New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-08
GENERAL NOTES.


Tho discraceful spectacle OF pase-oall
.,on between eighteen variety actresses IN uouso.
, blo,ses attracted 5000 people at PhiladeiPn'1'
-. vas called there were about hundred men
~, home base two of the women tainted tue p''oo
- ovcrpowered and the bats were IN the hanus isst
Srunkep mob. The match was a ItFce "a ~
KIND ,.,oo and
,,..tiop n a London Police Court fortnight "k"
.otd sbe VS. feeling continually mesmtr1eu al"
,oorp,tized by her husband and ms Two EHNi-'
wants They could mesmerize her AZ q uls''D0' M
VAS ing misersbly by II. The magistrate s"'N - ~
s4ratd IL was not matter Of which he oouiu '"Ae we
,,a,A eli death eusUes." asked the umd creature
81. nd that enoughi l am gradually dying ana inc
rhsttee OF my BODY is being taken away. nave hau
biresa doctors during the year Cannot you hrIe ~
husna L. before you and question nm 'o TN ",,lcant
,srtE xaie observed that he could rot Ihg dpp"ca'
TruDc,t: You an English magistrate Anu !'u WI
ntyc atipr ware murder. Good morning.
One hundred years ago this day the town OF
r.i~br,4 Conn, was sacked and burned by the British
-. A, o'clock IN the afternoon tue troops landed
hly, EeDsie's Point and after began their work
- destruction and page The invasion was 80 sudden
and that systematic plan OF deIenee was
ATTEMPTED and what little opposition there was was
made bv a few mltamen. Lieutenant Isaac JARVIS ana
marty OF twenty-tree mitianen, had possession Of the
fort and though the British made one or two attempts
tcaDure II they were unsuccessful bravely Gid the
I,,c handful Of men defend the position During the
n The invaders DESTROYED 50 houses, churches the
Rtore TIE houses were burned the troops were gwen
permission TO pillage them
Orr disembodied friends whom the Spiritual
rts seem 70 have monopoly Of making progress IN
,ci- earthly methods Just before the confession Of
ra.tiu, Cox some Spiritual lists IN NewYOrk are sad
70 have propounded theory that the spirits killed
Ms HuIi by accident while payfuy tying and untying
her ,s they did tie Davenports" The very latest Is
denial by Of the story thattwo spooSs were re-
,epty married In Leayenworth, and the suDsniu-
lion OF the assertion that they were married
IN a+he Summer Land "-the ghost Of Bonnie Pierce,
40, NJ former President Of the United Staies-and the
rr-,1rb of a maiden lady named Sarah Eaton both OF
whom died in extreme youth. There were large num-
Der of usIlous ghosts present, including swedeuborg
and Zachary Taylor, aad the "youu- anger man as ne
calico Mas an busats" and the bride wac arrayed
.r dress OF mild green '-proha"J lnFsln,e 81. en-.
sarah herself reports the happy OCCASION and aiudrS
h peopie VINO nave met" Nothing could ne sweeter
The New-York correspondent of The Ameri-
an cIeerrus 70 the fact tina the bOreel plocAln
Broadway built from trust funds and that certain
lne o. expenditure Tor special labor ana Hch material
was cut Of remarks 1.-THE architect in this case did
rot hide mis- poverty Of means by mcretrcous devices
,omake the whole look ike palace. Il catches the eye
Il the multitude-as the New-Y0rk Post Office does
py its size alone. II the architect Is only 70 reflect the
,rudres and desires, as well as the real wants aud
proper demands OF his client, tleu there is an end OF
advance II architects lead. let them step
aside artistic feeling. study and cater to the mn
r1ided public opinion. There win then be cheap build
ms. Al honest architect Of that type NAV then be
lafey trusted with the outlay Of rust-fuuds aud he
viii not 5e under the slightest necessity for making,
ts now IN apology for his work when done He has
He'd hls orders, met his clients desires carefully
wooded exercising any OF the powers or attachments
which now permit him TO claim the tite OF architect,
S%2. and ge7s the Bravo verdict Of It's u6tauEIt
vueruust Dee considered rs emuen'ly successful achl-
HHFI.U Vary "a FUH an 10
criticism.
Rather formidable obstacle seems to have
been discovered by Mr. Edison, which viii tend at least
% postpone the realization Of his high expecta-
aous in regard 10 the electric light. This Is
he high price OF platinum. The part OF
DE electro lamp which is rendered incandescent
~ resistance 10 the electric current is made
If spiral ribbon % platinum, and no other metal has
leen found which be substituted for H. II has been
ound possible 90 alloy the platinum with iridium. which
F also hard and iufusable at nigh temperature but
he cost is stIu 80 great Gome so Sl2 Tor each
Iurner as 10 place it far above common Use. Pati-
Ium is heaviest and rly ufussbe Of metals.
sastroa mrts az 0OO7 gold mcits 20 22s22, and the
rest wruUgI-ron passes into liquid state al some
hing like $1,000 but platinum with It's expensive
Alloys the only metal yet discovered capable Of
lnGuuuc the leIvcut mcsnde>ceUce Of the electric
urrclt It seems obvious thai lleayng all other diff
tes Ogr ~ 'he question: the electric light cannot be
generally introduced for domestic I'LL the indi-
ndua. lamps can be up for fraction OF dollar
Dece. instead OF costing $40. II the standard furnish
u every electric jet were worth oIJ burglars would
certainly thrive for time, and the number Of
Practicable lights would diminish with great rapidy.
. would be about as attractive 10 plerers
IS a gold eagle tied TO every gaset with string. Mr..
Elsou's problem, then, Is TO make platinum cheap
Asst viii scarcely grow cheaper by the creation of
tew and almost inexhau5tibe demand for f. the Only
rope Of the Is Co discover great bed
nine OF 10 in placer mountain. This white precious
netal been found large veins, and when
AgassZ picked lump as large pg"ou's egg IN the
Andes thought sufficient remarkable TO De placed
N exhibition In - European Museum TO Ind platinum
n large deposits r. just what the world hitherto
aled do, bus Mr. Edison has nWphshed several
hngs thai De most ingenious had not succeeded
doing before, there is saying precisely what the
hundred miners whom he has ser TO wUIk may may
achieve "a the effort 10 reiCce the cost Of platinum
RON the price Of gold 90 that OF cas-, iron.