The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-17

n NdlNIul history Museum. with an
enormous tanS IN the basement for na has been COM.
| pctcd at Copenhagen.
-I}usts Of NM. Jules Janin, Guzot. and
De Rauu.at have been ordered fo7 tie Grandii.l OF
| the Institute Of France.
Stanton, the vclocipedestrian." re,
Gently won tcnmilc race IN 81 minutes 80 seconds.
| beating tho trottins hofs, Happy Jack.
Surveys are being made Of the country
around London with a,iew Of definite steps b.ug
| tax, nlfor the defence Of the metropolis.
M. Meissorier, the celebrated painter,
has elected President OF the French Academy OF
Fine Arts and NJ. Francois, engraver Vice Prcsi.
| dent.
In France, where every newspaper arr
ticle must have signature, the responsibility IL ire
quenuy avoided By paying noted ducllist allx
| his name.
For circulating false reports rs to her
sovency and the quality Of her buor bosrder at
ejo, CALI received public cowhing at the hands OF
| his landlady.
The following advertisement recently
appeared In London paper "Thrco Lady Helps want
ed, as cook. housemaid, and nurse private family no
servants kcJt"
An Illinois girl wrote to the School
Commissioners Chicago that she "hal Din Of
plolmcnt for yearc.iand wud cen for $40 month
and bord round"
The Trinity Board have had con-
ttructcd IN England lighthouse o. Dabcattc granite.
which is built in sxiy.four. courses ands designed to
be erected at Ceyon.
Although United states Marshal earn
acquitted OF the charges brought against him by
Anthony Comstock Attorney General Pcrrepoat has
| requested his resignation.
Hereafter the Justices of the Supreme
| Court OF the Dominion OF Canada viii wear robes OF
scarlet and BLACK, trimmed with crmine, similar to
those worn AZ Westminster Hall.
| At temucraucc meeting in London
recently vote q welcome to Mother stewart" tho
leader N the ONO women's whskcy war was moved 0g
Mr.. Lucas, sister Of Jonn Bright.
MIR. james II. Mason of Taunton, Mass.
| has family Bible Inherited from ms mother which
dcsccni'd from Sir rhoma- DAYS. Lord Mayor u LA
don ia 1852, IN which year Il was trlntod.
1t has been an unusually cold season
IN and and the Registrar Genera reports that for
the twelve days ending Jan. 10 the temperature was
| ESQ below the aycras' of the last eixty years.
1t is now said that the negroes who
have cmirratns IN large squads from Georgia into
Mssssippi arc auxous to return wages not being as
good as was expected ana the country proving IN
| healthy
The Alfonso XII, II new steamship.
Just built On the dc thc cad and Havana line,
the largest steamer that carries the spanish dag
$50 feet long IS wdc and IS deep Her gross tcnlago
Is 2ol5 tons.
Two hundred aud fifty thousand gall
Ions Of beer arc sold In London daily. In small i'm
near the General Post Cncc 49, gallons OF siou, ara
drank day. opposite the ban4 Of Ea.i4ai
sells a0J gallons.
An English vicar has put notice in a
Plymouth paper. requesting hs corr'spondcnts ~ ad
dress Lin G.. ". Manning" lie hopes the; curl,-
sponlcats who rrcdx his the dcs .rratct
TILE Of reverend" viii not be oicadcd II he rejects
their letters.
--Eigdro says that the plum pudding Of
Paris restaurants is made Of swcepings Of the thcs
crumbs, stale cakes, eavings OF the previous day,
the ike. boiled for hours TO acquire proper
consistency, ana then served with lery brandy
to disguise the nNor.
A southampton boy, twelve years old,
told hls brother that wished to his mother Who
had been dead eight years and that the end Of tho
world would come in September. He then bequeathed
his books 10 his brother, aud took dose Of carb1lle
acid which killed him Instantly.
The London Dramatic NclrS says that
at the elephant OF the Prince In Ccylon
no reporters were permitted to he present but ono
entcrpris NJ ccial" shaved hs head painted Lis
body black, put STRING around A waist anu joined
the bcat,r-. lie Wa.Lt To be beaten
An English draughtsman has been
committed for trial FOR forging railway Tickets, with
which no daily travelled between Dudley Birnng
, ham. They made with pen aui ink ana the il-
ation was 50 lcrfec that TIE en- ace could b. de-
tested only rs the a:l Of micro.c D..
: -" What do you think of the present Jury
system ?" inquired anon OF AZ o.d chicago eA,I1isc
= the ether evening. "Thnk" cci .cI tie Ola u.u
disgust. "Why. think It is getting so that 4 nan
|
, jury woad, somehow VI other naa.-' TO a"sui .m'
-DJbb,'s memory is not %, the hcs,, and
he rather surprised his swccthcari ne other ,'lag
ly ASKING lcr these Of Scott 're no, ic4luli
o. woman. 90 orr hour. Of e'-'.
r | Acfr atl. COW, @ud u-fi q. b. 'itc;
We nr.t endure, then piiy tu,n clnbrAcs.
{ james NJ. Scovcl of Camden, Y. j.,
writes to the Springfield E,palL,la that Phi adol.
phaa has seui 500 10 Walt Whitman, ami add nos-
; s,tu, buchanan Prof. Dowdcn nul. rrca,c.t 81 al
rcnuyson write bcaut IN words q cudercsi syn thy
and enco.rarcmcn' to Whitman, md such lrYris
from AL over the Continent But IN America III rave
ared, arrcfoulcd poet asks for treat and We
sive lin stone' Mr scoyel proposes {, t-al u
5000
! Mrs. Gilbert of Pueblo. Colorado,
lacked the soadness Of nerves TO become mus rss.
She wanted TO XII her husband and her p.aa Was 10
take revolver with her bed shoot her husband az 10
slept, and say lie hal committed sUic &C. snl c.7led
out that gramme up 10 the point when thc revolver
was aimed at her hu.ban4s head. Then ,Ac %, aias
1 nervous, and the weapon sWcrycd sAe quilted TO
trigger, sending The ballet into Aeg baby That Gs,cp
, IN cradle by the bed.
The antiqunrics Of Massachuscttsarc iu-
vcsusatns the qgo-t WHO owu- p oldest p0r, bar
rel There Is nAu ia Ia lrooGa I'd Naoh. 0act.st
has been 90 Use siAtJ-nye Gears. uc.n Wlr.f Vet
rr0oke, las one HAT les been ia r0. ia4tu,e lor
oao Luaar,l ycars, aal ". l.. I...pt t.lf...uowA
member Of the Great aud Ncacrl tl4fi I-rs as
that hgs seen 90 DIS i4u i aud 80 Dee Cor TWO
hundred ycars. This ns-t 10 b. ue .y.t 'e-ss4Dlo
pork barrel lu tlcceplffy.
, Tho old-fasi.oucd plan o.. cxtoruugevi-
dencc from prisoners ny torture lHs e0ae Alto. tcrt0o
much 'rt Of vogue. l. is Therefore. pleasant o. ear
M.t A. LAS not SGT hccoAcA loat ll Russia. s.rous-
tcrg' Tie dt aAcd railway Ainr, hAs us, ..-ld
froma oiIy and unhealthy cell, IN which be- has been
inprsontd in Moscow, lrcause be- rcfnsed t,n,y
that Dee had bg bed tc oir,ctors ufa ls acn ba ai
3 Is undressing iuyOrsau %. f4as tiut DIS Aoa.tn
Was giving way, lie very Wisely furnished Ac te.t.oly