New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
GENERAL NOTES.

The official Inauguration Of the completed
railroad system Of which the St. Gothard Tunnel is
part been Axed for May d Tho re)oicngs o. Milan
Lucerne and elsewhere will occupy five days It's now
stated that King Humbert, hut either tho Duke
Aosta the Duke Of Genoa. and probably Prince oi
the German Imperial House, will take part IN the fes
tiyities
As an evening train was approaching trestle
bridge near Norwich, Conn., Tuesday evening, the
engineer discovered man with bag his back hurry
ing the structure. He whised for brakes but
manfesty too late cloud Of dust envelOped tho
locomotive rushed the bridge, sparing tho
gneer the pain Of seeing felowmorai cut in pieces
As as the train stopped several brakcmen and
number Of horrorlovng passengers went back to pick
tho remains To their ntter astonishmen found be
side the track jolly ta negro, covered with about MY
pounds OF meal, and laughing heartily at his plight
When asked he hurt he replied: "Goly, yon bel
dar is whole coon under dis yer meal"
" How much longer, we should like 10
know" asks The S. J0Dless G0=ene, il the intcrna
tional farce for which the OF the convict Lamson
has been made the occasion 10 take in the playing Al
ready the execution OF man who more than any man
tried at the Old Bailey since Palmer deserves TO be
hanged has been respited the instance Of the Amer
Government pending the submission OF certain evi-
dence It's way from the United states to tho
Home Secretary and now we are told that the Ainer-
can Secretary State has teegraphed TO the American
Minister here the substance OF further afdays witch
have been filed on the murderers behalf These docl-
ments. Mr. Frelinghnysen fears may arrive TOO lae
aud therefore Mt LOWe 10 lose no tlne IN
ing them the Of our Government surely some
limit ought to be put to this sort Of thing"
During the past winter three citizens Of the
Bohemian town Of Neustadt met every night for social
purposes In the public of the best inn The run
vrate OF friends the Judge Of the District Court
Franz Rycblk, Kapemester Bauer. and merchan,
named KOhn. One evening, in merry humor, they
swore common oath TO remain united IN death as well
as in fe and each member OF the gull pledged himself
that if one Of brotherhood died. he woul follow him
into the invisible world within the space Of fourteen days
at the longest. The landlord, who took the oath fors
mere Joke, wished TO DO male fourth in the league
which was granted AS ali the men were under middle
age sound health they felt secure that the first
death was a long way off About six weeks ago, how
ever the District Judge ychik died in his sleep, from
the poisonous fumes Of defective stove in his bedroom
The survivors deeply grieved, but none OF
them regarded oath made under the influence OF vine
as ANYTHING serious than evenings passing Jest
Twelve days later, however. the merchant hOln was
seze with Inflammation OF the lungs, RON anegieclei
cold aud III two days he dead horror laid hOd
upOu the two survivors, and tn kapelmelster Bler
took bed lay i'll seven days ana dlel On me
tenth day. Al accounts the landlord was sun Ia
good health, though terribly oppressed Dy Tie IeAr ol
sudden DEATH