New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-05
GENERAL NOTES.
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The white students of Howard University
Mcdi' partmen, ar displrtsei becanSe the iac""!
have appointed cUlOred man valedict0rihn
Ecclesiastical controversy in England ba;
reached point where the bishops are pilored by th'
lltullist journals as 4" nidgped scarecrows'
John Bright has very little patience with
the recklessness OF oergymen when they speak al lo
dinners He SAYS: The ignorance and untruthtineS
dspa ed are amazing and shocking. In their clerical
realng they to have met with the PASSAGE
Thou shalt not bear false witness.
A Harvard Freshman was brought to earth
n few mornings ago. policeman caught him 10 th
act OF oycrturning barrel Of ashes the sidewalk 10
punscr-s Tue officer gave the boy his choice to either
nut the ashes back the barrel report Judge Ladd
at CImbrldge: IN the morning He was wise lad
H. put the ashes back
Far away from Queensland comes an excit-
ing tale OF boys batting with shark Five lads were
bathing river November 25. Acxey Drury, about
tive years Of and. although so young nrstrae
swimmer AMI diver, was close to the bank his compsn
ions having landed, when he seized by the foot by
shark said to eight feet long The boy screamed ana
made bravo struggle losing his presence OF mind
for moment and the shark appeared TO be dragging
him under turned and dived ut It, and, III dong so
not free The shark then made second and more de-
ermncd rush. selzng the lad by the other leg win
n frmer hold, Alexey all the time hitting at tic
monster Victor Drury year two older than Ale1ey
| hearing the screams Jumped into the water to MS
hrothers assistance followed py the other lads, and
uuer de perate struggles they succeeded III dragging
Alexey ON TO the bank In the meantime second snax
mad appea red but happily did not JOIN In tne as'acA
Lolh mad a. be amputacd For some time the
seemed favorable boys life being saved n0twitn
standing the great loss OF Diooa any shooA " '
| but he died On the morning VI the ZHh
| Cantain Eads in a letter to The Washington
Erenino star directly contradicts statement when
recently appeared In paper TO the effect that the
ioty channel at the mouth OF the Mississippi Is go sna
| low TINT yesscs drawing twentythreo TO twenty-five
| fact can pass through 1t only with great dlneaiV
| Canaan Eads says: The jetty channel has Deen
maintained for the last fifteen months according 10 na
requirements Of the law without any inIeriniSs'o"
| whatever II is an ample one, and no Vessei n"'
grounded 10 II, nor has been delayed an noui 'o
want OF abundant depth IN 1t during this perioo, e'e
| low tide. This much cannot be said OF Ne"'-
harbor az none OF the largest class OF steamers VIZ"
loaded can leave or enter 1t during low tide. inejov
channel Is measured every week or two by Uni'eu 30
engineer officers, and the last survey. made only
days ago. shows that tho stipulated depth exis@ ~ ~
I The grounding OF the German steamer brsou'
schweig although two miles above the ettie: sn re,est
ing wentyOne feet, was recently maoo sSs sods OF
for declaring that the bar was reformnk AZ two
them Although the eties have not oeen ssf year
years tue shipment OF grain from NewVIe, Ssv were
was twenty greater tnap hs foryfoid; the
shipments being only limited by inc 'o"N
river" ~, ,o,Iad at
A vigilance committee recently c"nou .s q.
r,dn,sbt unon tina iaer st Bodis. and oenianuou so
| soul and body OF Murderer De Roche. nc iespo "
sayinst AN right boys; wait momons, 1900
| uttls ,,men In a moment the outside uoor "ss op
| s,ov,v and four or five men entered. ouuei u.s. 49,,
t,ons the aoor of the cell In which the conoe"ne -
| oner Law was swung open. The poor wre.cn Auo
this uutimAlv visit meant, and prepared i's w"