The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-26
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ea-rnn.h 70 mo-. him, and .hs probability Of his
sscsye wss doubtful.
Tsr Washington correspondent Of ths Bosom
hpvgRrIsm says that 'ths French mission 10 not
likely W go begging, Is witnessed by the fsot h.a
tho President hss received applications In behalf
Of over Nifty difioron, gentlemen.
rms aggregate popular vots for President a.
nctuaIly rcturped, h Ao61, 703-ssy 4, Don, 00o-in-
Guiding such ~ wsrs excluded by being VOC late
~ those duly received. The respective candidates
bsd-
Abraham Lincoln. .............. 2is2,bcq
George Brlntop Mcclellan. ...... 1,TS0
Majority for Lincoln. ....... 4O7,@9
Az old man 81 Touon, named Bsly, being
fouseless, accustomed W sleep IN an old hulk
n,oorcd in the Commercial dock W serve a. depot
for Tho use NJ the merchant ships 90 going on
hoard recently, At night, he slipped, and was sll-
Ing into the hold when his clothes were caught by
book, which held him suspended head down
wards He remained in this position for ton hours
and was At length found by vstchrnan and re-
moved TO hospital. Ito was suffering from con-
eeston Of the BRAN, but 10 likely 70 recover.
5sfGHks Youra, In . sermon delivered Of Salt
L7ko, Nov. O, WIS down on The gold-soeksrs, who
" serns have been prospecting" tho mountains.
Tic ssidi 81 have told tbe-r godseekers hsrc that
] know whore thero u plenty ~ gold In these
rnountnins and they have run over IL and studied
their tees agninst H. fallen down among IL and run
thor noses into for sught that ! know, and yet
Ululd not see ", sn1 i am moi Eo1ng 70 tsu NIrIl
where ID IL, and they may help Themselves. Our
business IL not 10 hunt gold, but W build up tho
tinVdom Of God II had the power, and do no.
know but that have, would have cities without
whiskey and gambling saloons"
Aooorsr. from Stockholm Of the 2sth uli. state
that The hurricane At that place has been succeeded
ny fall ~ snow In such quantities. that no one can
now travel except In sledges Winter seems 10
have commenced In earnest In Russia. letter
from Cronstsdt of the Esd ult. states that the sea
Al Al r. ~. all
roach SIX sailing vessels In sight on the previous
evening, were frozen near Tolhsken. Tho commu-
ncation on the ice with 0rsnisnbaum was practice
atle both on foot and horseback sed1ins b ID be-
run nj Helsingfors, Kuopio and g. Michael. Al
ulestore the was frozen A. far as could 10 seen
from the shore.
Wv TucErnuAN, convicted about eight Year,
sro Of robbing the mails between New York and
borton, has just received fun and unconditional
pardon from the Prendent 81 tho United States,
and has let the wethcrsheld Conn. prison. Since
his incarceration no has conducted himself In such
manner As to gain the sympathy Of all connected
With the prison, and OF persons who have waited
theinstitution. HIS history has often been written
in The newspapers, and . sad story Of domestic
affection, connected with his imprisonment, went
tho rounds OF the press less than year ago having
started In Boston where his family friends reside.
He was sentenced to the wethersheld prison for
twenty years.
TnB yield Of this years crops In given follows
10 the Interesting report of the Agricultural Bureau;
The wheat crop Ia 16l, 600 ono bushels against 1911
100000 asst year corn, b31, 100000, against 4i9,-
100000 last year; rye 20 600 900 bushels or about
100000 less than last year; barley, 1l,0000O0, or
half million less than last year; oats III. 600 o0n
or l,0OGOOO more than last year; buctwhest. 49,
100000 bushels-3, 0o0, 900 more than last year;
potatoes, 96,0OO,OOO bushels-4,0 900 900 less than
last year; tobacco i9s, O00 900 pounds, being T0-
100000 pounds less than last year, and hay, 49,
OOoO tons, being 1900, 900 less than each Of the
two preceding years. The hsxsccd crop Ia from
ono 70 four per cent. larger than last year.
TBH death 81 . celebrity, . dwarf In Paris. the
French counterpart Of the American Tom Thumb,
Ia recorded. In his sixteenth year he was placed In
the establishment Of the Duchess Of Orleans the
mother Of the Citizen King, and WAS 40 small At
THAI age that he passed for infant, and 90
dressed during the stormy period Of the First Re-
voluton, secret dispatches were sent by him
which thus reached without suspicion. the i'm
prisonod members OF The Royal Family Of France
To tho day Of his death this dwarf named Richie
bourg, received q pension from the Orleans family
81 1000 francs year, equivalent 10 5000 Of our
money. During the last thirty years he has lived
In The same house, In tho Faubourg 81. Gernsin.
Unlike Tom Thumb, he had horror of appearing
In public, and for nearly half lifetime has never
creased the threshold Of his own door. Not the
least cnArkable feature In the career Of this crca-
hIe 10 the fact that be lived ~ 10 90 years old.