New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-07
GENERAL NOTES.

r,,rino the year 1877 there were 55,O4l
- paris and the month IN which they were most
..,ous was March, with 4,993. In the same periou
~ nnober OF deaths was 47.5OS. being greatest IN
s1..h a 700 The number Of marriages was 1S,OS2'
.,,est known in ten years The relation OF births
tbe An Paris Is very euriOus The average Is
titbs Der every marriage But thit prOpOItlOh Is re
9ftnS ~ In in the eighth and ninth acknowledgements
daSe% u.s. to In in the fourteenth, and IN In the
seSth. -.
Negroes in New-0rleans believe the height
- the fever has been reached Their iaith 10
Ul.dod an a prophecy Last New Years day
nsgro sorcerer IN an iDcantati.n said that plague
onld come over the South this Summer with terrible
Tsot killing whites negroes alike. 1t would con-
~ be claimed until the number Of degrees registered
a ON the Thermometer should be equaled by the mum
BET OF hen sinenlar coincidence between the death
rae and the height OF the thermometer ano tne %
are reported be very ublant and e0Dn9ent tnat the
Ts las been reached and that deaths will now rapidly
decrease IN number. -
A man named Cassidy, who lives near bla-
depsburg Maryland. few days ago was probably the
nost surprsed OF men. There have been many stories
~ people whose hair turned white In single night
lint the cause was never what Mrs. Cassidy las now
vsn for transformation OF that kind in her husband
me Ushipgfon Post Of August distinctly records hat
Mrs cassidy has just given birth 70 hye children InISe
rIs and two boys all OF them are reu8rkaDN Wel
Tbey are very small but still perfect in their organism;
aud may live. The mother is out OF an daNgSl, anu
ba M receive the concentrations Of the nef2nDOrg
friends" But the state Of Mr. Cassidys heaithls no'
stated.
In Abyssipia has arisen King who asserts
that he is the and heir to the throne OF ha
oueen Of sheba who visited King Solomon. newspa-
per printed in Arabic Consantinople reports hat
This King has effected poticO-regOus revolution IN
Abvssipa and Is now governing the dOminons formerly
ruled over by the famous Queen OF Bible story. Aer
the English victory Abyssna over KING IheOuore tho
throne passed who crowned as KING John But
AZ the same time there existed another ruler III the
eountry-MenelIk u-whO has since Issued protest
against the title assumed by King John, and John being
indignant marched against him With his army The Je
A World which translates the story haslt that
Nenek met the approaching army with great company
fnrests hurled the terrible reprOaehes on King
John aud assured him thai ne persisted III MS luo
o1 he Tou find the gates Of Paradise closed against
him whom he died John actually submitted, says the
sory and entered the City Of Ankobar5 where I'D the
resence OF an assemblage, he laid down his insignia OF
avaltv rave his crown MencliK and begged IOf Inc
grace and 1avOr of the heir OF the Queen OF SheDa Inc
heating tbis unlfcation of the old kingdom through
term OF 2S73 years confirmation OF tns e1usOi ,
binary story would be valuable sequel to It's present
publication.
With the Lazzaretti tragedy, in Italy, must
be COUPLED the failure Of another scheme OF religious en-
thusissts The community of Shakers first established
in Lancashire, England in l747, afterwards enigra'ed
TO America and the 900 OF them that are now in this
country were for many years the only Shaker organza-
tons in the world few years ago. however Mrs Mary
Ann Grlng attempted TO found society I'm Hampshire,
England. an open field they lived in tents about four
wears Mrs Grling being the chief authority In all
things Every person joining the community was re-
0ued to surrender her ali that they possessed except
the clothing on their bodies, without expecting any ar
tce ever 10 be returned She sole authority III iath
aud doc Fine teaching being in strict harmony win
the ApostOca order and Gospels Of CHRIST" Marriage
was forbidden, as also intimacy between man ana
woman and those possessing children were allowed
to interfere the management OF them. On SatfOHN,
August 90 the whole community was eiecied hOm me
el9 bere they had held their camp Tor nearly fOuryeafs
They passed several days and nights ~ the open air WILL
Ouesheter from the RAIN and at times without food
and dependent wholly charity. Last April they con-
traoed debt IS, which was increased 70 $40 by costs
IN suit against Failure TO pay the landlord aad
were offered two places, but both were owned by publ
cans whose inns by and the Shakers declined
10 accept Chem Their beds have several times been
completely saturated by the raih and charges nave now
been brought against them for OustruetDg tho highway
II seems 20 be the opinion England that an end has
thus been pat the attempt to re6stablsh community
OF Shakers IN England.