New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-29
GENERAL NOTES.

Fort House, at Broadstairs, better known
to Englishmen as Bleak House" from its association
with the memory OF Dickens. who frequently resided
there just been sold at auction for the estate Of its
late owner, Captain Gooch for $4,000. Though It
went by the same name II Was not the Bleak uouse
OF tie novel
On Sunday last man named James Ferrss
was elected from the Third Street Baptist Chmch in
Troy for disturbing the service. His chief offence was
that he desired play want to be angel upon
harnonica which he had with him. Outside the church
he was arrested vagrant but his subsequent be
led the superstition that he escaped i'll
matte
The year 1882 was not prosperous one in
the Grondc, the great caretproducng department Of
France. several contributed to the depression,
but the phyoxera by far the most important source
OF evil For years previous 1873 the Average annual
vintage OF the Gironde 45.0J00OO galons last year
1t was 3S 200. Mr. Sader. the British VceCOnsul at
La Rochelle in his Official report says that owners OF
vineyards have lost all confidence in Insecticides and
pm their faith slight us 1t 49, to the experiment OF
planting American Vines.
The Association FOR tho Advancement Of
Women OF which Mrs Julia Ward Howe is president
will hold its eleventh annual congress IN Chicago on
October II, IS aud 10. Mrs Howe has issued call
congress In which she We are glad to feel
and progress OF Ideas are calling into
existence and action many associations whUse aiu like
our own, Is the advancement OF woman considered as
Throughout the length and breadth OF the land
constantly called upon TO take note OF groups OF workers
who are united la the belief that women are bound 10y
sacred obligations TO be the foremost helpers OF their
own sex"
The discovery in Tonquin of plant of great
therapeutic virtue and its miraculous qualities de-
serbcd at length by NJ Lesserteur formerly mission
airy In Tonqun and director OF foreign missions
Paris The healing properties OF the Hoangnan as the
plant 4. called la tho Anamite language. until
short time ago. known only to single native family,
which finally having become converted TO Christianity,
communicated the secret the French. NJ. Lessereur
ayows that the bark the HoAngnan cures hydropho
bia leprosy and the bites OF reptiles Immediately aud
invariably but is itself violent poison IL to
which il is not applicable. II is to be hoped that tho
ogc,cv az this wonderful specific will not be strictly
limited to Catholic subjects
Mr.. Dickens, or at least Mr.. Weller, was OF
oplnon that no dead donkey. A resident
of Paris however ready that he has not
only donkey dead but donkey die and that, too, by
his own act. wretched. emsciaed beast seen to
enter the Seine by u man who was washing carriage
near by and whO perccivng that the donkey made no
effort to save himself sent his Newfoundland dog TO tho
rescue Tho dog conducted the donkey safely to shore
aud then naturally let OF the ear by which he had ac
eomplshed the benevolent act Thereupon the donkey
with melancholy dellberatlon walked straight back into
the river The dog returned 10 the rescu but this time
the suicides heels kept him ri distance and enabled
their owner 10 drown in peace
Several mouths ago 1900 copies of little
readng-hook including also lessons III arithmetic
sent from London Barcelona for use in Protestant
schools Tho exercises IN reading the Gospels,
without note or comment. At the Custom-HOuso IN
Barcelona an exorbitaht duty was demanded of the
owner who refused pay It, 1t was then proposed TO
sell the books but the authorities decided that religious
question was involved and that they could not DO sold
without violating the supreme law .of the land. The
English Consul mterposed with offer to pay all costs
ami ship the books back London but he told that
his proposition came TOO late ana that the books must DC
burned. And publicly burned they in Barcelona
on July 25. local paper the Pubiicidad, makes this
comment on the affair ave such barbarians here
that we burn the Holy Gospels merely because they
might be read by PIOtestants. As Spanards blush
with shame, Liberals Eenraged, freemen OF
this nineteenth century Tor nsDlaon TO ap
preaching future"