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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
GENERAL NOTES.

The Prince of Wales, ut the urgent soicita-
top or tho Princess is said to be using his Influence To
modify the sport of pigeon shooting. rs at present
conducted by the substitution OF terra eotts pigeons for
the living birds aud there huis OF social bOycoting
Ia case sportsmen persist In tho old method
Two foxes closely pursued by Sir Watliin
wynns hounds recently jumped the park wall OF Brough-
ION Hail. the residence OF Mr. Robert Howard, and
of them into the mansion through the front door
made the circuit If several soonis 10 the annzcmcn ot
inmates. and ned through tho bnck door only to ho
there and dispatched by the hounds III short order
William Parsons, a Swede by birth, who
has lived twenty-nne years I'm California and Is
making a visit IN Stockholm has written To the Hon.
Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit for information about
land Michigan. He his Intention of bring
ing to this country IN April preferably TO Michigan frOd
l50O to 1000 Swedish families. provided be
Il tract of land sua bic colony OF that size IT II
possible" he writes, would Ike TO locate them
somewhere water front, As To lay out town and
settle the farmers around IL.
A fisherman discovered metallic coffin float
ing down tie Mississippi vcksbnrg last Friday AID
guided ashore. When opened at undertakers shop
found contain the body OF boy of about fifteen
years of age. An inquest held but nothing to ien
THY tho body discovered The comm much
and defaced, but the body wonderfully pre-
served and even bouquet OF geraniums aud verbeaas
the lapel OF the coat had not ded The undertaken
testified that the coffin OF kind which had not been
made $751; and he therefore believed the body
had been buried at least twenty years ago Tho grave
yards at Goodrchs and Lake Providence said TO 90
washing away aud the suppositiOn h that tho coffin
noated into tue river at one of those places.
A remarkable ligh thouse lantern was placed
in position at the National Exhibition IN Dublin but owing
TO It's size Il had to be removed into the open air II is
Intended for New Island important point Bel
fast and at s full capacity expected to give light
equal to $500 900 candles visible ut distance Of forty
miles II placed at the proper elevation. The iuminat
oQpnt IL In a
burners twltht glass chimneys which are sd to be
arranged that B tho aid Of lenses the power can be In
creased In murky or foggy weather from ordinary
light of the first class to the beam that
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bit afraid to draw freely. A prophet who deals
exclusively in occurrences cannot get up
anything original in the way of a storm. lie
can merely go on reproducing. Even rs a re-
producer he has his limits, for he can never
hope to bring out a storm which will equal
those which were so common when the Oldest
Inbabltant' was boy. But Virgins. Why.
there is no limit to him in any direction. All
he has to do is to stir up the planets little,
and 10 he has q storm, all ready for delivery
one month or six months hence, which VIII
travel by course which no storm ever trav-
elcd by before, and which will shake tins
globe as easily as Virgins can flap his ears
At least that is what Virgins CLAIMS
But critical period is approaching for Wig
gins IIo has been bold enough to put his Feb
ruary display on a particular date, aud may
thereby come to grief. He has said that a
avery severe storm will strike tho Atlantic
coast on the 9th of February" He fixes the
date exactly, and makes no reservations what
ever. The 9th of February will, therefore, be
great day for Virgins, for the planet theory,
and for the world If there is no severe storm
on that day, Virgins will pass from view as a
prophet. There is no room for mistakes in his
system. He must be lnfaIible or no must be
fraud. But IL there is severe storm on the
9th of February, what thena The outlook will
be too appalling for contemplation. For if the
planets tell the truth for February, they can be
depended upon to tell it ful March, and on the
It'll of March is to come the greatest effort Of
Wiggins's life, when the earth is to be shaken
" from sea to sea and from pole to pole.' Wig
gins is cock-sure Of it, He says he wishes he
were as sure or heaven as he is of that great
storm. We do not wonder that man who
could put the planets up to brewing such dis
turbance has doubts about hs Hereafter. Let
us wait for the 9th of February and hope for
the best After that even hope may be i'm
possible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
THE WHISKEY RING.

The failure of MOhr a. Mohr, the Cincinnati
whskey firm, is used with great earnestness as
an evidence that the passage of the Bonded
Extension bill is necessary. Mr.. Miller, the
president of the Western Association, is re-
ported by Cincinnati paper as saying that the
failure Of Congress TO pass the bill will not
affect the distillers, as they have no large
"amount of stock on hand, but it will very
probably he death blow to all spectators
| d. who are carrying any great number of barrels
| "of Nhiskey. E. II Congress does not take
action upon it at once, | should not be sur
aprised to see another panic. That is what
"this thing is leading to- Yes, sir another
| "panic7 Mr.. Miller, if correctly reported,
seems to think that spectators have a right TO
load themselves up with more whiskey than
they can Carry, in the expectation that plenty
of money and large lobby can pass bill
through Congress, and that if they prove mis-
taken, it is the duty of Congress TO enact law
to pull them out of trouble, lest their
losses should affect other people. If any other
class of spectators were to set up similar
claim, Mr.. Miller would be among the first to
denounce it as impudent and unreasonable. If
it be true, as he seems to believe, that the spec
ulators have been mainly at fault, having
caused a vast over production by enabling the
distillers to sell their product as soon as they
could make it. regardless of the real wants of
the country for consumption, then 1t is decid-
edly not clear that this particular set of specu-
lators ought to be favored and shielded by law,
as no other claes would be-
1t seems necessary to recall at this iuncture a
few facts which should not be forgotten. The
very act under which all this mischief has
arisen was itself an extension of the time for
paying taxes on whiskcy, and it was passed
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has ever been roEn from ligktl0lsc tower. Thh ght
requires attention. and the changes IN H. Intensity
with the character ~ the weather made the sim
plest manner without labor tFeuI the part Of the
lighthouse keepers
II IS estimated that there axe ahont 2S,000
blind persons in France. and very little has thus far been
done to improve their condition About 200 receive pro
fessonai education IN the National Institution Tor Bind
Youth many taught in sIRaN charitable
adjustments and national institution maintains about
800 pensioners but no least % 900 unforunate3
without Resource prospect of Improvement Tho
cruelty OF this neglect has striklngly Illustrated by
the experience of socety formed In 1851 erect work
shops for the blind. little money collected and the
society erected small IN which twenty five
persons instructed during the year. every
OF whOn II Is beleyed.acqued IN six months tho
or earning support for the rest Of his life by making
broonss, brushes baskets handles, chairs, etc.
OF the ffty-f0ur persons who were killed
by the recent falling Of huge chimney at Bradford
England, tEentysix had their skulls fractured 5eyersI
curious incidents told about the survivors. girl OF
thirteen, who taken to a hospital, when asked her
name replied Five minutes past eight 1.-THE time OF tho
accden Two hours later in response TO the ques
tOn che said Two pence three farthings and again,
hour afterward. Fl orty five" few minutes later she
able TO give her real name, and after that rapidly
improved. boy suffering from conclusion Of the brain
remained motionless IA q cured up position for thirty
six hours lie finally became conscious and In all
spects entirely sensible except that he had no recoicc
ton OF the accident Of the events which nned
stely preceded IT, He knew where he lived and where he
worked but did not remember going TO work that morn
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upon the very same plea, that Iuin TO the
sprculators could not be otherwise averted.
They had made an error of Judgment, IL was
then claimed: had looked for larger consump-
tiop than had been realized, and had taken
much more whIskey than could tncn be thrown
on the market without disaster. II they could
have little more time, the Gov 5rnment carry
ing their stock and their taxes for them mean
while the mischief could he aVerted. so Con-
gress gave them more time. At once the spec
ulators began to load up a vastly larger STOCK
of whiskey than before, melted the distillers 10
a great increase of production, and, lnstead Oh
trying to get straight by legitimate means Or
eanized more vigorous effort than ever 10 get
the tax on whiskey removed or reduced mat
was the real aim of the gigantic speculation
Belief that members of Congress would not re-
sist the temptation offered by large shares I'D
scheme 80 profitable, and at the same tme so
easily pushed on political grounds, was the real
cause of the enormous and otherwise purely III
sane over-production.
These men have staked their money upon
scheme that was and Is hostile to public inter-
ests in every aspect. They ought to be made
70 bear the consequences of their act. They
went into one Western State after another,
aud. Inv more or less open alliance with the
Democratic party, succeeded in defeating many
honest and faithful members of Congress, and
in electlng Others who accepted the alliance.
r. would be right that they should look to DEM
ocrats only for suceor. II that party Will take
the responsibility Of making whiskey free,
lille keeping up taxes on other products, let 1t
bear the whole risk, hut Republicans certainly
have no occasion to take up the burdens Of the
whiskey ring. Extension of time for payment
of taxes will only enable the ring to hold its
whiskey until the next Democratic Congress
can get chance to abolish the tax. 1t will
tend strongly to increase the over production,
the accumulation, and the risk of ultimate dis
aster If this set of spectators has no especial
merit, why should it be especially favored or
shielded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-M Jules Ferry declined TO form new
French Cabinet and NJ. Fallieres has undertaken
the task several of the Ministers ia the Duclero
Cabinet will retain their port loios in the Chamber
of Deputies the debate the bill relative to pre-
tenders resumed. - Three wrecks in the
Bristol Channel have resulted IL is thought In the
loss of fifty-six lives; two of the vessels re-
ported TO be steamers. - Upton Castle in Ire
land the seat of ViscOunt Tempetown, has been
damaged by fire. - Extensive floods prevail in
the British lake district. - The Continental
newspapers are discussing the result of the recent
visit of NJ de Ciers the Russian Foreign Minister,
TO Vienna.
CoNGREss.-In tho Senate yesterday the Army
Appropriation bill was reported The Tariff bill was
further considered - In the House bill was
introduced providing for the distribution the
sufferers By the foods i'll the Valley Of the Rhine, of
seeds, plants vines, saphngs and grains. The Com
mttee Elections reported in the Mississippi case
that neither the contestant the contestee was
entitled to the seat The Tariff bill further dis
eussed.
DoMEsrrc.-Charles Foote was dashed In Balti-
more prison yesterday for beating his wife 60
David Clark was shot and killed by his wife in Bath
Township Mich, while lie was leaning over his
sick childs bed. - The Hudson River ice crop
has been harvested. aud the supply Of Ice for the
Trade discussed various measures before Congress
yesterday - James L. Brown, the storekeeper
Of tho Philadelphia Almshouse charged with con-
spiracy TO steal, was placed TRIAL yesterday. -
Walker & Co.. wbisliey dealers, of Louisville, Ky,
have made an assignment; their failure Is said 10
he due TO the agitation 10 reference to the bonded
period.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-A complimentary dinner
was given last night 10 Sir Edward NJ. Archibald,
the retiring English COnsul-GencraL - Mace and
Slade were arrested yesterday and the exhibition
at the Madison Square Garden did not take place
- meeting of hoi ders OF state bonds was held.
- Public school teachers protested against Il
reduction Of their sa aries - The remains OF
Archbishop Hughes were taken from the old
Cathedral 80 The County Medical Society dis
cussed the new Medical Code. - The Water
Commission held another session. - Cuts In
seerage passenger rates were made by ocean steam
ship companies - Several cases of typhus fever
have been discovered. - Gold value Of the legal
tender silver dollar (412ie grains) SAL cents.
- Stocks opened higher and then declined
sharply; later there were recoveries beyond the
amount OF the declines and the closing was strong
Tm WEATHER local observations midi
cate fair or clear weather and slight changes in tenn
peraiu.e. preceded by cloudy weather and light
rain Temperature. yesterday: Highest. $50; low
est, 90; average, 800.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
A CRISIS.

On January weather Virgins comes ont
ahead Of Vennor. This is a solemn truth, and
we record IL with much trepldation, for If 1t
shall turn out that Virgins Is really an in
spired prophet, this planet IL gong to undergo
tremendous racket during the next sixty days.
IL il our hope, however, that Virgins was
merely more lucky in his guesses about jan
uary weather than Vennor was, and that he will
be less fortunate about his arranged storm pro-
erammes for February and March. 1t is posi-
bls that his extreme caution IN his january
nredction was the only thing which saved him
on that. He said storm good deal above
the average will happen i'll January" and one
which answered to that description put III AN
appearance on January Q. OF course Virgins
claimed that AS the one he bad had his eye on,
and nobody could successfully dispute his
claim. Vennor was less cautious. He pre- dicted
that ON the 9th and 2Sth of January a severe
period of stormy weather is likely to be expert
epced at and around New York and Boston,"
Now il is true that the weather was stormy here
on both dates, but it was not considered az
winter weather, in any sense "seveTe." 1t was
merely rainy and disagreeablc. Vennor may
say it was precisely the weather ho had in mind,
but if he docs he will suffer for it in the public
estimation He and Virgins are pitted against
each other as Storm singers, and if warm rain
in January is what he calls "severe period of
stormy weather" the public will drop him In
disgust and concentrate It's attention upon Wig
gins.
There is nothing weak about anything Wig
gins does. His storms, like his predictions and
his self-confdence, are colossal. lie is no
doubling or hestating person. There is moth
ing either small or mild or timid about MIN or
his forecasts Probably he and Vennor are un-
like because they base their predictions on such
widely different methods. Vennor says he does
not pretend to foresee. He merely examines
the past and estimates probable occurrences.
Virgins, ON tho contrary, fixes his eagle eye
upon the planets and judges by their actions
and relations Just what kind of weather we are
TO have for five or six months ahead Thus,
while one man is cropping around in the Past,
the other Is dipping into the Future a good
deal further than any other human eye can see.
While one is smelling about upon tho earth the
other Is soaring among the stars. 1t is not
strange, therefore, that Virgins should take
broader, larger view than Vennor, and shO uld
deal in n louder variety Of storm. He has the
whole universe to draw upon, and he is not
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JANUARY 80, 1852

stand behind Premier of genuine political
authority, like NJ. Brisson. or even so capable
man in administra tive details as NJ. Ferry, and
order q general election as soon as it seems pru-
dent tn do so. he NAV succeed in strengthe ming
the Government. This power of dissolvng the
Chamber may prove q positive check upon 'he
omnipotence of the Legislature. But even
with another Vacation Ministry as helpless as
the last the permanence OF Republican lnstitn-
tions is not menaced. The Premiership can
not be operated under a constitutional Republic
precisely as it is under a constitutional mon-
archy II Is an illogical Office under Kepuolic'
and the English critics must not be surprised 10
find that their precedents and practice are
sadly neglected in France.
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Jnnef to Advertisements.


AMUsxMEsTs-3d Po1s-6th column
ANNOUNCEMENT SM Page-5th column.
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DANCING AcADEMEs-6h PaQe-2d column.
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LOST AND FoUND-7h Paoe-Jth column
MINSG-8h Pa0e-Sd column.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-5th Paoe-6th column.
MISCELLANEOUS Poge-6th column; SIN Iage-'th
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MUSICAL ,SsrRUMESrs-Sd Paoe-6th column.
NEW PUBLIC NrIoxs-6tn Pa0e-1st and "a counlhs'
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PRoPos aLs-7h PaGe-6th column
REAL EsTArE-70 Page-5th and 9th columns
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Amusemenis 60 Night.

AMERICAN ART characterization
RIyou OPERA Hc UsE-S:i5-" Virginia"
~. 7u's TnEAIRE-S-" The Corscan brothers'
CAsINO-S-The Queens Lace Handkerchief
CuICKERISG HALL-Coneert. .
D,,,,s TgxArRE- s15-''She Would and she Wouldht
FIrrH AVENUE THEATRr-s-"Ingomar
GRAND OPERA HOUSES" Miss"
HAysRIr's lArH STgEEI THEATgE-"FritL
HEypERsoSs STANDARD THEATEr-o:lo-"lo i"u'ne'
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-Art E4nip'loL
HIsIos GARDEN-s-" The Black flag
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA HousE-s-san Francisco MIN
strels
STEINwAY HALL-Concert
TxAtr. pHyATRE-s-" Prison and PROM the opera
ComiQue." .
THEATRE CoyToUE-2 and S-"Mcsorleys ih.aueh
Tar CAsISo-s-" The Queens Lace Handkerchief
Ity,os sou.Rx THE.TRE-s-" Partisan Romance"
wAtIAoK's THEATgk-7;45-"The silver King.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30
MUSIC AND TIE DRAMA.
MIR. ARCHER'S MATINEE.

The audience at the second of the present
series OF DIR. Arehers matn es yesterday. wa g IN
too smalf for the merit Of the performance Mr. AToasr
who has hitherto shown mach concerning nis
own work introduced yesterday two MI nbers Of his
copposition, an andante and coaoertfugae, both %
whcn are worthy of piece on his programme,
t,e n!eo,lIous an,isnte particularly ehgssns
the attention OF tho audience. Among tho
other organ numbers were MOzaTt's fantasia N Z
miner. fup gcgrcrO ScbeT.0ld0 from the sonata IN ID,
f1r clio aud piano, ArndeissOhn; and nis " Ray
BIAS" overture; the gavoste aud rondo irom Bae.ls
~ m violin sonata; and fumaBts canZ0ne IN minor
the sololsts were Miss fsdora Marinez and Nh Ivan
MOrlwsLl
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LAST NIGHT AT THE THEATRES.

Miss Anderson, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
reprrsented Pdrte1id-a performance which Is aoLnc
any roplcte with OveEess, 81 en ana tn" charialhE
effect OF aress Miss Annie rixey came ont at
the Grand Opera House. M'iss. aud gave vigorous
exposition Of kind-hearted feuIao vagabond, with
t1lent for varots performances......M Barney 1ie
Au,ey as Uacie Daa1. In a Messenger nom Jarvis
Section" began engagement az tae windsor ARE
and VIVA well received there Inc SeeOhd ptf"th'
anco OF fhc silver KING" AZ Wuacks, attracted yry
large audience AID TIE piece won't mor1 srlOothy ta'a
infn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30

Noteworthy confirmation comes by cable this
morning of the truth of Prince Krapotkine's
article in the current number of The Nineteenth
Century about the terrofs of Russian prisons
and their effect upon the wretched inmates.
Two leading Nibilists. entombed in the Fort
ress of Peter and Paul, have gone mad.
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THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

Mr.. Richard Aruoid's concert i'll Chickering
Hall a { is eveuag-nOt Thursday
Barney McAuley, rs Fnclc DaRI Is now
acting III tho Windsor Theatre, AMI VIII appear IN Brook
I'm at tle Grand Opera HOUSE,, February ,.
Miss Harriet Webbs dramatic and literary
entertainments occurring "Wednesday evenings, ana
not as rst announced sundays have contributed to
the pleasure Of many persons. and the series OF them
viii he continued.
Miss Clara Morris appeared last night, in
Broekyn at Haverlys Theatre Miss Kate Claxton did
not At the Park Of sickness bu viii
ppear there this evening LesterWa IA 10 Ill 81 en-
gKeuent st Haverlys lie in BrOOkyn. appearing
on February ), IA ERi0t GREY. Ia Rosedalo.'
Miss Anderson as Juliet TO be seen on
Tbursday at the Filth Avenue Theatre. IA one Of tho
chief features of the dramatic week Biancd IN Fa1io
will be gwen but once, durng Mas AudrsJns present
engagement. and this ~ set down for Saturday
"Serge Famine" will DO produced at paiy's
Theatre next Thursday evening. Miss Fannie MOraat.
Miss Marg shaw Mr. Charles Leclercq, Mrs. Gilbert Mir.
Lewis Miss Fielding, Miss Ada Rehan, Mr. lorSe
STEPHENS and others participate In tae perform
Miss Annie Pixley appeared at the Grand
Opera House, last night in her wellknown iupersona
ton VI Miss The given with the subloned-
cast Of paIts
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at Madison Square Garden as was intended
Public opinion will sustain the authorities IN
this action. Such show as was advertised
tends directly to breach of the peace and OF
the law. There is no use to call it mere spar
ring exhibition. Everybody knew that 1t was
to come as near the line of prizefght Gs posi-
ble II is an insult to the decent portion OF the
community to announce in such place as the
Madison Square Garden performance to atliiate
q mob of Bowery rufians. Prize-fghters ana
their "backers" do not rule New York City yet
and the sooner they find that out, and take
themselves off to more congenial climes, the
better for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30

The position which the teachers In our public
schools have taken 10 regard to the reduction of
their salaries 10 entirely correct aud Just, and
the Board of Education should certainly give
the matter the most careful attention. If the
pay must come down, the reduction should be
fairly made. No one class should be favored at
the expense of another. The Normal College and
the clerical force of the Board are only parts OF
the system, and the pay Of the instructors. pro-
fessors and other employees should not be more
sacred than the much lower salaries OF the faith
full workers in the primary and grammar
grades II is unfortunate that the opinion pre-
walls among many of the teachers. as shown
in their meeting yesterday, that some OF the
Commissioners of Education are inclined to IA
voritism In the direction of their hobbies We
are not willing to believe that any of these gem
tlemen would knowingly be unjust, and after
the meeting referred to, we feel confident that
no unpleasant distinctions will be made. If
any salaries were unwisely raised, after 1t be-
came probable that the appropriation for 1888
would be reduced in the lump, let these come
down to the old basis before the pay of the rank
and file is touched. We hope, however, that
some way out of the difficulty will DO found,
and that no teacher will suffer.