New-York tribune., 1878-02-18
GENERAL NOTES.

A few days before the death of Plus TX. din.
lomac relations between the Vatican and the Czar
completely severed The representative Of Russia Rome
said to tho Pope My master does not receive insruc
tions from any foreign Power to his treatment Of hs
subjects" This remark caused intense irritation and
the political connection between the Vatican aad St
Petersburg was abruptly broken.
| Jolly Englshman was arrested fortnight
ego for disorderly conduct in the Haymarke London
and taken before magistrate. lie admitted having had
glass two but did consider tnat lie drunk He
denied having made any ncendary remarks TO crowd
about the war; One Of his greatest faults he said, that
he addicted to Shakespeare and was possible that
under the inspiration of glass two he had yielded
that amiabe weakness and reeted certain portions 0f
the great dramast's works 10 the edcaton Of the mob
The ingenuity OF his defence was VI 10 aVa Tor he was
lined 10 shilngs.
DR.. LemOyne, proprietor of the ncineiator
at Washington Penn, combines the business enterprise
| OF Snowman Barnum with the grim humOr OF a shake
spearean graycdgger Taking down small bottle from
shelf he remarks brsky TO visitor, Z" We have here
portion Of the remains OF the Baron. This substance,
you will OBSERVE is almost precisely like the hsh-Oone
you feed your bird That thin piece IL portion OF tho
shoudcr-b blade the largest is from the upper part OF
the humerus and the cOncaye piece Is portion OF Tue
shOuder-j0int. The Baron was u very large man, and
there just six and bali pounds cf nh fehainhs
The eccentric lady who made herself ridicu-
lous in the sight OF Edinburgh by having her horse shod
with golden shoes, has gone to Spain. few weeks ago
she arrived at La Junguera. small village on the Spani
ish the Eastern Pyrenees on the high road from
Perpgnan Barcelona. She had with her. besides the
horse with the golden shoes about $4,000 In gold The
officials detained her for several days, supposrs that
the gold which they round in her bag was the proceeds
Of robbery committed in France week or two before
IL was soon ascertaned that the lady had been nnty
suspected but when she informed that size was at
liberty to continue her Journey she declined to leave the
small inn which she had been living under thf sar.
ffu ing of he o
wbica usually charged pesetas taboIt sll,iny,
and occasionally throwing money RON the "ihuoS W
be scralnb tor by the ch dr n Of the village.
The American habit Of leaving things un-
done and trusting to Providence was strklngy Illus
trated by the Tarfvile railway accident. Professor
George L. yose of Bowdoin College, In letter 70 me
Portland Argus pronounces the periodical exannaohs
OF bridges by State officials utterly worthless, ana
points ont q SPOT where terrible railway accideht Is
likely to occur any day. There is an old wooden lattice
bridge on the Mauc Central Railroad, across the Little
Androscoggn. Ii built thirty years ago ana mas
been in very dangerous condition for several years. al
though trans have been rundns over II az thc ra'e OK
thirty miles an hour. The lower chord planks were
pulled apart and the bridge had that long swing under
passng trains that means danger The Professor 70
porte Il 10 tho Railroad Commissioners six years ago.
aad at their suggestion the company placed treste u
der each end which, however was OF hlue OF 10 use
In the report 1874 the commissioners suggosted a'
the bridge should be removed. In the report or 1870
Ia II
This WAS year ago. but the bridge has not been re-
noced and no precauon has been tken except to pu'
rsIe under the middle of the span which at the best
i. very doubtful expedlent, and may e te very
OF overthrowing The STRUCTURE II the froessor -
and the managers OF Maine Central are using an o
and worn out bridge that has been for years
hv tbe commissioners travellers between Danyllle anu
Auburn oug ght to neglect their Insurance tickets an'
their prayers -.
The shrewdest Yankee ever born in Vermont
would never have thought OF forming Jointstock COM
pany to work and develop promising miracle ina'
bappy thought was reserved for Frenchman. peas
rl at Cheppy in the Department OF the Meuse, had
celestial apparition Of Virgin in an apple tree Inc
bishop and the clergy manifested no enthusiasm ana ne
supernatural would have gone to waste II poor conn
had not taken TO insure It's success he 'ooA
the ground that IN this commercial world even mfaco
will fail unless it properly backed up BY capital he
induced couple OF bankers 10 advance him iunds, ana
the miracle company was formed. with tue money 80
procured he had commemorative medals struck he had
claplets blessed, and an immense number OF photo
graphs taken representing the apple tree ana the i.a'
lures OF appaiition very large NUMBER Oh these
objects were sold by him throughout district eA-
tending many miles IN every direction IRON 'he
apple tree. Pilgrims soon began TO hoek 10 tno
nlace by thousands, and miraculous cures took place
az a matter OF course. AS many as -'ovo phsi,,n1s
d,v Unfortunately the dividends Of the enterprs
ing company the police stepped IN, not TO dispute tne
, a,nin for hawking his pios fetsnes without
license lie fined $40 for the offence and that err
cmstancr gave rise 10 quarrel between the assocates
lie maintained that the firm ougl TO pay the me eoleg
lively well as bear the ourtel OF expsnses meuII1 Inc, @
hy floating the The financial partners no o9y
Would hear of any such t1lng ou sel conn nc aor
81 400, advanced to hn Ihe Mt,er i6, IYcE
wrote pamphlet exposing the Whole swiuulc ,i,In.
liz for himself he did not stop there DIV sen.
postcards TO one OF his m ocumen a summohas
the other to appear and answer Ior havhS aieu % 'n.
a6et,ed u, sneuccd 70 three weeks Imprisonment
swindiing aud bachmalilng'