New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-01

which has caused mach anxiety for time past Il,
now said to be advancing rapidly that unless nne
date stop be put TO the encroachments Of the lake upon
the island no harbor worth the viii remain dapn.
aton has proceeded 20 Ottawa FOR The purpose Of nauc
ie mo Government to take prompt action 10 the natter
From time immcmorial haIrpins have been
accused Of various idos. ncriscs, bat never, unul
latcy, Of actual crime. This mediocre record hs
| recently been varied IN Manchester, England whore
hapn Lao beer found euy 81 murder in the first Do
gree. woman lay down upon her bed 20 sleep. and
presently aWOde % corpse ~ an inienis and purtoe.
Tor she lived only few mJments. An exafnination
showed that hairpin had been driven more than to
inches into her brain.
A telegram from Milwaukee says: "a Div.
sican here claims that he a pair Of shoes 20
from the tanned kin of neerosam stornbcrg hanged
at Albany time stcrn5erg before his death hay
Ing wlod his skin TO the physicians fathcr-hs attorney
for defending him" To this The Juca Hcrah adds:
1.-THE original owner Of this hide Sam steenberg
who was hanged IN Fonda We have personal knOwlelze
that some of Sans skin was tanned and Ia possession
NJ parties in Johnsiown and other places Just how the
hide got into circulation never has been made known.
As sam was one Of the toughest OF toughs nis skin
cannot fail t. be durable and waterproof
The journal TElectrictte Of Paris announces
that premature burial can be rendered absolutely i'm
possible by applying. IN where the certain signs n
death wanting electric current to the body suoh
q test being applied five six hours after presumed
DEATH non-contracOn Of the muscles will prove beyond
DOUBT that life Is extinct This discovery IL received
with much satisfaction in France and Germany, where
the laws requiring prompt burial admit the possibility
Of horrible mistakes which, in the belief OF many per-
sons competent 10 form al opinion, are OF not very fe
quent occurrence
The following story is told upon the high
authority Of a Baptist deacon In thriving town
Augusta, Ne. lived two brothers whose chief distinction
was their rank Democracy. Recently OF them paid
the debt nature and the other took charge OF the
quies Tie procession about starting for the
terry when the surviving brotl through his tears,
recognized the driver OF the hear"e a. man who
differed in political beliefs from the deceased stop the
procession" he shouted, no black Republican
shall drive the hearse at my brothers funeral" Re-
nOnstTanccs Of avail, substitute was provided,
and ii l. to be hoped that the corpse enjoyed liz passage
10 the grave. Gone TO meet Andrew Jackson
Many complaints appear in the English
papers the annoyances which people forced %
dure when riding the street and no wonder II
occurrences like the following are often repeated;
Sheffield street wen filed with passengers Wa stopped
admit portly dame who calmly entered bearing IN her
lively young pig. which forthwith began 10 sqgeal
yociferousy. This couple of ROSTERS In the other
end Of the Growing after the Of thor kind
ana the joint din Of pig and ROSTERS provoked number
Of babies into screaming Then the ct or pa sen zcrs
began pro testing. and IN the midst of the nult the pig
bit ~ Mistress AsGr 10 tn pom, az Wllcu 81,
yell which might have walked the dead; ana all tie
time The conductor was adding his contribution to the
uproar by declaring IN sentoran tones, that
lac really could not allow such gongs on
Sir Joshua Rcynolds's portrait Of Edmund
Burke has become the possession Of Engiand- National
Portrait Gallery 1t sod BY Mcssrs Christie eight
years ago 10 unknown purchaser for thousand
guineas. what has been it history since them" aays
Tie Lopdon Ners it is unnecessary 70 inquire Il is
enough 10 know that by The vigilance OF the Director OF
the National Portrait Gal cry the work has now been
secured for tho Nation. II is IN every way remarkable
picture painted about 1866. during the Rockingham al
miustraton and therefore many years anterior to tho
Thrale portrait now in the possession OF Mrs. Drum
rlond, daughter of Conversation sharpe, and eAhD.
itaG M Burlington House IN l-77. Tho public WI
shortly the opportunity Of ud yng o. the value 81
its latest acquisition which venture to think VII. DO
looked upon Of the most important made OF late
By the trustees"