New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-07
GENER.IL NOTES.

3. c. Mercer, the man from Mexican Count7.
PENN who purchased the Nain Exhibition Building A
the recent auction sale. is pleased with his bar
gam ana NOT IN TIC least disposed credit the good
natured people who him that be has white .e
plant on his hands. Mr.. Mercer had no definite us9
for utilizing bis purchase. but TO lis own words,
million pounds Of good IRON at less than junk prices Of
fered promising speculation" He says thai Tie iron
alone was worth more than he paid for the entire s
tuIe and has since increased fifty Thousand dollars Ia
The Russian military BUDGET rose from 1e1.
100000 roubes I'm 1879 49, eco ronbles in lsso
and has risen for 1881 to 900 roubes The nnsa
clal condition OF the country has warned the Govern
ment TO use all possible I'm the military adpnistr
ton, and, first STEP the Minister Of War has recon,
mended the formation OF four great territorial armies
combined from the ten military districts Of ST. Peters
burg, Finland wilma, Warsaw Kief, Odessa. Cbarsov
Moscow kasan aud the Caucasus. BY this means 1t Is
expected tlat large saving viii be effected NAM nm
dred officials OF the COmmssariat already been dis
OF expenses -"0U0-
The English press and public are at last be-
ginning TO perceive that it would possible thing n
improve Uncertain particulars the management and con-
sruction of English railway trains and under this ure
sure IL is not improbable that the companies VIII event
uay do away with OF the absurdties which yould
not have been tolerated single day IN this coun,rv
The IrH MAI Gazette declares that the locking Of TIA
carriage doors is mystery, and maintains that 10 se
ful purpose whatever IS served by making every ps.
ger prisoner. a few of tie Scotch ana FcSib rpes
this practice has already been abandoned 10 f,e sas
faction o. the public and the advantage Of the cow
panies There Is for much mproveIn ent In this a.
pec,on without going so far TO initiate tendes
anu Pecuaslsry Amecan regard for individual rights
III sun's man 20 gel on OF OH moving train
play acng the track. ~
The Toronto Globe, commenting uDon the ex-
pected announcement that the welland Canal IA omen
for traffic, says; "No practical man, however believes
that the opening OF the canal will be ANYTHING more than
FORM so far as any actual business concerned this s
son. The difficulties in the OF working the valves -
main ereat in the absence OF the tursne Whole
which were to remedy the defects in tho mechanism,
There is considerable delay in furnishing these ara
rom the present aspect OF matters IL at a likely
that they VIII be in place for two months 70 come P-e
tcaly, then the will not be omen for ofFc t ~,
year despite the assertions Of the Government press "a
out tho statements previously as 10 Inc corpeTi-
OF lhe machinery the difficulty OF working without tie
addition Of the turbine wheels and tie certarf tbas
inexperienced. stupid and careless ocktenders Min dis
aTrapge TIE mechanism and that accidents and DELAYS
Will be Of frequent occurrence"
There is n baby in PHILADELPHIA. the rrjde
and hope of lettercarrier which born on the dag
President Garfield was shot BY mysterious psyche
pn9 sical sympathy the infants health las closely fol
lowed the fluctuations in the Presidents condition The
psychological reporter OF The PHILADELPHIA Traes Tins
describes the phenomenon: "The day on which the
Presidents physicians gave mp case there was regr
lar panic IN the ettercsrrers house The letercar-
reTs baby had only been able to take ouid nourl.h-
meni, and on that dayi soUrad on its stomach and eve
body began 90 believe II going to die But The P.
dent got better next day, and the leterarrer dismissed
his doctor From that hour the baby became lannon's in
the neghborhood Instead of rushing of to see the bu
lens the people IN how the lett.rcarrie-s
baby getting along. The other night the baby bolca
and the neighborhood put their heads out of tho Windows
and said; The President is worse And so the official
bulletin from the White House showed the next morning.
Inc next day the lettcrcariers baby low
rallied with the President and cried FOR LIQUID noe
lnent, which t took the natural way and retenef
The White House showed similar condition OF sa,irs
there The face OF the leercarTiers wife woald hea
Dilehten beautifully, and she would say 10 the curious
nelghoors: The Presidents condition Is nore fayores
than II Was AT this hour yesterday whercupon ne ~
oc peoplo OF thaI region would be greatly reiooeds