The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-11
SUNBE1MS.

" sure has be. succ sefuly tined 600 Paris
There is u Liars club in Austin, Nova.
da' and rnce John GIBBONS. member, says he sava
| nocs Of BIRDS In which hc counted g0OJ
A man chopped % hole in the ice Of n
Berkshire stream. waited for boy to aoat down rom
where he had iallen Ia, when he came along rlod
| him our.
Proctor KNOTS famous ridiculous
sneoch. which he called Duluth the zenith citv OF
The unsiei seas" is said 10 have written for him
| by waggish newspaper reporter.
An individual who resides on Factory
Island. slco ADMITS fool Tor the last
fourteen years, having wound up eight day clock
| every day for that period Of time,
-Four wives in Virginia City celebi ated
New Year by christening their babies. a wife,
being present cried herself into Mysteries because she
| had no baby with which to celebrate
| AS an indication of the extraordinary
mdnes OF the weather on New Years Day. It 10 re-
| totcd from Montreal that catorpilars were out IN
search Of food and sparrows to build
| A parsimonious old lady in GLASGOW,
| the other day addressed nshmonFcr follows
Well mastor how are you selling your half silnou,
| the moo ?" When we catch one bali salmon Twin let
| you ken." was the reply.
| The members of the Fifth Avenue Thes
company travelling In Texas changed themselves
into concert troupe, In Uah estOn, for one sunday
evening. Juwett, May Nunez, owen Fawcett, and
james NJ. llardie sang and there Rotations "
others.
The sight of woman driving cab at
tractcd the notice Of the police In Glasgow, and the
regular driver was found inside the vehicle dead The
woman had gone a spree with companion, and mad
given the inlch liquor that he had passed from
| inscnsbility to death.
| Murray, the murderer who was hanged
at Pittsburgh dcd inndei resisting the oncris %
ministers of various denominations to the lat. HE
| gaows companion became Roman Catholic, and !oined
In the cndcavor him. but he died d, airing
! his disbelief IN religion.
Il. w. Clapp OF the Massachusetts Leg
stature. has refused railroad pass. 81 believe" he
tals," that no member Of TIE l. ssature can receive
flyors Of THE knd consistently with his duty TO his
constituents the spoct which he to nef"
Four other mencers have ao returned passes. but
| there are 255 to hear from.
In the Milan cemctcrya pavilion has
put up for the cremation bodies, which being
placed altar are subjected e. the action o. Two
hundred gas burners giving heat Of 1000 degrees.
Thus a body Il consumed TO ashes In hour On
January 10 Chovder Albert Keller Is to be bnrnt. the
preparations having been made by direction OF his VIII
The inducements held out to young
men ON the railways the police force ana In SKA Cd in.
dusry have become 10 great IN England that lhe War
ONCE at their wits euds where 10 md els hle re,
| cIuits Tor tie army. Even the iavortc c,rps OF
Household troops, the infantry Of the Guards. ne ins
forority Of the recruits enhstiug is greatly CON.
| plhned Of.
-Evancelst Moody, lust before leaving
| England for America, vas usAedto write preface for
a religious book, entitled "Crace for Grace he had
read It, but complied with the requo upon
tie Of friends that the sentiments or
thodox. The work really extremely liberal. aud q
short ago Mr.. Moody received letter FROM Lord
shanesbury informing him OF that fact, dvisine
him to withdraw m endorsement, which he Ia, lone.
| -kisaXc, an Indian chief belieN ed to
have been 100 years Old, died recently Washington
Territory lie be onged to the Cowtz tribe. viii
DIV udei in twenty years iron about thousand per-
SONS to thity-three, whisky and smallpox having
mainly done the work. HIS tribe long ago convert,
ed to the Roman Catholic faith; but he although Of
exemplary habits ana ready to help the priesta, would
join the caur,h until 1879. lie buried suit
of nne black broadcloth which he had owned thirty
years AMI worn on great occasions
"A Chicagoan who drank much liquor
and bought little tricked into treating Iurty in
this just as he entered saloon he saw twenty
Ave cent bill on the sidewalk where II had been for
hun TO md, aud as he picked up friend SAID, Comcs
that will buy the drinks" The mser reluctantly acqui-
ccei and nc two men had ust called for something Gt
the bar when hye aubus friends Joined them AlP
called for hifhpriced drinks but had swalloved
them before there further accessons the Az
seuby. The cost about s. and It Is supposed
that any device Will ever induce the mlscr 10 tread
again.
-Applciacl, int Xicatcd Frank Johnson,
amerchant Of wythevne, Va, ana lie led oyeS
his ,tore This at night. Soon aftcrSsrd his
CLERK and friend named Moore entered aud arranged
some gOods. Johnson stu m uiin, mistOOk them foH
they hastily Ned. The spread that Johl had
murdered hs ccr., and mob gathered around tho
sturr which the dazed drunkard stood guui
In hs hands lie thought the faces at the windows be,
lonscd to more burglars, ana aimed the gun them!
Tucy supposed the clerk was dying somewhere in the
building, and de crmined TO nm. Johnso made
up mn TO defend himself brayely agains sup.
posed robbers. Shots were Cred, and johnson WAC
Killed outright
An impudent tramp was punished with
deaf lie a hon NJ {
and received meal He began TO poke the at on
tn table with his fingers, and when the farmers wfa
told him to use a knife and fork he said -" born
and bred IN Sian and amt going begin putting
on airs now The farmer commanded him 20 co. bua
he replied that he would eat nrst, aud IN as own
way. The farmer tried to put MIN out, ana the tramp
shouted " jack jim, come and help clean thig
shehangw That made the farmer believe he 10 Ia
attacked by several men, and ne armed hia-e with .
gun nght ensuei, IN which the tramp was h. led by
chance hot In the dead m Ne pocket map %
the New niauu States. pencil marked shoNitg Ihpb
his Wandering Ind hccn lols aud systematic.
The condition of Alsncc and Lorraine
again attract much attention throughout Frame. The
ra Journals ARE silent on the subject but mDy pro.
Nlcu pal nr-, less muzzei rs Intentional e. quetie
than their metropolitan porares, give ful vent
% their anger II appears that thr hoo authorities
have is-ued BOOKS to Alsauan children cncu ted 10
tnrow rd.culc Oh France AID ner Institutions The
text Of the BOOKS urally the Germ l.i ,uage
ont inierardcd with French. Tho aitui lfph,. LID
ort Lyons paper CIV copiuus extracts from L., bookD
referred to, NhioA al rd evidence OF low tlrayed
taste, entirely devoid I wit hnmor. II tnes. pun-
cations are brought ont Tor the purpose cultyatnr
unttronch feelings tncr success nay prove dophtflls
On the otl,r hand, It Is certain tAt 40 friendly ceiling
1, kiuded 10 The learls II fronchnen toward tnelF
cOnquerOrs.
In London court, Henry Irving, tho
comedian, hlssu'd run Tor lD,. rne libel cou lained
n wUs letter adir iced go i-ulouah.e ira dan"
Ia winch the Wrtci bosccchcd lm 20 abandon tue idea
Of PLAYING oNc4 "for the fase Of order and morals
49," For son years past the letter said, "you have
hccl The prime mover ma terics OF dramas VIII ID,
RE hy YOU 10 the moot point ut realistic CHA illness,
have una rmucd the constitution - society, nd fa'
milarzcd the masses VITA The most oathsomo details
Of crime and bloodshcd. lmsiutan,' the writer con-
unucd, tAHt ilr The disgusting hoodtlrstr' - aGd
cluuh mmO,ahiy VI the present dyyouare, ~ agrcaA
measure, responsible You have paudtrd to tae lowest
pa sonso OF out uAtur, b ootlms nau atr,c',e earb
tle htrst lction " ticu capable A. DurgO-