The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-26


1t Is proposed to amend the Consttu-
ton Of Connecticut bv aiiins set,,o, r,ar,,. n,n.
members Of jury competent to render a vsrac,
john Ecclcs Of the South Wales SURVEY
Department has invented Photographic process which
Ia said to be great Improvement on the common pr.o
uce.
The city trustees OF Vallejo Cal i'm.
posed montnIy tx of sl5 upon all the Chinese I,m.
drymen In the place. who have made a compact TO "a
sisi payment.
When tho Hereditary Grand Duke OF
Baden cred Heidelberg few weeks ago to begin his
stuoies at the University the old castle was iumin.
atcd In his honor.
The displacement OF the new British
man-of-wsr InnexDlc when all her weights are on
board win be no less than iO7 tonseIceedng that
| Of any ship built.
The friends OF Gen. ID. H. Hin are
strongly urging his claim, in the North Caron, news.
papers for the position OF Superintendent Of Pubic In.
structon In that State
-Castle Miramar, near Friesti, once the
fsvorte seat OF the unfortunate Macmillan 10 being
put in readiness for the crown Prince OF Austria, who
viii hereafter reside init
CONGRESSMAN Blair of New Hampshire
10 causing the old Court House at Plymouth. where
Daniel Webster made his nrst forensic effort cou.
verted into public library.
"A little sou of Eli Ellerbe, while play
Ing In yard few dlys ago In Rockingham. N. C., was
attacked by rooster, which pecked the little feOvs
head 40 badly that It caused his death.
The demand for postal cards this month
exceeds that for the corresponding month previous
years, and the capacity Of the factory has been In
creased to 100000 cards In twelve hours.
| Lord John Manners, the British POST
master.oeneral has arranged for classification
Of the female clerks In the post Offices which
| they vii be promoted according to proficiency.
Major j. Elyard, OF the Second Royal
i Surrey haa fort NJ uva frn,
wrecks during the past Ell INT years and been award
ed the goln medal Of the British Lfeboa Association
"A Boston girl aud her wealthy mother
are out West looking Tor poor young with whom
the daughter fell in love while travelling In Europe.
She refused his proposal then but longs for him
Miss Laura Spence OF Georgia is six feet
two and half inches high. ana when her young
sings Tnou art and yet 40 far" he throw
more feeling into the song than any other ia thd
STATE.
"A Milwaukee man made three unsuc-
cessul attempts to blow his brains out, and then his
wife told him; "Don't try It again. John you hayenr
got any" lie goes about saying he his life that
woman.
| The Boston Globe proposes that " I3os.
| tons Young Mems Christian Association" could be
cut down "Bymca." but has been by the counter
proposition that DAILY and Weekly Globe should coln
| pressed into "Dawg."
| Cardinal Ledochowski took possession
in Rome April 10 OF the Cardinals title Of Ara C@
and delivered speech on the occasion, In which hd
expressed confidence In the triumph Of the Church and
| the principles Of Justice.
| SO much delight was felt by the Indies
OF Nevada City the completion Of the rnlrosd
from that town to Colfax that they cubosd together
and furnished the passenger car with an elegant carpet
| mats curtains, and spittoons.
| He was too solemn a preacher: he
didn't suit In Nevais. The chairman OF the farewell
| committee expressed II well said he, "Now you can
git, pard; we aint agn religion out here and 1t rles
| US to sse a feller spn' It. Git"
| Another prominent candidate for Gov
ernor OF North Carolina announces himself; d" win
heare announce self candidate for the guvenent
election ex foil, & will give Equeright to ALL your
| respectfully Rev James Anderson colored."
| The Alabama Planter complains that
its little garden patch was Improbable last season,
1.-THE snas ate the cucumbers; the chickens ate
the snais; the neghbors ate up the chickens aud
search Of thing that will eat up tho
cats"
| We leran that Mr.. Richard Scuddef,
author OF that wondrous Romance the Brazilian we'd
ding has left the Abdny EreHing Journal Joined tho
Troy Conference OF the NJ. +. Church, and become Q
preacher We wish hun the utmost success In his rev
| vocation. 0
"A case of general average; "Aren't
you rather old TO ride for half price ?" sad ticket
| clerk 10 the elder OF two boys "weI" remarked tao
under six That don't twenty, and you viii tale
two boys under ten for half each" And he took
A young man In western Wisconsin,
| who about to be married the other day suddenly
remembered that he hadn't fed his horse, and the
mony had to wait until the horse had been cared ior.
lie explained that good horse couldn't be found every
day. while thirteen different girls wanted TO marry HIM
| Fifty thousand men in South Australia
| support thrice that number Of women and children,
occupy 100000 square miles OF pastoral country
o,WOOo0 acres OF land and 1000 900 sheep grow i9s
100000 bushels OF wheat conduct an external CON.
merce Of 100000 sterling, aud raise Gl,O0lOJO VI
| revenue
"A Cincinnatian, who had purchased an
oil painting private sale, called IN an artist to
suit HIM as To how he should hang II. The art ooAed
at It long aud cnriousy, and then said; wouldnt
hang 1t, II were you" Wouldn't hang ~ Why
| not?" "Bccausc the sentiment OF the age Is rather
against capital punishment. would commute lie sep
tence TO solitary imprison lnent for lfe."
The Picking Gazette of the 9th OF March
contains an edct cuflousy illustrative OF Chinese
official routine The Governor Of shantung IL over.
whemed with trepidaton." ana submits himself for
punishment because officers name wrongly
spelled lin despatch that is to say because copying
CLERK put character by mistake for another and he
Governor signed without noticing It. "As special set
OF grace no proceedings are to be taken against the
! offender
My boy" said cautious San Fran
cisco father to his SON as the boy into the house
and made an exhibit of his weeks wages, take my
advice and save your money, and don't spend foosh-
ly, for you should remember that dollar Is dollar.
and" That may have been in your time, father,
when you were boy said the SON. interruptinR but
nowadays dollar amt but ninety.nye cents, II you're
paid in SILVER" The old gentleman announced HE
tenion to devote his attention the silver problem.
An enormous beech tree was drawn
from Hawarden Park Mr.. Gladstones home. the Other
day, by seven horses TO the wrexham goods station
for transit to Manchester. II feled q few Jays
previous by Mr. Gladstone, who Notwithstanding thas
It measured thirteen feet In circumference accom-
plished his aborous but agreeable Task IN less than
hours. The tree contained 200 cubic feet, ana
weighed nearly nine tons. II II SAID that the Premier
did his work IN thorough, businesslike manner, and
quite TO the satisfaction OF the purch asers.
| -Mohammedanism Is making very rapid
strides many of the distant provinces OF China. Not
only too, Is the religion itself spreading thus suddenly
and swiftly but the Chinese followers OF the PropheB
appear ripe for instruction, anu II feared that lho
entire provinces OF Ksnsuh. shens and Kweichow mAy
long be In conulion OF open revolt II reported
that Tso 1sungtsD. their Governor straits.
and threatens his command unless he receives
very considerable reenforcements without delay. Tso