New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04
GENERAL NOTES.

Two Italian labOrers who were injured by 2
premature blast the Oregon Short Lane Railroad,
having so far recovered that it possible 20 move
them were sent fortnight TO Bellevue l. T., where
they could obtain better aud accommodation They
yere laid In q wagon aud Ia ian driver mounted the
bo, The weather was bitterly cold, but he drove on
without fnching and in due time drew up In front OF
the hotel where he TO deliver HE charge The MOTEL
people came cut to receive tue Injured men nns
them both roLcn 10 deatuI anu tue uK'er hsoh pic'J
far gone the same way
On February %, 1873, John w. Barron,
treasurer OF the Dexter Me- savings Bank was found
in the vault OF tho bank diving from wounds which ne
had received during the night. Many persons Will re-
call the thrill admiration which they felt at the news
of Brrons heroic death defence OF tue treasure In his
keep,nx and the painful reaction when the charge was
made that the wounds were efinhicted 10 hide de-
falcation After investigation suit was Drought oy
the bank against Barrous estate for $4,000 and AFTER
various delays three auditors appointed 10 near
testimony report TO the Court hearing adjourned
from last July. Is going on at Dexter Ihe deiehoe
claims that the treasurer dbl not owe tue pahh 1OaI
thar Ills memory has been cruy wr0Dgeu anu 'uat ns
honor be and will be Vindcated'
Among the various schemes before Parma
meut Is aaother Thames Tunnel at Tbury and Graves
and Tn, Thames at that point has about the breadth
t the North River between New.York and Jersey city.
The reason urged the prospectus for the construction
of this work the increase OF dock buildings az IDhy
by the East aud West India docks from which Is ex-
peoed that steamers OF the Peninsuar ana
Oriental Cupard, Royal Mail, ORIENT, cape aud other
companies will sail It Is proposed that freight aud
passengers be transferred from that point TO London by
rail tnus avoiding tho snuous course OF the Thames
above Grayescnd. Claim is also made that the WORK
OF strategic Importance, as bringing tne ea,np' 81"
arsenals uOIth ana SUN" VI '
munication.
The people of Louisville Ky, having deter
mined TO hold great industrial exhibition In ther o
went about the necessary preparations with IN energy
and independence which command admiration ana He-
serve .ucoess They have also subscribed mere thau
so,o ooo and have asked for outside assistance,
rbo main Oudlug now In process of erection VIII cover
thirteen acres and there Is every reason TO believe ae
the exhibition, which is 10 last one hundred uaJs VI"
omen promptly August OF this year circular JUST
issued by the managers says: Whatever ample MEANS
earuestness and activity do 10 make great Expo
son will be done, and all that the people who nave hus
furnished the means ask OF the National Government
States and the people OF country Is that hey wiz
give moral aid and encouragement TO tue ehtefs1,
that they will bring 10 II exhibits OF tnelr plooo -
manufacturers their machinery aud their arts anu usV
they will come IN person Hud see tlLs S ,'r mi %
arts aud Industries OF the various SECTIONS u WI W
THE TRIBUNE recently copied from mo
London TelegrapA a paragraph about iooA VI n"n
tonnd I'm the centre OF an oak placed there 'ho "or
,houeh, no too secretive lover" subscriber MIS-
A. H. Tominson, OF Knox, Penn does ho' a0oop' ''
explanation. In oden uinos' she "'i'es 'n'i' "@'
suoertitious belief tand some believe III IL AZ tue pos
ont tne that certain diseases could be cured py 'ne
following method: Place the patient Win her oAo.
,a, and close to an oak Lay an anger Oh top OK
ber head with the point toward the tree Theh pore
hole deep into the tree the anger ana cut On 0
look Of hair directly beneath It, Wrap tho iooS Oh na
a verse taken from tho Bible Then take "oouen pe,
place the hair and verso az .n0 .
ot IA and while mutterng something AKIN
TO- Il do this In tho name OF tho fssnoi'
son and Holy Ghost drive t far into the heaII " INA
tree have IA girl working Tor me ut the Pesonr i in
who a quite positive that she had the phthislo euio
that way aud suppose tune In the funro ., n nak
o hair also red WIN bo discovered In the heart OF NJ
aud there will be another article In paper spous
snoher too secrettye lover when II they ooulu vnx
KNOW that phthsio the Of Its being tero Nv"
unromantio u would sound"