The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-02

| "A cannon has been cast nj Oboukouskv.
Russia, weighing fIrty tons aud costing fG5,O0o
| -Presideut Porter of Yale College depie.
temperance lecturers story that he ofsrs wtne 10
students az receptions.
-" l. that clock right over there 2" asked
visit the other day. "Ri-ht over tncre?' said IN.
| boyi "'tain't nowhere else"
An Alahamian who lost hat on jaime,
Buchan4u'J election aid the wager last week There
| turns must have come IN very slowly In Alabama
"A cOlorcd labor union At Camden, Ark.
nxcd the price VI picking cotton et dollar a hundred
anu board, and severely trashcd several members for
| working cncaper.
In Dorseishirc, ENGLAND, the people ara
fond OF Bible names FOR their children. But traveier
thought they went little TOO far when he ound en-
graycd tombstone, Meihusalel Cony aged twelve
months"
A young lady in Minnesota boasts Of
having ten grown.rp brothers to watch over her, but
aNofrisO Ri prefers to have only brother 70
watch over hor-proyded he IL the brother Of some
other girl.
Bismarck IL nearly bald. having Only
three hairs IN TIE toy OF his head lc caltnc aimsef
with that prasrapl roin the grand rounds u the
American press to the effect that b,ihcadod men are
no fools
AT the commencement cxcroises Of
Abbott Academy. Andovcr, us, Pros. Smith told the
young ladies t'At wnte hc not "rr AIRED 10 sens
them forth c1pniss IN thc social SHIP. thcsl would
never he any difficulty thcr FADING situations as eni
mater"
"A few weeks ago the ELEGANT mansion
Of DR.. ". Ii. negooc, at BiJcAyc, s. C., entirely
destroyed by nrc with valuable coli elton of 0uc1
brac. As coon as news ,Ircad tnrv ncetocs, Tor
merry hi savos, volunteered theil assistance Tor The
erection II new dwelling
The Butte DCll.) Mercury tells OF n band
Of sheep being bspurat Gown froh The mouAtai,s I'D
turned into wyat Gsll Over one haairc head died
fran 40 Nna nd loo igalsw
1hc wheat swcled to such extent that the stomach
was completely torn apart.
AT u territorial hanging, the victim,
who had been literally supplied with whiskcy Pho, V
fulfilling his engagement with the shcr Il va. asked
the last moment ~ he would have anything. "Just
drop" he replied lie got 1t. II was about feet and
broke his neck II took drop too much.
The chief OF the Hudson police received
the following message from John Van Vechea Of
Catskil Please to 90 to Frank Paync's and yet ny
vile and send hcr hone toe day boat down II The
will not come home send her up FOR months bst
n she viii home, let her 20. las IN irt olsck
hair ana dark ry cs."
An ignorant writer in tn Chicago
7,lbane oays' Il may safely be asserted that IN, t~O
collection Of paintings now on cxa.itln %. CiH1a
natl ard Chicago ouprisc the mi lriY Of the pc
ture- nov Ia the country" Tm. viii re ucws indoo1
to those who have "a art irearurfs tue paose
and p7,ae ~ erie New Yors. not to spess OF Bas-
ton or pniiad,lrhe.
Til" following ladies form part OF tbs
faculty Smith Cou e.. Bostoni Nj slrah ". lieu.
phrey ughtc; OF the late Pre- lent uumuhr,y,is
the head Of tn % partmsnt Of History Ni.- na-is
| whitncf sister 9 IT, Wmmcy I Y &c.. takes Fresch
ana & inani AMI Mss Mary \ Hastings, ate Principal
| Of Hamilton Seminary. NwY rk. Mlthemitirs BrL
l.. + Allen, cousin Of Judge Williams OF Pittsburgh.
| is matron.
Many years ago q French General on
duty At Turin started with his wife to Court lall TAs
lady had jus. thrown on her outer CLOAK she
taken nj. doctor aud few ladies attended her, and
the General was soon seen wrapping lively boy In his
coat and hurry ing homeward. The boy born IL he
Admiral dee la konciere lie Noury who was recently
| moved from the camni'd " the M,ditrrranean
squadron tor display & too much Bonaparus zeal
| Free morals are on the increase IN lBer-
| i'm In 1857 the number Of women placed under re
supervision Of the police 3s0 IN 1909 ihs
Der had risen to 23&GG, and 1870 TO rs 700 shame.
poverty misery, an hnally d'ath bein, tue tate %
these unforfunatcs out Of ten marriages novu-
csys divorce takes place; W lie money Is the srcst
ruling power and greed and FUN tho Two objective
points OF Berlin ambition. Such the ethics goySfn-
| inc the new Gern'n empire, according to shghty
| jealou Esvarian philosophers.
| Not long since Mira Hussein Khan En-
tcrsincd the snah OF Per ia n, his house Tehoran os
| whole day The sha1 breekast'd there aud received
preaen's, GIco00 In cash Tor himself and j.rrh
ana 100 Cas- mir shawls for his ladies. The entertain.
mea, cos Illus elm Khan s9'ooo. Tue shau neNcrvpsa
on without expuotng to receive presents AmyBg
the people WI, N he visited IN Europe there InaV %
some who Gid not at the tim thinA Of giving money 10
Jewels or shaws. tn Ell Il zine to forward tner
uons to Persiai anything handsome OF dear viii 10
thankfully received.
The NiclsburC Monitor has the follow
ing paragraph about OF the citizens OF that opai
"Dr ,. 49, lunis re uroed 10 This cay ycsteray aner 90
absence Of several etks ia Ctnada, whore he has
10 look after very important cha-cery suit inyoNng
The imucn-o cum of tlfVpOooo. The case Ouc which
is httc AoHH here 6ut which M import ,uce Aas
Lac attrl,tcd attention ali over England 40 1850 Lar
Jane nnis aicd, possessed Of III, large Inns
Stow Scotland. Her nroshcr, the grandfather OF Dr..
Sidney Is. lnnia and his three brothers, came
country aud was lost signt Of and about tWo years go
his hclrs were discovered Othcrs, however, put IA
claim, aud the legal battle is nov between and
oui friend Dr. :. linus Of this CIV AID 10, uiOusrs-
The cas- has tecu ia court lst3 and h.-
postponed tn the ne&l ERIN VI Tue court At uttaSA
Canada West"
A frightlul catastrophe has bcfalcn n
larsc party OF pasr.ms 10 thc Nlhia shfae TIA
T.nne,el ~ frontier II lnaa. They were clmpsi n
drV bet Of torrent al ne paso vi the shnac one san
day evening. Thousands Of men, women, aud chl1ren
were talking, or catus, or dancing N the sandy BOD
hundreds OF shecp ana fowls brought Gp be alcri-
need stood M mourniu groups, each avail. ng ~ turn
Al nNe O'Clock tncre nas heavy shower of rain, bus
The multitude stirred MT ten muutcf later the hilef.
q dr. oea Sas iu ana tho fresno, rushed down had
long, carrying those who, notSltustaudlue all ther
frantic Efforts to gam the bank, Cuud not force trf
way through the crow. The water dld uot gradually
rse else The people would hay escaped huf sa 0f
water came do uneA pcct di, and rcAIurcl ani ~
tempt of the rear rau6s TO In the slorc pr1blemAtS
cal In ha an hour tn water had iaicu cone aef-ln,
and one hour after he cata rophc ticre vateE
10 t!e bed, only the surface act nd slnp'rY Many
dead bodies nturce ted by roofs and buehes we're
picked up Some wee founi damned between ttoaesI
and only very few Of she lll-tgted lot saved Them
selves By catching friendly Dough II Is believed thh
over 200 men, women, and cadien must have pcrlshed
A case OF interest to betting circles
heard the other day u the Altrncuam CouaJ
Court, IN England. The pHiLtln, James Burg,ss,
Gborer brought action to recover from The detehd'
ant. John Blrgc.- farmer 40, being the mount he
had deposited With the defendant stakeholder mi
bet he made vita Peer Gr4dMclha fuher taat .
certain Mrs hrn.,.s, ps dealer "aA hDt niue score
weight II was arranged tld the iGrue to The trans.
action Should 80 the following morning al oolooh
to Ars Grnlthss house 10 her weighed. The psins
li did not appear out GradN, there At the hOuP
mentioned. Mrs GrGlEs, however declined to ba
weighed, and therefore the planln sought TO re,over
his deposit on pe ground that he had glNVu notice 10
the defendant TO return hm his money before the ost
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