New-York tribune., 1879-10-27
GENERAL NOTES

The Gate City Guard, of Atlanta, GEORGIA,
seeIa 10 have been very gooduaturcd and convi1al
ing their visit 10 Hartford. They Joined the Hartford
boys iu singing Wen Hang Jen Davis 20 Sour Al ple
tree" and walked the echoes. T. al inquiry as go low
the Iar ford City Guard would be received at Atlanta,
one Of them replied We should be rizht glad
them and 80 would others. hut good many folks
would shut up their houses and close The blinds tAcy
passed"
William r. Cooper, the international forger,
appears have sensational scene when be re-
criyed DIS senterce saturday AT the Old Bailey. in
London. lie stretched h hands mplorinely, Wept.
moaned described the beautiful home" lie had stolen.
and then cred Ny crime q the greater because my
wife wouid have followed eud of TIE earth aui
would have shared my last crust Of bread u poverty"
sentenced him to nve Years penal serytude WIN tLe
understanding hat the higtoncd piundcIer would then
bee TUNED over go he CAited siaes
A tiger from a mcnagcTe was discovered
in a field fourteen miles from Philadelphia JUST before
dawn on Thursday morning. \ farmer thought II was
sick COW until ha got within few feet of the beast.
When be- saw the fiery eyes AMI heard The fierce crowl
g Of the tiger he started back fast a ever he could
run lie finally reached the road. ana told three Of lis
neichbors there a tiger roaming the fields They
laughed AT him. and would not believe him Until they
had gone aud seen for themselves. Then they armed
themselves with brdguns and joined In the best sport
they uad had. When the vooI beast Was Killed ne
carcass was hauled TO the Red Lion Inn ana AL the
Mr.. ID. NJ. Bennett may be n martyr whom
Anthony Comstock Is pcrsecuung" but he appears 10
be rather an unsayory specimen. While be Is IN tho
Albany Pententiary for circulating book declared by
court to obscene. and the LID raj League passing
resolutions his behalf The Rego Phiosoph zeal Jour
nal OF Chicago declares that he attempted 10 wronga
young gir IN his employ. and publishes "oye"letter
from nm 10 her in which he speaks insuluugy of ms
wife, and entreats The girl TO yield TO his deslcs Tho
most offensive passages o the letter omitted, as un
III publication. TINS Is only one of many which tne
VII now probably be content To esvc him 10 his iat
The Widow Oliver Is described by a lady,
who has abandoned the restricted plane ~ jour asm
or the larger hed OF miscellaneous ph'anthrIy,a as
living dry bread aud water and cad In cas-on CLOTH
ng Indeed. the next step toward poverty will take
her To the almshouse or the gutter and the lawyers
strain polnt according TINS benevolent person., IN
attempting to defeat her motion for new trial on tne
ground tina, the plaht1 Is nos povcrtN--trcAen ana
starving TIE raiment which the aitorne,s ar'erl'eu
IN tn-r ~ gument had either been sh'd out Of e pN-
anthropst's cothes-pIess, or been gveu ava, Y oefa
flblo Souls whose sNmpathcs wcr' touched by no
widows This faithful friend adunIs thai lA'
widow Is dcnented
Ii is to be hoped that the worst crime of
last week was that Of George Muller, who ON DIN stay
morning &C l o'clock. shot his father. mother and
nrother t breaking into house where they were
asleep at Slrongvle, Ohio. Tne father MAS W.
stantly killed, aud the mother, who fel out OF
the window after she shot. Is not expected
to live The murderer III To tue next town, Where 10
slept at hotel the remainder Of the nght ana 'n'"
swrnt to the depot To take the train away cetece
was there with photograph OF him. and. as be was
showing It TO policeman. George Muller steoped W
aud glanced his shoulder The detective o1ke" up
aud there was his man. lie was immediately s,iha.
and iessrd the crim,. saving u eNtrnuauon' "'s
very mau aud went lurIher than meaut to- .
ST. Louis rejoices III the arrival OF Jack
Wa sh. Of Memphis the ilu Ky uudcrtaAer Who Hs'
STAYED that city during two pestilrniia SUMMERS
and who has disnfectcd hims II for Norihe'u
lrip He performed his duty n the hee OF deatn a"a
steadfasty refused TO Zee, showing extraordinary orr
tudo and heroism. White men refused to asis'
HIM In carting the bodies 10 the cemetery,
and a when even ne GO "'HH Hs
men, rejecting liberal onets OF money, rcfIsfd u'uu %
the sies OF the dead sckenng were thr odOfs Ay
had TO encounter aud the sights 'hsy ssw ana .,
Wash himself In many iussalc's conpr"en, N
handle the putrescent remains. lie buried about 10y
one day and thirty mornias fore OfeaAiss