New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-10
The West India cyclone which for more than a

The West India cyclone which for more than a
week has been working its tedious, if not de-
structive, way from the Lesser Antilles, first
toward and then away from Cape Hatteras, has for
the last two days been near enough to the New
Jersey and w-England coasts to make a good
deal of mischief. Although the storm centre is
well out at sea, over the Gulf Stream, and headed
now for Europe, the strong northeasterly gales
and augmentation of tides reported in the last
forty-eght hours are clearly due to that dis
turbance Usually the hurricane season of the
North Atlantic opens in July or August and lasts
through the next two months. CuriOusly enough
this year well-defned storms of this type deve[
oped in May and June, Of them May 20) nearly
disabling the plucky Yantic. But during midsum-
mer none came near enough the coasts of this
country to be perceptible. The one which has
been ploughing the ocean from ST. Thomas and
San Domingo northward since last Tuesday APP
pears to be an abe-bOdied specimen; and It's
vitality may not be entirely exhausted for several
days yet, although it is to be hoped that 1T Will
not hnger long in this vicinity.
Republicans and Democrats alike will learn with
sorrow Of the dangerous illness of Congressman
Cox The physicians in attendance upon him en-
press grave doubts OF his recovery, but everybody
who remembers his prompt and cheerful denial OF
recent reports concerning his ill-health will hope
that he may live to laugh at these forebodings.
The portraits of the rival oarsmen in the even
ing papers are understood to have been sent by
telegraph and to have suffered in the process
The Democracy of Ohio will have plenty Of
encourag cement in the present campaign for the
h. tIa If fba mi ghf Y
Democracy of the Union. So The Utica OBJ
SERVER" reports. Doubtless the Democrats of
Ohio would feel better satisfied if The Observer
would go on and give the postoffce address of
their brethren outside of the State whose
barrels they may feel free to draw.
trust in foundation-stones is announced in a
dispatch from Chicago. There would seem TO be
a more adequate basis for such q trust than. for
example, for a watermelon trust.
At the rate Of progress so far made, 1t is said
that it will take not less than seven weeks to
secure q jury in the Cronin case. The mills of
the gods are reputed to grind slowly, but they can
hardly make more deliberate progress than the
courts of Cook County. H.. in this last quarter
of the nineteenth century.
Isn't il almost time for Attorney General Tabor
n take the floor again and revindicate himself
And Controller Wemple-doeS not the stage wait
for him once more to re-establish at least to his
own satisfaction, that he has been perfect watch
dog of the Treasury? Or have these wOrthies
concluded to drop the vindcation racket and de
vote their entire energies to getting delegates
that are solid for Tabor. Wemple and reform?
The British navy is TO have an addition tO
its armored feet. 1t will be remembered that
when the casemate ship Sultan, a vessel OF
| $500 tons, was stranded on the rocks the naval
| authorities contentedy left her at the bottom
of the sea. But the Board Of Admiralty after
ward offered To pay 10000 pounds to any on
who would put her aaoat. Some enterprising
| Italian spectators at once went to work, and
they deserve great credit for their cleverness and
the resources which they utilized in raising
| the vessel In addition to the payment of tn,
| stipulated reward, she had already cost the
| Government about four million dollars, and it is
now doubtful if she will ever again be fit IL
| do active squadron service.
Steve" Brodie attributes his safe passage o.
| Niagara Falls TO a tasmsnic Holsters claw ant
two dirty pennies While awarding credit wher,
| il belongs, he should promote to a conspicuou.
position among his household gods the flask from
which he imbibed the courage for his foolhardy
undertaking.
Australia is coming to the fore as a parent O
successful athletes. Only the other day HanlaI
was conquered by Beach. and now Searle has en-
HANGED her prestige by vanquishing anothe
Canadian champion. II she could only produc'
a match for the invincible Sullivan. of Boston
what chapet of glory would be hers
The spectacle OF Chicago solemny contemplating
the disuse of Illinois soft coal. so as TO make tn
air clearer and more like that of New-York. offer
j the most pathetia evidence Of conscious unfitnes