The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-23

| "so' i'r the purpose Of hearing II laugh.
80 ,ro uozen churches In Georgia
Bibles. ''u Vi 'ne puIps
-rhe French Academy has awarded tbo
hsrcelin-Gu6rn prize OF booo frarcs to NJ Fcrd,n.oa
dc Lesseps for his work ibo sues cana
Dog stealing has increased SO much IN
London tn the magistrates inHct two years with hars
labor for the offence
A Milwaukee man went to a meetI,e
In London one evening. and when the cockuc,s ..,s
ear ear" he took 1t for personal Aiusion and Got
out.
Two years ago only forty riders could
! be got together for bicycle rice In Lonaon Nov
there are seventy clubs, who members 10 the
lat gathering.
In hunting hippopotami II is customary
to employ guns of eaibre and bullets hAre.
ened with tin or quicksilver aud to are Of az short
distance az possible.
The English post Office savings banks
had over tweni, nvc millions sterling Ia hand o. Dec
b. 1875. They received nearly nine millions last year
and only paid out seven.
Six huudred and ninety -nino thousand
nve hundred AID nifty four Gun barrels were tested and
marked lat wear IN the nrmins proof use In
crease OF $500 over 1874.
The rigorous enforcement OF sanitary
laws IN London IL el.ii lstroteI by only two deaths
from smaloH heinz recorded Ia the week before lsss
out Of population Of 3,OOoOOo
An ege-condcns factory has been
esnbi'hcd at Pass.u. B-vafia. wherein the eggs are
dried and thcu re uccd Cue neal whic IL packed
In air tight ems. ready for pmen,
when two D,aks in Borneo have 10 dc.
eide Winch Is rRn' they raw. two ,qual Jumps OF sale
given them TO drop water ard he whose lump d,
solves nrsi "A deemed to be In the " rong.
The battle OF the pay ements in London.
has been won by wood the city engineer baying showa
In he favor that horse. before falling may be expected
to travel on granite iSg miles, asphat 1871 ules and
on VOID 4a6 miles.
During the past year $4,000 persons
visited the Zoo Oical Gardens IN London. The society
nov in Its forty eighth year aud the directors pro-
pose to enlarge the Gardens # the Government VIII
grant additional space.
A correspondent OF the Raleigh Netoa
has seen IN the North Carolina Asylum for AZ Mu,es
daughter Of Que OF the s.amese twIns She lately
oeen morned to . man similarly aaic ed who 10 q
teacher m the insti uuon.
In conse quence OF the failure OF Con-
gress TO make the requisite Appropriation, all supplies
hsvs been cut OF FROM the Indians at Red Cloud sAd
Spotted Tail agcucie ana many Of the Indians are
leaving ana joining their hostile brethren.
"A married woman WAS charged at Bow
street police court In London. the Other daywih dusk
enness, and was nned g., Her tusband. stated.
had paid 1880 In naes within the years to rs-
lease her from Imprisonment Tor drunkenness.
A flock OF hundred sheep were on an
Island In Ci yton Ala when great storm began
and q freshei, which carried away the BRIDGE drove
them slowly hut steadily INTO q essening space. Al
Last no ground was lett TO them, aud they an
drowned.
John Walton, who styles himself .,
young novice dcstran has Just completed wa,k OF
. thousand mice In u thousand consecutive hour
wrexham, In England. At the nnish he declared HIM
sef quite fresh, walked extra mile with ehhd
In his arms
An insane man, named e. l.. Wilson, or
Wilmington, n. C, got Of his ped absence o.
his keeper. and going 10 the kerosene TOOK -.
poured at least quart OF al upon bis head, AMI then
nre He burned to a crisp before aszistr
ance reached him.
George L. Fox, the clown, was not
taken to Florida proposed and still the asylum
st somervilie. near Boston lie IL 10 violent AZ tmes
a. to render his confinement IN padded room necns-
sud there hope of his recovery. although -
may live many years.
"A new blasting powder. named hors-
cnn. 10 being expermented with seversl French ana
Austrian mines. II contains pierre acid. nitrate " poe
ash. and OF soda sulphur aud sawdust Engineers cay
that IL burns comparatively slowly, so that only fras
lures the and does not scatter the piece. alb Ut
Alfred Anderson, a pianist, was tho
ma whom tue singer. lima de Mursks, married IN Aus
tralis and he died few months At erwafd. He rot
legal possession before his ah Of large share OF her
property anu Ia viii deyised al he could OF II to hi.
parents VINO i've IN melbourne. The AstOnshed widow
threstens lawsuit aud the legstees disposed 70
compromise
We regret to say that the Springfield
RepHbHcdn demand for a really Instructive
account Of tue poultry cstab .hment Of Mr. smith
Wright of Winston. "Mr. Wright" the ReD4bhcdn
now saws. isn't such treat raiser OF try. out no
Ia large dealer, having recently sold twenty tons Of
turkeys bought IN Canada" We are disappointed In
the Republican,
h.aa Il inc Ittrtp tn.
chicago by applying to persons who advertised Tor
vsnts. out making her visits tardily that the places
would be previously nlled. Then. with a -begons
air. she would say that she had the country
To get the emf o,men an had no money with which 70
return. About dollar In each place tue pr Of
the business, until the police intericred
An uncommon dramatic pc formaDoo
has taken place in Landon. II the announced pro-
grsmme been carried out. 1.-THE School Tor scan
DIAL y was TO be played ny prominent actor and &C
tresses. even 20 the smallest parts Charles Mathews.
Henry Irwin. ChaNes santley, Benz nii webster. and
John Clarke those - tue cat who ART Anown In
thus country. other. equal r'atston IN EnsIand
were included.
"A negro, very back, and q white girl.f
vsry pretty recently married In Cass, iowa. The
husband 10 forty wears Old. AMI not only LACKS come-
ness OF Uerson but has no mental attractions. The
wife the erucsci DAUGHTER ~ wealthy farmer. anct
aged sixteen. Her father prevent the marriage
by mIrlsOung her, and TO inyaldate It by legal MEANS
but succeeded IL neither attempt lhc negro. however.
has Teen driven out OF the town By amoo
Thomas ID. Suplee, smooth-faoed I
young man. with the personal appearance that 10
deemed TO denote picy started an Episcopal mlssloa
IN Franknville. suburb oi Philadelphia. he worked
hard ostensiby for religion hut re NY for himself. la
got up entertainments Of warn us Aincs, aud other
ways collected all the money possible In small =
ned-about $3.50 anu now aud the fund are misaing-
lie would douo,less ocompsh more Ia place propor'