New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-04
GENERAL NOTES.

An ice-dealer away down East in Maine,
informs The TRIBUNE that he Is prepared 70 ill orders
for cargoes OF direct from pond, twenty-five 10
twentyfour inches In thickness, at 40 cents One
cedealcr least. entitled to credit for Offering to
sell ice cheap 10 those who may be Inclined 10 leave
NeW-England out IN the cold
A rumseller in Lewiston, Me-, having chal.
enged several jurors. informed by the Bench that
he good and sufficient reasons tor such action
May please yer Honor, Mr. Judge" said the accused
with mock gravity. would good deal rather be tried
by that doesn't know me than by man that does"
The dignity OF the whole courtroom way at tue
richness OF tins bull aud was several minutes before
the JUDGE himself regdned his composure Tue prisoner
then pleaded guilty without d Trial.
Samuel Crlmp, of Montclair, n. j., recently
lost three children from dpnthera. aud az ne was known
have special precautions To secure proper drain
age his experience has cited evidence that even
with every safeguard modern cOnveniences are men
To health. He has employed Charles +. "lhga'e 10
examine the sanitary arrangements III ana ao"ut us
dwelling and from The report and sketches puoshe IN
he sanitary Engineer safe 10 infer that the
GU break disease be reasonably attributed 10
detective plumb ng aud drainage. Mr. Wngate reasons
from these premises FIRST, that the cesspoO was ire
udrnty empiied, constantly dlsmIeeted, ana always
douby ventilated both at the surface Of the ground and
TO te root OF the mouse secoLd y, that IL entirely
cut Of from by large trap, - that even It's
contents had been dngerou-, would rot have AT c.ed
the inmates Of tue house thirdly, that The main Il re
Wa, unusually celn, being continually flushed with
cur Of fresh air entering below ana carried by me
warmth OF the pipe and the adjoining kitchen hue
through II ard the roof fourthly that tie Whole
system of plumbing showed leaks under careful test
with eDpcrmnt and IN Il there has been no smell notice
able from them aud lastly, that the person, fist aken
down UI the disc did occupy where there
were plumbing fixtures. Jhe,c facts taken together POINT
10 tue Conclusion that the Infection from another
source Tue water supply was taken from well sunk
twenty iect through SOL and thea drilled thirty-tTo
feet further thIOuSh rock, and an IRON pump ppe
carried d wa aud well pack ii with stone and cement
Al ana ys4 sample Of the shows that II was
of UNUSUAL purity. the only local cause OF foul AR was
mass of putrid kitchen garbage which had been spread
upon an adj llning lawn by neshbor, only few feet
distant IRON the cod.Ir box which supplied the furnace
The ground being at the Time December - the
garbage could not be absorbed The atmosphere .or
srNrr days following was warm AMI humid ava west
,rlV win Is PREVAILED 10 convey tine fOu yapOf III me
direction q tue cold box AT the ground level. Inc
stencil VII p.rCrptiJe Throughout tie house JUST pre-
won. 10 III nr-t sCku aud Was noticed ~ All
e. the inmates. The expert ';nined hunter ui sam
pie OF ms material gathered On the thrd day OF ns
VISIT auuATy 49,. and found variety OF Vestdbe anu
.tulna IL stance. mostly ID puicsCent STATE an sl
very u;tIslVp. There no EARTH ashes or other
druO '4ZIa- mitrr'a. out Simply klcnen garDlEt WHICH
inOutas IN cclnrH'n Ot, tucIe
allowed Ia LrvOmpu>e. lht testimony or tie III so
accepted sanitary authorities Is anmOus IN asserting
that produced b, decompOSiug animal or VrGttaUle
matter sue AItCrn slis ami refuse nave potent
iutu. nee pruCdcing such diseases MI Cfuup Las,
thrrriolr been Justly censured remaining III
house where the plumbing and drainase were piesnu'
ably ,dnSeGVi,