New-York tribune., 1882-03-05
GENERAL NOTES.

An international exhibition "of colonial OBJ
icct- ana Of cypprtation will be held IN Am
81 Idam from May to October Of next year.
1t is said that the idea has been entertained
Of erecting beside the grave Of Kcatsa marble group
representing the poets death in the OF severn
II pleasure 70 read in The LoHdop Duty Mars that
happily this monstrous conception Is to abide IN the
limbo OF miulhled bad taste.
Wor,hipping by telephone Ia, become a
practical success in Hartford Conn. Every sunday
hundred subscribe are PIT on te south Church
circuit and generally succeed in following the service
with only occasional and slight interruptions. Tie solo
singing sometimes ches hom 'n rather dilapd1ted
condition. and II the preacher turns hS back upon the
tru,iler there "a cdk iu the sermon but eu mo
whole te instrument Does fairly wei By choir and cer-
gymsu.
The carnival season in Rome has been even
duller than usual The French Ambassador has been
away the Austrian Ambassador is in mourning, and
only English inIba~s, Aa- the gayety which usu-
ally centres around the diplomats found an opportunity
cfcrye-ce The great social event OF the season was
The bail az The Dora Palace whose doors were opened
u society or the fI-t time since the death OF the OLD
Prince, eight years ago. The dancing did not end until
o'clock. aud thea breakfast of tea ont coffee was
serycdquite like the good old times tie guests Thought
A citizen of Jacksonville, Fla, has been
keeping n couple Of large aligltors m tank chiefly for
the benefit Of traveller, from the North. visitor
recently stirred up the creatures with stick in order
thai hc might derive al possible plea from the show
Euragcd being disturbed, they fell % lighting with
each other with great fury ana much loss Of blood. The
fight began al 3 O'Clock in the a,uoon,aud neither was
willing 10 throw mp The sponge Untl II at nigd when
The older of tho two ac6HoWi,derd that he had had
euou-h The proved thdt hc MAJ LG a great deal
too much, for lie died the following day.
The eyes of two continents are fixed upon
the elephant Jumbo" Mr. Barnum', latest geological
acquisition The tender British autpathy To his re.
muval from Regents Park of which much sad not
many days ago. TO have subsidized aud the suspi
cion may arise in some Rnbai"Nins bosoms that the
story thu Quecn agitation at the prospect OF losing the
gigantic Jumbo may have had 20, origin In Nj Bar
NUNS idea Of what her Majesty ough to feel under the
cir,ums auCes. Al any rate. Jumbo" is not To be de
taued by habcas corpus on The 18th ut he was q he
put into the huge box constructed for the purpose Of
carrying him the Atlantic. The box is described
iu the London newspapers II is made ~ strong plank
ing. Souudy bo ed together. and ciampcd with ron II
weighs eight tons Tn lower part Of tacn cad Is Simply
barred ac,us,, that the enormous yolagrl Will nave
considerable lib r,y with hls tTmk; otherwise De vii be
closely and strongly confined He leaves the IoooS'al
Gardens under Interesting circumstances \ talu has
been born there, ami Jumbo might well feel some
emotion the arrival of the shouted stranger ltWoud
nor M all Doe surprising II Nh Bdrulm should also Duy
the baby apir, with Mrs. Iapr thrown III 40 part VI
IL. Ion Rfr