New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-04
GENERAL NOTES.

On the northern slope of athe castled cr,,
Of Drachenfes" which overhangs the Rhine Baron vos
Starter. German nObeman, Is tuilding huge prvs,.
esidence which will be appropriately named a D,a,o
Saste ana when hereafter WIN share with the cnin-
ong ruins NJ the summit the attention OF tourists
The discouragements of benevolent peonla
who have interested themselves In Russian refugee.
havo not been confined any one city Just as partv
OF sevenyye were leaving Baltimore the great ree,
OF the ladies and gentlemen who had secured for them
chance for competency in the country another party
OF twenty-five returned to Baltimore from Texas.
noneyless respondent and anxious to be back Ia
Russia. The Relief Association will ship them homo
again US soon as possible.
Mr.. Miller, one of the pillars of Wiscon.
sin Baptist church, lately tried on the charge OF
irreigous conduct In attending q negrO-mnsrel Ter
formance His defence that he started for tenn
perance lecture but accidentally got into the wrong hall
and did not discover his mistake until the show began
when his carna delight in the entertainment Oyercame
his moral scruples He admitted that he ought to have
wlthdra"n the moment he discovered where he was
but his weakness for fun got the better Of him Ia
was let on with reprllnand
The will of Miss Barbara Scott, o wretched
old woman who inherited several fortunes and increased
them by every which her miserly instincts could
devise has been upheld by the Superior Court in Mon-
treal McGi University gets $4,000 and various
pitfalls, churches and charitable Institutions receive the
rest For years before her death she lived isolated In
the old family mansion IN the suburbs OF the city, until
the dirt and filth became intOerabe that the board Of
health forced TO interfere She refused even to
employ female domestic, but allowed old man to
visit the house daily do chores She died without an
attendant and, when the executors took possession,
thousands OF dollars found rolled mp in scraps OF
old paper. Not the least remnant OF food dscOY-
cred house. aud the doctors thought she starved
herself TO death. The relatives who were practically
ignored tried TO break the will the ground OF in
sanity, but the Court held that the esatrX Of dis
posing mind though eccentric.
Southern newspapers will find good ex.
ample for them TO follow Ia recent issue of The Erng
PoS, published at Louisville, KY. Having enumerated
several OF the bloody tragedies which have lately dis
graced that State and read Governor Blackburn plain
lesson his neglected duty IN. Post up the situa
ton as follows: There Is in mincing matters.
The social condition of the State is than have
ever known It, Murders more frequent punishment
Ia Lighter pardOns numerous, and abuses more
fragrant than at any period within recollection,
running back fifteen years. Matters getting
day by day. The alarming feature Of all Is the
difference Of the public. No to the cami-
val Of crime and social chaos to which rapidly
drifting. No take to himself the lesson Of
current events No one seems to realize the actual
danger which hangs the lives OF all. Appeals 10
the OrderlOving and law abiding elements appear vain
and idle. II Is dicnt 10 stir them Shocking TRACE
dies at their doors do starte them to reaZa
the lives OF her own citizens barring against tho
current OF immigration and commerce, and presenting
To the eyes OF the world n reckless God defyng,
reeking band or law breakers and murderers"