New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-30
GENERAL NOTES.

II is reported that the theft of the body of
the late Earl Of Bacarres has made the Queen uneasy
the repose of the Prince Consorf remains and
that additional precautions have been taken FOR guarding
the Inalisoeum al trogmOre.
Newport lawns are as green as they were
in June, and sunny days in sunny places dandelions
occasionally venture to show their yellow faces. On
porches and pazzas honeysuckles still support crisp,
green leaves and now and then put forth a blossom
Two weeks there English y0lcts in the grass
Someone who has looked up the record de-
MES that the twenty-five patents issued to Edison
December 27 constituted the largest number issued
at time to one individual by Government, and
says that september D. 1872 twenty-nne patents,
under the single title Of steam vacuum pumps were
issued by the United States TO c. H. Hall, Of this city
1t is a singular fact that the three fires
most destructive of human life during the quarter
OF centurythOse in Santiago, Brooklyn and Vienna
all occurred in the month or December; not only that,
but the Santiago Cathedral and the Ring Theatre
burned December at the hour, and the Brook
Ign Theatre was burned only three days earlier III mo
month.
When Jules Ferry was in Office he thought
well of plan to lessen the probability Of panics case
OF fires in public buildings by educating the rising gene
ration above the panic point 10 speak He thought,
in word, that il would be advisable to organize fro
drills in the senior classes Of ceums and colleges This
idea applied by the rector OF Paris lyceum
after the bu ing of the Nice Opera House, and the drill
maintained with considerable during tho
that instruction OF this character would have been
extended to al The state schools.
King kalallaua was welcomed home by his
subjects In right royal manner. The entire population
OF Honolulu in the streets greet him; the Russian
squadron Numbered salute he approached the Shore
and the OF gayety aud enthusiasm the
King drove toward the palace in light wagouctte tho
soldiers in gorgeous uniforms dOnned for the first
time honor the occasion. and the we4lrilled police
made effort restrain His MaieSys loyal Subjects
who crowded around the vehicle with cheers shouts
OF welcome The King seemed 10 be delighted with his
reception and in the best OF spirits I'm sn Of the long
wuded Grafton to which he compelled to listen at
the wharf.
One of Washington Irving's funny letters
tells about who in going home from dinner
party nj which he had taken rather much wne fell
through open grating into vault beneath the side
walk He found the darkness aud silence rather OPP
pressve FIRST but in the OF the evening several
Of the other guests fell n and the whole they had
very pleasant night OF it, This story ia naturally sug-
gested by early experience OF David Wingate who
died last month in his native town OF Rochester N H.,
at the age ninetytwo years, Mr. Wingate Of
the American seamen who seized by the English
and confined in Dartmoor Prison during the OF
1912. When he shown to his dismal quarters no
was surprised to find there his townsman Dr. Russell,
and many other worthy citizens Of New-Hampshire.
that time Mr. Wingate has lived quietly his farm in