors. Last Summer spirit faces were seen
in the windows and when the thunders rolled, the light
MING l,os a s,l0sed b.ood-crrdUng mateliauzatious IN
/ tle vrctched tencmst The n'lehbors were supeist-
t,ous and in need OF arevood, and o conspiracy was
fr,e, 10 destroy the haunted house. The oolier spirits
crossed the threshold with and hatchct' ana soon
tIr, va, bowling mob at their heels. The doors were
,aren down the wnaow-sus pulled out, and the STAIR
| c,.e, knocked TO pieces. Men, women and children
armed " tn clsohImmors saws and ha.cheis soo1ed
together for ,Arcc hours. until a osi tc uu9ers N.o
drcd beggars scrdmbiDd Tor the rit,rs, shn,igs aii
/ broken umrsrs whom they touched Nc si.,l.i' go
wovteatpu nrcw0od piled nap 90 every c' it ll Wy
uDlslborAood The spirits sill no" nave 10 - ''0'''
| somewhere else.
Captain Z. Y. Brecl, an old-tme reporter
for the Now-York press, who commanded h-'cN'A'o"'
BATTERY during tie siege Of The rouudhou' al i'''1
last July will let his forget the military moral
of thar terrible sunday. The members Of his company
e Recently ordered one for TARGET practice aud wes
,,n mn i'm line directions having been given 20 DISPOSE
o,ou rho ammunition on hand. Captain Brock gave the
o,or "Reodv. AIM but before be had the To utter
! mo anal word. there was sharp crack, aud dozen
r,e,. Wa discharged. The Captain was IN "Ai'e
mt " Every man who fred Step oat o. the Iahs'' %
co1. and I'm obedience 20 the communal fourteen men
Ioo tbeir plfces in tie line. lyon are dsfia'''
s,o,tei the irascble Captain whose indignation A"'"
no hounds No order 20 fire was si,en' ana ti''''
similar blunder on the part %, the Phil1eiph s''N'
n The TWentyeightl-st crossing on the -l't DO ''"
payed havoc in pltl5burg. You viii surrender 'o''
ammunition to your comrades and retire i'' "'"
who had fired Without order, turned over their al1
! ton and looked on waiie thcir comrades hl,',t w.,
practice Their commander Aad right 70 sctiNe ~ n
~ that - day. 20 tlc iW men II
pf,.lrt- ~ Eo aid not ther hcacs ,urns tee fo
~ No., - that Ncw-iOrk mill iamen can ui t's qafl-
, I'm flcir pipes and smoke it ON thc l2t'i 81 July,
$50 H., tirht ave- did fhe rank aud me-, IN every Va.
i - ,f Ion inc command. or AM they fire With.us
SUI, INTO the crowds on the sdeWakf
Three columns of scandal or romance, rs the
case may be- about AIRS " C. Raston, ore printed in TAe
Chroueie of san Francisco. hftyodd when Mr. Raj
ston WAS a.steambOat clerk he visited Newlora ana mot
in society Miss Louisa Thorne. lady connected with
commodore Vandcgbnrs family TIC TWO became warm
Is attached but their union was opposed bY her wealthy
parents Her gutuey death brought Tic r0malce u al