New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-10
GENERAL NOTES.


| Under the poetic title "Murmurs OF tha
Tied San Francisco paper recounts years wrecks ON
the shoals of married life. There 243 divorce.
granted in that city during 1877 On the other hand
there were 1000 marriages.
An eccentric nObleman, who belongs to ono
OF the wealthiest families In France. ard oxceedncy
good looking, had the within Of living at little inn in
of the lowest suburbs of Paris There this million
aire reduced his expenses TO five francs day But IA
was surrounded by companions who, play ing upon Nj,
weakness IN fancyng himself great inventor, exoried
fabulous sums from bin, that wi lin the space OF
year and half he had just diminished his pal OF thu
fit 20 Interfere and the young fellow seeing tie folly Of
his ways, has promised to return to the word.
Independence Hall is building that neither
the United States nor Philadelphia can well afford 70
lose On Tuesday morning an inspector connected with
the Insurance Fire PATROL discovered that the heater in
the basement Of the west wing was in such dangerous
condition that unless proper precautions at oncs
taken the old pile might catch fire any night The Chief
defect was in the connecting ue between the heater and
the main chimney large crack running up TO the eoor
OF the The Fire Marshal thrust srick into tho
aperture for the purpose Of testing the volume OF hea,
which escaped. and IN few minutes the rod was In
blaze 1t was also asccrtaned that many OF the bricks
were cracked, and that the chimney was exceedingly
unsafe.
A correspondent is anxious to know where
question Kind sr, send for TIE TRIBUNE ALMANAC or
1873 Its statistics this subject fresh and com.
plce It's chapter gold and silver gives the imports
and exports OF coin during the fiscal year from tho
monthly returns OF the Bureau OF Statistics the Uetua
ons in the gold value Of silver by weeks during the
peio the relative values OF coins of the various
countries OF the world the present annual production
OF gold and silver in the United States ard the amounts
Of coin In the United States Treasury on October 81,
1877 ayaablp uurD0sps @ resumDtiun. tina
available figures which OF pressing interest in this
controversy to De found in the pages OF THE ALMA
MAC. As for FOR the theories, every politician has his
and Bodleau library could not record them all
The theory That the pressure of 100000
pounds OF wool stored III the adjoining building was
cr;ed upon tic party-wal OF the candy factory AID
forced the building over sideways, 50 rs 10 thro" down
the unbutrcssed west wall receives no support from
The american architect Ii contends that the wool could
not exert the lateral pressure OF lud and so II tho
building yielded il, this must have been by cantug
over bodily to sdc like house OF cards. In this
case both buildings would have fallen together, which
they did not Moreover the side wall Of the Greenfield
building must have fallen all at once ana let down the
floors which it carried; whereas t Is in evidence tia.
u.rous were seen running back aud forth IN the upper
fer some minutes after the first explosion ghss
confirmed by tle testimony Of Baacke, the machin.st,
Who after the explosion had thrown out portion 81 tho
west wall went 10 the windows on that SIDE ana l0oAed
ont toward GrecnwchSt upon tae roofs ot the aOla'
ing building
The man who will lay the plumb line to the
work OF plumber is a friend OF humanity In great
cities plumbing" has become the modern synonym
for plague" and the plumber assumes an importance
Tor good mos;ly for ilonly second to that Of the
physician. But the plumbers have newspaper,
aud are reform or, rather the newspaper is 10 en-
courage plumbers and pat down the qua ck OF the pro-
fession The American Plumber is already two mOlths
old and Its two issues have shown excellent appreca.
ton Of what may be done in this field OF sanitary
engineering and practical capabhy fordoins H. Caas
FWingate the editor ard Colonel Geo Warns, j the
head his profession in this country, is leading con
trbutOr ana ADVISER These gentlemen have it in taer
power the gratitude OF the public through thelf
enterprise. and tie honest cOmmonsense OF It's a'
ces its ueai aud useful illustrations, its general excel
lency OF typography and considerable advertising sup
port give the paper assurances Of success
An American correspondent OF The London
standard makes haste to prove freedom fatal
Gilt to the Southern negro lie holds that ten years er
perencc nag satisfied the freedman Of several things
l. That he canno; succeed hi former sod master" as
planter AMI proprietor, aud become the master In his
turn p That he has The requisite seltcoumand and
saving grace necessary Accumulation, and that even
panting on shares with some white proprietor Instead
Of receiving iOr his work. always leaves MN pen
nile - and than penniless, al the end OF the sea-
SON g. That the new condition Of freedman or cedwo-
man imposes Oh him her the duty and care ot Tue
pcannucs or little ones, who used TO be cared for By
interest. For the negro unhappy resembles that ohes
African mother the ostrich IN gard for its young
and nfantcide has become fcarully common slnce that
charge deyOlyed upon them l. Alter the brief satlIa
fla of negro and CagpcDag rule IN the untecJntrGc.
states brought end most Of them five years ago
aud recently suppressed in the last states. where, by
grace OF General Grant, IL stu fingered, the freedmen
round mat politics did not pay.
The municipal elections in France, which
resulted sunday fayoraby Tor the Republicans. we
invested With unusual significance owing 10 tho fact
that tins year third Of tne Senate is 10 be renewed
ard that the electoral colleges for this purpose are con-
posed to large extent OF the representatives OF hese
local bodies. The Republicans and their adveIsaris
made every effort 10 influence tho elections for the Couh
cilGcneral and for the Conscs-d ArIOnd ana
these bodies have been actually reconstructed IN maS
ner favorable 10 the Republicans; indeed II was me
final defeat OF TIE MOnalcLSt parties III the elections o
the Departmental Councils on November 4 last. which
eventually decided the tardy retreat OF tie De Bgogs
Cabinet Owing, however to the numerical preponde''
oure of the Delegates OF the Municipal Councils In the
senatorial Electoral College, the results OF the elections
for the aforementioned local councils were not decisive
and these munclpll contests have virtually d,eriIord
nr poltical strength az Lett and Right IN the Seuae
TAe Conservative majority IN tLc senate, Nhich con
rutcd 10 the dissolution OF the Assembly aud sIppOd
the Presidents appeal Ia the country ws not large ,s
lime The probabilities that the pultch cor
tfo OF mat body will soon pass Into me AdlGs VI te nc
pUbl;cans.