New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-02
GENERAL NOTES.

Tho citizens of San Francisco now say that
,.na seals and sea lions must got" The latter are
charged with having used their legal immunity from
he,ng killed at Seal Rock cover for entering the
Golden Gate and fearlessly ashng and sporting about
the oakland wharf, where the city anglers drop their
nes with greatly diminished luck law rs already In
force against tae Chinese nsrrnen ana the Legislature
has been asked repeal the law protecting the seals
A gentleman of Flatbush, Long Island, has
,sturned from European tour OF ninety days. and,
nroftng from his previous experience and knowledgr
~ the language of the countries he visited succeeded in
,ming his hotel aud travelling expenses 10 1915 the
pturn steamship ticket costing 800 included He does
mt describe his of living. but states that he
.nsnt half ms time the Blush Isles. aud visited
Holland. Belgium, Germany, Italy, switzeriand and
France
Confidence swindlers have done much re-
Gently 10 raise their calling TO the rank OF fine art and
one Boston clergyman who performs marriage ceremo-
nles for stated fee, testify their expertness.
thrifty young couple asked advance, the pee of the
ceremony. being satisfied with a char 50,
,oned in wedock. the clergyman kindly providing the
witnesses without extra tee. The bridegroom offered
$50 bill and received $45 in change and the clergyman
discovered the next day that the 500 bill was counter
felt Since The bashful bride avoided scrutiny of her
rountenance he thinks now that she was counterfeit
TOO and only young rogue dressed In female ap areL
The annual statement of the Equitable Life
Society evidence that il has shared In
the returning prosperity OF the country It's assets have
now reached S37366 S4l, being increase of nearly
100000 the past year. The new business OF last
rear amounted to S265O2 SAL an increase Of over
100000 Tie surplus ali Liabilities 81 100000.
an OF surplus strength of than 600 An
svenee of the care with which the finances OF this
pany managed is shown in the fact that The invest
the difficulty which has been experienced In investing
money Of policy in the Equitable is ndisputable
after three years. and all Ordinary policies contain
clause giving paid-up policy III ease of forfeiture.
Evidently it is not the heighth or depth of
fall but the of alghtng, that kills people An
old Fremont, Ohio was drawing water from a
twenyioOi well. The bucket slipped off the hook. ana
he slipped and dvod after it, The water ten feet
deep he might not have recovered bis presence OF
mind and scrambled the stone wall But that is not
circumstance to the exploit reported from ST. louis
workman fell off the ST. Charles Bridge, and IN descent
OF fifty feet turned several sDmersaults ana aghted on
his head, which In contact with limestone rock.
Then the unfortunate yet wonderful man rolled into the
river and disappeared but was rescued by hiss fellow
wOrkmen. aud merely waiting Tor scalp wound SIX
inches long TO heal These remarkable fails are bOth
to bottom of Plattsburg 100 feet deep aud viii
live, IL is thought despite shattered arm and broken
jaw and bruised side.
In the Russian town of Vosnessensk there
considerable numbers Of sect called Stundste,
who deny the efficacy Of the ceremonies Of the Greek
Church and base their religious solely the leach
ings of the Bible Tey hold meetings for the study OF
the Scriptures and prayer, but have officiating clergy
They called upon sign declaration OF recanta-
tion publicly conform to the orn OF the Greek
Church. and express their readiness TO receive 500
blows II they should relapse into Sfundistism Under
intimidation the declaration signed by some, hut
many stOuily held out. IL then determined that
those who refused should be publicly logged, the next
day being fixed for the execution. All the country peo-
pie the neghborhood focked in TO witness the per
Torrance, and about thousand spectators grati
fed by spectacle Of great suffering. ZenOvi and
PrascOyia shimenko man and wife, were par
ticuafly distinguished by heir hrmDess under
persecution. and consequently by the severity
of the torrents inflicted them. Vladimir
Fedorof and Others holding the woman by the hair
gave her ATTY blows with rods Then Efeem Snsarenko
began beating the unfortunate creature. Fatgned at
last called upon the halifantbg woman 10 ask for
gyeness the crowd, TO kiss the and 10 repeat
prayer with death apparently before her. this frau
creatures courage and confidence deserted her not
She refused 10 ask forgiveness she rejected the cruel
fix saying that lawful to make representa-
t,on of God and for PRAYER she said aloud God Tor
give them: for they know not what they do" Such
desperate nstancy not 10 80 unpublished. Since
rods were of avail knOut was prepared and soon
her agones were renewed uudtr a shower Oi blows.
administered by young peasant The nogging only
ceased when she TOO Tar gone 10 eXblb any sense
OF pain Although medical evidence testified To very
narrow escape from death. PrascOvia has recovered;
and when called witness before the court, SAID,
am an Evangelist; and cO-Ieh giousts know no
sotLer source OF religion than the Gospel"