New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-24
GENERAL NOTES.

The Almanac for 1880, published by TIE
Phodelphia record for the beneht OF It's subscribers,
IL a handsome bit OF Typography with many attractive
illustrations. large body OF American journals have
now fallen into the habit OF publishing an annual OF
kind. bur THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC "a tic only Qua
that has comprehensive scope aud National reputs-
ton.
Mr.. TitOn's double has undone him, indeed.
The lecturer was expected Parsons, Kan, and tho
committee were at the station TO receive him. They
stepped up to a ong-hared gentleman. and welcomed
him with enthusiasm and ceremony. The lOnghaired
gentleman appeared surprised, and sad don't know
what YOU by this, but can remove any wart OF
reputation" They had mistaken these for those.
A young English girl, on a visit at Teign-
mouth from somersetshire, has recently had d
escape from DEATH IL seems she f. gwen TO sleep
walking and the other night she opened her bedroom
window. lowered herself to the ground. cambered over
he ratings and walked 10 the sea The cold awose
her the fright rendered her powerless. When dis
covered and rescued by coastguard-nan she was
sitting sneedesp 10 wafer mere was son M
was marvellous.
Leadville's promising epidemic is attended
with lassitude and extreme exhaustion. Chills occur
and great sensbty to cold exists tie surface Of
the skin tho eyes become injected and tend to fill with
tears the nosrils disehargng acrd fluid, attended
with fixed aud Intense pain In the head, mostly Frontal
over the eyes, sometimes also attended with giddincss
The nights seepless, with delirium or lotharsy
cough prevails, with yellow expectoratOn, most
troublesome at night and tending greatly to increase the
headache Fever attends disorder sometimes slight
and sometimes severe The duration OF the fever Is IRON
6 fG%S sO eight days "h0 sense Oh '' greatly us
"Marie," spiritualistic spook has been
unmasked IN London She was dressed in white, with
long veil. and had her arms and feet bare. She had
forgotten leave her clothes in the spit land, and
when she entered the IN Great Russell ST., and
took her place behind the screen she could be heard
In cfh er hoof nm her
the usual sounds accompanying tho OF undressing
The scepcs further say that her conduct when she ap
peared was that OF "unspritual evity in deed and
conversation. But be that IL may, twO inqurers. rs
they could through the white dress which
she had shrouded herself. decided To Mud ont what
ghost was really made OF. Que OF them accordingly
seized her and fouad in his something that by
vanished into arr but substantial piece OF hesa
and blood. HIS companion darted behind the holy OF
bOlies and there were Mares dress Dc0ts and Stock
Jugs, With the mediums char empty ana the knot
slipped.
Fortunately, few nephews desire to marry
their auus, for whatever may be the law upon the sub
ec such unions neither physically nor socially DC
sirable Dr. Orson l.. CHAMPION ply stefan of Mobile,
Ala contracted to marry his aunt Nancy V. Campbell.
being much enamored of her, she also OF him. But
when the friends OF this ardent physician suggested
him that such marriage would be Illegal and so null and
void and when his lawyer confirmed the opinion OF his
friends Dr. Champion thought better OF the matter and
determined not TO marry his Aunt Nancy. She
Michigan reside, and catching the Doctor at Lockpo
arrested him IA suit for breach OF PROMISE The
was transferred to the Circuit Court OF tine United
states and Miss Campbell recovered the neat OF
$4,000 damages. The Will now come up again on
pons law aud highly interesting and i'm portant the
declsion OF them Will be. For the question whether .
man can legally marry his aunt involves indirectly the
questions whether he can marry his deceased brothers
widow or his first cousin, l. @. whether the common
Law doctrine holds In this country. and N how far
and 70 what liberty OF marriage here Is limited
by the Levical provisions SO some goodmay come out
OF this somewhat absurd SUIT
The bodies of twenty-five victims of the Tay
bridge disaster had been recovered when the latest for
eign mail made UP In London. All hut Of these
had been brought to the surface by graphing Very
few OF the corpses showed signs OF muation. and in
many cases the features wore natural expression
The body OF a woman was booked by one of the Crap
nes The irons had caught IN the hair OF the head ana
lust the body BENZ pulled TO Tie snrface the
ba. comb came out and the body carried away by
the current It was that the woman had brown
hair shortly aflerward the body OF another woman
was caught but IL slipped from the grapplngirons
man W no had hooked by part OF his clothing was
lost by the clothing giving way. In one of the peck
IRA ~ yonug Leslie's found copy Of Long
feIio,s poems James ChristlcS body among those
thai were recovered He was plouglman ana lei nis
work on the Thursday before the accident 20 atrnd me
tnera OF his father DOwufield by Kettle. FueshiIe
Ills employer advised him 10 remain with his mother
over sunday and TO return on Monday, but uniortu-
nately the aOmghman IN his anxiety To resume MS
work travelled Sunday 10 LHdibans where he joined
the rsu Two letters found IN bis pockets IN one
OF which, written apparently to his sweetheart a.u
which he had time TO post he mentioned that nc hi
been tending the funeral oi his father