New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-06
GENERAL NOTES.

Mr. McVicker has peremptOrily refused 10
lease his theatre in Chicago for sunday evening e
tainments Cd,
The Charley Ross sensation-mongers Oh p"i.
timore and Philadelphia need not be dlscoui"ku t|
Demerara lad is the only one on thiS s
,rho tnovvs the Lords PRAYER and Now lag me- an"
has a cow-lick and vaccination marx. , .
Urbana. Ohio, has just risen to the dignity
Of water-works and the citizens are TO nave Pupo io
,oicng over their metropolitan facilities on the I'D lns'
with fireworks. speeches. etc. Urbana Is the CounN
scat Of Champaign County, and when Quincy Ward the
scnlntor and his friends been clarifying the place
Of their nativity they heretofore given the mPles
sion that the water-works there always no"eu '""''
payne. :. L.,
West Springfield is soon to lose its big elm
TWAS planted near the waysde of the main street loZ
wears ago. by the late Heman Day, and had previously
acquired growth Of eight or ten years Inc ii0"'
ference of its trunk its smallest diameter measuring
On the bark surface. twenty feet Last 0unei
violent rent of the four man plaH 9t J
the BODY and another already yielding TO Jus weight
SO that The noble old tree is soon to be cut down.
The Northern farmer was night wien ne
said: Doctors. they KNAws NOWT, for says what's
ANYWAYS true Nav soort o Koind o use to s2ay the
things that do" A poor lay very Ill in her
scaptllv furnished room in Sheffield Eng, and physi
clan was summoned He perceived at once that IL was
very grave case and that she had as he thought small
chance OF recovery when shall send for You again.
doctorf" asked the nurse. "Wel," the reply, 81
sby get better and 10 you further trouble, III
inst write YOU ont certificate for her burial" He
dashed of mis- signature and departed The poor woman
actertc OF her sex began TO mend and in few
days her health was completely restored
CALAMITY is not tradition of the past. Sir
Walter Raleigh has two disciples in Wilmington Deli
oneis an Irshmau. and the other small boy. one Gay
last week young lady halted at street crossing Wherc
the I'D and sush were very deep and seemed to be at
n loss whether to turn back to wade through. An
Irish laborer not having cloak TO throw down, ala
what he could facilitate the passage lie plunged MS
foot into the slough, and extending his hand ced out
"step on my foot Miss, and I'll help you over" 1t was
large foot encased in enormous mass OF leather ana
II WAS a firm foundation which the laly fair conld
pass over with dry stockings. Tie small boys method
lie saw little girl of his own shrinsng back from
big pool and dumping his long sled III the gutter en-
ablci her to bridge the stream.
Citoyen Oliver Pam, the Communist, who
was wounded on the barrcades where Delesciuze met
his death AM who subsequently, escaped from NewCai
edOnia fallen into the hands OF the Russians He
followed the staff OF Osnan, and was in Pcvna as the
correspondent of Radical papers when the garrison
surrendered staff declined to recognize
him as a news atherer He was put down "a French
officer DISGUISE and accused OF having taken
an active part the defence of Pevna. So the Russians
sent him prisoner BogOt. where, being an exile with
OUT any desire appeal to the French Government he
will be doomed TO remain in durance vile for some time
10 como, unless steps taken for his release 1t
said that his Communists Switzerland have
lad a demand before the Federal Council to
fcTe in the matter, on the ground that OYer Pam ms
been ubabtant OF Geneva since his escape from New
CALEDONIA.
All the schOolbOys will begin to take an in
teres in the Eastern question that their friend
Captain Marryat has been dragged into 1t. a CORE
spondent of London paper has brought to light an entry
in the nOVest'S Diary the Continent, written III
1850 to this effect why this constant suspicion and
doubt against Power whose interest it is to be closely
cd IN us. Al ALWAYS a valuable aid in
case of emergencyl Simply because Russia wishes TO
have opening TO the Black Sea- And this IL very nat
ural her northern ports closed pine months in the
year, and therefore, her navy ndmercane marine are
almost useless. Sine does require the opening of the
Black Sea- is all that she requires. she never viii re-
main quiet until she obtains it, and obtain ii sooner or
later she certainly will and, in my opinion. sac is per
fecty justified in her attempts This not familiar
passage the account of the triangular duel When
Alexander the grandfather OF the present Empe or re-
marRed Napoleon at Tst: %" must have the key that
unocks the door OF my house., he summed up tte whole
case ST. Petersburg was built by Peter TIE Great as
window where he could look out ana see what was gong
on in Europe, but the door OF the Empire has always
been Black Sea, and the Key to the door III the
bands of the Turks.
The platform of the San Francisco working
men carried in the breecnespOcket Of their leader the
trrepressble DraymaD Kearney To stand for hours in
the sand lots and cheer whenever demagOgUes says
"hellhOund" or damned scOundrel" strengthens the
lungs of the of toll and enables them 10 GO home
after relieving their hOarseness the Groggcrcs
and their wives that better times coming; but
there are moments Of uncertainty when they turn about
with bcwildered faces, and. nudgng their ncghbors,
Whisper What is it all about, anywayi' At such times
platform handy thing TO have in the pocket Phil
osopher Kearney understands this. week Sunday
after had been exerng his lungs and his forcnger
for an hour signs Of uneasness In the two
thousand faces around him. Let remind you Of our
platform" he remarked in hot haste, but with unerTing
instinct. 1T VIII astOnish Of these villains
have got it in my pocket" Here he drew coil
o. rope from his pocket and, letting ii dane.
exhibited a moose at one nd, while the wO kin ,men
laughed and applauded. There >, he went with
q CHEEKY voice. "When sc cc man to any position
III California and that man betiays his trust single
hair up ne goes amppOsl. KecOlect that no honest
Will he afraid OF that, am not afraid OF rope.
Even these q take me tomorrow and hang
me- would put the rope around my own neck. because
think am honest, no honest man n the fuWe
VIII be afraid Of rope If he does we do not want him.
But there platform! See il! see III There is our
IlatfOIm!" Then he kno:ted the rope ends together
and slowed ii in his pocket and he crowd cheered
again and again. They understood their principles and
they resolved to support the party.