New-York tribune., 1880-01-11
GENERAL NOTES.

The Winchester Observatory OF faie C0ilcge
ia now rapidly getting working Order II nearly
ready 10 furnish accurate time-seryice Tor NeWVen
and for the use OF railroads, and tue depaftnens--
unique this cOuntry-of watch-Fa'hS IS "eou' S'i"H
into operation.
Let every little Sally Waters" who
siehipg crying FOR young man derive cousolitioh
from the wees OF Alddletown charmer This unioFtn
nate nalGen has patient and persistent Iovers"hca
would appear 10 be- vastly worse than having none
They both call nights in tie week. aud Their sh'rs
n each other out have resulted in the utter piostra
tion NJ the voung lady She recently informed rend
dn the sirctest confidence OF course WhSn sgsGIs 49, &
honrs sleep a night for more than two weeks. u u.s. ey
dnt that ths sOrt thing cannot last. IbeIe VIII 10
either suicide or murder IN the first degree.
At the recent anniversary of the WomeRs
Union Mission for Chinese Women and Children ID san
Francisco the little All sins acanittej themselves cfeu
uablv in reading spelling. recitation arihemete ana
,,c,,ronhv The Mission was organ zcd IN 1870 aud az
first encountered much indifference aud some opposition
Now however, the parents Willingly send their children
and about six months ago the 1nihess ihs.eaA's
frhut.d $500 To the society The OBJECT OF iht sse!
ist angelzat,Cn 0f Chinese women and chil0Ieh
but Up 10 the present lime il has taken all toe money
mat L. received TO educate Tue cliirrn lhcIe ate u1
scholars with an average attendance OF thlriy.
"Too much mother-in-law." In this cold
but expressive phrase does H. C. Benson of BuHl'o eN
nain hs domestic nteleities Mr. Benson has Just re-
urned with his little girls whom he kidnapped from
tncir school In Louisville. Ky. This abode OF pietur-
osoue journalism ia also the home of the Benson mother
niav whom Mrs Benson had been visiting so loag that
II had become a moral certainty thlt she wculd heN
return The husband and fataer has asked MS vie 20
come home but does Dot yet appear that sue Is ionh
enough of her c iilrcn TO put up with her husband
would be unsafe, moreover to picture tuture Ior 'n
The resentment Of the Roman Catholics ut
the treatment they have sometimes received IN Harprs
w,ekly has probably led their effort 70 establish an
fnyf r,r
m. Illustrated Catholic American is jast out. IL Is
close imitation OF HaTpss Weekly ID slze and general
appearauce The first page is occupied Win a nala'
some portrait of Cardinal McCossey IN his robes oil
Office aud several other illustrations are distinctly Sstn
a sort OF Catholic HarPers Weekly After outlining its
plan it says We shall not forget that prnepsd, sd
nnjce of such Paper ours will ne t0 develop ana
Foster q school Of Catholic American writers aud
artists"
The annual meeting OF the American Social
SCIENCE Association will be held in Boston next Wedhcs
day. It's proposed to make change IN the eonSIitu-
tion by which the annual meeting shall hereafter DO
heId AZ the same time with the general meeting for
napers and debates The most interesting topics 10 De
cons,dered aside from this proposed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
resolutions eommemoratine the late Mrs Parkman ana
Dr Wines; special reports from the Educational De-
parment on School Supervision and Industrial Eiasa
ton aud propositions from the Health Department or
law regulating tue practice OF medicine Inc
the same prS9Sslon rnr nrofee,,ns fSe Community
aSa,sst medical imposors and has also been recon-
,nanded nv the Board OF Health. In the absence OF
Preside ent Gilman, Professor Wayand OF Yale College,
is expected 10 preside
One of the Boston papers recently said'
The subject OF drainage must soon become the vfs
onesou OF the hour 20 all who vo on the new lands Oh
Roston" correspondent writing from that eityr
Tne gravity OF the situation Is not In the eass
exaggerated by declaration the immediate occasion
of which Is undoubtedly the aiciion Of Mayor Prince
He has lust buried his only daughter two of his cons are
sick at City Hospital and the other members OF NV
Family have been sent out OF the city very healthy
town few miles away. The Mayors residence Is wen
down on Beacon-st-exceilent nelshbcrhood nrsfcass
SURROUNDINGS beautiful water yew ana AZ sna. s" s o.
thing Rut d phtheria found him out ms ana etncI
masrai diseases continually pncsing tne enoirs s
owers OF families living In costly and elegant houses ~
ths new lande Of the Back Bay Whether evev We
elaborate and Immensely expensive yatem OF drsnax
tnat We began building last year viii be OF any snotsp
RAJ benefit to that borhood Qusaon .Sm
some OF those who should 90 au,nori.ss @ % srswer
| finally aud decisively."