The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-10-28
General Intelligence.
[Bv Nod 10 the Ssv York Sun.J

KrLLr the champion osrsmsn OF England has
accepted the challenge Of james Himmill, Of Pitts
burs, TO row q match next Spring for t2,b0O side.
Bcsro'uAs has contracted for the rebuilding
Of The bridge ovrr the james X yer, ., X chmond =,
Va, NJ $3.50 Goa. and 10 70 have 1t completed b y
January |, 1906
MA DusoAS, Of Georgis, has suoes.ded In psgo-
tisting Q loan Of 100000 for one year, al per
cent, OF the faith Of the provisional State govern
men, OF Georgia.
FoB ninely-hve successive years The Morsvian
missionary ship has made an annual voyage from.
Europe 10 the shores Of Greenland and labrador.
The present. is the ninth vessel employed in this
suvise.
CAPT. g s. LET, formerly Of the navy, and broth
er to Gen. Lee, is about W take up his residence
on tho Pjtomse, In Nd, and ENGAGE in agricultur
OIL pursuits. Capt. Lee entered the navy in $50,
and 10 about 81 years Of sse.
A ssAsp demonstration Of workipgmen will
tsto place 81 Washington on Tuesday evening
next. A procession representing al the trades,
will be formed, which will parade tho city accom-
panied by music. usDsparences, torches, &c.
I'm celebrated mechanical duck Of Vsucsnson,is
now on exhibition in Paris. The bril- standing on
q SOFT Of box, shakes It's wings eats drinks and
initiates nature 80 accurately that IL 10 not safe to
let dogs come into the same room with IL.
6nYAr distress is stated 10 exist among the
blac, IN the distnet Of Columbia. 6 {. The NOR
tally among children 10 trghtfu many Of whom
II 10 reported by the CARTE m ssters department.
have starved to death curing the lasG three weeks.
Tnr teachers 81 freedmen in Mississippi. many
~ whom were sent out by Northern socieues- are
reported a. leaving their schools, upon she With
drsrs Of the uoops--deeming !. uDssle ,o remain
behind.
JAMES CabuAS, bro,he, Of 'Jo.," the bruissr,
Obtained verdict for s60l, on Wednesday, in the
Superior Court, at 5. s.rlngheld, Mass, that being
tht amount, With interest, Of loss sustained
while playing faro in that city some time since.
AT he competetiVe defamation a, Harvard Col
lege, lew usys SINCE, the first prize Was won by
| a sludeut who lost his arm while serving as Csp-
tain Ia the rebel ARM, and tue secOnu by ayouug
| negro, ,he first undergraduate OF that race who
has bee admitted into that Uu.yerrtg.
DAVID KELLY and Samuel Krais, TWO miners, re-
q d ny no.r P.,ssburgh, Pa, While returning, ono
| nght laGt week, from a orunktu carousal, were
ovei taken by an express tran On tho Pcnusylva-
MA X. r., on tho track Of which they were walk
| Ing, anu Instantly killed. Bo.h leave iImiies. a
Tina DdLlin correspondent Of the !. ndon lIvRs
s,ys;-li is rather dangerous 10 uso ,he worn
"Feusn" in his country nOw. A snort time ago,
gsnIlrfnla loosely told a policeman lie looked
| like fcnlau, wherrupon the gentleman WAS ar
rested and taken TO tie sIsnonhouse
! A WAsnNGToS correspondent says; "WhN the
| President Will do, hear, 10 to throw the Empire,
| Lous Napoleon, and tho Monroe doctrine upon
| Congress, And leave il for Nas tudy 10 say
whether Max. shall do ~ all Eirope has done,
recognize hun a. the constituted suIhorit in that
! counhy"A
| CITIZEN OF Birmingham, England, was lstely
| iiled by AsngUlar accident lie had long p.pe
| IN ms mouth, aud as he was entering tie garden
tne uo"i OF his pipe came In cou'.cs vain the ga'o
"ih such iofce that tie little erd ol ihe PPe-sen
won1 through lis tongue. An sb'cess rapidly
! iorinsd under the tongue and caused deAIh'
The registry law, except 10 cities 'ad ineorpo-
| rated villages remAins tue same ~ II Was lAst
| year 30 that except ~ cites aud incorporated
villages, legal voters not registered can SUI vote
on assigning reason, by GihI.vE VIZ ,lef natne
| Is not on The registry. BlI u cues i-d lhcorpo-
ra'ed villages no one caa yote ul!ess h!s pAins Is
registered.
A BABY about four weeks old was found on
ooO1 sep In WaIcrpori, ConDr Oh IL eI-y o'eh-
lns' lao following diroclJns were oaad IN NE
STault' NlVe him cows G!lE, one-la "4'or' Ah
leaSpooAIul Of brand 10 one s!u o loVd''
VII h'in was u lot OF han some 1.oIh NJ,
Ootue oi branny, souv ue4clls ala pAl 0I
sugar
ANJUSG man at Cohoes " nsnth tair-
bshks, robt ell his mother Of 9AJ ~ moho5 Ahd
S2sOO check, on Tuesday ii .skol ms mo1her
70 lena MIN twenty-five cents an sue 'oOk out
uh PIT monnAie In order TO comply w ~ 70
ques', Hhen he snstcheI he Pui,s nom nsL nana a
WIN we temrk, "This IS ~n.l Ns-'' no hon
ran o1' and has not been heard OF Hno''
ps Iovasrrx Of Pri. who went v ioIlan 70
ne" method Of curing cholss wlIn oou W
"h oisa 'Rsn d the tstL d:its'' le' p"pa''