New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-30
GENERAL NOTES.

| General Skobeleff, not relishirg the ,fe,.
ences 10 himself which the 81. Pceisiirg newsp,,..
| have been making, telegraphs 70 one hem: va,
only am "a prisoner. with han f1i OF SOM, ~.
hundred brave fellows have been niler the wall. :,
Cock Tepe and bomDarded them. The enemy On a.,
and horseback, TO the number Of ovr len tLou.,,s
attacked u.s. but beaten of. splest port thai,s
got more than hey liked" The dlspdtc reads ike ~,
daredevil SkODeIeu ~.
The recent burglary at Lord Edon's ,.,,
dence at EDcombe, En- Gland was boldly planned a,
time when the master OF the house ~asst home Il.,,
pounds OF pate carried of, and the remaud.,
the booty comprised large seastatd 70 be probah~
that portion of the Great Seal Of GeOre III which -
nresented 10 Lord Chancellor Eldon ~ George ~ =,
twelve silver tablespoons marked VITA he Eion e,e,
one necklace, two diamond bracelet, damons
brooch square diamond brooch wlhh hsd Contained
"A miniature, large sapplilrr stOn SET zyid 80
one diamond Tiara resemD Ing IN siye the bfaeees
A natural result of hard time In ireland I.
a decrease m the number Of marriages. IN IsT9n.
number was 23313 or 1896 below TIN average ORR.
twelve preceding years and 133 less tan the total a.
Scotland where the population Is belovtha Of Irs,.
by / 7O2 29s The Dublin Mail -uggets tina, a .ho-,
act on the lines OF the Disturbance Bill, gran, so
pensltion 10 madcns for the disturbance Of their "a.
ings consequent dilafOriness OF tne sultors r,,
check the evil Young men who have it'a ned Tie ses
of hye-andthirty without oellg mai.nm gnt - scbei
ued and made lab TO pay compensation 10 any vo1ns
lady who could prove before compeielt tribunal ba.
The significant confession is made BY n,
PaU MAI gazette that, so far as military Drepar.,o,,
are concerned, England is' much beh nj all the e,s,,
Powers Of the Continent. and some Of the ,tu.
ones. For a Continental war. Bel2ium Or syzeriarA
TO say nothing OF Italy. could put large forces in he
neld than England. and can dOuii hat were N
rot practical immunity from invasion which the
British islands possess by holding the OF thu
sea- and also by reason OF the difficulty u embarkips
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nations would soon regard them as an easy prey A
vague and uDreasOned CONSEQUENCES " tue e
that England is tue weakest well as te weahesto
ever the idea vita such com tries France q,
Germany gets into Engiisnmen's heads
Khelat-i-GbilZai, where General Roberts with
his flying column was reported Oh AugssE "a Is a fort
standing on the right bank o. the Taak River on an
ISL ated plateau, having command to the south az
5773 feet above the surrounding country TIE rnOar.
have scarpcd to great height out face Of
the hill and riyeted with bricks made of kIeaded rsv
and mud built in layers and allowed 70 dry In the
sun. substantial parapet surmoun the rampant aot
IS carried all round the works, embracing the whoIs
plateau the slopes Of which form the gic. and are IN
places exceedingly steep Ii 1s4l the Of KnelaL
lGhilzai was occupied by Brtisa detachment, $50
strong, under the md of Captain j. haEettCrase
and wlthstood siege he part OF the GhIzah from
December o. 1871, to April 20, 1872 On the las. day
the besegers, numbering from $500 10 1900 men de-
liyered an assault, which Dravey repealed and
defeated by tne garrison, VINO inf cred loss Of over 400
upon the enemy. and caused the segt De raised IA
tic war OF 1878 70 the fort occupied by Brn.h
troops, and again IN October, 1879, by force under
General liughp~, from Cdndahar, Oy wncL was bed
in January, 1ssO. General l. JD-Tfs when he reached
mis- MONT WAS within eightvelght miles OF Candahat
The march onward Will DE comparatively easy.
woman in West Philadelphia has tested
her husbands affections by making HIM relieve bstN
ado % ed child her own. One morning about four
weeks ago. she an advertisement In A newspaper
saying that some had enid for adoption. The ida
occurred take the baby and let her husband hns
II was her own. Upon tue impulse she tod NaIhaba
that she believed that his wish would be granted In
short time. few days atterward she went secretyu
the address given in the advertisement and found thai
the baby for adoption pretty blue-eyed girl Ia
mother was represented to be the daug inter wealth.
WmID gton family and its father a serving man. The
Phade phia lady seized the opportunity offered sDd
ened hOme with tine little girl while Busbant
was at work Upon his return Nathaniel marched upu
the door with his usual heavy step. and met hat
way by neigbbOr with her finger on her Eps He VA
told in whisper that 1t girl, and that Maggie wa
dong s we as could be expected under circum
stances" Nathaniel was oyejoyed at the lis
wlIe grew convaescent from sickness had SUI
iered and the pecing nus band paid her aud The
little every attention. Clothing and baby carriage
were bought and the child chrstened, with doe
ceremony, Maud May. Last Tuesday evening a eFcuR
occurred which brought sudden stop % the hap
pness Of the young couple. The husband told thai
bis wife had gone 10 FiirmOunt PARK win the baby
Thinking walk home Win Der he strOed toward the
park. Upon arriving AZ the entrance Greenst.
espied his little daughter IN the OF sraegs
woman, and the mother nowhere be- Inca
the whole trick learned, quarrel between husband
and wife ensued and the child was sent away