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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-24
GENERAL NOTES.

For the first time in its history Of over
century and a half the town Of stoughtOn.
Mass, has Town House. The building. which is Of
brick and granite. was dedicated on Tuesday.
This story comes from Battle Creek, Mich:
Mrs. Henry Ingham who had not taken a mOuthful Of
food during the past fourteen months, now has
a fair chance for recovery Paralysis of the stomach
was caused by a nervous shock, and for more than
year she has been sustained by injections and baths.
During this time her weight has been reduced from l7j
to fifty pounds. Her physicians gave her up time
ago, and her death thought TO be In
eytable. mutual insurance company of which she
a member prepaid her policy OF $500 to meet the
needs OF her family. few days ago. however, her
stomach recovered apparently and retained small
amount Of food taken through the mouth
A correspondent in the Baltic provinces
writes to German newspaper that he has succeeded
learning much about the organization Of the Nihst
party in Russia The present Russian soeiaLRevolu-
tionary parsans united into different groups which
rather loosely allied to another than welded into
a compact whole There n sort Of general direction
OF the whole exercised by certain influential persons
who may called the Central Group since they send
ont commssares organizers to each OF the two prin
cipa groups the "Narodni" and the "Buntar" The
Narodn (whOse journalistic organ is The Land and
c People, carries its prOpaga nda in the country dis
trcs; il subordinate groups among the peasanty
But It aiIus also at the students, the soldiers
and the artisan population and hence has now added
city groups 10 It's country OrgdhNalonH'
undoubtedly revolutionary and sociastc but Is NOS
nearly So extreme-not TO say rabdas the main group
of Nhilism The "Buntari," Terrorists whose pub
lie organ is The WH ofhe People does not shrink from
open recommendation OF crimes against life and is
largely occupied with frightening the quiet in the land
by Issuing denunciaory proclamations of the EHecu.
tive" The writer believes that the strength OF tho
marty az tested by the number of its adherens, IL
ceedingly snall-far smaller than il usually Imagined
eli her in Russia Its mosSzeaous members
young students and wurkmen and in the large cities It's
catalogue of membership includes considerable NUM-
Der OF thieves and other criminals The writer
further that there good evidence to show that the
capital expended by this party Is very much more
largely drawn from foreign than rom home sources.
pforma tionmust betoa great extent, founded upon
conjecture, for he himself says that all correspondence
amongst the Nhiist in both the chief groups Is ex
clusively carried on by cipher.
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that the blame for the fascOs of Madame pat.y,
first week rested with the shOrtsghted management
1t cost Mr. Franch pretty penny to learn that Slo
is an exorbitant charge to make for ad.
mission to hear even Patti sing but the demonstra
ton complete and Madame Patti il on
titled to great credit for having diseov
cred graceful and easy wan
out of the dilemma ms the charity concert
proved to be. 1t broke the abrupness q,
the change from the excessive 10 a
reasonable figure, and gave, besides, Madame
Patti chance to cultivate the philanthropy which
she has complained is obstructed in artists of her
rank by her business relations with opera man.
ayers. One of the pleasures which she counts upon
to brighten her private life after her withdrawal
from the stage is singing for charitable objects.
All Of last nights concert, except the singing of
Madame Patti, moved upon that plane of medioc-
rity which has been the subject Of much comment
heretofore. 10 therefore requires no mention in
detail. Madame Patti sang four times. hei pieces
being the cavatina, Una yoce POGO IA" from The
Barber" the duettino, Tornami die che m'ani.D
from Don Pasquale" with Sgnor Ncolini, The
mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor, and tho
teZetto, TIE sol quest anima," from sAtta.p The
first two pieces she was obliged to repeat and the
enthusiasm which they awakened grew to tire
mendOns climax in the rapturous applause which
followed the DOnizett Tondo. Twice she came out
and repeated the latter part of the scene. but the
people were not content, nor could she escape their
aComin' thro' the Rye and Within mile Of
Edinboro' Town.
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cATCHING M0SS.RnNKERS

The New-Jersey Legislature is going to have
a rather Troublesome problem to deal with this
winter An urgent demand is made by the
people of the Atlantic coast counties for law
to stop the operations of steam fishing craft
which catch menhaden or moss bunkers in
large quantities and take them TO factories in
this State, where they are worked up into oil
and fertilizing material The cod, bluefsh
and other food fishes live upon the little men
haden, and the Wholesale destruction of these
small fry seriously Injuries the fishing business
of the people living on the bays and inlets of
the shore counties. There is some question as
to tho right Of New-Jersey to control the ocean
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49, nLrLsLON IA TLYLS.

The scheme for dividing Texas, which is
creating some fresh discussion of late, meets
with 80 little encouragement from the people
of that big state that there Is no probability Of
H., soon taking the form of Congressional ac-
ton. Ten or twenty years hence when
Northern Texas is drnScly settled and Dallas
becomes an important commercial and political
centre. a movement for separation may gain
considerable popular support Even then, how
ever. love of the States name, pride in her
history "a the only member of the Union which
WAS once an independent Republic and n feel
ing in favor of keeping her territory intact in
orucr that she may WELD great power IN Ma
tional politics and legislation will bc II strong
impeachment in the way of The success OF any
effort for division. Nowhere, not even in
South Carolina is there as much state pride.
A Texan is n Texan first aud an American
aftcrward The old inhabitants still speak OF
Sc the state, aS though they were II foreign
nation and describe Texas as the greatest
country in the world Their most cherished
memories are of San JaCinto and the Alamo,
and the heroes whose portraits adOrn the walls
of their Capitol are Austin, Houston and Davy
Crockett people with such an intense local
feeling will not easily be persuaded to separate
into four or five minor States, even if their
material interests would plainly he advanced
nv breaking up their vast domain.
Thus far nothing has occurred to show that
separation would be advantageous to the peo-
plr of any section of the State. The capital at
Austin is easily reached by rail from all the
well -scttcd sections There is not mach
jealousy between the chief commercial towns.
Galveston aud Houston III the south, Dallas
and sherman in the north, and San Antonio in
the west are all prosperous, and their interests,
40 far as they are affected 10y legislation, do not
clash Government Is not centralized, and the
remote counties on the western frontier manage
thcil own affairs without much need of the aid
of State authority. To what extent the bare
Mains of the Rio Grande region and the Pau
Handle are valuable for settlement is IN UNI
determined question. If new States are to be
erected from the present Texan territory the
proper places to draw the dividing lines could
not be fixed until the process of filling up the
country with permanent population has adj
yanccd much further than Mt present. Thus
the question of division can wisely be laid upon
the shelf for another decade at least
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PERSONAL.

Professor Simon Newcomb is seriously i'll with
malaria in Boston, and has been obliged to post.
pone the delivery of his proposed course Of lectures
on astronomy.
Senator Conger, of Michigan, has bought largo
and handsome house on MIST, Washington. and
now occupies it, Senator Don Cameron has just
taken his family TO his beautiful new home Scott
Circle. The wife of Senator Platt takes posses.
sion this week of the house which her husband
bought for her in Washington last spring.
Florence Nightingale, in spite of her sixty-one
years and her long confinement to an inyalids sofa,
looks young and even handsome. Her fair face is
unwrinkled her large brown eyes are full of kind
ness and she is still deeply and actively interested
in varous practical works for the relief of the sick
and Door.
The late Napoleon Bertrand, the only son Of the
Marshal who accompanied the first Napoleon into
exile forgot to destroy will he made more than
thirty years ago in favor of stranger TO the family.
All his valuable NapoleOnic relics correspondence,
etc, have accordingly gone to this stranger instead
OF 10 his sister Madame HOrtense Bertrand ThayeT.
They will shortly be sold under the hammer
Madame Edmond Adam lJuliette Lambert is de.
won't believer in chiromancy. Three times have
fortune-teers read the same story from her hands
that she should marry thrice. and publish famous
work. The first prediction was made when she was
a young girl, aud had written nothing. She mOurns
over lulA lOlAunt, as sic ID tutlIcIy oppOSCU ~
third marriage.
1t is pity TO be obliged to record the fact that
the wool clip" raised OF the Garfield farm at Men.
tor has been purchased by Cleveland firm with
the intention Of selling il for the beneft of the
Garfield Monument fund. II is to be sent to Of
the chief Chambers of Commerce, where il will DO
offered for sale 20 the highest bidder 1t ough not
TO be necessary to adopt these peddling means in
order to raise money for such fund.
CINCINNATI Nov. ga report was published
here to-day that Archbishop Purcell was at the
point OF death. Bishop Elder. who visited the
Archbishop at the Ursuline Convent, in Brown
County. yesterday, sent the following dispatch
to-day from Chillicothe TO The Catholic telegraph:
Visited Archbishop No very great change, but
he IS gradually declining. Continues 10 DC Wheeie1
about the grounds nearly every day." DIR. Cal
laghan, tho Archbishop's secretary and attendant
passed through this city to-day his way 10 Little
Rock, Ark, which shows that he does not regard
the ArchbishOp's death as imminent"
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MUSIC.
ITALIAN OPERA-LA TRAvIATA.

ITALIAN OPERA-LA IRANlAIA
Mr.. Naplcsons company gave /" La Trayiata last
night at the Academy of Music with Madame
Minnie Hauk SignOr Ravell and Sguor GalaSsi in
the principal parts. Ii was the first time that
this popular opera of Verdi's has been given
this season, and the fine attendance in spite
If the uuusal attraction at a neighbOrng
hall and the unpleasant weather was in
the nature of proof OF the strong hold il has upon
the public and the interest that remains in Madame
Hquk after the performances by the nOyiccs which
Mr.. Maplcson fit to bring the water this
season. Much of this interest was rewarded, too
for though it is undeulable that we must
forcgo hereafter some of the freshness and
beauty of Madame Hanks voice in the
higher register it is equally true that after the
strained and abOrcd efforts of the other first ladies'
of the company her vocal skill and dramatic judg
mcnt come with refreshing relief Ii is seldom that
we are privileged to see a Vioietd who is able
through her skill as actress to make us take "La
Traviata" as satisfactory substitute
for the play upon which it is based !;
and we have become accustomed to forgive much
in this respect for the sake of the music. Its charm
will doubtless live as long as that of Rgoletto"
aud al TrOvatOrc," the two operas which most
intimately connected with it in point of time. The
three the masterpieces of Verdi in his most char
acterstic style before he began to feel the German
influences which, to the establishment of the whole
musical world, resulted in the production of a
string quartet and an AIDA" and they can
surely count on n long life if not the Immortality
which is 80 glibly talked about in connection with
art works of this kind.
So far as the acting and singing Of Madame Hank
JiOcttd is concerned, it must be admitted that it
is much too heavy to be considered ideal.
We want all the willOwy grace, the brlliancy and
the hot passion in Violettd that we have been ac-
customcd to in the famous Cdmilles whsm we have
seen and though to great extent the action is
curbed by the constraints entailed by the opera
form, expect that which is lacking to
be made MP by the advantage which elo-
Guent music brings. Here however. a
warm, sympathetic voice is demanded. and
n faco execution. We admire Madame Hanks
richness and fullness of tone within the bounda-
res of her easy register her correctness of ntona
ton aud wise musical Judgment, but we lack the
sympathetic warmth and the pathos. which are the
life of the character. This as compared TO an ideal
Violettd but, as suggested before, in comparison
with the other women singers of the company she
fills the measure OF satisfaction to the brim.
SignOr Ravelli sang AlredO's music with beauti-
full voice. even and consistent throughout, and in q
very effective manner. Galass, as always was
admirable He took the part of Germ0R. :" Car
men /" Will be given tomorrow evening.
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such competition. II would be likely to inter-
fere much rs . the community" in Iowa and
Wisconsin did interfere, greatly to the disgust
of the railroads and not little to the injury OF
the people.
The able5t and most conservative railroad
men generally are, no doubt, like Mr.. Wander
bilt, dissatisfied with the railroad situation just
now, and feel like appealing to somebody for
aid. But they would do well to remember the
fable of the luckless creatures who were dis
gusted with King Log, and appealed to King
StOrll to reign over them.
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amnseruents Co. Night.

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HE REFUSES TO "SPEAK OUTp

The newspaper never appears to better adj
vantage than when In the exercise of it's func-
tons as the public interrogation of officials aud
candidates for Office. For it is almost always
the case that persons holding Office equally with
those who are willing to hold Office have in
formation concerning themselves which they
seem bent on Withholding, notwithstanding the
desire of the public TO acquire IL and the per-
sistent efforts of the press to draw it ont. Oc-
casionally a newspaper makes a speciality of
this line of business, and for the time being be-
comes in the public behalf an animated inter
rogation point. 1t is not always-indeed it
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Nem'2lork Daily Gribmare.
Founded HORACE GREELEY.
-,,-,,-rCI>,y ,,n1-r,sprp o. 1901
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1888
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.


FoREIGN.-Three arrests were made under
the Coercion Act in Ireland yesterday. -
Gambetta defines his Tunisian policy
to be an efficient protection of French
and European interests in Tunis. 80 The
threatened litigation connected with the marriage
of the Baroness Bardett-Coutts has been averted
by a settlement. - The Emperor William con-
times IN feeble state.
DoMEsTIc-Mr Scoville concluded his opening
address for the defence in the Guiteau trial. several
letters of the prisoner were read III evidence;
the examination of witnesses. which was be-
gun, was conducted with a view of
proving the defendants insanity. -
A Mr. Gibson, Special Attorney of the Post
Office Department reported on the Star Route frauds
- Controller Knox says thathe warned the direc
tors of the PacifcNatlonal Bank last February. 80
The ship 5. NJ WhitmOre has been launched at
Bath, Me-; she measures 2.205 tons. 60 Judge
Beardsley has refused to release the Maleys on
bail. 60 The jury have disagreed in the case of
Arthur Stern. who murdered his wife about two
months ago, near Chicago. 60 The Milwaukee
cigar-makers have combined to resist the trades
nnion; the Boston piano-makers have been re-
fused higher wages, and are about to strike. 80
dinner was given in compliment to Ex-Governor
Boutwell, at Youngs Hotel in Boston yesterday.=
Steps have been taken to celebrate at Newburg
NY the disarmament of the revolutionary army
and the establishment of peace with England. 80
A new consolidation, to be known as the Allegany
Central Railroad Company, has been formed -
Fourteen cars were thrown off the track and
smashed by collision on the Troy and Boston
Railroad, near Petersburg Junction, n. Y.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.--A woman was probably IA
tally shot in Chrystle-st. yesterday. = An acct
dent occurred at the City Hall elevated station.
G. water main burst in Fifth-ave 60
NJ giv win
pleted. - Columbia beat Rutgers at foot
ball. - The completion of the official
canvass was delayed by mandamus. = Slosson
won two games and Wallace and Carter one each IN
the billiard tournament - Gold value of the
aegal-tender silver dollar t412l2 grains, $500
cents. 80 Stocks were feverish and weak from
the opening 10 the end closing unsettled
1HEW EATHER.-1RIBUSEl local observations indi-
cate cloudy weather and light rain, followed by
partly cloudy or fair and colder weather. Their
nometer yesterday Highest, 40o; lowest. 500; av-
GRACE SOLE.
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PUBLIC OPINION.

George Gorham is as fit for position in Tho
Treasury OF the United states Hope, the burglar.
would be, but not whit more so-teacramento Record
Union (RepJ
There Is little risk in prophesying that the
day is not far distant when Mr.. Blaine Will be again
caIed nnon 10 bear the burden OF hign public trust
-IIjaltimore American (Repb
The true people of Virginia, those who fol-
lowed the fortunes of the gallant Daniel during the cam
VASES ns closed never wish to learn how 20 barter no
brthrght of Virginia for the petty spolis Of oee
-IIynchburg YiTginian (Deml
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A SAFE PREDICTION.

FTOW TIC fIUuHy fleItIFY 1V"'''. VIZ -.
The Democrats promise TO effect great re-
forms next winter n the Governor wthholds bis veto.
They need have no fears In that direction Governor
Cornell will be quite ready to approve good DIS ts
may be sent 10 him by bis political enemies az he was 10
veto bad bills naugirated by his political friends Inc
fear IL that he will not brought to the test Tor Demo-
cras are nroyerbaly rich In promise but beggary IN
performance They may even mean they always Always
viii reveal no exceptions 90 the rule IL there IL right
hing 10 do the Democracy not to do II as the
parks are TO ny upward"
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list WHAT THE PUBLIC THINKS.
-, tn. DhfIadsJDhf1 prSks 4 Rsul

The Star Route trials ought TO be pressed or
dronnea one or the other The public In no mood FOR
tring and public justice viii not permit IT, If the pub.
lie was The circumstantial against
the ring shows that money stolen II the prosecu
ton cannot show who stole IT, let the lawyers say so
IL can let the lawyers prove IT, Deferrug In ths
city and adjounng them In Washington has wrong look
President Arthur owes II TO himself and To his Admins
traon the prma face pressed to the utmost
against the ring until the breaks down. at all, In
open court after fair trial, sharp prosecution and
Justice without fear or favor.