New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-28
GENERAL NOTES.

II would be wise preeautiOn II slip COM
names Guild register the addresses well as the names
OF ali passengers 10y their sAps in order to establish
more certainly the identity OF any who may he lost at
eco In the case of the os by he Pommerania the
Emit j. Souder. obrCncled this oruing each PEI son
named had TO be looked up through the ala OF oIe'
tory.
Cards for the New Capitol reception at Al
tapy are inst ready Great care add labor have it is
said been bestowed upon them. They are eldbOrateF
engraved and six inches WIDE and nire long the
board Oeng thick ana the edges heveled In the GENRE
is an engraving ofthe Capitol The upper left-hand cor
ner bears this coatOarms OF the state and the upper
rchthand that Of the Cltv Of Albany The larger card
is accom- aauisi by smaller oneon whienls written tue
name the guest viii Use as cara OF auhlSSoh
At the age of eighty-One there died In
somerset County Penn..a few DAYS ago. Michael ziu-
mernau who in his best days had some experience in
nnblc life a part Of Which is memorable. On October
8 1914 ne was elected member OF the State Leg1sia-
ture which chose SIMON Cameron United STATES senator
for his first term and it Mr. ZmmerInans vote thai
elected him There three candidates for the once
Cameron, Cooper and NORTHUMBERLAND thirty-one
ia lot, for a choice had been taken without an election
For Cooper Mr. Zimmerman voted at the nTst Dillol
aud 50 continued 10 Voe for thirty s1eeeedlLg ulf
When a. has iiame~fbe last the hst-was called, he
changed his voice from Cooper to Cameron
The writer of the article on the picture OF
G ,mmodus Leaving the Amphitheatre,' now on eX-
hibon at Schaus's gallery, only take refuge in
Mr. Richard Grant Whites ingenious doctrine OF
heterophemY, in attempting 10 explain the bun
der by which he made Mr.. T. A. Bridgrnan, the
painter of the Cirque Province" OF the Salon OF
1870. the painter OF present picture Of Comno-
which is in fact the most important work thus Tar
painted by Mr.. Edwin H. Blaekheld. II is true
that either of these young Americans might be
faIteTed by having The picture Of the other attributed
70 hnsef but neither o. them would wish to usup the
Ia lre of his cOuntrymen and the writer can Only alO
ogre Doth artists for the injustice Of winch he has 50
aDSurdlY Deeh guhty'
HaHng does not seem to be confined wholly
to country for recently the studios OF Cabane aud
Gerom EcOle de Bclux Arts was closed Tor some
thing which seems TO have resembled IT very closely
serious row in the studios these masters caused
the directors TO think that there had been some mani
fesaton dissatisfaction the part of the students
with either professors the institution and as
consequence the studios temporarily closed Now
il is announced that they he reOpened shortly as
it has been discovered that the of the row was
too pressing attention the part of some OF tie
stu5ents to Of the corners. which the French
paper od a. sngar ana annoghg .aso3 If 0, g' s
dios caused great Geal Of ANNOYANCE a. GeIome a9d
Csbane two of the most popular professors IN the
school. There 10 another story. not such good
thority wnien SAYS that the pupils of NJ Ger0De and
and thai m consequences the two stuaos wcr closed
for periods "a muntb and a fortnight respectively.
Allen C.. LarOs, the Pennsylvania murderer,
who poisoned four persons, including his parents. in
1876 duly sentenced to be hanged Then arose the
question OF his sanity and after medical investigation ne
was sent to the state Lunatic Asylum 1t was there
ound that LarOs Was no more insane than murderers
lsIiay are There a newspaper report that the au-
thOIities had determined TO execute hn5 whcreupon
nc absconded and went TO Memphis Tenn,
WHERE receiving good wages. he worked at his
trade But his conscience troubled him, he
saws; he tried 10 catch the yellow fever then aud
there raging but he could not, aud finally he surren
Sheriff OF crIttenden County, Ark
he has been returned TO VI asylum he says that lac
this be done the Iuedca commission must reverse
portunities Of playing crazy again. 1t seems tile as
II he had begun fresh game tor his life HIS anxiety 70
haiged his Gales about his conscience, ana even ms
surrender Of himself. are al little Suspicious.
Garibaidi writes a letter to his constituents
IN Rome. telling them wat he thinks ud be done
By the Government for the good OF Italy FIRST he
would send home at all the young soldiers OF the
peasanrry. grain, ia order that Italy may no
longer have to pay the foreigner the tribute OF many
millions 10 supply bread she lacks Then tho burden
of taxes which Keeps the Italian Nation in poverty he
would replace by one tax for all paid by The rich III
proportion to their property" To the priests, for
their own good and that OF the community
he would give ga useful occupation and
take them from an employment which obliGes
them 10 sell lies 10 poor people" In case such
measures sheuld be Threatened by certain ileondi-
toned neighbOrs who subsst the mlsfortunes Of
others he would advise the three millions OF Italians TO
"leaYe the spade and the hammer aud teacu all who
,reend not 10 know 1t that this baud is ours" He adds
AN these improvements seem easy III my tran
auil retirement They viii not seem " our friends OF
the Ministry IN the wbirl q giddy court aud stormy
Parliament. Anyhow they nave the intention TO pro-
other useful reforms whiie yOu have patience to toll
crate nudity 10 Parliament like myself include II In
the affection winch shall bear you all my liie."
The would-be killer Of kings, queens en-
perors aud others in high places, has appeared in the
English capital. Two weeks a man named Edward
Byrne Madden was arrested IN London, charged with
sending letters the Home Office containing threats
70 kin the Queen. In court the letters, Of which
there were three having been shown him. he admitted
that they wero his. All French, but none Of
them were read, The threat understood 10 he
yeyed expression that he would TO Baimorai
ana change the form OF the English Government IL his
demand for al 900 not Immediately complied with
whether he Is Engshman not does not appear.
One report says is while another gives
place OF his hrth and that his advent London
dates last Autumn. though II gives his
as Irash. When letters first received at the
Home Once, the authorities OF opinion that no
Nance cou.d be placed nDOn his statements II
discoyered thar he bad been for the past twenty
reas IN An unsouud 81 mind, had threatened 10
commit suicide, and had moe than once been placed
upder restraint But considerable eolOring
10 tue threats possession OF the police from the
that when the Queen was passl thr0ug an inter
mediate station her way from Scotland 10 " ndsOr.
the report OF q pistol heard. Whether there was
any design upOu Royal carriage or not Il unknown
bnt the discourage being heard lends Importance
10 the cha ge now LARD against The prisoner.
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