The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-12
SUNBEf MS.

| terhDurR ~ announced
"A young man in Illinois has eloped with thu
second wife OF his uncle.
Prof Agassiz will pass the summer at Ro,h-
ichem, N. ". His health continues 70 improve
The Philadelphans feel rather more hon.st
| about the continuance Of thcE supply OF water
-Lugubrious reports Of the peach Gro, ~.
coming, preparatory to an effort to keep up A hUh
| price.
The silver nuisance has abacd So r,,o,,
IN Montreal that American coins have almost en,,,o
disappeared.
| The champion undertaken Of Michiy,n lea,
in Gre nsburg. lie has barred three thousand noc nm,
dred portons.
| --"W all owe something TO our coun,rv,,
said the Brton who went abroad without having pa,,
| his income tax.
"A county Of Illinois claims m cSceplionat
distinction rom the fact that last year s matrase.
| outnumbered lis divorces
-Mazzini expresses, in a recent letter. tho CON.
hdcnt ;benef that King Victor Emanuel Will Ioso M.
throne at an early day.
The President of the Miami University I, 4,
said. has been compelled request the youn. aIy ain
dents not to whistle In the halls.
Every article appearing in the Orsyl,a5
MONTHLY Ia at once attributed to Bret Hart, which Il,
| rather unfair to that accomplished writer.
Tho st. Louis Republican devotes nine Of II,
large columns account Of the "great seanbo,,
| race" There's no accounting Tor tastes.
In Indiana maiden and a matron are IA
have foot to determine whether the single or tho
| married women OF that State the ncetest.
Among the street occupations OF New Or
leans according TO the Republican is that Of pelap.
young nnigators. Almost any price is ace. ted.
"A Nebraska City bride demonstrated her
woman's rights by locking the door aud refusing to ad.
init the bridegroom until he had handed her go cash
A Western paper describes letter Of lIorac,
| Gyccleva M lacking ~ somCbo1v had qu,ag,..
bottle Of ink on and tried TO wipe OF with curry
comb"
The wife Of well.known mcrchan. in Gins
cnna lhas eft his house forever, because he refused
70 pay bill for drv goods amounting to 500 wAiea
| she had contracted.
Tho Lyman gun, made at Reading. Pa, fof
| the French Government. and which TO throw bat
ten milos, has been satisfactorily tested and Will now
be taken to England and tried there.
| President MeCosh says that no class has cveI
graduated from Princeton College which, during sons
part OF Its four years sojourn has not been brought
| under the influence Of revival OF religion
| "A Paris Journal announcing the death Of Mr..
Evans, OF the nrm OF Bradbury & Evans, informs ia
readers that in collaboration with Dickens h. wrote
| "Pickwck" and " other well known works Of fiction u
| The Mormons of Utah have turned their Of.
tSnton TO the production OF gloves that rival those Of
| Paris IN delcacy and workmanship. The gloves are
made from genuine kid, raised In the vicinity Of sst
| Lake.
An erring Indiana ben was recently found in
the back part of hardware store where the msguded
fowl had struggled for three weeks TO hatch out
half dozen white porcelain door knobs. She very
| much reduced.
An elderly maiden lady Of Bloomington,
| IL, threatens to burn the house OF q newly married
couple OF that township because she did not receive
invitation to their wedding The police have been ap
pealed to for protection.
| The average number Of persons living in a sn-
gle house In London is g. IN Berlin So In Paris H, IN st.
Petersburg Sc and In Vienna Is. For every O nhab.
itants the average annual mortality IN LONDON ~, in
Berlin IS in PARIS %, in ST. Petersburg a. ana 10 VI.
emma a.
| Between two and three million doses oe
choroform are manufactured IN Edinburgh. scotland.
yearly, showing to what extent the practice Is
red Of wrapping men. women. and children IN paine
less sleep during some Of the most trying moments aud
| hours OF human existence.
| AT the College regatta at Worcester, Mass I,
this week. the number Of unprece ientedly
large, and exciting contest is ANTICIPATED Brown
and Amherst VIII compete with Harvard Yale.
The crews Of the two latter colleges In nne trim.
and the struggle between them Will prove close
| "A correspondent reports as the latest ques-
tion OF railroad etiquette, III young man occupy
seat opposite to two young ladies when there are 10
vacant seats In the IL he Justified 10 decniu.
turn the back over To accommodate new conner s,n-
ply because 1t more agreeable to him to face hl dam
seIs?'
AS broad as Il is long A German statistical
writer remarks that the invention OF tnr .us ua
chine has enabled one woman to sew as much as d
dred could by hand a century ago ba'. De con.
tinues, one woman now demands as much clothing a.
ahundrcd did a century ago-so that matter, are not
much changed, after all.
AT q recent garden party given by the Prince
ofwaics at Chiswck. the principal amusement proyi.
ded for the guests was several yelocipedc yachts,
which were worked on the lake with much COLL BY tho
Prince ofTcck Prince and Princess Christian ana other
royal and distinguished pcisonages the rrol, aalac
| ment Of themselves and the lockers ON.
-Aner the war Of 1882 the Austriaus altered
their system Of tactics to Assma,c It 70 that Of ta
French and in so doing they contributed to their own
defeat in the campaign ofi-6 They have since louted
dlSn'es1os:ry- OsSost- s'sscin. end aow>-on sc'o
substitute rapid nring Tor the Of the ba,ouet aEd
to train their troops 10 combats OF position.
A Glasgow merchant, on his dcath.bod sent
for Free Church clergyman. Having sons fears re-
gardng his future prospects. he asked the y,rsAi
gentleman; DO you think Il were to leave 500 0td
the Free KIRK that my soul would he saved P" We'll"
answered the cautors minister, couldn't u.' IRON.
Use you that but think It's an experiment We, worth
trying"
Travellers on their way to Lake George wers
somewhat startled in Glena Falls the otto dlr ~
seeing some nifty well dressed negroes crowd uto
the coaches that were TO convey them TO 'Hc ase'
Where are those fellows going ?" Mkeda pt.."agcr
To the Fort William Horny Hotel" was O. .a. aeE'
What do they entertain negroes there ?" " e. RAN
" they do" Let me out here" sail the passenger
eIcitedly; "I1 be ID II 20 to any b'.'. Wn'fc
they entertain negroes" "Those the waste. If tho
hotel" said the agent and the passenger snn. i.
"A story Is told of Partisan lady who pre-.
serves her beauty 10y plistcng srawhcrr- over h'i
face every nigh and washing them on 10 q m'rning
The fair creature has for come time past been Huhoyed
bya troublesome creditor. The other day he called
before her bcauyshp had ren and insisted on -clg