New-York tribune., 1879-12-31
6ANEkAL NOTES.

A German scholar has discovered Lord Bea-
Consea's noble Remau. II Is Cicero The expression,
Imper ci Liberas" Is to be found toward the close
Ol tie iCartA Grafton against Canhne
Willis Brown, of Seneca, Kansas, writes
denying the story about havlng been killed by
an aerone near there. lie adds Kansas is meek and
long-suneriug; we submit TO the many exaggerated
OF srassaopporraids, Indian massacres cyclones
hailstorms. exodusters, WITH an occasional epidemic
dangerous diseases but If tie pariS gets TO
killing us On with aerOlltes We shall prO'ts1
A concert singer had an adventurous drive
IN Dos Moincs Iowa. ON Christmas Eve. A,ter the
she returning carriage TO the hotel with
her daughter she became convinced that hs driver was
drunk sprang from the carr seized the horses
by tne bride qucted them. and thon mounting TO
c box snatched tie rens from the drivers hands and
the hDte. She kept one hand ON the drunken
fellows coat-colar to prevent him from failing of
An old man cannot take liberties with his
wife without incurrng the risk Of criminal prosecution
About fortnight an EDgishman accused IN The
Hereford police court Of assauing wife. Each
between 80 aud so OF age A. thcy were sitting
ly the FIRE the wife demonstrated with ter husband for
pokng the frr, ana getting mp IN anger, when he
threw his arms around her, and, IN administering a
soothing KISS scratched her face That, u was alleged
SSas whole of assault TIE defendant eLusiNe
appealed TO "deaI NAV 10 confess thai II wa, So nai
hc bad oeen good husband 70 ht Ne sue hau @
and beaten aim TN he bore ihC naihh oi H. MAY Hu
hot seem CispOsrd To- res' onO 10 the appeal, aIO ihc
BcncA gave tLe defendant ihe opiion 5 soig 70 l or
The wCrkhous ir fourteen days hat be might aNo the
uf
One Of the celebrities of Paris has recently
died This was Mile. Foucault. commonly called
"Ia Femme IN Cuiotes." rhe was the daughter
Of a colonel aud granddaughter Of general ol the
First Empire. IN 1s49 her father ,dCd and LETT her
pcnncss orphan. Sic tried ali sorts OF means 80 gain
an honos' Hyn. oui fulcd, AN day the idea struck
her TO a nfc ATTIRE and I'm thar disguise she he
came corrcc,or for the pTess in tle printing office OF
NJ Dupont She remained there tWo years, when, her
heiuc disc oycred she lOt notice TO leave she sub
sequentv IN two small prints. then she be-
came a concori-lal singer and finally copyist 10 Alex
andre DUN the elder. On leaving the service Of the
novelist she again found employment in "A printing
oce. where she able to enough money 10 buy
small piece OF ground al Chchy. Here she bult 4
OF small houses or rather hus. which she let on
10 racpCacrs, and which are now known as the Gle
lOucault. Her jcats Of arms among her blent ten
100000
For some months now the case of Eli Ice.
IN the Ienitentiary OF West Virginia for numbering
Urlah Wade in 1862 has excited great attention ana
sympathy IN the GIaud army Of the Republic. and at
all gatherings of Union soldiers. The story was that
Ice wss a Union soldier Of good habits, who was beng
pcrsecued for Staying rebel during the war. At
several meetings in Ohio the utmost Indignation was
expressed. and movement for forcibly rescung him
was put ON foot The ClerelGng Herald has made an
exhaustive examination of the matter. and finds that
Iceis man OF terribly violent and viudctve passoDs
that he deliberately murdered Wade when neither WAS
IN the service crafty Old erudge. and without the
smallest provocaiicn ana that the jury that convicted
hin was fair one and eleven ont of tho twelve were
ex-rnion nldcrs aud RepuDlcans. Ex-Governor PER
mont declares that Ice suffers Justly; that the murder
~ W de WAS cold-biooded and that The murderer Is
believed 70 have killed o! his children and Is
known 10 have chopped the fingers on from others GA
the whole IL seems quite paln ,nat ~ Is DO. oeSraDIe @
thai lee should DE freed; ior though Lie was brave
Union soldier his crimes arc such a. to admit OF no
defence or rallatlOn
Two members Of the Grant reception COM
mittec IN Philadelphia we're made the victims OF a
practical joke Christmas Eve. AT meeting OF the
committee the following letter read: Contrary TO
nv habit Of making special acknowledgment. want
70 thank gentlemen OF your committee. one and ALL
for the hearty reception gwen me your shall
loug remember my visit there with great pleasure.
know tbat though / officially received b. the NJ
and the Governor yet the labor which made the ooc
SION so successful devoved upon che members OF your
committee. deslre - no'e specially the admirable
management the nss Of people at the derOt bg ycr
t1lei Marshal. rs well also 10 acknowledge my :. j.
alton Of the order enforced The State HOuse duTng
tho prostitution OF the crowds which poured through
the rotrn1a. Those OF your committee having those
points I'm charge l desire 10 remember by ask
ing you 10 present to them the contents OF a
snal package your address by express. Trust
ing they VIII ksep them SOUVENIRS Of the occasion.
AID yours u :. Grant" NOw, General WalcOtt
aud Coonel sam Thompson the gentlemen
who dis;ir euished themselves IN the manner
spoken OF IN the letter. These gentlemen received
hasty congratulations from several colleagues,
while others buslad themselves opening the box. IL
found 10 contain cigar wrapper eighteen inches IN
length. stuffed with paper ana marked %fer "aeOH.
and a cigar Two inches IN length, marked " For lboml-
eou" EyerS body pressed around the box expect
Ing that Grant had each OF tue chieftalns sword
u came 10 pass that W. G. Desher had written let
tE get with of the other members VITO as
sumed 10 have the cigars from him al one Of the
evening Of the committee and who never Jailed
90 Gun him Tor them when the mttee was la session
sfieTward.