New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-18
GENERAL NOTES.
season..

| The entertainment at Chickering Hall to-
night for the benefit Of Manhattan Hospital promises to
be successful affair II the attendance Of the public
volunteered their services, handsome addition will DO
| made to the funds Of a deserving institution.
| The Toledo Blade denOunces the English
sparrow as swaggerer bOaster, altar, and eau
packer, frequenter OF free lunches, and dead.
beat generally. He has domestic virtues, and 10 as
devoid Of public spirit defeated candidate after
county convention His appearance In this country
was misfortune and his continuance here lie O null
sance that ought to be a6aed 6y general LEGISLATION
out of Central Park but so far as Toledo is concerned
the sparrow must CO."
Iowa walnut logs are now being shipped
to England. The timber is bought In the tree BY
Liverpool agent, and is cut down and hewn square, The
ends are then painted 70 prevent cracking from OK
pOsure the weather The logs shipped TO Liver
pool supply the cabinet makers Of Great Britain
The timber is obtained in the Skunk River Valley In the
vicinity of Charlottesville and Washington. and Is OF
superior quality. Iowa furnishes some Of the best
black walnut to be found In the world for the furnure
trade and tits source OF considerable revenue t4
State.
John Williams, merchant, of Rutledge, Ca,
sued desperado The defendant entered the store tl
furious passion held out the summons In one hsno,
cutched long knife In the other, and said, Williams,
have you sued met" williams knew that imme.
date Yes" would make him sure Of stab. Let me
get my spectacles that read the paper" he
said He went behind the counter and came back. not
% h ba s but T aa1e an nsd
marked the desperate. 81 guess I'll pay the BILL"
The proposition to erect a statue In Boston
OF Lief the Norman, claimed the dscOverer of Massa
chusetts has called mild protest from the Historic
cal Society there Mr. William Everett told the MEM
beers at their last meeting that extremely doubt
full whether there was ever any such person, and ~
Decd intimsted that Lief kind Of historical Mrs.
Harris. Mr.. Everett did not approve OF passing by real
historical characters like Columbus or Cabot ito honor
doubtful heroes Of legendary fawe The sentiment OF
the meeting appeared to be decidedly in favor Of these
views yet Lief will probably have his statue after all
The passion for public images In Boston hardly likely
be restrained by any consideration OF historical accu-
racy.
The change in editorial management OF
The Pail Mall Gazette interesting event IN jour
naism that the following paragraph written by the new
Editor is worth quoting "Egotism is defined by Dr.
johnson to be too frequent mention OF mans self in
writing or conversation We all know the egOtist: his
wonderful selfsufciency, his supreme sefconhdence,
his fervent faith in his Importance and In the Inn
possibility for anything in which he has been concerned
to prosper or exist without him. Like the faoled
bantam cock he implicitly believes that the rises in
order to hear Such the individual egotist
and 80 much are newspapers liable TO tho same fault
that the word nostism, which lie not found 10 Dr. john
son. had be coined in their case the same
quality or such weakness this journal has at no period
Of its career greatly guilty. significant fact
that first number appeared tbe7th OF Feb
carried far that except
for VOL L. at the head Of the first page, there
was no indication that social and political
power had eapt being Of the tendencies OF the
influence which It hoped to WELD. The line Of
policy has been continued, aud 1t is with reluo-
lance that we trapsgress usual rule and for mo-
ment speak Of ourselves. 1t Is now known to all our
readers that the able and accomplished gentleman who
has from the been Editor OF this journal
retains that positions and 10 bidding him fare
we'll we feel bound to say how much me Pdu AiaH
Gazette has owed to MS untirinR assiduity and IN.
hnchng independence 1t is by the latter quality that
this Journal las distinguished IN the past and will
be characterized In the future. The Pail MAI Gazette
In the livery of party the train Of Minister might
still retain Its name but It would be the mere shadow
OF it's former SELL We net how 70 account for the
curious rumOr which. after tour in the provinces,
made its appearance yesterday IN Sunday Journal and
which told the world tnat this was 20 become MIN
and viii be boast 10 Judge each question ON It's
merits rises, have neither party programme.
and Keep to old traditions OF liberty and In
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