The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-15

| Cen. Joseph X. llOwley has been clpct--i
cd President Of the Connecticut STATE fne Associsj
| ton.
Orange culture in Georgia has boon.
tried success and the fruit s said to rival that 81
| Florida.
1t is estimated TINT about AZ. eco worth
Of dried nsh are monthly sent from san Frane,sco IA
China by the Chinese.
"A Chicago justice wouldn't believe A.
who ascrlbcd her staggering ~ the eject OF
very tight rul-back skirt
"A bill has been introduced into tho
Legislature Of Mississippi to make education compup
sorry throughout the State
San francisco owns 095 vessels with n
tonnage Of LEEDS tons which number s0I. Of SOFA
| tons we're buiit On the Pacific coast.
| "A Congregational church in Roxbury,
reduced In membership to one man and several wonens
las been recruited 0y scveu converts
An invitation has been sent to Dom
Pedro H., Emperor OF Brazil by the Chamber Of CONF
mcrcc Of New Orleans to lad at that CITY,
"A father in Bradford county, Pa, 10
years Of age, "boxcd" his sons cars severely fop
abusing his wife The boy IA about % years of age.
A memorial OF the Kansas state
Orange urging In passage Of more stringent laws To-
regard to prairie nres has been presented to the Lens
| la,urc.
Street cars Of n heavy, unwiedy kind
arc run in Constantnope. Each car IL preceded bys
hat naked Turk. WHO shouts or blows hoIn to warn
| people to get out OF the way.
Gladstone, like Grant, was accused of
nepousn. GLADSTONE, unlike Grant proua;ly rofutes
the charge by proving that h son Is the Of
| wealthy parish but Of very poor one.
"A man OF Ottawa, Cauada, having n
horse that he found useless drove II into the bush on
| cold nlsh chopped the hoois Of tie poor animal IN
To- get the shoes. and then LETT It to rs fate.
| The Idaho authorities have decided to
prosecute polygmous Mormons In the Territory, soma
OF whom have four vycs each aud eighteen In.
| dlctmcnts have already been found In county.
The London Court Circular says that q
funeral card recently sent on 90 friends the
cason OF the death Of an Individual near OXFORD uorg
the following inscription; The Lorhaih acc ofhim."
In the state of New York there are
| expended Annually moro tn Si0doJo 900 ny con,
sumers Of liquor, or two.thiris Of all vas's paid Is
laboscrs In agriculture and manufacture. and twice 70
much the receipts OF oil the railroads Of nc state.
| The "Old Guard" of New York city
EXPECT charter aud to Charleston, CO
to e,cort the members ct the Washington Light Ina
fantry TO Philadelphia the Of tie gathering
| Of the Centennial Legion.
joshua Chard, the wcl-lmown Hero
OF the suffolk Cois'," England who drowned on
the gosh o. December, While trying to Land or Aide
burgh during his HE saved nf yos and held thu
| silver medal of the Royal ii1nsue sOcctY.
1t IS charged that the mcanest man in
Indiana is Or. Peters Of Decatur lie peat consdera-
bic money church fair buying votez tor handsoms
TO be given to the mo popular doct ana, fail
Ing to wiz the prize, has sued tc church 'o las money.
Among the three amendments 10 the
! State Contututon pied 5y the Mulc-,tA Legisa-
tire Is one ou horl1ng uc Lrgisnturc 90 confer upon
women the right 20 vote az elections Tor ,chool officers
and to declare them eligible to hold public school
| Offices.
Here is an item Of society gossip"
| from the Indianapolis SeHNHeH "Thc way some OF thu
grlugers waltzcd their gly gre up oar
gst. aHg kuf.
them, wou have astonlsh,l camp meeting and made
| . lemonade stand al circus SICK"
Paris levies n tax which has indirectly
rived Asphalt payemonts from destruction. The
| municipality leyies a graduated lax on wheel tires.
which ia heavy the narrow ones and almost nothing
very broad. Tho latter therefore almost
clu-iyey used, and cqucHty ruts In tina
| streets.
-" How are you getting on in your new
place p asked lady OF gir whom she had recom<
mcnded for eituation "Vcly vel, thank YOU" an,
swcrtd the grl 81 nm glad to near IT,, said the lady.
"Your employer very nice lady, and You do
too much fcr Eeg" e doA't mean to, nlan," was Tia
iuAoc' nj reply.
a new town has been laid out In tho
Black lils about eighty miles northwest OF Spring
Not only have TIE settlers found Ruch dsgngs.
but anumbcr CT very rrh god and silver leads havd
been opened. There 900 TO 500 al
Custer Pars, who experience 10 trouble from tina
soldiers " Indians.
-Arctrieyer dog in CHICAGO lately killed a
favontc ca Having con init cd the unrroy'fcl murder.
the doG denbe ratciy the c4t hs mouth carried
It some distance, Gu: deep hole pcini some bushes.
and after oop1.uug TIC cat therein. carefully replaced
the earth, ami hat he not been observed there would
hive been no evidence Of the crime.
james Smith, an old man OF seventy
four lived IN one OF the poorest houses In the pooress
part Il Na4ehos er, En- anl. lie was found dead ,ho
other day, alone. aud surTouuucd by every Indication
OF extreme poverty But wncn the police 50. rched his
house they found safe nanisf deeds aud mortgage
| bonds worth siecuo and A. Ju' in Fo'd.
Recently an officer Of st. AlDans, VT,
having two insane pcrson- 10 convey 10 asylum for
the ino4Gc at BrattlebOro' called enc Of a. unaucs
asi ia pnl asked Ms aid IN tcclng watch II
panioa Gurus te Journey a4d tacl cii the same with
The othtr The two iunaucs sat edo by sii', silently
watching each other thr.l % lle whole Journey, and
they have continuity ksr1 guard over each other IN
the asy lun ever since
A vessel having become water-loggcd
from terrific gale, the were compelled to take to
the Uoa,s. After drning FOR dig and night AZ tho
dawn was breaking the waite. perceived vessel at
great al tmcc. "a saul Real" he cIirl with the fun
force ofh',uncs, eneculiy arousins 40 he mates
ccrssn oli Jew who si koo' M d, aud NUT
te ed, disconsoately WHY pesa my soul Isaac, aud
me haven't got . cat loguo."
A man named Ellis settled twenty
years ago land that Is rart OF san Francisco,
uut aitcrward abandoned possession. lie mad other
tue thai M sht arise from il years ~ occupancy.
subsequently other persons zoos he tract aud now
the owners number ABOUT t'r thousand. Recently tho
Ems clam has been yluou,l prose- utcd, and. although
I without much probability oi Success, with sufficient
ygor to dcpreclac the marsl y,luo OF The property.
! A recent visitor 10 the Dismal swamp
descrhos IT, in tbrestall N'f0ua, having lost none
OF the char tctcr-tics winch It ne Aanc. Bears
are not plenty there 49, 80 tle r, vas rarely
penetrated uy man. yet tlc fu anorI sport tor hunt
q ere. l. Ae prumm'nd oaee oo-eFea by the F''iuH