New-York tribune., 1878-01-23
GENERAL NOTES.

All Chung, a San Francisco murderer, has
kicked the bucket literally as well as metaphoricsly
on January prisonkeeper found him hanging by tbs
neck in his cell. He had passed cord through the
arhcIes the back OF his CELL fastened that end made
moose OF the other end, put out The gas ana planted
himself upon a water-bucket. Then he kicked tho
bucket.
Among the mourners at the funeral OF
Engineer Hatch, at West Winsted Conn, Hast Sunday
waa his mother whose life has been long HAD OF
woea Two Of her brothers murdered third was
drovped her ss,ers husband killed In the war; her
own husband foil dead his chair, and finally, her only
son was victim Of the railroad disaster OF last week
thanksgiving service was held on the same afternoon
in Norfolk Conn., for the safe dSeranee OF over seventy
members of the cation who were on the ran thss
vas wrecked az TarilVlie
The RepuJlican and The Times, Of Bingham.
tom have been united Mr. Frederick c. Maher, the cap
able Editor The Republican, taking charge OF the con-
soliated sheet and Mr. Tucker OF Ias Times, actingas
night editor The paper Ia attractive In makeup
fall of news, and in all respects an improvement.
upon either OF il, predecessors The publishers frankly
put the consolidation upon the ground that Binghamton
ala not support the two newspapers on the scale ON
which they have been conducted There can bo no
doubt that newspaper readers IN great many towns
hesdes Bnghamon getting more than the worth Of
their money.
Governor Cradock's mansion in Medford.
Mass IS said to be the oldest house in NewBngand It
IA two-story brick dwelling. and was built about 1884
House because its walls go thick, and because 1t
had close shutters and port holes Its walls are eighteen
inches thick There heavy iron bars across the tive
large crched windows which arc near the ground in the
back OF the house and there are several hre-proof
closets In the building The houss stood In an open Held
for century and hail. aud could be approached only
ny n pryste road through gates. A. the outside door
wa, ca,ed with iron IL Ia certain it intended TO he
fre-proot. There was one pane OF gass, set IN HOn
placed the back wall OF the western chimney 80 TO
afvhf. ~
house has undergone few changes mOyomont mas
been started to convert the old mansion intoa local
museum
A shoemakers' strike at Beverly, Mass, had
,ts Instructive peculiares There trouble there
be, geen the worSmen and the employers All was going
on we'll Last Friday aboard OF arbitration, so-caled
appeared N one the shops and demanded an Increase
Of the wages of labor The proprietors ordered the
board ont Of the shop they had right TO do, but in'
formed their workmen that as the prices demanded by
the board we're satisfactory, they would hereafter be
maid But the board, considering that It had been In
sulted Immediately ordered strike and all the Crispns
in the shop obeycd the order Where was the tyranny IN
hisi Certainly not on the side OF the employer Those
workmen who have been chooled by evil teachers INTO
their bosses" as despots, themselves the
slaves of board which, in It's turn, is responsible TO
nobo,y and orders men 10 work or quit WORK at us
nleasire Result This week the men will earn bali =
pweeEs wo ces next week. wages at ALL This may be
wise hut the ordinary mind II must seem Ae @ene :"
witlessness.
snopdent at Lake Tahoe, with tlr thermometer at -
degree, below zero writes Our beautiful Daughter OF
rho Clouds is rs free from tie embracing OF jack
rrost as she over was since Time was young these
waves have rolled to tho shore, Winter and summer
alike free as the mountain storm that kisses their cold
Inns Virginia maiden, whose afiaDccd did not aP
near on the wedding night went TO the window and re-
marking that good weather for amarrlaSe any how,
nut ON her bonnet and acted bridesmaid for one OF hex
friends across the street A young woman In Toledo
after receiving notes. In mauy hours from lover
whose addresses rejected, sat down with fury n
her eye 20 write answer that would wipe out his love-
making as with sponge. But the little page "wth
dlned chin that never had known the BARRIERS snesr
softly touched the hem Of her garment and whispered;
III YOU please, mum, don't write anything that WI
scare him he WON'T send any more notes, 'case -"
maxim i've cents every trip III this bad weather.
Forty miles an hour down Mount Washing
ton was quite enough TO take Signal Service om'
GERS breath Sergeant Cone had been ordered from lhe
summit TO Washington, ID. G., aud after waiting seyera'
DAYS for clear weather. decided to start last sunday
morning with two companions. They had large sled'
and intended to follow tho track OF the Mount Washns
ION Railway to the base OF the mountain lhe parry
reached the level above Jacobs Ladder IN safety BUS
owing to the steepness OF the remaining scpc the scf
| ceunrs companions decided to halt aud leave bm'o
continue his Journey alone. With MS baggage stappod
70 the sled he made fresh start but instead ofpFV
ceedng at the former rate OF speed-twenty miles s9
hOur-he dashed do the mountain side WIN seiocy
al ai least forty miles an hour Lie soon lost Ms paS