New-York tribune., 1878-03-06
GENERAL NOTES.

Tho Wesleyan Oarsmen are anxious to ar.
range a race with either Cornell, Trinity or Brown.
Startling news was received in the Capital
OF Wisconsin at early hour last Saturday. The dts
patches stated President Hayes had been shot by
the British Secretary of Legation and that Private Sec
retary Rogers had gone The tegraphers and ed
ors rubbed their heads pokcd one another In the ribs
and finally asked for q confirmation Of the news. Tho
stations raped all along the lire. and at O'Clock
came response from Chicago that the rumor true.
Subsequent investigation proved that 1t was a hoax
egraphed thence over the Northwest
Camilla Urso's fiddle and the entire outfit
OF the concert company LEVIED upon by shern's
officer In Ithaca last Saturday. The company had
agreed TO give concert the previous evening, but
had been prevented from Keeping the engagement by
railroad accident, which rendered impossible for them
to reach Ithaca in time. The local manager was In.
formed Of the telegraph and the was in.
definitely postponed When the company arrived at
midnight they greeted with a demand from tho
local manager for the reimbursement OF his expenses
and the payment Of $500 damages The proposition
not entertained and levy was made on their travelling
outfit. A new wardrobe hastily collected, Camilla
Urso borrowed violin and the company gave concert
al Oneida in the evening according 10 announcements
The Ithaca manager seems to be something of pig
The eccentric lady who ordered an Edn.
burgh blacksmith to put golden SHOES on her mare and
subsequently lodged in out-Oitheway tavern IN
spain where she could throw away gold pieces by the
heiress worth half million. Her name Is Miss Thom-
son. and she been the object Of persistent attentions
from forunehunters in New-YOrk and elsewhere.
Rumor babbes that of her admirers amused her,
although she knew he was terrible seapegrace. and
she found it hard to get rid of him. She had just
purchased mare, and In one OF her mad freaks
told her sutOr that he might have her hand IL he could
get ahead of her in half mile galop He accepted the
challenge; she rode the mare herself; the race for
wife was neck-toneck affair but the drew away
a
for breaking off the match, the lady had ner slod
with golden shoes.
1t il easier for lawyer to eat his words
than to chew forged signature. An insurance attor-
ney in ST. Louis undertook last week to have note for
1900, bearing the Endorsement OF j. o. Brodhead, dis
counted. banker said there would he no trouble IN
dsposng of it, and asked him TO leave 1t and call again.
bl-brOker who happened 10 step into the Office pro-
nounced the signature forgery Colonel Brodbead and
detective sent for and the guilt OF the lawyer
was established As the forger's arrival was expected
every moment the Colonel stationed himself behind
door in the Office The lawyer in. and when
he was accused forgery exclaimed g tell you cir.
that Brodhead mdorsed that note The Colonel
stepping from his hiding place said quite as emphatca-
y And tell yon sir tnat dd not fhe LAWYER oaT
and tearing in half stuffed the pieces into his mouth
seized him by the throat and choked him vigorously
that he forced TO spit out one OF the ragment ana
this was the half which bore the signature.
The military superstition that it Is dangerous
to change the color of horse during campaign has
been illustrated by General Skobelef he does not like
gray Horse but he happened to ride one In the first
battle and soon came to believe that he could never DO
killed on horse Of that color. correspondent OF
sedaa paper who served under Shelby during the Amer
lean Civil War; states that that officer had similar SUI
perstItiOn His color sOrre and he nrny 0eheVed
that he would never be killed while mounted on horse
OF that hue. He was wounded three times but never
while riding sorrel He had twentyour horses
killed under him the various engagements in when no
wounded and in every instance the morse mat
went down under hun was sorre once gan ~ oturA t
the brim OF his large felt bat and scratchcd us os
head and he fell heavily from the saddle; hut he was
on IN instant, shouting To ms men, cAhhoI
be killed to-day, for am ON sOrrel morse"
Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm has a new grlev-
ance: Goldsmith she Informed The ChtcagO Tribune
that the orthodox Christian and arisocrac rea"
ing club in Pttsburg gave out at a recent meeting
that precious literary morsel " she StOops 10 'on-
quer" In this play the lady goes on TO say the hero
is nice young man, too modest to look at or speak to
decent woman, but perfectly at his ease with the other
kind and the heroine is very proper yonng lady, not
supuosed TO know that there Is such thing as vice In
this world or any other, who personaes the pretty wal
ter-gr in order TO win the nice young man. she hau
done her best his modesty while talking 10
him in her own character and could not even eaten DIS
eve Then she To him in the character OF pretty
waiter-srl and this model young man Is AS pert as
po-parrot She parties his insults, and adroy avoids
any thing which might spoil her triumph when she
throws of her barad disguise and presents herseif As
the young lady he had come TO marry; when DIS acc
srations OF love for the hashed up warmed
over and presented proposals for the wiie'"
Mrs swisshem astOnished that such play coud oe
rendered by ladies' deiicatey and really sensitive 10
moral purity that of them could find IL pOssDe
TO utter coarse word either alone or IN company lne
Language was modified In the reading so as 10 avo1
SOME coarse phrases, and one seemed 10 hhA Oh
the moral OF story OF the boundrss license gwen 10
- fla ito lislu
pretty waiter girls which Is vauntingy recognized rs
matter-of-course genemanly trait. Well, well; was II
NOT unnecessary TO remind these ladies OF the laeni
wickedness OF Goldsmths writings This sternhg on
comedy staEds out in the dramatic Literature oI tIo
ncriod IN which written singularly free iioii
ant and whoever denounces IL on the score 0i inora
| its is liable to be called prurient prlde.