New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-21
GENERAL NOTES.

It il interesting to learn from Encli.h
papers that Dumfriesshre farmer has come into a.
residue Of the fortune Of the late a. r. Stewart aos
that the wndfall IS estimated at $4,000. 900 serIiuS
The entries into hospital from the tim. ~
the landing Of the British troops at Isnaia to Octob,
% were 462 wounded aud 1898 SICK OF total a,
25O92 officers and On November there xers
s32 patients in the Cairo hospitals most OF them suffer-
ing from enteTlc fever.
The Russian Military Railway Corps has inst
completed q strategic railway 1873 versts long IN ia
days. at the rate OF about two-thirds Of mile day
The line runs from Pinsk at the head OF navigation q,
the PriDet branch Of the Dneiper mainly across bon
at Jabinsk a station on the w-Brest Railway.
1t is the custom of all the Vienna theatres
according TO a correspondent OF The London gers to
give. the evenings Of November and 2. the sams
piece, The Miller and His Child" tale OF love- super
sttion and death. during which tears flow sbundany
The audience deceyes itself into the belief that by crying
on SUCH occasions 1t hOnOrs It's dead
The superb bronze fountain which Francis
and Anthony j. Drexel have presented to Chicago IN
memory OF their father has been erected on Drexel
Boulevard In that city. The statue which Is 10
mount It will not be put in place until next spring
The cost Of the completed memorial Of which deserp-
ton has already appeared in The TRIBUNE, viii 70
about SJO,OOO.
It was recently decided 70 resume work in
on unused shaft OF the White Rock mine in California
but before that could be done It necessary TO m the
ratesnakes which could be heard rattng at the bottom
In the liveliest manner imaginable. After one two
unsuccessful attempts had been made TO dispatch them
with cartridges Of giant powder one Of the workmea
Charles Campbell volunteered TO descend and what
he could do with lantern and stick He was lowered
to the bottom OF the shaft by his companions and In
few minutes had killed all the reptiles fifteen In num-
Der He had no sooner been drawn TO the top tnan he
tainted away from the effects OF the poisonous afr
which he bad had 10 breathe. lie escaped wlthonta
bite however and say that he Is ready Tor another ex-
plot Of the same kind.
The find " of old gold coins lately made 10
Paris by laborers engaged in the demolition Of the
house once occupied by Marshal dEhat was piece Of
luck for which collectors grateful az the finders
The intrinsic value Of the coins, simply as bullion
100000 francs. According TO the French law OF treas
uretrove the finders were entitled to halls share and
they elected to take it in current coin by weight They
thus the possesss OF about $4,000 The coins
are being catalogued for sale by public auction There
are nearly 5000 pieces in ALL and they include coins OF
Jean lie Bon, Charles ", Guillaume de la Gardc Jeanne
de Naples, Louis J. COmte de Provence and Others q
equal interest ana rarity one com IN plitruAAs y.
Guillaume do Beauregard, Is said to be unique OF IL
kind.
The report that the Duke of Aosta has joined
the Company OF the Msericorda in Florence recalls the
curious origin Of that ancient brotherhood founded in
1874 OF which The st. James, GdzeHe gives the follow
ing version II appears that the porer who used 70
hang about in the piazza for job, induged-lke many
other people with nothing better to do-in very fe
use Of very bad language. One Of their number GER
tain Petro Bors at last hit upon clever plan for turn
ing this evil practice TO good account He induced bs
comrades 10 form Anti-Swearing Society the prin-
cpe being that for every oath fine Of 80 much should
be paid into the common fund The money thus col
lected which seems have amounted 10 considerable
sum- was to he spent buying Filters, and each mem
Der of the society take his turn In carrying the
sick and injured TO the hospitals This has femalnea
the chief business OF the society up TO the present time
and the black figures Of the brothers are familiar OBJ
ject to visitors Florence The cassock and cow arc
said to have been adopted precaution against the
weaker brethren who except for this distinctive dres
might have been tempted TO take money for their ser
vices professional porters To this day tue good
brothers are allowed to receive ANYTHING more than
a glass OF water The society no longer depends iOr
funds however on the Of bad language by IL Inol-
bers; and the subscription OF 1000 francs which tho
Duke OF AOsta sent joining does hot mean ht is
Royal Higness has anything In that way to reproaea
himself for"