New-York tribune., 1879-01-04

age twenty ran away with his Aunt Mitchell dasbny
young woman" age twenty-five. The young rascal pre-
tended that he taking the lady to church selgb
She carried away 81 900 OF her husbands money; but
| less"
ShOpkeepers are sometimes 0yer-suspicOus
One in Springfield. Mass, saw young woman passing
ont OF hrs place with something under her cloak He
detained her. refused TO receive any explanation sent
for officer called thief and other hard names
the presence OF a large crowd Upon the arrival OF
the officer the girl allowed TO tell her story when lC
appeared that after making her purchase she was In
hurry she told the clerk not to do tho bundle up, and
she would slip it under her cloak This The clerk
r00oratod Then came apologies Dnt the worst Was
when OF the best customers who had sent the yOurg
woman 10 purchase, rushing in ana gave the shop
| keeper her opinion Oi his conduct.
\ story of wonderful memory comes from
Sydney, Australia. prisoner set up his defence an
alb claiming that at the time OF the robbery BE- NJ
home listening 10 the recital OF a uOyc, The Od
Batou," ~ named Lane, who had committed It,
with other works, to memory. Lane, recitation, he
said took and half The Attomey. General
holding this be Incredible. Lime began ia the tine
of King Henry when the good Duke Humphrey returned
from the in the Holy Land, where hc had bcen
JouiHIng for number OF ycdIs there lived After tho
witness had ICccd several pages the AtOrncy y-Geurral
told nin 10 stop as he was satisfied Buj tie deeuco
Insisted tnil rs the Ncracy OF the Witn,ss had been
questioned ne should be allowed 10 go ON. Fiu1l,
compromise Effected, Lane gave cbaItrr from fhp
middle of the story ana It's CONCLUSION, ana the accused
WIS found not guilty
On the Place tlu CaTrOusel in Paris. after
the recent heavy storm, there was a crowd Of
boys who had rolled monster suOwDall 20 which tH,Y
were trying TO give the image Of u man. Among the
crowd watching them q scu pOr WGo stepped for
ward and with a large ku 70 undertook slapen the
ball into a likeness OF Napoleon III. Rapidly
he cut ont the CaI!cature and when hc
had finished it approved by every orc present,
lin. flfptH lon IA
blamed the sculptor fer having male a portrait OF tie
'aujhor Of twenty years or corruption" After few
exchanges OF hot words the furious Radical dashed at
the OF snow, dcmolishing and musiacie with
the stick ne had in his hand, amd the isri'
and ronical cries OF the crowd. BU tine
gam of PARIS finds Joy small snow. all, as
wen as in larger one TIE sleepy cabman dr.yu, Do,
sleepy "a slow trOt. and then ron, into
consciousness and perhaps anger by cold SNOWFALL
loosely rolled together hitting him fairy the lower
part Of the face The rOast-chestnut man, with Ire
almost as lazy cabby's," wajche, his mqchne at
the corners Of streets, only to he aroused
and then to vengeance by the landing Of a
quantity Of snow Oh the ,op OF hs fir. lre gamm
sometimes finds employment IN cleaning snow away
from paycment>, but he an unc,It.in
the siSc H AZ ' ntrya he's ho .aS sHS"r rSy Jqs % Sq
has been aTmlns himself within, asa!n.t ne cog
pets with -noW balls aud pursue, him his way
with loud Laughs and many Jccrs.
Niagara River below the Falls is spanned
by bridge of Ice mile long and sixty feet wide.
Tie been spanued in TINS way before but sell
dom il ever so early as THIS unexpected appear.
auce of the bridge accounted Tor bJ hc vast Guaut
ties Of snow ana Ice which passed into D." river from
Lake Erie after the late heavy storm. Last sunday
morning the accumulated Of lee came 10 stiud'
SUI beneath the suspension bridge, but in few
hours the iccdam suddenly began 10 Leaye grind and
break into fragments with loud aad painful noise.
II moved a snort distance ana tncp came To second
halt which was followed by q third movement more
violent and noisy than N, others vast quantity Of
water had accumulated benin the tee aud made des-
urrate effort TO ct free. As related 10y reporter or
Tie BgaIo Cooicr the enormous body Of snow and lee
was by water and tossed about IN all d.
rcctious Large block, weighing hundreds OF tons were
fted INTO the ar. BOulders torn from the shore
and swept into the stream, and solitary hr-tree which
ordinarily stands three 'cet above high water car
red away The poudcrous strength OF the en-
ragged waters apparent thpt It seemed a.
if they would rend the great gorge IN twain and
In that way escape from their lmpr>Onncnt As they
br, ak The m,-,gide dam wa, they lli"d IL
bod ~ the air and rushed away beneath H. leaving
ana Ie ANA tl.tiu inc tou ol
the tee in his bridge not the hoth sides OF
the river the American side II Is chi ny composed
of snow formed into rounded boulder shapes aud Oofi
ike white coral As one apprOac hes The centre Oi INC
river the lee ri-meuts become atgcr ANA near the
shore cakes of WatCT-cc are formed mo
snld mass. In places there are creVdsses lweh-
ty-Nvc or thirty eet depth, buJ wacr - not seen
through them At present tn surface ~ the span Is
exceedingly rough. that II fatSuinE 20 cross
hut ucforr long road will be maue through lhls zee
ncd-cr such in reality the bcdsr -, being siAy icet
wide