New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-09
GENERAL NOTES.

Against his own wishes DOminick Holman
was recently elected Justice OF the Peace Dubuque,
Iowa Last Friday morning he was called on TO perform
marriage ceremony and such his agitation that IL
was only with the greatest dculty he succeeded In ty
ing the knot Thus confirmed In his conviction OF his
own unness he Immediately handed In his RESIGNATION
The place worth 1000 year. and the p0ltlchns OF
Dubuque speeohess with surprise ut such sef-a0ne
CATION
Profting Ivy the warnings of disease in other
summcr rcsorts on the ewersey coast the Board OF
OF Health OF Asbury Park has adopted sys-
TEN by which. II strictly enforced, tho dan
ger Of contngion through the schools will be re-
duced to minimum. Every teacher is furnished with
blanks and every case Of contagious infectious dis
ease is at once reported TO the Board which issues
notice forbddng the chds attendance at school until
nm official permit has been given The Board then as
suue full control case. and keeps record of It,,
thus: Name, John Doe; residence. Bangs-aye dis
ease scarlet fever; date OF prescription, January E,
1888; Withdrawal OF prescription January 80 1883,
Al the Office Of the Board maps showing the exact iOca
ton of ry of contagious disease are open 10 pub
lie inspection.
A driver of Boston street car is a sort of
Mark Tapley who elements of fun even In
bally horse This the way he describes very com
mon street EAR experience: after the baky horse has
stopped ten or fifteen times on the route he ialry
gets his mad up and declares he wont go any further
Well the conductor rings the bell and only one morse
starts and don't go worth cent so i've nothing 10
do but TO lick the balky horse Anu tno H'uy suo NAV
the window takes her tongue away from the run OF her
mouth with q noise like infant torpedo ana say 81
lest Sc how that beating those horses Ana the
old lady next to her says: know It, DID you ever see
ANYTHING ike IT. | shouldn't think they'd let hm'
Then somebody else says: I'd like TO know whats the
matter now This Is about the tenth time we've stopped
since we left the bridge. don't see why we can't get
along without so many stops Then somebody yanks
omen the door and calls OUT Say. driver, what's the
matter Why can't go ONT Somebody On the plat
form SAWS: Horse bocky' Horse becky says the
other. Wen, that amt way to manage becky
horse Why don't somebody get out aud lead himf
don't gee any why whole oarul of people should
be Kept waiting the middle Of tn" street just because
the driver don't know his business. Then finally the
horse gets to waltzng. That always trightens the
women They holer and most OF the passengers stand
M i'm the Gar to what's going on, ana tne morse
makes mp his mind all OF sudden TO go on ana the way
them people go down does me more goOu imam ni tht
rest OF it, Ana IL goes on. No fun driving horse
cur Well suppose there ant to man VINO hash go
II In him"
The Circumlocution Office SO effectively sati'
rzed by Dickens IL nevertheless still In existence
England. A rather amusing though exasperatng In
stance of How not do 1t recently occurred Ut one
the English dockyards Tho Channel fleet had weighed
anchor Plymouth to undergo some necessary repairs
looking Of the vessels 1t was found that ons