New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-02
GENERAL NOTES.

Hints for the New-Year: Dress Reform-A
,,on,hle girl in Boston. with rich father anu "..
do layer. has designed, cut, trimmed ana iua"'
- ,odd,rcd dress taking every stitch herself '"0
hst ,soint lace a wedding gift, was the Only orH'
Tbe Tramp Question-A tramp weary Vi iiS
ro,.ssion and dsmaycd by the number o. ooiu 9i -,
turned upon him IN Connecticut has Eolo ~" - nos
store in IIrii se2or and sitting down oe'"ie ~ ,a,
Jors1 with case and brliancy one OF 'ne mus ''i
I, azores Sylnpathctc hands are nov ~ %c Is
oui. seo'o especially as he conieSses thSt ne Is
new ~ ~ ~ n f,tied German family, anu th HE so'
mother was q countess , -. H..
rio Christmas novelties in the London shops
4. ,ho main the sane wnich have been seen In New
VII durine the holidays Toy telephones iOr use III
airo-rooms cost an English shiiiinz The lrdesceh'
mammoth top has been popular there as u mas ooo"
ha-o while La tIoX Merveeuse has gwen mus Ill ar
49, form aud the square Paradox has worried the
S.enest brains The IE,. toy has been delightful
h,i,pe for horns and a.. Jrdant carts. Germany mas
d,o6 the idea of international playingcaTds ana mas
scnt new uacS England. The cards are wen uIaMn
aud boldly coorc1 but the ROYAL dgirts IN the Do" S
r 40 odd as 70 disturb OldfGshCned ana heal'Sh'eu
players p H.
The theory III regard to the fire IN the
Nsx.York candy factory favored lay The American
lrehtet IS that explosive vaPor had been geher
,ea in the process of manufacture, and that tins was
-, IN Mr.. IA, the LAMBS whcn must have been freshly
uh,ed Two o, the workmen declared that the IRE
began withthe upsettng OF lamp IN the staTehiooh'
uhere fnpS powdered starch was used III the mahuidc
tnre Of gumdrops severe eXrlos 0ns nave occurred ia
Aour mills IN Hungary, where very fne milling Is doue'
the air being filed with fine particles of starch, which
are decomposed almost quickly as gOnpowder IAe
dust of fine flour have made an eNl OslNc atinos
pnere in the caudv factory aud more or ss volatile @S
seuces used the manufacture Oi confectionery Iua!
have added TO the danger.
A memorial window in Plymouth Church,
Minneapolis has the inscription, will give thee rest
During days OF trial and mortgages the congregation
worried over a big church debt which hung over lheiH
A lady EXPRESSED desire to pat In memorial window
for departed friend and the congregation graclousy
allowed her to have her way Tie window was finished
and set near the Eghth-st entrance, where II remains
10 this day The congregation had heard OF the Wnco"
and at the first meeting pane had found It's a
propriae destination everybody cast glance over Ihe
left shoulder Just to how il looked and carefully
spelled out the following motto g" viii give me rest
brethren Who had been dunBed repeatedly 10 hep pay
of the church debt, smiled grmly'
General r. NJ. BrintOn's official report to the
Acknowledgement of Pennsylvania tcrss SEN
te1ces respecting the Pittsburg riots He says that
while his command besieged in the rouDd-house ne
begged General Pearson several. tpesto allow him 10
clear away the mob but the General silently refused
10 permit a shot 10 be fired. " Had been allowed says
the Philadelphia soldier, tn clear the streets NJ 'haV
time Ueeve the riots would have been ended but our
strict obedience orders is dken by the moo Tor
cowardce and our silence under their insults and firing
of pistols and throwing o: stones encouraged them IN
that belief, until it had grown SO strong that, flushed
with apparent victory, Il led to the results Una" Iol-
lowed The conduct Of Major burlington IN refusing
hun Omission with his men to the arsenal gro9nNs ne
claIactcrizes most outrageous a"G eadS f3i lNe'l
y zion The report concludes WitA an cXtenGeU accouh.
Of operations mis- ~ a me err the commend
A reception at the White House Is described
very pleasantly for English readers, by an AmeI1c IN
correspondent OF The standard Tie contrast between
Mr. Hayes and " the military sphinx" lately encamped
there Is declared 10 be striking. The camp eq
page and associations and Ids IN waiting have disa
peared from Presdeuts msu!on. and the stamp OF
a citizen President is il more, while lis social
sement under the gentle mnstra;iOn Of Mrs. HAYES,
seems destined revive ana flourish also as In the amt
berum times when Washington rea,b could boast oi II
charming refined aud cultivated sOcicy-re"Tuiici also
from the foreign missions The correspondent calls at
teuton TO two curious That the fow ladies now
N Washington il the foreign missions, mostly if not
entirely OF American birth . Iaat among these fore An
representatives there thiry- bachelors or Wiioes
meu These two facts ali the more cn0us, because
they contradict each other ano lead one I" form directly
opposite conclusions as 10 Ne ids'"l.ns ana t' Pr
CsPitsl
1t is not every day tnat crowned head
marries girl with hs has fallen headoye'heeis
in love- and happens that King Afousos approach
ing marriage has been the gossip OF Paris But the tax
has degeneratcd into scandal, and bitter feud has
arisen between TWO SldNel etllcHtH' Oho 'H''h ~
private to the Queen Mother Of Spain and the
other cousin to His Majesty and military attache at the
Spanish Embassy in Paris. The attache accuses The
secretary wing caumniated him IN iustgaing some
woman unknown to libel him in an anonymous com
muncatOn The secretary denies the accusation, ana
his cOuntryman after endeayOrins vain to obtain sat
isfaction for wounded feelings Ivy appeal 10
has permitted his seconds post his adversary. The
letter has French edge The seconds, Comte de
Nramon and Feulau express their regret that after
many subterfuges and evasiye responses, they have
found neither gentleman man OF courage behind
the petcoats OF the woman. who screens NJ
Puente. The man behind the petticOats replies by
threatening Figaro with libel suit lie tells the rows
paper th3t The quarrel quite private affair. and
had nothing whatever 10 do WIN The two gentlemen who
thought 1T TO reflect on his personal courage. H. de-
clares that the paragraph FiIfO thoIght proper TO
publish striking outrage and an odi0us calumry, aud
while the law viii give him amue satisfaction for
the latter injury be intends 10 dem,rd striking
repiratlOn.