New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-02
GENERAL NOTES.

AS announced in the TRIBUNE a few weeks
ago. vigorous steps taken the death OF
Senator HILL TO raise fund for the erection OF monu-
ment to his memory. A committee has since taken
charge Of the matter and more than SZOOO nave aea
been contributed.
As is usually the case, the presence in our
system Of the present brilliant comet il bringing to the
fore the great army Of cranks and religious monomanacs
throughout the country The postmaster OF Detroit re-
Gently received postal card which the following
were written: October 7, 1882, exactly at y
o'clock m the will into the sun, ond dark
ness will invade the earth for seyentytwo hours, the
length of time that Christ prey to death, and the
West will be engufed by an earthquake The LORDS
prophet, j. A. Walters"
William Enston, a native Of Cambridge,
England, after having amused large fortune III
Charleston s. c. died recently leaving 100000 to be
applied to the building -Of hospital IN Charleston for
old and u1rm persons. Before his death lie had fire.
Quenty referred similar institution III his native
city, and had expressed wish that tho Charleston nos
pta should be patterned after &C. In order to carry o
this WISH the Mayor of Charleston deputed committee
OF gentlemen to visit Cambridge ana inspect inc nus
pital and the English papers speak or tner Vslt 10
Cambridge recently and their tour or Inspection
Father Albertario, curate of Santa Maria
Secreta Church, Milan, Italy, has recently been the
causes ecclesiastical scandal Of rather an amusing
character Before celebrating mass, which according
to the Of the Church be done fasting he has
the habit Of going to public cafe and taking
cup strong coffee OF course the criminal act was soon
noticed by OF the good churchnen, who rebuked
him sharply for his unlawful license Inc cO1ee-o'ng
father only paid no heed 20 these orthodox admoh
tons but boldly asserted mis- right even To eat breakfast
before spite OF the Churchs deereesi and Mt last
accounts clergy and people OF Milan have divided
"Cofeeites" and the "AnuCoteeltes"
1t has generally been said that Longfellow
is read more in England than in America; and late
English expressions of admiration for him have led to
the belief that the whole Nation shared III this admlra-
ton This Is the case however The John BuiI has
recently entered its protest against the movement Tor
placing OF the poet in Westminster Abbey From
the nature of GASES of this kind it 1t Is impoSs
bic to get up u oCuntcrmemoral against the carrying
out of proposal i'll question But we are sure that
there are thousands OF Engishmen who would If they
could record their strongest condemnation OF any
further attempt to dist the venerable Abbey Church
by monstrous OF persons who really have no
sort OF claim to be there Let the motley
mob OF sentimental Radicals and fussy Freethinkers who
for the erection OF tablet III Mr.. Monoure d. C0nways
Unitarian meeting house
The report OF the medical officer OF the
large district IN London known as NORTHEAST London
OF Hackney recently published gives some interesting
particulars concerning the population and health or the
great city II appears that whooplng cough fertile
cause of mortality not explained, because it is
dangerous In ITSELF but from carelessness want Of
knowledge in treating It. The report states that the
presence epidemic Of or even more diseases
does not exercise large influence on the deatrate
in London as the continuance OF excessive cold or heat
or the frequent occurrence of fog for few weeks. All
factories which emit noxous vapors smells have been
banshed from this district, and effort appears 10
have been made by the sanitary authorities TO minimize
AZ much ns possible the dangers TO life that are
inevitable In large city The low deathrate OF some
parfs of London as compared with many other cities IL
accounted for by the immigration OF persons between
fifteen and thrty-fye years Of age, between which
periods Of lite comparatively few people die