New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
GENERAL NOTES.

A practical joke has led to duel in Prague.
Count Rummerskirch had stool pulled from under
him. and measured his length upon the floor in the pres
ence OF several ladies' AS as he regained his foot
ing he challenged Count Max Thurn, who had either
pulled away the stool, told somebody else 20 do it,
The two recently met In mortal combat and the
nractca Joker was wounded In the head while his ad.
Yersary lost one Of his nngefs.
Peter Hammond, who died at Geneseo, H.,
last week. was hundred and two years old. He was
born at Newton, Mass April o. 1776, and died on the
anniversary OF his birth. At the age CT one hundred
years the physicians declared that there was not
diseased organ in his BODY he walked TO church, nearly
a mile, on pleasant Sundays and read without glasses
For fythree years he continued TO reside IN the house
which he built and occupied soon afer MS marrrlage
The discovery has recently been made in
England that ladies who figure IN breach OF promise
cases as victims OF mans brutality and reachery are In
yarably goodlooking and interesting. glance at the
English provincial papers serves TO establish the TACT De-
yond dispute. "very prepossessing." remarkably
prety possessed of great personal attractions de
cdodly beautiful" extremely fascinating these arc
= ,v NJ the epthets which TIE London GLOBE finds EN-
,od 20 describe the charms OF the interesting mar
tvTS md such consensus OF erueai lueen1 1ares @
no room for doubt that Dlshtea tnspce This
-, viii meet with the acqulescenee OF every suseeP
Die American liable to jury auV'
The legitimate drama has once more come
N oref in Boston, and in the Globe Theatre wmch has
ALWAYS been cmlnenlly u l0AhPA0 Va ANs
Jabn stetson the manager and lessee' auVeruseu q
horse niece and Arthur Cheney his landlord Sought 10
nreyeDt its production by bringing bill IN equity ASA
IN for an Injunction. The experts estued tha the9 hu
horses to be exhibited the stage but was as
aecessories and not the principal features OF Tue
ioce Chief Justice Gray held that there had been no
Evidence that the of horses would nure the teae
or be dangerous to tue structure. Similar representa-
tions were often given in other theatres The bi mus.
be dismissed so the horseplay will be produced, after
rather extensive advertising.
Demagogue Kearney has attempted to snuD
Archbishop Alemany OF San Francisco Pastoral adj
dresses have been read in several Roman Cathohe
churches and priests have advised their parshiohes
10 stay at home and keep away from the turbulent and
asoracrly meetings OF the wOrHngmens party. These
nroceedings aroused the ire Of the champion OF the
sons OF toll and week ago Sunday he raised
bis voice and swung out his right 10 this encet 81
was horn Catholic: my father and mother were
devoted honest, and sincere Catholics my wife ana
children are Catholics; my brothers In California arc
Catholics But am man that is willing TO suffer the
nersecuon even Of Jesus Christ for the benefit OF the
masses allow no priest, no bishop-l voice That's
the talk Kearpey "nosmniser, TO interfere with the
politea rights of the people call upon the ladies OF
son Francisco call upon the Irish Catholic ladies wno
are persccued now and have been persecuted III tny
pasf by Oppressive tyranny, 70 tell their paStoin
advisers TO attend 10 their religious duties IN the eho
dnties" The Archbishop may congratulate nlmseTt
npon being let OF with a snub. KeaTney generaiy cana
for little more rope.
A $400 kiss is an expensive luxury III
south Bethlehem, N. Y, lives Mrs. Mead tne WIG