New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-29
GENERAL NOTES.

The experiment OF propelling a street car by
compressed mir has been recently tried with entire
cess in the suburbs of London Several steep grades
sirmouned easily and smoothly and the is under
perfect control The company expects to abandon the
Use of horses entirely enough have been
built to perform the service.
The lnrg est consignment of opium ever
brought to san reached that port the 10th
inst by tho City OF Toxic II amounted to 2O500
pounds and the duty it was $4,000. The same
steamer brought another consignment of 1929 pounds,
and 5000 pounds had arrived two days before the
city OF New York This extraordinary importation is
the that after July duty win be $40
pound instead OF 80
a Philadelphia y0ungster who was hunting
for lost baseball I'm the yard Of the Commercial Hotter
Saturday found package of bonds deeds checks and
notes amounting to $4,000 wrapped up "A In
papcr The police after considerable inquiry discovered
that the property belonged John Stockwel and
was stolen from the Office No. l. South Seyenth-st
several year, ago The thief took $50 in money Also
the paper negotiable. The boy received the
reward OF $50 which offered the ne of the rob
berry with the observation that 1t was better business
than finding bascballs.
The centennial anniversary of the founding
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland will be
celebrated to day at ST. Peters Church. Baltimore The
bishop Thomas john Clagget native Of Prince
Georges County elected unanimously on May 81 1872
and consecrated in TrnyChurch in this city on sepem
Der b. e presided over the Episcopal Church in Mary
land for twentyfOur years His successor is the
present Bishop of tho diocese William Pmkncy. u. D.,
LID, who Bishop Whittnghams assistant from
October 1870 until the atters death in October 1879
A young man of Cape Ann who occasionally
drinks liquor than is good for him. but is otherwise
respectable failed to return home one DAY not long ago
at his usual hour and his wife. knowing his weakness
went to look for h On the railroad track not far from
her house she man lying the rails but the
danger OF his position did not Immediately occur to her
and she about to pass by at IA distance when she
heard the whistle or an approaching train. Then. in
stanty realizing that he must inevitably he run
unless she saved him. for tho train coming around
curve ana no one else was I'm sight she ran TO where
lay and succeeded In rolling him into the ditch almost
from under the wheels of the locomotive IL was not
until the danger was past that she discovered that
had saved her husband
A contding Pole by the name of Jacob Ma
rewsky opened abarroom in Centralia Pen H. two month
ago on the credit SYSTEM and could neither speak
nor write English he requested his customers to charge
themselves on his book with the amount OF their indebt
cdness, never imagining that human nature In the land
oi the Tree was mean enough to impose upon such guile
less good nature few days ago he started out col
ect his bills and then the his customers be-
came apparent They had not only signed the OF
the best men 10 town upon Marewky account book but