The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-06
6UNB EfMS.

An attempt is being made at Bruins
WICK. y. c., to raae Angora goats for their wool.
A large number of Scandiuavians have
eoionlzsi near Fails city. Washington Territory.
Since 1SGj the state Of Alabama has
bought at tax sales Ices than ie0j acres u land
Col. 4. Il. Mills Offers to pay the OK
renscs Of send ns regiment Of Akin STATE Guards
to the Centennial
The Flower Mission OF Providence
sends boquet each patient Ia the Rhode Island Hoe
pital every Saturday.
1t has been decided 10 begin the Chan
mel tunnel at 81 Margarcts. near Dover next April BY
opening trial cutting.
"A new hospital has been opened nc
sprin sneld, Ill., by party Of Sisters Of Charity
PEELED from Germany.
Besides furnishing all the material, the
Government viii be obliged to nav si.oDoopo Tor the
rebuilding Of the Monadnock, at san Francisco
The most successful owner Of race
horses during the pat France has been ~
Lupin who with twelve horses has nearly t1OOOp
Ten years ago gentleman imported a
number OF The istern Bob White quail. and place.
them island near wana walla. W. r., ana
they by the thousands. anyrdng excellent hunt
ing.
A blind becgar in Paris was aDsent
from bis usual position in doorway during the attn
cold weather. In his stead pacard with the 10
scrption In consequence II the severe cold soeh
aims at home" accompanied by his address.
There is musical prodigy among tht
coal miners Masaoa ohio. He al boy OF II ant
seems devoid Of intelligence, except IN musical mat
Brought up IN the mines Nith1ut training of AMI
kind he has nevertheless remrXthle powers for mas
erng music and readily learns aud plays difncuh art
without mi sing mote.
The Eureka, Nov. sentinel saws; A
thu E Dorado saloon they have kind " ticket curreb
cy OF which Il inscribed; GOOD for one drink It~
| ntsfuV
are ~ style and color, and lately several
them have been ungin' on the barkeeper OF the
Dorado. Mr.. Whitton, the proprietor, requests ua
say that 1t don't go more
AT the Major Examination Of the Phar
m'ccutcal Society In England the other day, Mis-
Isabella G. Carke having passed the examination salts
factor,ly. aduiited a pharn ceuuca chemist
There are several dies the register as chemisb
and drusgsts" hut this Is the nrst instance Great
| Britain IN which LADY has passed the MAI Examt
nation as pnarmaceutc cal chemist.
A Harvard professor went down b
one Of the beaches OF New England 20 bathe
stormy day but the man in charge refused to le
MIN go in on account dangerous swell. On his wa
back he expressed his disappointment and ndignatos
TO the driver Of the Omnibus "Weil I'll tell you hov
it's" said the driver. don't like to have stranger
down here and get drowned. II hurts the beach =
| -"Suppose,' said brow beating Clarin-
da DAD lawyer to witness he was trying To badger.
| day week; suppose should tell you that
could bring dozen men Of your town to tina court
| room who would they would not believe you
oath. what would you p" Aud calmly the witnes
made reply. &" would say you liel." gcntle smile
difused itself all the room, the unrufned
| witness stepped down.
| The revival of cremation Is generally
understood to have FIRST suggested IA Italy. Bun
II not well known It hrst put into ractl
cal there by special permission" II the case OF
least eminent parsonage. Tnis the late Rajah
| Of Epltf ~ a ~ltr "A
near Florence In 1870, when a tour In Enrope His
body disposed OF with the customary obseryances,
but private. In the court VI tae residence hAs
hired.
Whereas before the war Berlin had only
200 French africans. II has 2.4oo. They mo-t
suceO workers. carpenters tapls eurs ana designers
ana are In request Tor their taste and punctuatty
| Prince Won + ess employs French wurkmen exclusive
y 20 10 number, IA erection Of hls Ienassanca
mansion. the architect oeing "A. Dctaleur VI PariA
who now being consulted as 10 the fittings and furns
turc. large portion of the arstocracy send their
ders to Paris being better ana moro cheapiy supplies
there tnan in Berlin The French workmen earn from
| OF. TO 2of day, ana very thiity y. They mus,a
| every Saturday night at particular cdfe.
| A ten-mile match between Stanton,
the longdstance bcv Gle champion ind Mr. H. TucxrrS
uotting horse Happy Jlck took the other day
Lille Bridge. near London. The path IN excelient
order and, the afternoon and nnr, large
number OF people assembled o. enj the sport. At
hafpast three the competitors started stanton
rling IS Inch machine b. Keca. being the cinder
path. aud the horse the track outside. The race
needs little descriptil The horse capitAly no
den. and trouing In nrstclts style, eventually By
nearly 800 yards, haying tn distance LITTLE
over thirty four minutes. Tue b'tting aiwaysiA
favor Of the winner. The match vas for $50
"A Toledo editor has received the fol-
lowing letter OF inquiry from sri Cleveland which
he ought to answer at Cleveland Dec 2s 1870
| Del Nj q tel m aat
Cnrismas day met young man from Toledo who told
me he loved me and talked ever nice aud said be
| ~onted me TO be his little wife, ana isaidi would bs
his little wife. now wont to know you no him. he
his frink, aud he hsd gold oolored hair.
and he said he worked in taller store pleas tell me
II he IL nt company for me. was born Of poor hui
irish parents and dont wont T. De fooled by him.
peas tell me. direct 10 Maggie -- p 5. used to be
cambermaid in the Neddeli house aud am pGrii
good looking.
Three Swedish professors-Nordens
jod Luadstrom. and suksDergnaye been feted by the
Russian Geog aphct Society al S. Petersburg, thu
discoveries of nIVigtb.e route between the North
Sea and the mouth Of the Yenise. In Siberia. Nor
denskjold took part swedish Arctic exp ltions 10
1872 aud 1873 and the siberian expedition got mp
by private individual named DlSsol II start d
Troms le. tho Sea OF Kara free from ice with
island containing excellent harDor; and part Of the
explorers returned andto ST. Petersburg, while the
rest took the vesse back 10 Swedish port. In Letters
hluItHstl 10 tue lifAtH htuSFApliCal Soc'tft ffut
NorIcnk.J Ia expresses surprise a. nniing immense
forests in region bencved to b. barron.
An English physician Or. Thursncld
has been engaged IN investigating remark bic oui
break Of vphoid fever In which tour oui of shooting
party Of seven, committing OF three gentlemen and ou
eamckccpcrs, were auacNcd with typhoid, while Of fts
remaining three Two suffered from d irri ora. only
csc ip.ng entirely. Inc attacks clearly 'raceaba
60 some Influences AZ work during the day party
shooting togrtncr. A. the gentlemen compo-fe the
parry all resided in different houses widely apart from
one another ana having abs iutey no conditions ir
common. After TIE most minute ami careful lnvesa
CATION. DR. 1hursncd has arrived At the ihs
the typhoid germs have been introduced int
some bottles used to hold beer and perry Of which ma
party par.o9k at uuchcon, by the water used fyT Tue
purpose OF washing tnem out
A remarkable instance OF the power
OF few words FROM the pulpit Is Afforded py an uc
dent mentioned by the Bishop Of Manchester che
nual meeting OF the Manchester ami Stafford LadicT
Sanitary Association recently. After abiding 10
the smanes Of many OF the subscriptions, large
number being only u the amount OF i've shilngs
which, the n shop believes, Ii about the price 0f
al he al ia