New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
GENERAL NOTES.

There Is very seldom 50 remarkable re-
ivaI Of religion as that which is now occurring at all
RIVER Mass The whole city declared to be moved oS
the power Of the gospel. Hundreds OF men ana "ouon
with some children have been converted lhcIuuus SUM-
Of the most intelligent Of the population On the see''
in Offices shops banks, stores, mills conversions "e
,lon is the universal topic OF conVersd
tiuu. No place IL Large en- ugA 10 holu 'Ie u 49,
ana all agree that incacuiahie GOOD has ue' u"''
After months of delay and detective work,
the secret police IN Russia have discovered the morse
that drew the droscuy that bore the man that hIed Tie
sbot that KILLED General MezentsOG Although the as
sass m re still AT large an example can be made Of ths
Niist horse IL can be tred by court martial u the
authorities prefer 10 regard the offence as Poluo"
rather criminal and can be pub lcly nenSaagH ID
front ~ the headquarters at tie secret ponce as d
ing I'll socialist cOuspirstors 10 60 a-ool "heh 'HeS
Kill tnelr next man.
David Shepherd, of Bridgeport, Conn, aged
TWENTY-FIVE years. boarded with widow aged fifty puS
DAVID was not prompt 10 paying his board And so II
CHANGED that owed tie widow the painful sum OF lOo
She told David that she would forgive him this dcDt he
would marry her He promised, rash youth! To- Iead
her to the bymenca altar, and she gave him. imruueht
widow a receipt In fun Tuen, il must be told DaVd
bse sed out ana refused marry the ancient LADY she
RS ed Tor iu tcs to th, Laws OF her county, and
the young but pehdiOus DAVID Is no" ue'ebu'l' VI
breach OF promise suit
WashingtOn's body servants, like the uneasy
Ghosts IN Macbeth. will not down. One Of tnem has
turned up In Sarah ST., Baltimore, ana admits the
soft Impeachment OF having waited moon the Father OF
his Country Uncle William afirms that nc was once the
property Of Mss Priscilla Lawr NC, of Calvert Conniy
that ne remained with her until he was fony-cight
wears of age when che gave HIM his freedom; that
Washington frequently visited Mis- Lawrencc's when
a young man, and that lie often waited upon him. He
stateA that ne was IN the service Of Colonel Hosmer
hundr years ago, was captured by Indians and was
kept about htee months and then released. After the
Rryoiutinn, furthermore h went to England ia the
service Of Lord Howe aud was with that family Tor
thiry- WI years His present age, as well as ne can
make ont is One-huudred anu Tty-nne. Connecticut
whrre there i've Ccuteuarlp5 TO tie square aCie,Wl
lind It hard 10 beat that
A playful babOOn had q matinee all by him
selfm Puadeip theatre last Sunday. lie Is one OF
the pets exhibited in FOepaugh's menagerie, and on
that afternoon the keeper decided to take breath OF
fresh air. having first that the cages were securely
fastened short time later three men, who sit
Ting in what is known the exchange bOxOfce heard
q tapping on the window. They looked up aud beheld
the babOOn gTinning End beckOuing with bis paw The
men we're 10th TO respond. For about an hour the
babouu kept guard the outside and then bounding
through the auditorium INTO the Orchestra, began to
knock The music STANDS in ali directions From The
chestra he made his way 70 the stage where his MS
chief-makiug propensities strongly de-
veIuped Scenes were thrown down, and q bed which
lay on the stage was TO pieces. Meanwhile the oc
cuuans Of the had hurried OFF in search Of the
keeper Mr. BabOon shown a large apple, and as he
advanced TO take the keeper backed away. Bg this
method ne was finally induced ascend the stairs and
Ft6uteT the An examination showed that to Crca
ture had obtained hs release bY tampeytng WITH the
lock, ana the way IL which he had accomplished tins
demonstrated that be must have diligently watched the
keeper fasJon the gate Of his until
be became acquainted with the method employed.