New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-04
GENERAL NOTES.

| At the Marlborough House Parade on June 10.
the anniversary ofthe battle Of Waterloo received
more attention than John Mackie, who IN tho
42d Hghlanders that great day He IL the sole sur.
viying inpensoner at Chelsea College, though several
outpensioners still living in different p,fts Of Eag
land He is nineyseyen years old, but retains oil hls
| faculties.
| 1t cost altogether about 10000 to convince
jury that the Maeys aud Blanche Douglass not
guilty OF the death of Jennie Cramer, Of which the State
will have TO pay about one-third The Hayden trial
cost the State three times much and the result
less satisfactory 1t rather agreeable surprise to the
people Connecticut find that they have not larger
bill to pay. So much has been said and written about
the enormous expense of the Maly trial that visions Of
| the poorhouse have tormented many farmer whose
nutmeg crop had failed
"Antwerp is MORALLY busyn writes Mr.. Ed
ward King The Boston Journal, yet to q stranger 10
quiet. The streets not crowded with busting
people. But ring at this quantity door, enter
this courtyard and up flight Of stairs. Here arc
counting-rooms hum of tradeand much smoke of cigars
So it is all the city In left over from tho
Middle Ages-an odd cOrner-you may step into the
BOurse Exchange where thousands Of merchants herd
together twice day, not merely to buy and sell stocks,
but everyth ing else The Antwerp merchant does hall
his business in these two visits to the Bonrse daily In
his Office he simply down and carries out the
suits of his visits. He is stirring man, full OF ideas
OF jealousy of Rotterdam, and very much afraid OF bis
gigantic American competitors over sea-"
The International Bureau of Telegraphic
Statistics at Bene reports that the total lergh OF tee
graphic lines at the present time is Russia 300
miles; Germany, IA 65 miles, France, 43,65o miles
Austria Hungary, 3l0l5 miles Great Britain, 264S5
miles Italy, 1890 miles; Sweden and Norway,
II, 625 miles; Switzerland, 4O97 miles, and Belgium,
35O5. Germany, however, occupies the first place In
regard to the length Of the wires, having total OF
I59 80 miles, while Russia second with l3ii6o
miles, followed by France Q25, 265 miles,, Great Britain
Q2 720 miles,, Austria Hungary $4,000 miles, itay
692 mles), Sweden and Norway t2s44S niles, Bel
GUM Q8,345 miles,, and Switzerland po,0l0 miles,.
The length Of wires in Russia s therefore, much less in
proportion To the length of lines than in most other
countries. notably in England where there On the
average y miles of wire to every mile OF line The
total number Of sent during the past year
is cIassei as follows: England, 29.s2O,4l5 France,
| 19,SS262S; Germany, l63l243I; Anstrla-li9ngary,
Land. g. 100 go; and sweden and Norway, 2.O2s,soj
The Fourth of July celebrations az DIR.
Henry c. BOwen's summer home in Connecticut have
become justly conspicuous for the rational enjoyment to
which they summon many eminent men and'
Through Them the whole country. The pro-
| gramme for to-day at Woodstock shows no
decline from the standard Of past years II has
been arranged as follows: Address Of welcome, by
Charles searles, Secretary OF State Of Connecticut;
address by Governor Bgelow, OF Connecticut Presdent
of the Day prayer by the Rev Dr. william Hayes Ward
OF New-YOrk; Grafton The Moral Life of the Ma
Voices OF the Past" poem by Richard Henry stcd
dard, of New-York; Grafton Washington
and the Constitutions" by Chief Justice Drake,
OF the United states Court OF Claims, wash
ington; Grafton on q" Education" by Presi
dent Bartlett, - Dartmouth College; Columbia an
unpublished poem by Longfellow; an account OF tho
United Postal Service. by xPostmaster-Genera
James; Grafton Civil and Administrative Reform
by senator Warner Miller, of New-York. This sI1stan
tial repast fOf the intellect Will be interrupted by
bountIiu provision for the stomach aud eniSened oy
frequent music.
In affectionate loyalty to O four footed friend,
a correspondent in Tarrytown, who has been annoyed
by the charge stupidity preferred against the entire
race of pug dogs in article copied by THE SUNDAY
TRIBUNE very Handsomely vindcaes the intelligence OF
at least pug He writes: lie Acknowledges but
one master being his mistress and seems ID be I'M
happy away from her. He delighted 10 with her to
walk he often does but never thinks OF asking to go
ii takes bag with her to to the city On such oc
casions he seems about the time she returns in
the afternoon and has been known TO SIT on chair FOR
Two hours looking from a window, where he could see
carriage toward the house, when he would manifest
his JOY by bar ami yelps and rush to the door to re-
ceive her When she leaves with trunk for longer
time be his grief not only by his counenance.
but by shedding which have seen roll down his
face lie has been taught many tricks When hVins Ia
town. he would always run the basement W iDdow,
when the postman whstled receive the letters aud
would give them only 20 his mistress. Once an adver'
tisement was thrown in, and the cook tossed II IN the
coascuttle insisted having it, and went with
IL upstalrs He will his bind legs, bark for
his dinner; will sneeze wnen he wants to take walk;
viii eat nothing that you tell him has cost money un
Ill you say IL il paid for will cit on his hind logs VIA
n piece OF cake cracker his nose, until hye Is
counted when he will eat IL and although he is very
fond Of going TO walk he Will not go with the c,en
until first goes to his mistress and asks permission