New-York tribune., 1878-04-01
GENERAL NOTES.

London society has a short memory. Colonel
Valentine Bakers exploits In the Turkish service have
made him the hero Of the hour and his adventures on an
English railway have already been forgotten. lie mas
been unanimously elected member Of the Marborough
Of Wales.
Whenever they want an oration In Newbury-
port Mass, they call upon Caleb Cushng, ther dlsh
Guished feIow citizen and always get good one He
has consented 10 deliver the address there on Memorial
Day. Mr.. Cushing is seventyeight years old but stll
IN an excellent state Of preservation physically ana In
tellectualy.
A will maker who wishes to give his money
for public uses he hardly knows what may follow the
sxamne of George Hoyey late OF Boston, who. under
certain contingencies, has given $4,000 each TO the
town OF Brookned and the City OF Gloucester, earn
esy hoping that the money Will De put 10 peneVoeh
humane or charitable purposes, or such use ana purpose
as to permit every inhabtant OF said city ana Town 10
have and enjoy equal right ana benent therei0:
1t greatly to be hoped that 30 good natued Deauet
this may not he held by the courts Voidiof uhccr
tanty.
Odd things are told of the Jews of San Fran
CISCO The principal man in OF the churches there Is
q converted Jew. who gave 100000 toward pululhg
the meeting house. He Is still great la'oie WIN '
race and his intercourse with its families Is uhpro9ch
One of synagogues maintains Sunday-schoO on the
Lords Day. to keep the young Israelites out OF chris
tian school. The San Francisco Jews have MOTEL OF
their where their peculiar social TRAITS come me ou.
The smoke at the table ID the has ana III the par
lors and the talk Is loud. bolsterous and constant
The EddystOne Lighthouse will probably be
rebuilt Tie engineers have reported TO the Board OF
Trade that obtain the safe minimum depth OF seven
fathoms which would be expedient IN the unmarked ap
proaches to such a naval station Plymouth, 1t would
be necessary remove about 100000 yards OF rock,
or 100000 tons TO which would have to
be added the blasting OF the Hand Deeps
computed at another 100000 tons making in all q
100000 Of rock at cost which cannot ann 1 be es @
mated approximately at less than S2,5OoooO., me
concuso reached is that IL will be wiser 10 rebuild the
lighthouse than to attempt TO remove the rocks.
The Bride of the Adriatic has just witnessed
ghasy domestic tragedy. young German set out In
gondola morning early March. and aighted at
Caunareglo He went short distance from the 0ank,
suddenly drew weapon, gave himself several stabs,
and then threw himself into the water The gondolier
saved him from drowning and took him to the hospital,
where his WOUNDS were found to be slight Toward
evening invalid sent messenger TO the Hotel Sand
virth with note nquring for his wife. and asking
whether she dead alive. The porters going to
the room and breaking open the door, discovered the
woman lying in bed dead, from wound In her breast
ing their bills and evncng tender affection toward
each other When their pecuniary resources were
bansed fbe young man assassinaed his mistress, hut
failed to kill himself Nowhe VIII be tried Ior murder
DR.. Dio Lewis assures the wOrkingmen OF
San Francisco that they can reduce their living ex-
penses to very low figures He contends that for sum
rdiculousy small that he does not dare to mention IL
better living can had than bf found at any hotel
30 far as perfect digestion, sweet breath, health,
strength and endurance concerned He went into
frscass market the otner day. and pointing to some
beef asked What ia that worth per poundl" 1.-TWO
cents" tho reply He pointed 10 the corresponding
asrt OF sheep zone cent" was the answer. One
OF either piece stewed with few bits or slices OF
,. Nsth pinch OF some OF tho flavoring herbs,
.,, "oU "e capital dinner for two OF course,
Nsyf H. H. ssS snssk ask If Dr. Lewis ever lived in that
food material cost tbat he has ived In city whose
as well as he did ho,e Yeo S Ea anu ne itca
week and INDUCED Ia no, Ii,fIe W varioy % % ~ tb,
With these figures his sane variety aV .nat,
student, who processes that he can Rd ne meucai a.
New-York for 20 cents day is convsctea ., m
gance and riotous living. Va oA"a'a
The house where the Treaty of San stefano
was signed is described by Standard correspondent 40
standing upon the brink Of prcciptous cliff into whose
caye-eaten base the waves to boom constant
protest against peace The Penpotentaries met In
elegantly furnished room, about twenty-five feet square,
upholstered In blue with yellow flowers and stripes and
osfpeted with the produce Of the looms OF Smyrna In
green and red Porcelain OF eycrgrcens stood I'm
eacn window. At the opposite side Of the room was
ovan In front OF which stood largo table covered with
naps Ignaten and NJ dc Nelido took their seas with
tner backs to the window that they could scrutnize
evory play OF feature which ut this supreme moment
must surely break through the impassve sodty OF the
Two representative Turks commissioned ratfy the de-
VI dnel paOn and Its consequences. eafvet on
gpaueh right there being small round table between
tnese TWO Iunctionares baduah tho centre
gut fringe The other occupants OF the room
yere Prince Cher0fteli, NJ BAIL, and two
xurkish secretaries. When all ready IRnatien and
sset signed simultaneously. the latter holding the doc