New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-28
GENERAL NOTES.

Captain Moses Hillard, of Texas, aud Cap.
tain Frederick llrd, OF California, met the other day
at hotel in 81. Lou after separation OF thrtyes1
years. during which The former has acquired cate
ranch containing 5000 acres ana Tue FORMER nae az
cumuated fortune and retired from the sea 10 Gu
jos it,
A curious lawsuit involving the question Of
what is the whole duty OF fireman has lust bee1r|
manded a trial by the Supreme Court OF wiseoR
sm While the Bcckwith House at Oshkosh was barring
b. b Paige made ofierot $1,000 to anyone who wOda
rescue hts wife Charles Rie fireman duty at The
time saved the woman and claimed the money, but
nonsmted in the Circuit Court On appeal the supreme
Court has reversed that judgment, closing ~ opinion
follows: Inasmuch the plaintiff could not rescls
the body of Mrs Paige from the burning building With
out imminent peril Of losing his own life. and ina'ma1
WIS not his duy paid officer and member O 20
fire department TO DO b. IL IL position 20 claim iAe
reward alleged TO have been oneredby tue defendant @
such rescue
For n few moments on Saturday evening
there seemed to be some reason FOR supposlng thas
Philadelphia cafe actually bewitehed man Sho
had been leaning against the wall suddenly fell sprawl
ing on the floor; another signalized his enrane@
screaming at he vas paray1 q; and third who siooid
the BAR before he had time drink his liquor land thai
constituted the mystery in his easel. dropped OF ~
knees with howl Of rage ard pain One Of the peoS'
present had the sense 10 suggest electricity and On u
vestic,tiou showed that he was right steel screF
from which depended an electric light had been driea
through Inc latn and plaster - Tar Iia IL cahe ~ W
tact with iron girder aud the men whose lnFohllS
antics had suggested wiicncrlft nad convicted lhe @
CUT in their persons Dy touching metal pos.@
the railing OF the bar. both Of which Lad mec eoo1
ton with ne glrder
General Schofeld who lately succeeded Cen
cral Mcdowell in command o. toe Department OF ~'
Pacific received delegation of the Pluto Indians Ie'
DAYS ago ut the Pacific Ho;el In san Francisco. Ine
scene was an amusing The braves wore some /"
the garments of civilization but OF dec-yea o'in
ton and each carried under his arm SIX hat NnO"
CLOS. had long STAGE disappeared TIey began VIII
dfplouatic eulogy of General Mcdowell and then pro
ceedlngto business, urged their claims TO eontlnuan
Of tie free passes over the Central Pacific k1Df0-u
which they enjoyed in the good old days. IIS .
psued that it was occasionally their imperative nses
sity 10 ride on the railroad that they never uIa
any circuns auccs were In "A condition 10 Py,oEss.
fares Having finished his special errand te Slsdtor
man, Wit Ia inclabie dignity, asked GcneFa SosonS
a quarter OF a dollar with which 10 purchase lo"I
The commission appointed to establish Wv
Uncompahere and White River Utes on tne s ,.a'I
Utah allotted TO them in sevcralty have hnshod ',
labOrs for this season and are their way homs 80
T. A. McMorris a member OF the commission sss VA
reporter in Denver the other day that t would "
cnlt to exaggerate the beauty and fertility OF 'Ao w
new reservation. He thinks, however that w" -.
mistake TO give 100 acres to each indlydHab V' an
few VINO viii oondescend to manual labor no' 'D
farm more than five or six acres. Inc oo" :,
agree in the belief that the Indians VIII re "
their reservation during the winter withOut eaur s,
slightest trouble Douglass the late chief OF 'ns ~
River Utcs seems TO be recovering bis reason, nsric
lost during his confinement in LeavenwOrih io sk with
patton in Meeker massacre tbs troe sso,s6 dtsir
chief finding IL Impossible 10 asteo a
10 make choice, IL is hoped t S wi b. did
good indian and a friend or the "u''0''
mateY selected,