New-York tribune., 1883-03-07
GENERAL NOTES.

A singular alliance has been formed in Bel
GUM between alcohol and education. An omsbox for
the secular schools IL recognized feature OF every place
where liquor Is Sold and every customer drops into
his sou as regularly he fees his waiter school
building costing 100000 has just been built from the
sous thus collected The plan IA on trial In
france but at present without much success though NJ
sarcey thinks that It has a great future
A COW which had led a quiet and uneventtul
ufe near Nanur in Belgium. has achieved post
rortep fame She suddenly developed violent intes-
final Inflammation and had to be klei 10 the great grief
OF her owner who. however was presently consoled by
the discovery her body OF valuable old gold coin
which Is now on exhibition In the Brussels Bbotbeque
II described quadruple pisole OF rancheComte
struck at Besai4on in 1878 On the diverse Is figured
the hond of Charles and on the reverse are the double
eagles aud the Pillars OF Hercules.
The Partisan waiter Geniscain, who swal-
lowed n spoon several months while cutting
professional caper and whom DR. Fellzet performed
the rare operation Of gasotomy. Is dead The opera
ton was entirely successful and the patient rapidly
advancing toward complete recovery on rigorous diet
OF rum aud soup, when unhappiy, ho seized with
violent craving solid food IN the absence of
his attendant succeeded n procuring ani eating loaf
OF bread aud large piece OF cheese Inflammation
naturally followed the sutnre came undone ana he died
OF pcritOnitis on February le
Ata public meeting In Melbourne called to
rnise fund for the relief OF the widows aud children
whom the terrible mining disaster in Creswck had left
without Of support the Bishop or melbourne sug
eod that the rich men OF the city should take of
the seventy-ve orphans by endowing them with R100
each" The Bishop comparatively poor man. offered
bo toward endowing one OF the children and said that
n the full amount could not be otherwise raised he
,yould give el0O TO have orphan all to him
The idea took at and before the close OF
the meeting the Mayor able so announce that the
Bishops plan had every prospect OF being carried out
The American Society of Civil Engineers was
recently entertained ut Lowell by Mr.. J. b. Francis,
whose residence in close proximity 10 that OF General
Butler Az the carriages containing his seventy guests
moved from the station toward the house of Mr. Francis
the peopIe naturally wondered what mposlng demon
straton was In progress Then suggested that
the visitors were the convcts from Concord prison
10 pay their respects TO the Chief Magistrate with whom
they lately signihed their intention 10 cooperate. This
explanation was 70 natural that everybody accepted
H. and throng of citizens fastened toward the Cover
uOrs manaOn 70 witness the reception Great was tber
disappointment at seeing respectable company Vi Gu
gncers alight at Mr. Franeiss door
The keepers of the famous Eddystone Light
house on the Deyonshre coast have lately been reviewed
after long Imprisonment. Fierce gales preNeh'ou IL"
With the shore and for several dhys pre-
yous 20 their release the were an erlcal eohul-
ton Their reserve stock OF food had been exhausted
and they had kept themselves alive by drinking lamp OIL
They were moreover without fuel and tue lamps which
they faithfully kept bright the only source OF heat
I'm tbe lighthouse They were, moreover, reduced TO
such condition that they could speak TO each other
only I'm monosyI IIables They kept Signals OF distress
flying fortnight in the nope OF attracting the httcn-
the wenthrr bOisterOus that II was utterly I'M
possible To send relief