New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-30
GENERAL NOTES.

The first surplIced male choir in Vermont,
II is said has just been organized In st. Paus CHURCH,
Burlington. .
The Couut of Dree was sentenced by the
court at Annecy France to weeks Imprisonment and
a ane OF eleven francs for kissing the "Marseiaise
Hymn on the day Of the French National fetes'
A lawyer in Trenton, N. j., has built cedar
boat for racing and tourists purposes modelled after
the form OF the catfish possibly. tue whale Its bow
il broad and its sharp and taperng lis architect
links n will reyoutio1zs the science OF boat building
Grand Army veterans Of Ticonderoga and
vicinity will hold an encampment ut Black Point Lake
George, on August 81. %, % and "a The programme
will include an excursion. drill. campfire and speech
making. among the orators being Ucherai INQUIRY W.
Slocun. OF Brooklyn
A tank filed with pink water-lilies from
Cape Cod attracted much attention IN Philadelphia
florists store last week They were displayed by the
aide OF some ght blooming lilies from Africa, and some
genuine Egyptan lotus flowers but In public estimation
their beauty shone That OF their exotic neghoor@
So many applications for space at the
Vienna Electrical Exhibition have been made recently
that the huge buildings bid fair to be oyercrowdeo ana
con rary original intentions, another large court has
been prepared for the placing Of exhibits various Gov
ernments have asked officially for space, among them
being those Of Belgium, Of Denmark, for military and
naval appliances; OF England for postal aud eiegraphic
systems of France for military. naval, com nerolSl
postal !elegraphc and educational % =, l'f r
telegraphs aud naval appliances
at is painful and, might add, scandal
ous" says London Truth "to hear OF the Duchess OF
Tecks plate china bried6rac and decorative furniture
being view to purchasers OF SMILING Catalogues u
royal palace. Considering how rich tue queen ~ anu
how literally the royal family have always been pro-
yided for by the country financial collapse ought TO
have been prevented. To sell by auction such family
relics as the richly carved and gut SEDAN ehars on
Queen Charlotte really indecent For the credit
OF Queen Charlotes descendants the sooner
the Queen those sedan chairs and causes them
10 be conveyed Windsor Castle the better for al con-
cerned such threatened desecrson is enough 10 cause
the old Queen to out OF her coto. ascend from the
royal ynu into the woscy Chapel. and tnen make her
wsy mo TO the Castle 10 demonstrate IN person with her.
granddaughter 49,
A reporter of The San Francisco Chronicl
is burdened with the heavy responsibility OF having
added serious item TO the List OF evils and terrprs has
aflict humanity. Examining with microscope al
antiquated brickbat, taken FROM building that wac
being torn down. found each pore inhabited BY rod
like anmaoule. "Their motions" he says. when they
were exposed to blows, we're as the Ink OF chaln
reminding OF a system OF joints TO be exeoded ana
contracted They ni-trinspsrent, With aheht
scintIllatng column neaey two thris their lengh er
tending from nearly their head 70 their pointed a'is
probably their spinal colu nn." Ii IA probable that saa
Francisco will ind desirable to have all bricks yse
cinated, the reporters discovery woild Sc ~ 70
of the houses. The nnfs parallel only In tao
Arkansas village where ne houses are repatea 70 DC pro
teced against chs by mixing quDine In the paint Win
which tney covered.
The ST. Petersburg Herald relates that recently
In south Russian villa peasant was accused Of theft
Toe eulprt kept of the but sent an advocate 70
plead ais before the local judicial magnase Inc
lawyer employed all his eoqaence to convince the judge
that client innocent but his clever appeal had
no effect upon the Magistrate, who knew tue accused'
and PROBABLY condemned him before he heard the
details OF tue case He the sentence-hve aud
twenty blows with q rod. The village Solomon was in-
formed that the criminal could not be found "Neve
mind" he observed Justice must have It's course. As
the criminal is In nands we decree that his sd
yocae shall receive the fogang. The man who has tie
face TO defend rascal deserves 10 be punished
The luckess lawyer in protested against the Ills
galiy absurdty and Injustice OF the monstrous
sentence The loss OF his time and bis fees he contendcd
would be quite sufficient punishment But the sim oid
Russian solomon wa. inexorADc, and tie lawyer VS.
aciu lily seized. bound aud received tue twenty'nYe
strokes the representative OF tne aoseat crnihaI