The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-22

The Free Church Association Of Pbila.
delpha wishes to stop the sale OF churches
Francis, the winner OF the single-scuL
race at Saratoga OF John VI. Francis OF Troy.
1.-THE rhymed hymns to the American
centenary are all bad" the verde, Of the spectator.
A turkey, dropped from a balloon at q
height Of three miles, ahebted In New Bedford unhurt
A Methodist journal says that there
are l7ao47 members OF the Methodist Church thu
world.
-kecently young Enclishman, Tor
walker, swan from whit0y to scarb orougn.a oistat
Oftwenty miles, In twenty-one hours.
Identities declare that the Church
Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, which has mlnior
| property IN salt Lake city. only pays 90 tax
"A Conference on the Nature of Sci
ture Holiness has been opened Cambridge, England
| II consists Of members q all denominations.
Mig" died of sunstroke at Lake
George. Hs was dog. and his death IA isncnted be-
cause, by performing In circus he earned t20 week
| for his master
The tonnage of vessels that passed
through the suez canal within the last twelve months
amounted TO 29io.7os tons and the number Of ships
has been nearly quadru?icd In six years.
There is an enormous South American
spider In the Paris Geological Gardens and the Ranins
DIVE brisk trade by selling black thread to country
cousins as specimens Of the Insects web
The French Minister Of Marine reports
yield on account Of the tavorite bait the roe Of tha
Goldfish. becoming inadequate to the demand.
"A gentleman who wishes to keep hia
name secret has promised Mr.. Alderman Haywood Of
Manchester England TO contribute t5O) 900 to found
| new School Of Art and an Art Ca lery combined.
"A pane of glass with movable silk
screen has been inser ed In the roof u Pare
cab, to enable the his paper without
ieaning uncomo rtabiy forward to catch the lignt.
-Signorina Spelterin, having succeeded
twice In crossing Niagara on rope, will repeat tina
| performance twice week during the sumner. An
obituary should be kept ready by every newsp lper
Sermons on the death of Custer have
been numerously preached throu ghout the country
and generally thev charge the prn Try responsibility
to the pluod'ring Indian policy OF the Government
The Utica Herald says that party oil
hunters threw away bad potato their camp IN thu
North Woods. The potato sprouted In day or two
ana within few hours potato bug was Geen on III,
| sproui. This was mies from my potato pitch.
The abolition of the purchase of com,
missons in the English already wing Its good
| effects man joined the EiEhty.fourth Regiment In
1873. as priva and has the RINK Of subieu
| tenant-a thing heretofore unknown IN England.
London has 2.55s miles of water mains
distributed through $40 The tot length OF the
METROPOLITAN streets Is 1900 miles but two-thrds OF
tue streets are without mains while In the principal
thor ughfares ss many as six mains run parallel.
! Gen. kautz has accomplished tho re-
moval Of the Chiricshua indians to the san Carlos
Agency, Arizona, without blood he'd. The village con
sisted OF 500 men, women. aud children who. In the
transfer we're escorted by three companies OF cavalry
The present is the fourth invasion Of
the Big Horn country by United states troops. Gen.
Conner went there in 1885, and destroyed village OF
hostile Cheyennes ana Arapahoes. In 1889 Gen Car
rington entered the ned, aud left Indians In
charges ana In March last Gen. Crook led expedition
| thither which did not yield practical fruit.
| "A clergyman of Oxford, England haf
been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment WITH
hard labor for having assaulted girl OF fourteen
whom he had only few months before prepared for
confirmation The has aroused the more indlgna.
ton In England as. owing to defect IN the law tho
girs parci Is have had to pay the whole the costs
| In 1913 Niagara almost ran dry. Scrib
n0s recsls the event. mass OF thick ice nlled Ia,
point Of Lake Erie from which tn Niagara river starts
dammins the water efectua y for nearly whole day
The falls soon drained the river above leaving onlyt
deep creeK TO run the American side nd the Brit
sh channel reduced TO less than half it, ordinary size
| "A committee of Boston ladies' headed
by Mrs Charles Francis Adams has purchased the old
South Church hui ding 'or $500. with view to hav
ing II reerected on the Back Ray. Architects say
can he taken down and rebuilt SPOT with al
Its architectural details intact and 1t Is also sal that
some ~ the ancient features which modern improve.
| ments destroyed can be restored.
| Grant has had two Secretaries Of State.
Ehhu b. Ws'hourne ana Hsmll o. Fish ; four Score.
! ;. ia, A.
k'ehndson' enjinil H. Brstow. and Lot VI. Morriu;
four Secretaries Of War Jo1n \. Raslins William W
beknap, Alpnon TAFT, nd J. ID iIaid Cameron two
secretaries of the Nav Adppl 4 Borl. and George
NJ kobeson; three secretaries o the Interior, JACOB
ID. Cox, Columbus Delano, AMI Z.,lArt4h Chandler
three Postmaster Generals. Jno. A. j. Crrswel nrsha
Jewell anu James v. Tyner; i've Attor ey Gen.
era T. RocSw,od Ho,r Amo. r. Ak,rnln GEORGE
H. Whau'' Eiwsr is Pierrcp mt, aud Alphonso Taft.
While the races We're proceeding at
Rouen on Sunday afternoon, gendarmes aAd police
agents arrested book makers ald betters taking their
money aud papers from them. Among the molcsted
were several Journalists taking notes for the press
ana the Ncomte dc b, ne Of Count Layrango's
partners o. Monday there such a row on ths
course about the arbitrary proceedings OF the Rouea
local authorities. and the ttudc OF pubnc hccnma
So hostile, that troops were sent for. A we-known
Count, whose name Is household word with sports
men, haran1ued al excited crowd, snd the peace %
the republic in Jeo ar y when fortunately
telegram from the Government Versailles arrived
authorizing the resumption OF book betting.
brigham Young, Jr., AMI j. L. Smith.
nephew OF the nrst prophet. are nlmel candidates
for the successorshp the Presidency the Church.
As, at the late Conference young Brig permit
ted o manage several sessions. and do much Of his
fathers work. and as he par,icp ed In secret meet
Ing of the Apps les called by the President taougnt
that he has already been adopet as the prospective
head OF the Church. Joe Smith, however Will be pow
erul rival. He exceedingly popular with better
among the radicals by preaching that polygamy Is not
Part Of the tru Mormon religion. and thar the 20.
called revelations" OF his uucle on this subject in-
stead Of being IN the creed itself simple forSeres
A deputatlon waited upon Mr.. Cross,
the British Home secretry the other day, TO ask for
legislation on steam boiler explosions MIR. Hugh
Mason stated that during the last sixtyseven per.
sons were klcd and nineW-six wounded by steam
boiler explosions ana examining the plates Of thu
boilers, they found be worn to the hnness Of
SEQ part Of an inch, In many other iuvestgationa
cases were worse the plates being the thinnesa
Of Leah part Of one inch No explosion ever occurred
without the boiler giving due warning IL would say,
81 sm gong 10 explode unless you stop worKng and
repair me, but such admonitions generally dsre
gaTded. He suggested periodical inspection q
rcmedy, aud asked Mr. Cross to introduce sho n hk
TO enforce the inyestlgaton MIR. Cross promised ia
take an early opportunity Of consulting the Board u
Trade upon the question: to zee how far they could ben
| HIM IN toe matter.
The Frankfort Rowing Club having
challenged the London Club to n race on the Thames,
the Au trian aud Prussian AMBASSADOR ami host on
Germans crowded the banks OF the river wtGes the
! success o their cOuntrymen. Tha ENGLISH crow "