New-York tribune., 1878-04-27
GENERAL NOTES.

The rebellion in WillistOn Seminary, East
Hampton Mass, has been suppressed. On wednes-
day night the trustees unanimously voted to remove
Principal Wilton, and his resignation promptly sent
In but during the session about hundred students met
or the campus aud attempted to burn him in eigy with
dirge and miscellaneous nonsense This ceremony
revulsOn the feelings Of the trustees. They
met again. refused accept the designations Of the
Principal and the Head-Maser, and determined 10
tain the Faculty and enforce discipline cost what it
might This is the school where the boys like 10 firt
with the factory girls and TO decorate the Principals
house with BARRIERS poles, and where the Faculty open
all the trunks aud ransack the closets while the students
are singing ana praying III TIE chapel
There is " champion schOOlmarm" in Cali
fona, and like the charms of Babette's rival in the
Bah Ballad, Her beauty beneath her skin, And lies
in layers her bOnes The young creature stands five
feet ten in pink hose ride bareback the widest
mustang that was fOaled aud dance anything
from the dance OF death down to doubleshuflle
cedar puncheOn Nor her only attractions muscular
The Editor OF The Quincy National boasts that she Is
pretter than Arabian colt that she is smarter than
anybody, and makes the school superntendent's
tired cutting nOtches his stick tally points
ex9minatin day and that she can sing Psalm tunes
like tcnOctave angel or heat any sport In the state at
seycn-up
Alcohol, fanatlcism and Irish temper came
to the surface of Dublin at the funeral Of Lord Letrm
fortnight ago The mourDers the way to the church
found the thOroughfare blocked by furious crowd,
cited by the prospect of disturbance, maddened By
drink and prepared for any violence. small force OF
police proved unayang to stem the torrent OF rioters
which swept away of the attendants stOrmed the
gates OF the churchyard scaled the walls and marked
the solemn words of the burial service by running
comment Of execraons, yells and Kisses. Fortunately
the perperatOn Of the and crOwning outrage OF all
was prevented but PLAIN from the descriptions
and carry off " tear pieces the eess clay held but
scarcely protected AS was, nothing less than guard
of oOnssDes three deep aved to let the coffin be taken
from the hearse and lowered into the grave.
Congressman William A. Phillips contributes
to The AthisOh Champion useful letter Kansas as
a Manufacturing state" He points out many unde-
veOped fields OF industry which destined enrich
the State The best broom that Is raised in the
West is produced there and broos and brushes be
manufactured at home castor beans be converted
into oil; fax and hemp can be worked as well
raised willow be rapidly into baskets wool
cloth and yarn factories be operated with profit
the rivers enough salt be made in the Sana belt
TO supply several OF the Western States there are beds
OF gypsum and yellowish sOnethe base Of hydraulic
cement or water lime--which can be developed into
source wealth there is species OF clay from when
Milwaukee brick can be made there are quarries OF
marble and limestone hills chalk. beds Of magnesian
limestone, and bases OF fine earthenWaee Whieh are
promising fields of industry and, moreover hahsas
can make shoes, clothing, wagons, furniture
agricultural TOOLS and countless wares, II her children
Will only learn how.
Sir Robert Phillimore, in rendering a decl-
sion two weeks ago in the Ceopatra's Needle salvage
case gave graphic account OF the recovery OF the ra
way boiler with bridge In the middle" and told low
the captain and of the Fi,zmaurice succeeded IN
tackling the unwiedy waf, stood by her, took her IN
tow ana in fftytwo hours brought her into the port oi
FerrO a distance of ninetyhve miles. Mr. Dixon might
metaphorcay, be'sad to have been both the wet ana
the dry OF the obesk; bur- legally the Court ha
him 20 be the owner Of the property. The Judge hea
that the mOnolith clearly marketable aruee VI
property for II taken to America or to GlaSgo"a
very good price could be obtained for III but It's great
antiquity added much greater value to IT, while Wouu
he absurd contend that IL worth no more tha
much old stone To estimate the value ol OhS y
Michael Angeles pictures by that OF the canvas on Ho
the work was painted Eventually his LOrdsnlP actms
agreement between the litgants assessed e o
OF CleOpatras Needle al $4,000, and awarded SlVV
and costs to the salyOrs