The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-08-18
SUNBEAM y.

in
| London with cancer.
If you would have your hash settled quietly.
be careful where you get H.
| Mile. Dejazet ut the age Of 80, is still payins
| young parts on the French stage.
-Dckens's house at Gadshill was KNOCKED
| down to his Charles for $4,000.
Imagine more melancholy spectacle than ,
| lot Of hens trying 10 roost on n clothes line!
The losses by fire in the United States last
month were more than t5OooOo) iarser tlnn 10 July,
| 1850.
The Duchess Of ST. Adams Is acting M ,
volunteer organs to a country parish churci In Eng
| land
Fall River claims 10 be the largest AMI oldest
| manufacturing c,y Of woo'cn aul cotton good. in
| Massachusetts,.
| NEW VERSION or Av OH VERSE
lie who nchts md runs awav.
NAV frht and run another div.
| An Illinois farmer cut his throat on account
or the drought. and buried In raln storm which
| lasted twcnty.four hours.
An Aroostook, Me-, editor pays his respect,
to the unhappy old rip who sqrats in the editorial
| chair of the Sunrfss."
Our chemical correspondent says that when
Gen. Grant len Long Branch he looked like an "eI.
| hausted receiver" Now for t0c Generals rctort
It is said that in spite of hostlitcs a pacific
CONGRESS Of dramntc authors ana composers is stn
| TALKED Of a7 to be held next month In Nurrmbcr-
| English papers announce the death in Stat
fordshire o. Jean Dapti'te Francois Men. one Of tho
few Surviving witnesses Of the execution Of Louis XVI
"A Montana paper has telegram announcing
that the French Mediterranean fleet has arrived al
burst and will 90 north to join the balance OF the
| ncet."
A generous citizen Of Memphis gave the city
land for public mark hut before the city had laid on,
much IN 1ncy upon IT, the discovery was made that tho
| donor didn't own H. and never had
Thousands Of people all over the world are
preparing observe the sun next December but why
not he M with tho times and observe Tine suN Inst
now. when It exhibits a more interesting aspcc, than
ever
1t ia announced that q Universal exhibition
of agricultural implements ia to bc held IN Pirs N
| ISL II looks H. before that time, consl,rl.
bic exhibition Of Prussan war implements might DO
| h'ld there.
The patriarch Auber and the widow Of Scribe
have 70 the French Patriotic Subscription their
Fihts OF go night each time " N1sancro" IL given
coupled. however with the condition that the Mirse.
lalse must he suns after the opera.
| The late Df.' Auzias Turcune, Norwegian
physician, following the example ofthc late Dr John C.
warren Of Boston, has directed n his will that his BODY
be dis'cc'ci and his skeleton cleaned artlcI ted and
hung up in the OF the Medical School at Chris
| tanil.
"A California paper tells terrible story about
| man who WIS frozen TO death near Oroylle. when
tho body was raised. 1t cracked like al icclc broke
u two In the centre, and ono Of the snapped On
a. the shoulder Joint" Unfortuna ely for the story
| the mans name was Adam Sc'lc
| Mr.. Orc,tcs \. BroWnscn, in letter IN tho
iabi'i d'oman Catholic o-rau) in nc disasters
which nave ovcrtakcn tho French arms. "thc proof
tnt Heaven Is the side Of His vicar earth. and
sooner later every insult offered him By
| profasscfly catholic sovereign
1t is perhaps not generally known that the
| canadian cont Is Trustworthy standard N WEIGHT
| measure lni value; one hundred of ticm wcth1ra
| pound. each one measuring inch in diameter. and
enc hunlr,d maSns dollar. or course. th-r, arc ten
70 dime, twelve to fJO, and twenty ave to quarter
| OF pound.
AT moment when the Pope ia putt ing him
sclf equality with COD, It may be n interest to
nov that In thc year 100 the Ere ch Academy oG'rei
a rri1c for poem The To- n which was tha, the
! French monarch was At least superior 70 humanity
! 1b' theme FOR tho moot o illustrate was That me
Kings wisdom renders him superior 10 an manner Of
| events"
| a crowd gathered NJ the piaua (Oho) rail-
road station the other dly to see Gen. Grant A. the
train was moving OF and old gentleman asked 'who
cid they that fellow IS ?" That Gen. Grant orr
President" on" sad the oil fellow. "itis IT,
We'll stranger, Won see, I'm not about town much and
don't pay much attention to the newspapers and know
hnt little about these things. What might Afs D5lics
| JsP"
a census Of Great Drit.in is TO be taken next
| N"NF on inc " phofoV1nhlc' or instantaneous pan.
| B7rh are m Nc 'cn ar each house during toe last
wcss OF March next. to he nllel up with piricuas
Il N" name sex, age, rank. profession occlplon
condition relation 10 the head Of the fam n.y. AMI birth
rlac'oi every person who ahoir N IN housc ths
might ~ sunday. the lat or Aprr q7i" The blanks " n
be collected during the ensuing week. ami they VIII
give rate returns OF the population on that nlht.
Neutrality appears to be strictly observed by
the Italian organ bows who nhouni in every European
town Berlin is fun Of these fagamunns, singing,
| viva Ia Prussia!" VIVA IItana!" mort all.
| Frauci1! Viva Ia hbcrta!" And a shower OF good
prussian pence tails into their dirty caps At PRS
their CO ntrynen sgg the song with slight viria
| t.ou'-" Viva Ia Frlncia!" " Viva n ALA" mort
ana prus' IA" &c. Aud the small cola Is Forthcoming
| with c0r'l rcadu Sc.
| -Dickcns's personal taste in dress was alwavs
"loni." Tie liked CAV vests, glittcrlng icwe'rv snowy
satin stocks AMI cvcrythin Iraher pronoac6; vet no
man had keener more unsparlng critical eye for
| vulgariue' In others. lie gave to friend
vest NJ most gorgeous shawl pattern soon afer AZ
= party, he Quiz1cl his MEND numerically for his
stunning vest although bc had MIN At TINT no-
ment u' twin BROTHER. or s!stcr-whcheycr sex vests
| belong to.
The frequent occurrence among the welsh
ofsvggc.t J'w.h surna mes Is due to the "a, thhs
| I. we at one time th' custom among this protector
tlc-on 10 assume the Christian n1m' NJ his mhTn
| hs own surname The son Of Lcyi williams 'o,i L'vt
fJr MS surname, sinspg the naterna williams IN ne
manner arose such nlm'' as solomon Dlvtl' AMI 10
f'w Instances even Moses Is the cognpueus OF n1IrI
ably Welsh fam's. Afterwlrd tvs practice OF a''lu-
ing the fathers CHRISTIAN name A. surname {. r1Hl
uctcy INTO dcsuctud"s butlt has lastcl lHng enough
10 leave q very end lrJg MARI Ir1l W4!sl nuIy
| names
A curious financial "irr'-ulrrity" has inst
como o. I.ltut 'cv nrlori. Mas rhcslvln.s hing
| thcr, hl- anYp' $1,000 IN deposits, ana H. treas
| urer william e. C.rn, who has filed that pos.
on rr twenty ,rycp wears proves to he demnltor
! for 5000 he NJ cu'f-otic man OF about city SIM.
Me 0aI econ me d 10 his habits, and MP the OF
the announcement It his dcIacatipn, was widely es
tccuri m every circle. Ills pocuations commenced
duru, his st year u the hank, the nrst amount taken
being only twcnty dollars. Unable To- make good even
this email sum, he has continued to abstract
| more or 'ss constantly.
An English paper gives detailed de,crip-
ton OF an atmospheric telegraph invented By S :lor
Guattari, which Processes TO effect By means Of con.
pres'e AIR all that Is performed by electric bitteiy
Dy az ingenious system Of tubes AMI -tppc Che u-
venor creates currents or m Stations OF mr. VII c set
| in motion lctcr connected with N, writing apparatus.