The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-10
SUNREd ANS.


A plan is being elaborated i'm porio o..
me recovery Of small commercial debts thro,gn IN.
Post once. "'Vus" Tue
Inc feaks OF Otter, near Lynchburc
va, long supposed to he an extinct volcano bavo ~.
Gently given unmstasable evidences OF action
-Ihe widow of the Rev. William Iivcsv
~ preScnins Ia tue Methodist pulait in Braihtree,
Mass made vacant BY the death other husband
AT its late session i'm Charleston ia.
South Carolina Annual Conference passed a rc.o',,,.s
iofbidding Nct1odst ministers attic lding circus,s
Although siXty-eight years of are Miss
mary Carpenter, the English phsnthroplst has under
taken another tour of Inia in tho interests OF pr,,o,
reform.
According to special parliamentary
return Just published the mortality in Dnbtn from
jan l. 1900 to Dec. u, 1874, 20 90 or twenty.
eight per 1000.
| toy ConnOr, of Maine, recommends
ihat JIries DC authorized to pass sentence upon Grim
inals In capital cases, which, he says, been success
| ful IN California
AT the next session of the British Par.
lament avoe of $4,000 Will be asked for the dcfeu
eivo works az the naval anchorage az Bcrmuda When
completed these works Will have cost GigbOOo
An absurd performance was the recent
experiment - BAN on skatrs with rollers at Hfigh
ton, England. The movements Of The Skaters proved
to BE- utterly Incompatible win the musical require.
mcrts 1t a dance.
NO NAuiN' " llfIIN ivy III NitEinOn0
has been these many years without several hngers,
which were shocked 90 by some wretch A Dill has
been inir duccd In the Virginia Legislature for the 70
pair ~ the damage.
The Rev. Mr.. Ransom has been APP
pointed missionary TO Biazl ~ tho Methodist Confer
once OF Tennessee and an irrcveent says h voice
Will soon be- heard crying amon the heather, "Hetun,
We Rausomci sinners. home"
In cycles of u 600 years the earth has
alternate period Of unusual heat and cold either OF
which SAID by the 'centsta osapcrnduce un 4 -lr.
face entirely now and different set u auin.. For
tutatciy We are not yet at the cloc OF such cycle
MI Mcn2ics, who has just publishela
valuable work forest tree. England. .ays tlat
lightning never strikes dead trpcs but Away selects
the srof gest and those fun OF sap. Il is wei worth
hnosing that the IVY often acts Lightning &c.
tor.
The Ladies' Soamen's Friend Soci " "
san Franci.co, aided by several tnuentiai rncnen,
propose asking Congress for the Old dated ti4tea
Marae Hospital, at the corner Of Man ana lia.Hson
rce's for the purpose Of securing home for sap.
wrecked an desu ute sailors.
The Commercial Bank OF san Fan
cisco has suspended. Tho noniua capital wa e. oo0.
90. A reporter TOR the Chroatcs learned. however
after coni rabc Interviewing, that onlf abou. $1,000
paid mp. The asects several chairs valued
at s1bO each. and some desks.
Not long ago Frederick Holmes was
expelled from the Methodist church in Reading Mass
after many years Of uncoubt.d piety. upon t.e ev-
dence OF his niece. The girl has confessed that her
story lie, and that her motive IN tolung i was
revenge her uncle having said that she wicked
10 join the church.
Much amusement has been caused in
Par by the letter from Tie bishop OF O.lca- ia whcn
he spcass Of HE election to the Senate tqgyai to
HE beir placed like Daniel In the fiery flrusce Tho
tji'rers remnds the Bishop that he ought search
tae Scriptures" ana he would that Daniel never
was IN the fiery furnace.
Sir Andrew LIsk, the sitting magistrate
at ldha. in Loadon the other day, dscharg ed girl,
apparently OF dun intellect, brought before hun for
beng In unaWful possession OF milk belonging 70
the Crsnbrook Farm Dairy maintaining that thepros-
ecutor had right to nut temptation In the way Of
thirsty and Starving persons by leaving cans VI mG In
the street.
An avalanche Of great magnitude late
y occurred in the Little Cottonwood valley. UtaI. Two
mining superlnt, nients on their way social din.
ner. carried over precipics and buried ATTY feet
deep IN the snow. The next swept away struc-
tlrr over mlne shaft killing the who IA 1t.
! The Site was caused by deep snow falling On the
smooth icy surface, where 1t coul not retain hold.
The Rev. Bernard keenan,, OF -. Mary's
CahcAc CAurc. Lancaster Pa u now the oldest ccr.
ryusu ia the Uluca states. lie born In INtoue,
Ireland nneJrcVcn years aro aAd came to tnis aun-
iry IN November, 1890, with nr. iw,l Who .al li-t
/ en- con ccratld -hop ui PlulAItlrh.u Ia london.
years later hc went to Lane stor aud has been
pastor Of Mary's without Interruption Tor nearly
four year. Winning the esteem AMI com ,ncc ~
tAe entire commuui irro-pcc iyo % rel 7iou opnlon
-YcXas proposes TO press a claim a-a'nst
| the United States Government Tor $tGlab51.Nu. OF
whicn Sl.5ajllsGl is for frontier defence. ana ught
readily he convert into claim AGAINST the bankrupt
tire tury OF IcXcJ From the report OF the last u
tcvcn cent 1, xas gold bonds It appears that TO
Issue Of SiVO00OO In bonds cost the state S5i3s5-
rather al extraylgIpt brokerage AT prose- Ae Stara
Treasury unable promptly any otlcr demands
| public debt lie A.
diturcs account Of puuhc schools.
Tho Melbourne ArguS relates n plar-
ing instance Of the rcckiessness with which powder is
shlu ped from London. captain stated upon arriving
his vessel Melbourne that he had vain applied
to the chdrtercrs IN London for safe powder
lie shiUpei 400 barrels and "a cars Of powder which
| were slowed away with other goods They had heavy
weather so that the CARO- broke loose UpOn M DAD.
ing the vessel vas discovered that barrels anu
cans had been snashci, nd that the snip and bad
had most miraculous escape
"A lady at Bradford y. H., has had a
narrow escape r. m being buried alive she asG been
sic~ Tor same tiue ami Ind apparently died Propsra.
tons Ton the iuu raj were made the hiri dlY after
tie tulpDsed death when II was observed, she was
placed m her c. an, that one Of tic eyes was marty
opcn. Nothing s. however, th0usht Of this a- Was
thought to De ms. cuir contraction after icatu. Eui
Wien AL the arrangements for the funeral
pctr rhc astoulsaed tle attendant. uy sudden request
to hr placed ON Que sl4e. com. etc rtcoye.y
peclca.
The Omaha Wcrdld comes out strongly
ason opponent Of capiial punls'n No. It,Osg ,t- m.
prisormcnI Tor ne with al abs, lutte prohibition Of no
pardOnng poNcr, except In cases Aherr iunO.e
be clearly c,tab shcd In lsuode T. ami whc' .helt
prctt'll y DO ldi punI-hmcni-lhe statute p.oyid-
ins ilai the tea Ia penalty shan only be- luhct 20 per
SONS who may commit murder Whlc UNDERGOING no
tpt!sonment-the parioning power Is y,s ci iu the
Governor and seuntc. The Governors rco, u.r ga.
ton and tie scntte's conseut are necessary. 1Hc TO
suit r. that pardon' are rare, aud morally uli oa-
Lieut.. Cameron, the iodd,my saws,
Will probably arrive IN EuEilnd iu tho middle o. = 'u-
ary His splendid exploit places hiu, without drpn'c
In the very nrst rank Of African traycllcrs A. ,'n
Tim rlmosl destitute, sun ring from dis ase, aadu.c
loneliness. Against him were tlc stupcndous tn. l.
tics Il the t.sH on his side we've lud0utanlt nHrk
devotion 10 dr'y, ana that gentle courage wilton bad
already earned f'r him the respect and love oi M "a
tvcs. There VIII Dr. no orcs OF blooi.hcd n o. nir
rnfive Of this gallant val officer. glanc az map
OF Africa WIFI at oIcc show the magnitude of ta4"-
tuu achievements and the mpor ancc Of lir N,clNcr
o.. IN"DpuIg LNIUes,onc auI sINa Porto, hc stne