New-York tribune., 1882-04-23
GENERAL NOTES.

If local pride does not lead Boston paper
into exaggeraton the toIest chimney In the country In
The Navy Yard at Charestown aud its height il 239la
Five inches of snow fell at Sheboygan on
Thursday. We believe 1t sheboygan which was
spoken Of place where the seighing isn't first
rate for spell in August"
A Swiss experimenter is reported 10 have
manufactured artificial mother-ofpear which cannot IA
distinguished from the genuine. Is not stated what
name h. VIII give to the new artcle-mothernlaw Of
pearl. perhaps.
The strawberry beds Of Santa Clara County,
CAL produce three crops in Che year. which the second
is the best The third Is often fOr late Christ
The first crop, the market, IL rom month
to six weeks ate and the earliest baskets sold Tor
81 % each.
A deed just recorded in the Office of the
County Clerk at Albany conveys from Chester A. Arthur
and others TO Elizabeth NJ Knkor OF Albany, ten
OF land and the buildings thereon except hot-house in
he town Of Waervliet- The consideration named ls
5000 The property thus conveyed ID known a. the
Arthur homestead
In his eloquent speech Oh the wrongs Of
Ireland the other evening in Baltimore. Judge Black
quoted with enthusiasm John Randolphs declaration
" have seen white crow and heard Of black swans
but Irish opponent OF American liberty never either
saw heard Of" John Randolph could not have made
that statement II he had lived 20 the present time for
would doubtless have enjoyed he privilege which Judge
crofs History Of the United States. And L be had pos
sessed the revised edition OF Little. Blown Co., Bos
ton ton 1s5g he world haze found IN vGqme s. pa &c III
Cllnton courted the Irish as Iri.hmen They had fled
from the prosecutions of incSOrable Landlords TO
country which offered them freehods BY haitering
their nationality and their sense u the Importance At
tached to their mbers Clinton alured them 10 CON.
bnati0n directly adverse g. their own Interests and
raised for Lord Rawdon large regiment in Which ofE
Cers and men were exclusively lrl-h. Among Them
nearly i've hundred deserters from the American
army"
Colonel Burnaby has put into n little volume
just published the story of his successful balloon flight
over the En-lsh Channel When he had descended to
within 500 feet of the surface without meeI favor
able air current. he determined 10 seek alO and
this Is the way he found il: looked at the beunOme
ter 1t marked 4s7 the shade, and then threw
bag Of ballast bag aud all. 1t fell with thud into the
water and the balloon t. 5000 feet pieces Of paper
from the still falling perpendiculary below the
balloon. Another sack followed tie first but this tine
the noise OF the splash did lot reach ears The hand
of my anerod slowly turned. II marked 1000 feet
5000 feet 5000 feet and then $500 feet had three
bags Of ballast left They the largest that Wright
had put iu the before my departure from Dover
They had been used during the inf On Of the balloon.
and filed with sand and stones. The balloon was
quite full Of gas by this time, owing to the expansion
consequent the diminishing pressure OF the aunos
phere Upward | rose aud with great rapdity, pieces
Of paper thrown out frOm the car appeatlng 10 a WIZ
considerable velocity Now was 10000 feet above ae
Tioped SS pei in the cloud The pieces Of paper that fell from
my hand streamed away from me in their descent |
threw over the parachute From the pace the SIX raE
ont il clear that the balloon was moving AZ con
siderable velocity and To my great satisfaction IN me
direction OF France"
In favor of the bill recently debated in the
ONO Legislature orbiddng the giving Of free railroad
pass TO any person holding public trust Office or its
acceptance such person, Senator Coats Kinney made
vigorous speech which he discovered free passes in
numbcrless pockets whore they had. ia his opinion no
business to be- "My honorable and honest fellow-sens
tor" said Mr. Kinney "if a railroad runs through your
county, let me ask you whose pocketDook You would
first execute your search upon, If you had an
order OF seize concealed goods Of that ralroadi
You woud not leave the court. You would stalk boldly
up the judge the bench, you would clap your hand
on The sacrodes pocket In the august flaps Of the jldi
clal ermne and demand a delivery thereof" in the
ofces OF County Auditors hc continued in tho council
chambers Of large cities and in the balls Of legislation
search for free passes would be equally natural and
successful The Senator did not impug the notvesl "
the recipients Of these railroad ayOs but he declared that
they were given for value expected II not received, In
every instance; and To accept one II them sub
iect The conscience to fearful strain. lie had himself
received pass, and having oniemplated It with long
ng for considerable time made up his mind that ne
could himself TO keep II, ana sent Il back 10 me
company II IL perhaps needless To sly thdt In sfe ot
Senator Kmuey's elOquence, the aDtfieepass bll dh
not pass.