The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-26
SUNBFh MS.


Clackamas county, Oregon.
Daniel Murphy, of Tulare, Cal. ba.
bought 1900 square miles OF land In Mexico IT..
cents an acre.
The British Admiralty have orderad
the construction Of two despatch vessels to be made an
trely OF steel.
The oldest peer in Great Britain ia IN.
Earl of Ievon aud Melville aged co. aud the youngest
the Marquis OF Camden. sgedf.
Encouraged by a Government subsidy.
NJ Jean Rousseau. the Belgian srtcrtlc, is writing an
elaborate history of Flemish sculpture
-Lipsdny the murderer, was born on
Friday. KILLED his victim on Friday was arrested on
Friday. sentenced on Friday. and executed on Frdsy
Prof. Silliman of Yale College, has dis
covered a chemical process by which German silvss
and britannia can he made to ring like gold and svcr
-Shrewd fellows In Maine find u more
profitable to raise bears than Sheep the state psys
considerable per tO have her wild ANNALS
killed.
Gen. Chauzy, Governor-General OF AL
gcra reports that Organization OF sanitary service
has been completed ell over that country. which has
larger area tnan Great Britain.
Seeds Of tho mahogany tree sown three
years ago the Island OF Mauritius, have sL
ready produced trees twenty feet high aud IRON three
to SIX inches through the trunk
"A Rhode Island clergyman said last
Sunday hst he wac not going TO make his pulpit bul
ietn board any more aud that hereafter he should
not read any but religious notices.
M. Guichard. a French chemist, has I
dspeiled by experiments the old notion held oy miners
that uan cannot be poisoned by atmosphere which
will support the combustion OF aiamp.
The city authorities Of Brighton, the
fashionable E1gilsh Watering place, considering
proposition to build number OF cottages 10 be rentea
from Saturdays to Mondays during the season.
Several students In the grammar school
after smashing the chairs benches and desks, made
bonnrs OF the school books. Tor which they we're hns
go each.
The Farmers Club of the American
Institute have asked uongres make the subject Of
tree culture and economy standing branch OF STUDY IN
asreulturA colleges receiving aid or support from the
Government.
The famous stone memorial pillar OF
the hoabtish King, Mesa. discovered last year has
been placed In the Jewish section Of the Louvre. 10
contains the monarchs account VI his with tie
Israelite princes
BY the German census, taken Dec I,
Il appears that the population Berlin has increased
since 1871 about 1877 per cent; BresAu, is per cent?
Hamburg, 10 SO per cent Frankfort, ID cent sad
Lepiic, IL per cent.
"A three-year old child sprang from the
arms OF It's mother standing at an open window Of
house In Providence the other day and fsn 90 feet
struck on baby carriage standing below the window,
and was not seriously hurt
The public park in the centre of Hart-
ford at length been ehristened and viii henceforb
be known US Bushnell Park" honor Of the Rev. ~.
Bushnell through whose energy. thirty go, tha
ground was Improved and opened to the public
A genius In New Bedford Is fitting Mp
steamer for the purpose Of towing ieebers to India
where they sell for ak cent, pound. Another pro-
poses 10 do s betterto At IN the iceberg u.
self. and thus avoid the expense OF shipbuilding.
In England and Wales there are now
one Roman catholic cardinal archbishop. one arch
bishop in pdrubus IS bishops 1712 priests. and iool
churches aud chapels which shows an increase during
the patt OF so priests and 20 places OF worship
Prof. Batestrieri OF Naples has invent
ed method Of illumination for lighthouses. which
Is apparatus composed ofssevera disks OF polished
silver or copper, 50 arranged that all the rays falling
upon the disks are concentrated into powerful
beam.
1t is lated Of clergyman who re-
Gently received cali TO pulpit At Warren, Rhode
Leland that in investigating the question whether pre-
vious pastors han been sepi for many years. he
into Graveyard, ana nncing that no oergymen
burIed II, r.. declined the call
The head of the Scottish house Of MUIR
ray, generally known the Duke OF AthOe, a young
man of thlry-x. nelds duSedom, two quisa,es
I've e-rdons, three titles A. Viscount and twelve az
bAron twontythree ttles tn all, SIX more than any
other nobieman IN the United Kingdom.
About year ago Il. A. Brigham OF
Boston. Wa sent to India by English nfu builda
cotton MIL near C. cItt lie reached the mil site on
the lS.n OF April aud the i7th Of November dev.
cred 10 mo oNDcrs ln Calcutta complete, thoroughly
CULT mii with tae lO50i spindlcs In motion.
Judge Flag9, of Paw Paw, Lee county,
H. can proolb wall auy other Justice Of the Peace
o. lis welg "a the country hs turns the scales ga
pounds le Is described as mot long, hut WIDE" haa
JAS voice Of uu,quaed power aud volume, and vines
he opens his Ups 20 sing oll Paw Paw remoles Or
the touch OF uu elrltQulke."
1t Is nlrensy perceived that the new
German mltar system will operate disasrously upor
Tie country respect 20 the CATION Of the human
species. The strong. healthy, spirited youth stand
good chance OF being killed OF in war or reduced V
physical wrccks while the and diseased remain AZ
home. cscspe the recruiting officer, found families
The American Fish Culturist Associa-
ton intend 70 make remarkable exhibition at tae Cea.
tcunia It viii embrace only i've ioeo and stunsd
nsh whales seals porpoises turtles frogs. sgstors,
crabs. lobsters c0ra sDonges. age. and other inarns
creatures but prepared nsh and dried, siltcd
smoked picked. corusd and also oils sp<rmaceti.
gelatne, slnglass. glue leather. she'll and WIN ebone
chinese physicians treat hydrophobiA
In highly original manner. Two sandstone bottles
half ned with vinc or spirits pacei upon a nrs
uni the lqr!d bots. Tho contcnts then einptied.
AMI the red hot mouth OF the bottle Is applied 70 the
bite ana held there until 1t is nled with blood when
the same course Is pursued with the other bottle.
dccoction OF rice Ia which canhades have been boiled
for an hour anu then removed also given the patent
who required to keep perfectly quiet for eight or tea
days.
A professional census OF the French
s'nae gives the following resgts oae bishop two Ell.
w0rkiugacn. rce dipO three blrristers OF the
Council OF STATE or Cour de Cessation, four modioaI
men, six cnsneers superior naval officers nina
University professors. fourteen judicial dgnitares,
seventeen manufacturers, twenty members Of the In
sttue without reasoning the Bishop OF Orleans TWEEN.
V'l1 oho'rs' four OF them oeng coonels twenty.ons
generals aud one marshal The remaining 1855 are
mostly hair men OF letters fundhOlders or land.
owners, and commercial men.
FLOWS Herald, of which Winslow was
ouco tho publisher says that he dd ot preach IN Aus
burndale Mas the sabbath before he ned Boston,
two saDbaths previous he preached there In the even
ing. Instead Of preaching "a sterly production,
full OF eloquence. pathos aud high moral sentiment"
as haA been reported, he did have his usual lib
ery" He uld not look the audience In the face
his custom. and only spoke freely he said that
whatever might be the character Of his life then or
thereafter Christianity was a divine fact.
There is man living In Taunton, Mass,
who had rather A chopkprpd Garner Ila haa hean