New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
GENERAL NOTES.

\ "man without a country" is about to ap-
pear before French Court for the purpose OF having
country assigned TO him. H Is Gilleb IT. he was
born AZ Wazemmes near Lille and his rather born
IN Belgium al time when Belgium formed part OF
French territory. on the ground that he was not
French citizen he recently expelled from France for
menacng the local authorities OF a French Commune,
and escorted to the Belgian frontier His case was
taken up the Belgian Chamber and the Ministry de-
| clared him TO be citizen OF France. lie has
therefore returned To France and caused himself DO
| arrested for violating the decree o. expulsion in
ord, that his nationality may be definitely decided.
John liartwell, alias Gamma Ross, the seer
OF New York. alias "Methraton, the great seer OF
England" alias the Philosophical AstolOger, Grand
Master of the Mysteries, Enchanter, sorcerer, and
Dealer in Magic and Spells" arrested again tho
other day ut birmingham, charged with defraudug
large number OF persons b pretending possess super
natural powers In his defence the prisoner calmly
marked: Il have ALWAYS noticed that my beng i'm
prsoned has been attended by great national disasters
aud am informed that unless | am discharged this
country and It's rulers will be ruined, aud that too for
ever" But tnis rigntu picture evidently did not pro-
duce desired effect upon the Court
for the forthwith committed to the
yousiy conyIc ed on similar charge he was ordered TO
be kept n; hard labor pending his trial
A little girl appeared at the infant school at
Marlborough, England. day not long ago IN
which had narrow nounce at the bottom. whereupon
the door smut in her face because, forsooIb the
nounce offended against the rule that infants
to school meat and plain In their dress The child was
told TO 20 home and tell her mother that hOunco
must bc removed; but the mother had
idea Of spelling The dress. and her worthy husband,
Mr. John Balchln aborer. presently hailed before
the justices the charge Of neglectng to send his child
school In the end It decided that the defendant
either take OF the hOnuce or md another school,
appeal the Educational Depar dee arod that
al power 10 interfere with tue rules Of voluntary
oos II is untortulae that the child should have
LOST schooling. but there IL consolation IN know
ing that check has been pat the trightul eNtraya
gancr OF the BSlchlh Iamy 10 ths matter OF Wearing
ap areL
The body of Jonathan Chadwick an eccentric
man who died on February In Pennington. " H. was
taken TO Berwick Me, for eccentric burial
which was prescribed his will. During the last Year
of his lie ne had busted himself IN cutting resting place
In a huge block OF granite. The excavation large
enough To receive his body, and from tine to time he
would ne down In It to II it just It, He theu
shaped the block into coffin form, cut granite slab for
cover Weighing 200 pounds and carried the strange
sarcophagus to Berwick where he dug grave for It's re-
ception at The proper time and whittier AFTER hs death
his body was borne escorted by Harmony Lodge n. OF
p. The rumor that his mortal remains were 10 ride
In the PROCESSION chair but In that particular
the crowds lined the streets were disappointed.
When the Dural ground reached the bO1y WAS low
the sarcOphagus, the huge granlle slab was
placed over il aud collin when the body had been
brought from Lancaster broken In pieces and thrown
into the grave
Just now the speed of railroad trains happens
10 be much discussed throughout the country the gem
era conclusion of railroad being that the fast
e runs are slower than imaginative travellers suppose
"Ono of the fastest trips made the Lake Shore
road" said an old engineer the other day. was when
yanked old Cornelius Vanderbilt from Erie 10 Cleveland
in an hour md thirty nine mites That was on the
"a Of May 1876 the day before the stockholders