New-York tribune., 1879-11-27
GEYER4L VOTES.

The pastor of a church Ia Bridgeport, Conn.,.
bas renettediv reproved certain young who hang
about the doors during the hours Of service Last snn
day ne went OF the front door as several oafers
were standing at the gate. They Immediately moved
on The pastor followed TIL he came 70 a team near the
church when he took horsewhp from the socket OF
the carriage and placed II beneaih MS coat he then
ment fed u0rously.
Mr.. Parnelfs ultimatum in regard to Irish
land reform has been revised several times and the
latest version appears IL MS recent speech az Manehe
ter Wnat ne calls fair rent Is 10 be paid oy the
preseut tenants for thirty thiTvive years after
which The land for which they pay ng rent Is quietly
and pleasantly 10 lapse them absolute owners in
fee The landlords who have been expecting 10 get a
fair rent as long they do forfeit their land for anv
heinous crime. viii be turned adrft after living thirty
wears in fools paradise. and unless they happen 20
have any property invested IN and may be lain 70
become Hborers and work AZ tne o 'nei , auo
dam teuants the land they once thouEn their u
Ireland.
A new system of electric railway signals has
RECENTLY been tested in Boston IL differs essentially
from other systems in IN that the rails instead oi
wires are used conducting the electric current The
track is divided into sections OF nile. according to
curves and other tingencies. A. one end OF the
sectou Is placed battery consisting cell and one
poe attached 10 either rail. and the other end rs
placed the magnet eeetrOde attached % each H.
thereby establishing constant metallic circuit through
rails and magnet. Al either END oI tue SECTION y Ne
saudard bearing the signal which connected with the
circuit When train a pair Of wheels enters upon
the circui; the wheels and axle instantly shortcircut
the eurront the magnet is demagneized, and on leaving
its armauie the signal mechanically thrown 10 u@h-
ger where il remains long the wheels are on tue
section and they pass on he signal goes back u
safety BY this the rear or tram on road
equipped win these signals VIII always be siiiei'
guarded. Actual experience has d mOnstratea thAt te
rails vastly superior as conductors 20 any sro9n
ing media, and tnat the electricity WI" a1ere 10 l"elI
preference To passing Oh 10 earth de pte RAIN oi
snow.
The closing scene of the sea-fght of Mejil-
iores IL described young United states naval officer
IN etfer 10 The Hartford COHrGnL The Cochrane ana
the Banco closed within or seventy yards and.
stopping the fire from their great guns, opened Win
small arms aud Sordenfelt Gatings aud Kept up such
hot fire that everybody the Huascr was Kept below
decks The fourth officer OF the huascar who had be-
come commander, seeing the impo-solity OF escaping
ordered all the sea-valves 10 be opened Ono was
opened but she made water slowly that he ordered
everybody ON deck and directed that tie magazine be
fred The gunner the ship wuuld not allow rhis u
ne dome He locked the scutte leading 70 the magazine
and hid the kew. Then standing on the scutfle with
loaded revolver In his baud be tHfeaend TO snOot anv-
bov who attempted % carry out the order The naga-
x,ne vas not fired Two prisoners who had been cap
tured from the Chilsn ship CoqulniDo day or TWO oe
fore aud one Of whom was an American nearing tAe
rr q. fire the magazine tied towel To brsOmstick r.
and with this for DAG Of truce ran on deck' Ih'y
were answered bv the C0chrane's officers. ana soon
hoot from The Blaueo Encalada boar the Huascar
leufeusu Commander Castillo TOOK c0ninah ,hs sea
Va ve was closed sud sne was lowed into hellionrs
at@muts 10 ram made by D0th rites lhr hu'--
cars dsg shot away twice Inc h1-l unlf N"s -
hoisted Dy Fr~nehmhn Wh0 lei nIs gun ~ & @ ~ H. IT, -
succeeded getting back 10 the turreI lie was Ai'eu
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