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

Tho boiler In the machine-rooIn Of n.
Louisville Post gave out the other morning j.st ca
paper going to press, and for moment the ou..
was gloomy: but a portable engine Of ten horsa-Do
promptly secured, hauled into The Posts AREA a.,
connected with the presses by pipe and the p,no
came out almost on timea good illustration o. ne 49,
In which modern newspaper keeps faith with h,
readers. -
The WOmen's Silk Culture Association =,
Philadelphia proposes 10 show By an exhibiuon ps,.
month what 1t has accomplished during Its existence ~
two aud half years the way OF introducing Nor,
and profitable industry into this country Thr,e.,
premiums Tor the best native silk will De Ofered-e,..
Of them for the exclusive benefit Of coored perso,,
and It ia thought that there will be between nty ana
sixty competitors The public-spIrted ladies' who A,
ganZed the Association are rewarded for their abors BIZ
the belief that with the coming exhibition their enter.
prise will pass beyond the stage Of experiment
An old gray horse stopped in front ola
hotel in Lewiston, Me-, the other day, and bridal
couple stepped out OF the stout wagon which be va,
attached. The groom who carried a little green tor
took the landlord side and said to him conalen
italy: Ne and Harriet married this morning Va
have started q little excursion to sOrer get ae-
quaInted with each other. Before left home maru
put Us up little dinner and We brought a coffee "a,
along. Now we'd Ike to borry your stove to hest N,
coffee and table to eat the dinner on-aId perhaps
little sugar n milk" The landlord led them to the
dining room and seated them at a table with other
guests they opened their little green box made nerry
over the twisted doughnus squash pie cheese which
IL contained, and the heated coffee. and then.
scious OF thing except their happiness and
departed behind the old gray horse the landlord he
gazed benevOlenty at the retreatng wagon, said hs
hadn't made cent, but he felt better than II they had
paid him 70 cents apiece for their dinner and 80
cents for their horses.
The death of Mr. Amos Ide reminds Tho
Providence Press % early battle IN the temperate.
cause, OF which he was long q champion Forty years
ago a house built a scow and moored to Paw.
tucket wharf "A few OF our older citizens" says The
Press, recoect this ark but IL called al.
II known the Flota,' aud constructed for
the purpose or eyadng the liquor law Of Massachusetts
by selling rum Oh the water, which the rumsellea
claimed neutral ground. blind bar was ARRANGED
in the house. aud the rum poked through hole with
sliding door, the seller OF the lqor being out OF sight
The bacohanaian in this Flotilla terrible
Fights hourly occurrences and men would stagger
this FoiIla to the wharf, and there fight and
bang themselves until they unable to stand These
were witnessed by women and children, and
crowds would collect to the poor, wretched drunk
ards tear each other to pieces number OF citizens Or
gauizcd themselves into association for the puT.
pose Of destroying tho Flotla.' Mr. Amos Ide Who
was always a stHunoh temperance man, Of the
party. On dark night these disguised themselves.
boarded the concernand it fire. The fire hailed
with delight oy the people, aud II made one OF the finest
displays fireworks Witnessed in Pawtucket From
the building flame Oi yiregaed co0rs and. astee
casks OF liquors burst the contents took fire AID spread
blaze Ofre all ever the river II grand ilustrat0a
OF the iery regions, aud haeuahs high when .Ls
FlOtis 'burt to the waters edge. WnO the party va
that destroyed this floating rImshOp was not known Of
tive part in IT, with one or two exceptions, have passed
away"