New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
GENERAL NOTES.

The Rcv DR.. Kalloch Of San Francisco,
whose reputation In tae past has not been sayOry
ha recently subjected himself 20 fresh criticism When
Mace aud SIde I'm mat oty recently they rented
the Metropolitan Baptist Temple, OF which Dr KallOch
has pastor. IN order TO give sparriug eXh5
ton on Sunday night An immense crowd Or hcodlums
and others present and the regular ganst Of the
Temple payen So r'j music a. prelude !! Is said that
the lrcng abou the maj er Is 50 niga ina tue trustees
have detr mined TO close the Temple and give kal0cA
years vacation.
A man in Cali omia has diStanced all con-
tcmplrlueous S,mrods BY going ont to nun: wild geese
with iuse OF the usual dog lie has trained the
uuim. 10 walk slowly out into the he whore flock Of
geese settled the grain she browses meanwhile
and hc walk, aou g-ide the side away from the
When within shootIng al lance ne gently murmurs
"-oo. bp.-.' and the obe1icnt bovine lies down. lie
rests hi. f,whng-pece her back ana blles away
geese.
The mountain lands of Tennessee are very
cheap and quenty people give them on tue
al ,htcs, man recently made present OF ono
thousand acres To- stranger wno had say him from an
accident; ana the person 70 whom the present
made could not for oug time find anyone tax II of
his hands At asst got rd % five hundred of
by giving IL TO who had treated Inn TO apple
brandy and after fur effort worked OFF the remain
INK FIVE hundred acres ON man who had lent him an
umbrella Another man who. wnilc intoxicated. lad as
saultrd man. f. order u compromise TIE case W
obliged to accept deed for three uundred acres Ine
taxes those lands amount 20 mole han they pos
ribly produce.
The other day at PittSburg, Penn. when a
funeral cortege was gong to the cemee y, OF the
carriages IN rOn stopped make some trivial change In
the harness The driver Of the vehicle immediately in
the rear failed 70 hccA his hor cs Ia time aud into
the halted carriage The result that the horses at
tnchcd 10 the lat became frightened and started TO
run away AMI artcd eve animal in the cortege
IA "A br, ak-ueck GIT. Numerous carriages and
other vehcles r. overturned. and whole
occasion reduced a wreck Of its for uniformity.
Mon Ella rul ted women shrcked and many pants Of
vehicles were thrown out When order again cImo from
The chaos II was discovered that aside from The wreck
irg OF carriages ana me bruises lnnclcd upon
their occupants, no damage was done.
The rector of st. Georges Church, South
wark England recently fell into laughable blunder
A lady who was a dccf-mute and n gentleman who
foreigner and unable to sperk ENGLISH came to him for
the purpose Of being married. The clergyman, after
much difcnlty made ont the object OF their VISIT he
supposed and appointed day for the performance OF
the ceremony in church. lie in fact understood that
they wished be baptized and on the day set had
ydcd the requisite number OF godahers ana godmothcrs
TO answer for them The regular bnpismal service was
used over thcm they asked II they renowned tho
devil and all his works and duly signed with sign OF tho
cross Though the service not such they
peocd they supposed it was the newest way of solemn
ling mntrimony. and departed. imagining themselves
man and wife The next day the Rotor received from
item pr kaye aiming piece of the wedding cake,
nnd lit 10 OF thanks from the coup HOrrlted at
ne discovery Of the mistake the Clergyman rushed TO
the hotel hGy were stavipg, explained the matter
when they were mrrried this time In due aud ancient
form.