New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-23
GENERAL NOTES.

PopuIous cities and towns spring up so rapidly
in the far Northwest that people in the East cannot keep
track of them OF the newest OF these, which mas
dubbed itself the Isolated city OF the Northwest Is
ND the Missouri River 1,200 miles beyond Bismarck,
away from any railroad hemmed in by mountains, and
at this season shut out from all the world 1t bears the
name of Benton honor Of "Old Bullion" and it is the
magazine Of the British Northwest 1t Is substantial
town because lumber Ia costly there that IL 10 ePOn-
omy to build with BRICK During navigation tweuty-
two seanboats carry goods to this remote city, and the
volume OF business there lus1nes Chanoe' VI Con-
MERGE and mammoth brick blocks
The CatskW Mail tells of builder OF that
village who has taken rather novel contract even in
this fast age-that of building village in Columbia
County in this for the accommodation OF the work
men employed by the Hudson River Ore and Iron COM
pany The TO be modelled after sample cottnge
already erected. and will be built on four parallel
streets. Each cottage will be 1Gx26 feet two stories
bigh With cellar They will be built eghtythree feet
apart from the centre Of the building and VIII be ar
ranged so rs 10 accommodate family on each foor thus
furnishing for lO2 families Inc enranGe 70 tne
second floors will he by covered sairways, Dnlt OUT
side OF the main buildings, but really under Tue same
roof
Mr.. W. r. Hubbard, of Hamilton, Mass,
has I'm his possession an interesting old Bible. The title
maze of the Old Testament is torn away but the title
page OF the New Testament reads The New Testament
of our Lord Christ translated out OF Greeke by
Theod Beza; with brief summaries and expositons
upon the hard places by the said Author Isac Csmar
and p Losaer VilIervs Englished by L. Thomson To-
geher with the aDnOatons OF Fir Iundus upon the Rev
citation Of ST. john. Imprinted at London. by Robert
Barker Printer the Kings most excellent Majestic.
1909" The blank page at the beginning OF the Old fes-
lament has the following inscriptions: Jacob Ayere,
Junr His Bible had 1t Bound June 49, 1891, prise 2s
l5s Cd" jacob Averell Junr. this hand and pen OF
mine which may Let you know that I was Born In tho
YEAR 1921 "Wilam Hubbards Bible Bought at Auc-
ton April 9Th A. ID. 1913 Daniel Bixby auetioneer
being the property OF Jacob Ayerell, Deceased TINS
edition the Bible Is that commonly called ~I1e BlsnOps
Bble" which first published in 1865, forty-three
before present version. which was nfst pun
shed in 1911 1t has the distinction also Of being called
beeches being used in the 7th verse OF the Sd chap
OF Genesis. instead OF the word apron used IA the
present version The old reads follows: linen
the eyes OF them both were opened ana they knew tat
they were naked and they sewed gge tree leaues to-
gether and made themselves breeches" This Is accom-
panied BY queer marginal note. The goth verse OF che
same chapter says: "And the man called bis wlueS
maine Heua because she was the mother Of all liuing
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade of London
controls l24 re-escape stations four floating stations,
three large land steam fire engines, thirty Eight small
land fire engines, seventy-eight sx-inch manual
fire engines thirty under sixinch manual fire
gnes 44 escapes and long scaling ladders three float.
Ing steam fire engines two tugs four barges, fifty
two hose CARTS thirteen wagons for street
stations two troes ladder trucks fortynlne tele-
rraph lines seventeen telephone lines eleven reaarm
Gil cults with seventyseven call points $40 hremen,
including chief officer second officer. superintendent,
and all ranks. Tho number of fire alarms during lsoS
i'm London 2341 but OF these 254 were false alarms:
and 1GI were mere schImney alarms" one hundred
and siXtyfOur fires resulted In serious damage, and
I762 In slight mage The number Of persons sert-
Osy endangered by fire during 1882 was l15 or these
l39 saved and thrty-sN were lost twenty-five OF
whom were taken out alive but died aferwards and
fourteen were sufocated or burned to death Dnrin;
the there III injuries to hremen, or which
serious and three were Intal