Morris tribune., 1882-10-19
Things in General.

In certain high school in this state the
Shakespeare class was reciting and the play
was Hamlet. A young lady arose and con-
vulsed the class by reading, "The funeral
baked beans did coldly furnish forth the
marriage table, and then she sat down and
wept because she was laughed at.
Nine hundred and thirty-six soundings
were made at the mouth of the Mississippi
River last week, by select committee of
the New Orleans chamber of commerce,
with view of ascertaining the actual depth
of water secured by Captain Ead's jetties.
The least depth that could be found, any
where, was on the crest of the bar, where
there were twenty-six feet of water. with
the uue nearly Two feet Uelow average hooe
The gigantic new bell for st. Paul's, Lon
don, weighing seventeen and one half tons
was recently cast at Loughborough. About
twenty one tons OF IN .terial were preparedl
ana when the three furnaces had been
opened the streams of molten metal poured
out for four minutes and three-quarters
before the huge casting was filled. The
new bell will be the largest in Great Britain
ii not in Europe.
Philadelphia furnishes the latest instance
of murder by burglar. The circumstances
were those usually attending murders of
this class. The burglar was hard pressed
by his victim, and, in order to escape arrest
or identification, deliberately drew re-
volver and shot him through the breast,
killing him instantly. The gentle fraternity
of house breakers ought, on their own &C
count to move little slow. If they make
these cases of killing too numerous, public
sentiment will get aroused by and by, and
demand that burglary be made capital Of
fence.
The colleges share considerably in the
prosperous times. The Wesleyan uniyer-
sity endowment fund. now $500, 900, prom
ises speedily to reach round $1,000.O00,
as all but SIS 900 is promised of the $780,
600 which was to be raised to secure Mr..
Seney's last promise of 100000; and MIR.
Seney now promises another $1,000 if
an equal sum is secured. Within less than
a year, also, the university of Vermont has
received gifts of nearly 100000, and more
is expected.
The headline man of the Chicago Times,
who used to revel in gallows captions and
send out the murder heads dripping with
blood, has retired to contemplate his tre-
mendons past. Never more shall we read,
in stallion type, Bill Boozer Bleeds-The
baleful buzz Of the booming bull -,doe
ubWlS ulA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
crank for the calamitous caldron-terrifc
more shall the headline man spread him
selfat the head of the Times columns. His
work is over and his leisure has come.
The London Echo, commenting upon
the skill of Marwood, the English hang
man; recently exempliied in the quick and
painless death of LEROY, says: But
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scnage in practically vindicating the majes-
ty of the law, people as rule would not
like to shake hands with him, and many of
those who believe in death punishment
would shrink from him as they would
shrink from leper. If the thing be right
and proper. why regard tho the execution
er with more horror than the jury or the
judge? A man to be common hangman
cannot be very captivating specimen of
humanity, but he is the concentrated in
strument of the law as ii stands. 1t is the
law that is barbaaous." Certain phiioso-
pliers would probably say that people do
not shrink from Marwood because he is a
hangman. but because his nature is such as
to make that vocation congenial; but it is
doubtful the philosophers would be right.
Boston Journal: VINO are those two
men who always ride down town in our Car
in the morning and glare so revengefully at
each other during the entire trip?" in
quired one business man of another as they
approached their counting rooms the other
morning. "Oh," said the person addressed,
they are neighbors, and occupy adjacent
seats in church, and are noted for their be-
nevolence and good works. One of them
has daughter, however, whose piano
humping can be heard all over the neigh
borhood for at least six hours day, and in
the summer he cultivates flowers, while his
neighbor keeps flock of hens under the
direction of Cochin China rooster which
crows from o'clock in the morning till
shutdown without much intermission.
Reasons enough" said the first speaker,
Il wonder they don't cut each others
throats."