The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-06

tufc AMI mlucfloCY.
Madame Patton, at the age Of ninety
four II dancing VITA Frcnch circus
France has l23OO0 industrial establish
monte giving work to about isoo.ooo
A cat mt Bclchertown, Mass, ,ln,d n
back snake the other day that measured nue. feet m
length.
The stamp duty on pnteut medicines
manu;ac urcd In Great Britain last year untcd Ia
over S551GiO.
Already $1,000 have been collected ior
the fam Ms Of the french scientists Who were lo,i
during balloon voyage.
-liazing has broken out ngain IA Ilar
vard and many Of thls years freshmen have
cruciy a1l dissraccfulb maltreated.
There is an American aloe i'm flower in
the OXlord Botanical Gardens the stilk 80 whct la
twenty fee high and the diameter Of the nJwerc,vcn
feet six inche.
Coy. skunk Of Pennsylvania vetoed
tho first bi that before INN for the incorporation
of telegraph COMPANY on the ground that ~ would
Interfere with the business Of the United states :"
Every Monday morning n number Of
ncercsscs may be seen on the wharf at New otcans
near the French market, throwing pennies iato the
river to purchase Of some voudou spirit good sk foi
the wees.
The Khedive has recently paid the last
instilncnt for the 900 cisstecI cannon ordered Of
Krupp. and made contract for quantity Of smuuui
tlon for them. The guns cost 5000 each, and the
shells 800.
For recent concessions made by Brig
ham Young to the Union and Pacific railroad compon.
les they have agreed to lobby bill through the text
Congress for the sduis into the Unlon Of the State
OF Dcseret.
Edward XuyderhofT, late an alta che Of
the IN oh Legation Wsshing m sfor o.nl hs for
tune At the gambling table, has been To an
mDrlsonmen Of six months Tor OBTAINING m )nsy uudcr
false preienccs at Slice.
-(,pou-h t,pxpr nnr Cuatnp Itahtpi,o
never strikes twice IN the same place dorchester D,r0
c,dt
Governor Gas'on wasn't elected by lishinins He wa,
elected. by thu idrr.- B9aOH PIs.
-KidddcrdddiScl say $ that the new mi.
yer y which the Russian Government proposcs ia
establish In Siberia Is me under way. Tic prison tor
revolutionary students IL already nearly nnshei and
the ret follows matter Of course.
-Iu Key West the Republicans have
nominated for Mayor Carlos Manuel ccspedca ron ~
the late Picsfcnt OF CuDa and for Tax Collector an.
Other Amerc Inized Cuban, Tioursio Torres. The
Cuhaus represent large proportion Of the population
Of Key West
"A leader of the ton in Paris has lust
introduced az EASTERN fashion which In all PROBABILITY
will soon he initiated IA thi. country. She is having all
her chairs sofas, and her carriages stuf with
aromatic herbs winch all the air with areeaDe tut
not too powerful perfume.
Sam Graham, n ~. Louis negro min
sre. committed suicide few days ago. Tat evening
lie chair In sc Of performers left empty and
drapcd In bin ~ the songs were all melancholy 10
character, and no jokcs crackcdwhich have
made tho entertainment very cheerful.
-" Dead oil, the resduary product OF
the manufacture o. Illuminating gas very d,ady
compound having the combined odors OF petroleum
and creosoto. will instantly destroy the little taft uf
grass which Insist on grJwing in carriage waYe. It
costs only few cents gallon, and Is very easy sp.
pled.
A Hartford man recently got piece
OF tough meat lodged IN the lower part OF the
phagua making breathing difncut and Threatening In.
hammaton, ana treated by DR.. Ellsworth Of that
city who killed number Of dos-, and with the gastric
Juice OF their stomach coatngs succeeded In ibssving
the piece In the course Of the Day.
General O. q. Howard, the later Have
lock- having the Frecdmens Bureau into ranSrptcy
upon hs system OF REFORM has attempted to show the
inncrs aud saints of Portland, oregon the
salvation. during the vacation OF the Rev Mr. kiston
pastor OF tn Congregational Church, the General
preached from the pulpit every Sunday.
Intelligence has reached Fort Mohavc.
Arizona that Prof 4. H. Joy, Rleeorologistin whecrs
exploring party, nd died from thirst and cx,atstion
while attempting tn ascent of mountain peak south
of the old san Gabriel Mission In CalifOrnI George
Thompson and James Ha,son very nearly met with u
similar fate while going up Cucum1ngl, IN the same
range Neither ,,stcd food or water for fortythfeo
hours.
A Baltimore swindler went TO n near
sighted merchant in the guse OF telegraph mestnger,
aud got MIN put his IN two places in wha
ported 20 be receipt book. Really the trlew hal got
him to sign his blank leaf IN ~ h way that
a note could be written WITH genuine scnaiur aud
endorsement The profit to the swndler was sra ana
the merchant aud the bank that paid tie money are
quarrclnng about winch shat icIe
1t would have been all right # Johnny
had squesl,d when he had enough % II. Ter lad
been lynchng in the noghoorhood. and the boz, so
together in the woods 70 play at hanging Johhn, Weuh
WAS 10 he the criminal ana to prevent any ciritu
was distinctly uu1crstol I'd that he scal Wien hs
wanted to BE- lie down The clothes line " uou.cd
around his neck aud over limit, ana he was hois,d
into the air. lie AcGcd g1od ccei aud ,.uclod Al
the rope above head hut didnt squca - tn hob
thought he was ouly acting out ant sept him sus nh
ed. Just thcna man along, and lc'lnv wa re-
vved with grca, difficulty. Tas wa near k4oINale,
| Tenn.
AT some distant day, when NaCau.aN's
New Zealand r. after surveying the PARKED sgcstncss
OF London. shall come 10 muse on TIE fulnh oil the
| American metropolis he may hnd app oprlatcy ~.
scriDcd the Brooklyn pier Of the East liver BRIDE
| inscription ike iAe following from the pen Of some
future hilds, OF eicgia, ever have
successor which he will doubtless read with wonder,
and carefully transcrlbe for the benefit of ms south
| raclnc contemporaries;
| The CITY Of Churches once stood here.
But Gods moral law II aid not
| Its idol was Beecher, It's ruler a X ~,
| Who yirtus and vice together did fling
| II hOurshed space and greHtV an grow.
| Then down In the dust II descended tu. low.
Gone TO JOIN sOdOm aud GOmorrol
| The fortunes or miSfOrtuncs of II ccr-