The sun., 1873-12-25
SUNEEirS.

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II. Bicehnm lovoa cIrr' "s va r.t ,ocg n,tt. That.
/, a mstaNe. H. I.y.- fasn 9TH
An attempt - utilz. the rise apl ful
OF the tides AMI ar'y te.r forcc 'omcchtl.u 9rr.
poses. is to he made 10 81. HaJ. France
Five great church festival. oU,a,r u,
this month. st. Thomas 2ist Ca- ..mas l,t,. q,
stephcn,26ih aud Holy lnnoeent-, ssth.
Who darus spit tobacco iuicc ~, tbi,
car noor2 asked hurly passenger on Moh,. t-,i,
81 dare" tnoWcre1 a slender youth. 81 din 49,,
" You're Just the chap I'm looking for; give me .
chaw"
"A duel was recently fought near the
Fair Ground, New Orleans between c. T.. whitney ami
George Drury, welknown gentlemen. The we,pon,
used were folls. Drury received In the t leo
and whitney deep wound Ia the left arm. They tacn
shook hands.
The report Of the committee on RELIEF
to the honesteadcrs Of northwestern Iowa SAYS that 1
families embracing about i0D persons are suffering
for want of food fuel aud c,othn aud there are aout
800 acres Of land under cultivation for whcl seed
will be required In the spring.
james NJ. Carter, distinguished mem.
Der Of the br of Utah recently dece sed was born in
the state Of New York, and cared Maryland. Hs
cmigrated to Canforus IN early manhood and went to
Utah In 1855, high place in profcssol but vas
never thought Of for the Chief Justic,ship
Alderman Shanahan of Detroit was
'H'Ith F~fV expenses 10 Oe away rom TOWN when
vote should be taken ON the location OF public 0ark
There Is no branch Of municipal improvement ABOUT
which there has been more bribery aud corruption u
late years than the locating and laying out Of public
parks.
Recent startling discoveries in Wash
ingtoh, Louisve, Baltimore, and other citss make n,
evident that the OF dsnterfing dead bodies and
selling them to physicians is much more common than
had been generally supposed. Unless the crmnts
when arrested severely dealt with, will ue am.
cult to stop the practice.
There has been cOmmotion In tho
brussels Academy Of science, by doubts eS
pressed by an eminent zo6ogist whether human body
swallowed ny whale, as was the case with Jonah,
would be In good condition three days afterward
Two Of the professors resigned because the academy
refused to censure the hcretica sayanI
Col. James Howe, nephew OF Senator
Howe Of Wisconsin, gave up salary Of ti2,O0I year
manager Of the Chicago aud Northeastern lt.iroal
sccept the position Of United states Disrc ite
The icople Of Wisconsin generally regret that senator
Howc's nephew gave way TO spirit OF self saciaec.
while he railroads admire hs patriotism.
The state right to tax Is the only ono
con-ll,rcd iuviolate under Grants admlnstr atom.
The Supreme Court has decled. In tue of tho
Union Pacific ilroad and the Commonwealth of Ne
brasks that the State has right To tx IN unlimited
ex all property trades business and vocauons
istlng or earned within It's Dor The carpet.
haggcrs who run southern didn't wait foi
this decision.
Henry Il. Bostwick. who has been hold.
ing Federal oflce "a Nevada some time, recently
MED his papers as naturilzcd citizen. He born
in Canada Of Massachusetts parents and there being
some question to his status, H. went through thu
usual form Of abiuring allegiance TO England. Under
the absurd Constitution of Rhode Island Mr. bostwlck,
though of American parentlge could not vote without
owning real estate.
Under u recent decision OF the Conn
u
medicines and medicines in when dru sgsis claim
specially are liable to be stamped, bat also All mod
cinet which measured out In bottles or wrapp Il up
in parcel ., as an ounce OF laudanum. quarter II
pound OF soda, a.. seidlitz powders are excepted
Druggists complaining of the injustice Of the reu
laons and sstency Of the decision. se1lfes
may be expected.
A poor girl who has all her savings in
| the Cranston Bank Of Providence asks THs sUs
present condition Of that institution The Cr'ns
ton Bank In the hands Of receiver, Mr.. Alexgnier
| Farnum, very worthy gentleman. Its assets arc
mostly Sprague paper ana what are known sptagua
and mortgages On these but little viii be rea-
| lied for some time come For further particulars
our correspondent should Inquire OF Mayor Doyle OF
/ Providence, one Of the directors.
WIN. Shaw, n California editor, has oh.
tanned patent for peculiar tric,i)n Of tue orli
nary movable types and also for correcting ns ru.
mont. The lower shoulder OF the types extend. d1sn
one uu ana terminates 10 Nttlc slot or uick rl.t Ia
st deeper, SO that when the correcting tool II Slipped
down between the lines tha hook o.. INTO the slot The
correcting tool s ma lie OF nnc piece Of watch s us
doubled up at the end 30 as TO form hook aud th. bit
Of spring held the ordinary nippcrs used by
Mr.. Roberts is u member of the san
Francisco Board Of Aldermen, aud ho has sulc cuty
caught the spirit Of rofo N 10 rise above IRE pas ou
the horse He offered the following rcsolut in a
meeting Of the board Resolved, Tnat We as mcl..
bcrs Of this board, viii not passes from the cty
railroads any other railroads leading nto the IT,
nor Will We accept free passes such roads and
hereby request the city railroad companies grant
free passes TO ANY city county ofrcrrs ari 20
recall all granted prior to this date" lis fellows how.
could not nd 1t In their hearts sacrince them
selves for glorious principle and the resolution we
! lost by eleven to one.
Canada has another scandal, in which
Col. Shaw, American Consul Toronto, s said TO bs
IXeu up The facts appear 10 be that the Hon Alex
| andrr Macken1.e e, the Dominion Premier. tn hon.
| George Rrown and Gordon Brown, members of his
Cabinet Col shaw and two three Others have formed
themselves into = company To work silver mines %
Lake superior Ihs mines are controlled by fhe on
tario Government. which s controlled by Mr.. Micsen.
1le. Canadins think that the Premier should 1--we on
hi salary, ana not 20 into mining speculatious BlI
then Mr.. Mackcnzic has precedent IA tine rcceut &C.
ccptance 10y Gen Grant Of silver mine IN Colorado,
somewhere out there.
Tho Hudson will soon he n much-
bridged river. Its nAvgable portion is now spaunad At
Lansingburgh Troy ana twice 81 Albany The bridge at
Poughkeepsie will be pushed forNa rapidly uc one
proposed New purGh Is likely 10 be begun next
season, and one at Troy under way. Tho alter
has been the victim of odd blunder. when tue pro
ject WIS broaohsd engineer employed Co dra~
partial plans. They werr crude, and were simply TO-
tended to show the general style and cost Of . .rle
ture. When the actual work begun these Imperfect
plans were used, and OF the piers located 10
the wrong place. The mistake has been r. rcthri. to~
ever and perfect plans drawn.
The Supreme Court of Virginia. lu the
case OF cullen against the CommonweH .'h ~
pressed Its sympathy with the Legsa.t0t IA
Us efforts 10 suppress what n calls ta. bai'
bArous aud anti Christian practice of du'hns lhs
Court says that having It's origin IN tal'' pr.o' ana
mistaken sense OF honor, and sanctioned ant H lea
to certain extent by vicious puonc sen hne-' ,e
practice has fingered IN the Southern slf's "Ih
longer than II should have done, Il is cru 200 ''N
treine, and is founde. mother m morals nor o. ' n
nor In CONN, s,nsc. It not mfrcqrcuty r.-I" 10
the death OF both OF the comoatlut., s.l 'le
question which called them to the ned rcnau' .h''
tei, and 10 adjourned forever
where, aud % where.
, Whore ana where, IA the "prlIcvy Harry -....
And why tell me why, has De lcfths shelis ...r.
; @, he's gone across the ocean Dies Como f.r r