New-York tribune., 1879-03-24
GENERAL NOTES.

There has been 4 virulent case of mother
inaw 10 Paris The Old lady not only confessed that he
had scraped bundle of mateh-ends into the husbands
soup while the wife out OF the room, but expressed
keen regret that poison not strong eLoug u
kill the man, and said she would do oeltef next 'he'
The stagnant water which has been suffered
for wears 10 accumulate and breed levers and frogs in
the Coliseum at Rome has been drained oil at last An
ancient sewer. extending from the meta sudd"S TO me
Tber was discovered. and was connected with drah
from the Coliseum. The water was admitted INTO thS
ancient sewer Oh the Sd OF March, and the Hood WGch
du,d the basement story OF The famous ampAtheate OF
Flayius was gradually drawn OF. In cleansing the
sewer there were found quantity OF ancient lamps
with gladlatorial 0ruamcn,du"n, huhiah shhls anu
homes or animals Much Of the old Roman road IN tno
Foro Romano Is exposed 10 view, aud the ruins or
the shops OF the gold and silycrsmiths are visible
The Pope has been cited to appear in
Swiss court of law Aferyent Catholic OF the Canton
solere who died a time left Ivy his will GER
tain beduess the Emperors OF Austria and Brazil ana
apponted the Pope his rcsduary le.aee This VIII B
contested by the heirsaaw on the ground that wren
he made 1t the testator was not in his right mnd Inc
two EmperOrs who made parties to the sult E'Ve
renouuctd their claims under the instrument, but the
pope not having returned any inquiries which
have been addressed TO hun in the matter, has Oreh
Summoned 10 appear before the cantonal tribunal anu
show wny the decree prayed I0r Dy tIe hcHs'F
law should not be granted
The difficulty of identifying under certain
circumstances q dead body, has Just beeh
illustrated at Lynn. Mass. There tho re-
mains OF young girl found In trunk near
Saugus River positively recognized rs tbose OIL
three or four different persons thodgh very ttIc lh
yestcation showed that each case there was nls-
take Now the mystery has been solved The mother
~ Iennie Clarke for the name of the wretched
victim was positive that she was rsht She Recognized
n mole on the Joint between the fOrohDccr and thumb
and singuarly enough she herself had similar mole Oh
her left hand She had announced that she Woh P"'
the body to this test before making the examlha'h'
Nothing could airer more certain There u no"
also reasonable nope that thoss whose malprdcueeS
c,used the DEATH under such shameful CIRCUMSTANCES
OF Jennie Clarke will DO discovered ana made 10 pay
e penalty Of their crime TO all appearance these the
worst OF murlcrers he man who ruined the XII ahu
those who killed her by their barbariIie-' were saio
rom susujeion They had friShtfully dishsured the
face by cutting of the nose Then they @ ha'i fl'S" ,
that body 10 desolate place ~ q SnA S W. ~ T' iri
They dd not reckon npon ho & , hnJ y, The
mrid@St shows how hard II s 10 remove an evidence u
b;cb isntty be established There is good uea'
~ enerai truth IN the old and bacsneSed pFOEeiD'
:" Murder VII out.
who SAWS that the days of romance arc
ended needs TO read the strange history Of scottish
pouchnan who has returned 10 his native heath a'o'
A long exile. Twenty years ago farmer III OtAhcy
hired a Young man to do farm work. The poushinah
touchcd The fancy Of bis sdaugher and the re-
sult WAS that in runaway fashion, aud IA opposiioh" "
the will Of the patrarchal farmer the two became u'
and wife Tho Old gentleman was Furious an" 'uI"'"
hs h,cl, determinedly on his sOn-ln-law fhe young
pouchman kissed his wife. Lett her in hc- fathers r'u'
ana sailed for Australia, whence he soon eeased 70
write HIS wife beeamea mother and remained IN s'ao
81 ch wretched suspense that her rather began 20 IT,
pent OF the treatment to which he had subjected h'f nus
band Efforts were then made To trace the "hcreaou
u, ~ late by means adyertising IN colonial papers
and otherwise but al to purpose. he BAD sono "
America Years passed. The grandson gre" w
TO manhood and not liking farm "ofA, o'u.
odeu 10 Orkney, took ship last year 10 th' oH'''"
States and after some knocking about iouh" einP0'
mcnt In a mercantile housc IN Illinois. In the e1rs
hinas ha discovered that the gentleman q, tie 'eA'
of IN. lrn was native Of Scotland h1'i"S ~ iee' '"