Morris tribune., 1881-03-31
Miscellaneous Matter.


better than Office hunting.
Since 1S4S thirty three attempts have
been made to assassinate reigning sovereigne
in Europe.
There are twelve thousand new words in
the revised edition of Worcesters Diction-
ary, lust brought out With such facilities
writer's will have little difficulty in making
themselves misunderstood.
Vanderbilt, the elder, gave Nashville,
Tenn, university, and in Nashville now
the people have regular Vanderbilt fever.
They have Vanderbilt shirt factory" a
Vanderbilt barber shop" a Vanderbilt
corn-cutter' and more to come.
The projectors of the new opera house in
New York have purchased a property bound
ed by Broadway, Seventh avenue, West
Thirty ninth, and Fortieth streets, and ex-
pect to begin work in May. The lot has
about 200 feet front on Broadway and 245
feet on the cross street and the price paid
is 100000. About 100000 is to be spent
upon the building
King Ludwig. of Bavaria. has lately given
up drinking very old wines, and his hau-
| !cellor has been selling in London some of
the royal stock of venerable tipples. Among
| these the most noticeable are the Stein
vein, grown in the Bavarian State Vine
yards in the year 1910; Leistenwine, grown
in the year 1851, and some wines of the
famous comet year, 1911.
There is a terrible strain on the follows
that write blood curdling headings for the
Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Times and
other sensational journals. The Enquirer
man gave out on Saturday night, and leav-
ing great blank space over Gatn's article
printed, Private and Confidential
pletely played out on this business. Give
me rest Telegraph Editor"
The Associate Reformed Church of New
burg, N. Y.-one of the two OF that denomi-
nation now left in the Northern States
has voted to connect itself with the Presby-
terrain body. Hymns are hereafter to be
suIg instead of psalms. The church has
about one hundred and seventy-five men,
bers, and was formed during the closing
years of the last century. Its present edi-
fee is about sixty years old.
Another great insurance company has
been incorporated under the title Of the
City of London Fire Insurance company,
with capital of FL 900, 900 in G1O shares.
The directors include Mr.. Simpson, di-
rector of the Great Eastern Railway COM
pany, Sir Henry Barkly, Lord Colin Camp
bell, NJ P, Mr.. W. H. Maturin, and MIR.
E. Leigh Pemberton, M. P.
A bill to prevent corrupt practices at Brit
ish elections is before parliament, and a
statement accompanies it showing that at
the last general election, as far as can be
gathered from the admissions of candidates,
the sum of $9,000.000 was spent by them,
the greater portion of which must have been
for the purchase of votes. The Liberals
spent about 81 SOC, 900 of the sum named,
and the Tories spent the balance.
The Yorktown, Va, monument, it is pro-
posed. shall be of three principal parts, the
first covering space Of SO square feet, and
81 feet high; portion Is and IL feet
high, and Is feet in diameter, in the front
of dome supporting a column $50 feet
high, and Ia feet in diameter at
the base. The front of the base will con-
tain inscriptions as follows: Defeating
the Monument as Memorial of the Vic
tory; A Succinct Narrative of the Siege,
Prepared in Accordance with the Original
Archives in the Department of State; The
Treaty of Alliance With the King of France;
and, lastly, The Treaty of Peace With the King
of England. In the impediments over the
rider will be presented, carved in relief,
emblems of nationality, of war, of the ALI
ance and of peace. To illustrate the union
of the states, there will be represented up
on the circular pavilion which rises from
the base, solemn dance of thirteen typical
female figures, hand in hand, encircling the
dome, which bears upon belt beneath
their feet, the words: zone country, one
constitution, one destiny"