Morris tribune., 1881-08-11
Miscellaneous Ma: ters.

There airs 1.760 post offices in Missouri,
and clerk in the St. Louis post Office, with
but eighteen months service, is said to have
named them all with out prompting in thirty
minutes with the county of each.
The new Episcopal church Of st. Peter
Galilee, just erected by subscriptions of the
cottage owners Of Monmouth Beach and
Seabright, near the fishing grounds known
as Galilee, was dedicated Sunday by the
Right Rev. John Scarborough, D. D.. b:sn-
op of the Episcopal diocese of New Jer-
sey.
An English writer complains that his
countrymeu are ill-p-epared for the hot
weather which has been making London
uncomfortable. He believes that the
warmth might be enjoyable if people lived
in herse5 constructed to keep them warm
in winter and cool in Summer, and if they
could be induced to put on clothing adapt-
ed to summer heat. Moreover, il is sad
amid the nineties, Englishmen stick to
their beef. mutton, and hesvy puddings,
and to their ponderors porter and stout.
A-ch'tect CLARK. of tt WASHINGTON cap
ito'. Will put men at wo, ( in few days to
fit I'D rooms in tt g attic Of ne senate wing
of t,e capitol for tie senate library. The
"a. c. is the floor above the senate galleries.
Tie plan is to coos;ruc; two rooms on that
foo; for boo of the library ard to use
the Two front )ors OF TIE p essen; library
for committee 1oors. The main room Of
the ibrfry i lemain upon The third floor
ard tie 1oops above Will be reached by a
spiral iron stai.casa.
Says The st. Louis Republican,: In his
de;ail Of Indian horrors that came under
his notice NJ. Markly, TIE New Mexico In
dian kil,et, stated that in 1857 Re gave an
Iudian ha'f a dol'lr for q ma y rope ten feet
in length and about tie size Of his little
fnge.. He uEtWisted end and found
that = was made of red, auburn and black
hair, which. from tie length of each hair,
was evidently that of women. He qdes-
tions TIE Juciap. wto told him he lope
wa, made from The hair of TIE women aud
gi1ls slim in t'e moun:ein Meadow mas
s.c-e, for conplicity with which murder
John d. Lee, "-e Mornon, was rlied and
| shoS a few YEAS ago. The place where he
purcha1ed the rope was g.; Paleronagote,
sixty miles from Mountain Meadow, where
| the m6sj narrowing and brutal massacre Of
modern t'mes occurred.
| In Africa, if the damsel don't like her
husband ete has no redress. Ste rast
submit urco ndiionally to his will. Wren
size arrive1 Is his hone. SIZE is placed ur-
| der 4 e care D. one Of TIE had wives, VINO
tells her all she musG co, o1d unfui,1s to
her al the good and bad qualities of her
| husband. il she still nantes sa dislike
| for him, it becomes duty for TIE older
| wives to c nfort ] er al iley can. If she
| will moi be ,ecorc:led emu continues stub
born, she : whipped by one of the other
| wives. and tics made ID submit to the
| authority OF ler lo.d and MASTER It is un-
necessary to observe, perhaps. that this
course of discipline results in making her
| good and obedient wife,.
Among the weather phenomena of the
seasoa moi the ast striking are the recent
thunder storms along tie Hudson liver.
| Trey are described as terrific" and "ap-
palling, terms WI ca are especially l'gni-
| ficant when used in c region familiar with
| such sights ard soupte. The accompany
| ing hai)stones as usra' varied in size from
that o. a be n to thaS o fen's egg, accord
ing to the imagination or jmpressibility of
the observe. Lore or less damage has
been done by the storms. The effect on
the river itself was remarkable. The vivid
and coniinuors play of the lightning so far
blinded tie % OTIS in some cases that the
steamboats, had to be sto, ped. These and
other phenomena will be variously ascribed
| to the comets and to Vennor.