New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-18
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The use Of the telegraph instrument has become so
much of an everyday thing and such convenience
that men seem to forget what wonderful thing IL is
A newspaper man telephoned to the cable Office the
other day and asked II London special dispatch had
come in there yet. The operator replied that It had
not and said: await minute and I'll ask London II
the copy has come IN there" In few minutes, not
more Than ten Or fifteen. no called over the telephone
wire London hasn't received the copy yetH
portion of the archives Of the old Marine Court.
in the City Hail. had to be removed the other day, so
that the carpenters could fit up the In which they
had been stored for the accommodation of the judges
OF the City Court An extensive lot Of old papers and
documents were overhauled. and among them three
musty, dusty, dilspldated bibles were found. They
were all small books and had been In use in the Marine
Court three four decades ago for the purpose of adj
mnlsering oaths to Jurors, witnesses and affidavit
maherS On the institution Of the City Court they
had probably given place to handsome aud taste
full editions OF the Law and the Prophets" One Of
the bibles was a plain American copy from the
press Of Luther ROby, Concord, N H., in the year
1874 Some court lounger had scrubbed
with pencil the blank pages, but he had written
nothing either wise witty. On the inside of the
front was pasted the label of the New-York
booksellers, reading: :" Sold 10y Arthur Burnett,
staoneIs, AccountBook Manufacturers and Printers,
No. 81 Wallst, Two Doors below the Exchange, New
House.
In another bible, made IN London there was In
scribed on the first blank page: =" A. A. Thompson,
November ID, 1892 followed by the words. evidently
written at later date: Presented 10 the Marine
Court City Hail. New-York by A. A To
The third antiquity had received especially hard
usage for fifty pages had been torn out of the middle,
and the knocking about that 1t had undergone had
broken the clasp and mutilated its delicately
stamped morocco covering 1t was the product OF
London firm, who styled themselves Printers to the
Queens Most Excellent Majesty" and did business In
Flcetst in 1e43 gray-hairel court attendant stood
by tho bibles were carried out. and his weak and
watery eyes seemed TO regard the musty books with
thin piping voice, It's many a time it's meself ats
s1 RaHo SINE 20 up fur 70 rs w Sany Ie me
i niver sopt I'm fsom lynn Ell yez had dollar
ye'd be big site richer AN vanderbilt an Astor jned
thiglther"
The recent meeting of tho Electoral College has
brought 10 light Of mistaken identity which
does not appear to bother the two gentlemen involved
nearly much as IT bothers their friends. Both OF
them Winslows and the Christian name OF each Is
John Both Of them have also been on the Repub-
lican electoral ticket at different times aud are men
Of mark in tho communities where they live. Ex-
DistdctAuorney John Winslow, OF Brooklyn, the
president OF its New-Engand Society, has no middle
Initial 10 his He would have cast his vote as
electOr for James g. Blaine In "a IL the REV. d.
Burchard had not arranged matters differently. The
other winslow IS John T., of Poughkeepsie He Is
OF largo wealth and his age is IN the neigh6or
hood Of seventy-fve. He was the Winslow who
voted for Harrison at Albany last Monday. Every
day, however the -Disuict-Attorney Is receiving
congratulations from his friends who believe that he
was the one who exercised that fortunate privilege
and no is kept busy enough explaining matters 70
them. he is recozeiled by tho fact that as he ex-
plains It. ait is all tho family. AS early as 1867"
said no to a Tribune reporter yesterday, when was
Distrct-Attorney of Kings County, people began to
confound me with my cousin In Poughkeepsle, who
was q Presidential elector h that year, and voted
for Abraham lincoln. They appear 10 have been
keeping it ND ever snces It may be remarked In
passing that the family is one Of tho Oldest colonial
families In the country and had Its origin In New
England. 1t was founded by Edward Winslow, VINO
came over IN the Mayhower and was one OF tho nrst
governors OF Plymouth Colony. Like many other
New Bngland families, t Is now scattered over the
country and its members have achieved distinction in
many pursuits and various fields OF action
Business chances and bargains Of various sorts
are mentioned in the many Columns Of short advertise
ments on the fourth and fifth pages Of The Tribune