New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-17
GENERAL NOTES.

Here is cause Of insanity which has never
been recognized by experts man was declared insane
yesterday, and reason is assigned except that he
lived in q boarding -house
In his home built upon the hull of superan-
nuated which lies In the schuylki River near
the WssahckOn landing, Captain Rowe is still at work
upon bis iron This mechanical biped, OF which
crude model exhibited at Manayunk several years
ago. Is to be operated by steam and the inventor who Is
said TO have devoted fortune TO his whm expects 10
live 10 II running faster than any horse aud per-
forming many useIul services
Reports come from Mexico of the discovery
near Ia Paz of the largest pearl the world has
seen IL is Of light color and oval form, one inch In
length and threequarers Of inch thick at s shortest
diameter Of SURPRISING uste No doubt the oyster
glad be put OF its misery for Its tenant was
too big be accommodated and too strong &c be dis
possessed For long time the poor bvalye had been
unable to close habltation. The Of the pearl
says that offer OF sum ess than $4,000 for his
treasure would be treated with perfect contempt
The Secretary of the Treasury has, upon the
recommendation OF Superintendent snOwden. Of tho Phil
adelpha Mint. approved change in the diameter, de-
vices and Inscriptions OF the five cent nickel COIN The
piece is slightly larger than the old On the OBJ
head OF Liberty with the word liberty ON the
tiara and surrounded by thirteen stars, except at tho
bottom where the date appears The reverse CONTAINS
in the centre the numeral ", around which runs q
wreath OF cotton. wheat and cOTn aud the wreath sur
rounded by thc inscriptions, United States OF America
and, In smaller letters. plunbus unun:"
The venerable mansion on Clinton.st. AL
bany built for General Philip Schuyler in $780, will
be- sold ut auction and given TO business purposes
ubic sentiment sufficiently strong TO save 10
from that fate is Immediately aroused Few buildings Of
so much historical and social interest remain In the
country, but the heirs otsatsted with the rental
and have put the property on the market Says Tie
Albany Breng Journal II the city authorities do not
think enough of this msnsion, the Legislature surely
fha M illl
alton for its purchase aud saving II forever TO the state
IL is we'll preserved and will stand for ages yet"
Andrew II. Morgan was working alone in the
shaft Of the vesuvius Silver CHI, Col. Christ.
mas bay. endeav oring 10 pick out blast which had
failed " explode the day before. inadvertently no
the cap and the dynamite cartridge exploded,
tearing of his right hand binding one and breaking
one leg several places OF course he sanG helpless to
the floor aud he ws alone there wasn't apparently
ghost of chance for him. especially the temperature
WIS bitterly cold But Morgan is not made OF ordinary
stuff and the next morning, twenty hours after the
accident his fellow wOrkmen found him alive and cheer
full The water IN his cuntoen had turned to lee bus he
had kept from freezing 10 death by rubbing and beating
his body with hls lett hand lie has been removed 10
his fathers home in Iowa. ana the doctors say that he
viii recover.
The Russian P0st-0ffice will insure the safe
delivery any letter for oneelghh Of cent OF
the declared OF the inclosure. This safeguard is
commonly employed by bankers and other persons de-
string transmit bank notes and negotiable securities
such perfect confidence is felt IN the delivery OF in
letters that many persons have hitherto taken the
intnitesimal risk OF sending a large sum while paying
Insurance Oh only small one, thus cheating the Govern
uent their advantage. The officials have seldom
thought while verify the contents Of insured
Iers their attention having been attracted by tho
alness at values regularly declared 10y certain
Oaukers In 81. Petersburg, they opened letter
Insured Tor 1000 IOuhos and found II 10 coDLn l2OOOo
rOublcs The law Ii that IN of false valuation INC
entire Enclosure shall be forfeited. and In this lh~tanre
dishonest economy cost the bankers about @o0VV0