New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-07
GENERAL NOTES.

The colOred people of Baltimore are enthu-
sastc in their antcpatons Of the approaching ceebr
ton in that city, and purpose to be represented in the
grand pageant on the evening OF October IL by two
floats Along the route they will give opel-ar concerts,
for which two companies Of their best singers have been
engaged, and which viii revive in agreeable manner
the plantation and camp-meeting melodies OF former
days On the first day OF the celebration the NashiDg-
foremost coored military Organizations In the country,
will Join in the military display
The fire. which burned to the ground tho
stables attached the Imperial palaces in Con-
santinople, September H. destroyed property valued
at about 81 900 Formerly the entire Imperial stud
was stabbed in these bindings; but If late years the
most valuable specimens of Arab blood have been kept
elsewhere. When the fire broke out there were moro
than $50 horses in the buildings many Of them, and
especially the selected teams, OF great value All these
animals saved, but in eGectng their rescue four
persons were trampled to death number OF carriages
no longer bat yaua Die as an illustration OF the
changes of fashion in such vehicles were destroyed
The Russian Minister of Ways of Commune
cation issued series OF regulations for the settle
ment Of disputes between passengers on railroad trains
in regard to right to close open the windows The
rules are five in numb r. OF which the first lays down
the all windows to be kept closed In winter
time while the carriage is being warmed. The second
moiides this during the rest OF the year. passengers
having the right then TO demand the opening OF the win
dows if the temperature is not lower than $50 Fahren'
hct When this temperature is attained the stoves must
he lighted and the windows kept bermeucllly closed
Rule No states that on the mercury rising above o3'
Fahrenheit all the windows in the carriage may oe
openUd. subject however, to the unanimous appfOgh
81 ain the pisen GERS present" should there be side
, a. al fbe windows ON the windward side are, by
Ru to be kept closed AMI demand may be made tOi
the general opening the windows on the other sue OF
The carriage FlBaly, by Rule D, tho Minister orders
that in all quarrels between passengers Regarding car
rine windows. the head guard IS 10 be applied TO- ah0
his decision is to be binding on all concerned
The ST. JdDles'S Gd-ette recOunts the particulars
Of n shocking crime which committed recently az
monastery near TIE forest OF yranyo-Seo, in Hungary
This mon astery which inhabited by eight monks VINO
were beevedto be very wealthy was attacked by band
NJ brigands but an alarm having been given body OF
soldiers came to the The brgands endeayored to
barrcade themselves in the monastery and exchanged
several shots with soldiers who more than an
hour before they could force entrance When they
did get in they found the monks lying gagged on the
floor but could hnd OF the brigands After tho
monks had been set at liberty they informed theii
deverers that the brigands had escaped by under
ground passage leading from the cellar into the forest
The soldiers at searched for the passage while the
monks the chapel to give thanks for their de-
livery The soldiers having explored the cellar and
having failed In find the door OF the passage back
TO ask one of the monks act their guide but they
were nowhere be In the course OF further nyes'
tgatons however they found the dead bodies Of tho
eight monks in small room aud the mystery was then
soycd The brigands seeing that they could not escape
had murdered the monks and hidden their bodies IN rms
room having first stripped them OF their clothes ana put
them ON themselves They then gagged one another 10
deceive the soldiers and while the latter were searching
in the cellar had made OF 10 their businesses IL tAo
forest.