The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-08
SUNBEfMS.

"A Baltimore brewer has proved that la
was unjusy hnod $1,000 for supposed "crookcdness'
and The money is to BE- refunded.
"A baltimore woman boldly adyertises
medical attendance by Dr. Benjamin Rush" who died
III '.at ciS several YEAR, so. sno professed spr-
n"h medium acting ss the earthly spokesman Tor tia
ue1u phStNlah nnd he collects the pay too
-Counterfut gold coin, made of piati-
NUN plated heavily genuine gold has Of late bc,n
circulated In California. II is exceedingly deccntivc
being OF the right weight. color and feeling The p,
nun s worth half ss as gold making these eoan.
| terfes costly OF production.
The immense landing stages ut liver
pool completed. The docks Of the port now cover
an area OF 420 acres, aud form continuous hue OF
more than Elk mites IN length. Their value IL twet,y
millions sterling. Twenty thousand vessels enter the
hatbor Of Liverpool every year.
An Englishman who insulated his bed
stead by placing underneath each post abrokenon bot
tom Of glass bottle says that the effect mas eaI
that he had not been free from rheumatic govt tor
fifteen yeers and that he began to improve imm. daey
after the application Of the insulators.
At the annual conference of the Ma
tona Union OF Elementary Teachers, recently held at
Liverpool motion was caiied That, In the interest
primary education. Government commission should
be sppontei TO inquire into the subject Of English
spelnng with view to Is Improvement.
"A jew was lately arrested In Pi1sneld
for fishing Sunday. He argued strenuousy that no
always sscrediy observed his own Sabbath. but the
magistrate told him that although ia Massachusetts, the
Law permitted persons Of h,s religion to labor
lay, recreation was not allowable. Tue offender was
tEed.
Lord Aberdare has organized an asso-
citation In London to protect and aid the many thou.
sands Of poor girls In the metropolis who are leaving
school TO enter service and many OF whom f-ll nto
vice from the want Of tut able temporary homes when
out Of place. The movement Is supported by many
ladies OF high rank
-Tbaro IA mot ols 81, ~
crime Of dog poisoning IN the suburbs OF London but
the prisoners have rather extended their ned Of pcra.
tions. Meny valuable animals In Hounsow nave ucta
destroyed. II has become unsafe to let dogs roam
ABOUT, In the owners grounds and n several
the l.sis poisoned had not been tea ards away from
| the house.
The price of bricks in England prom
ises to be reyoluiionizcd by direct mportaton from
JaDsn. consignment 10 a London house has been
eagerly bought ut low prices and large orders have
taken, TIC Japan bricks being Of very suttror
euuy. There Is no dutY their Importation, whereas
berc Of twenty per cent has proved tantamo uAi
| TO prohibitiye me sure.
Lord Maidstone has made hmseit SUI
rremey ridiculous In England by taxing his dog with
him into railway carriage. snd refusing 10 allow his
canine companion to be removed to the proper car.
His LCrdslip tree OF four times loudly proclaimed lis
title, saying 81 shLl DO 1t. whe her ike It not"
and, when summoned, disdaned TO appear, except by
counsel but was Guly hnec I'VE guneas.
| Two women went to see the body of
friend who had dici In Troy hospital and closing tho
spring.lock door OF the ROOM Imprisoned III mseycs.
They screamed but the only persons who heard them
were scared by what they took be the demonstra-
tons Of ghosts. and kept from the place. Dars-
ness adted tie terror VI the women, snd when after
several hours Of frga they were liberated, they both
| tainted.
| In the windows of many London shops
printed bills surrounded by black border, have been
| displayed, with the following heading; "in memory
OF the Irish political prisoners condemned for ne nnd
shout suffer tenth year OF penal servl'ude IN
English 0no Australian jails" The bills are signed
| "Dion Boueic ult." beneath which the nSWos OF
eighteen prisonerr mostly soldiers and their offences
| are given.
DIR. Griffith OF Wyoming, Kent county,
Delaware has discovered that gmfweed ~ safe anti
for obesity No care need be exercised A. 10 ths
amount OF the tea the patient drinks. lie tried 1t on
himself taking no other drinks. and In few weeks lis
own corpuence hal greatly diminished lie tried On
three neighbor, who within two to three monhs
lost from twelve thirty pounds. Dr.. Griffith says
thci grel; shouii be used In collecting the weed
The story originally published in POM
sroy's D,nocraL that wilkes Booth was melted to Tue
astas nati,n President Lincoln through the yO'a-
on by the latter OF promise he had made IN The zee
ence Of Col. joha ". Forney and Senator john T. Hal,
to pardon Capt BeA then IN Ter sentence Of death
pronounced by Col Forncy. the only living witness Of
tie alleged pardon. TO he utterly untrue. Col. Forly
says that, to mis- knowledge he never saw j. Ni.Aes
Booth In hi' life.
A sharp controversy is going on in
Paris on subject Government grnts to ri vys.
NJ 6ambetta aud his friends OBJECT T. the cubs les "A
the grouad that the money Of the Ia ion Is tls es
for benefit OF drec,orl. contractors share o-er
and. ia fscr, the wealthy Classes. Inc Government
usually allow. the railway companies about $500 yer
uc, ana used TO Guild the bridge Ind 90 ag e FL
hn II Is urged that with this lance tic weIAs
are carried on regardless VI expense.
There Is AN alarming drought in l,pirls
aud II ess.ly Tue G,vcraorGe4eral. wi.h .c. N
from bicotry unusual IN that II o. the Wurt '' e.
! graphcr ancs sc to all parts o, the 'wo tr.v IS
| requesting Nussum n. JsWs aud CAris'i1ns s-a.'
taneouslY Tray for rai7. They al gathered "a ittlf
plAccs OF woishp at IN eppoiEtel me- -rd "s4 'ai-
rhcatous m Their &c Give wave The soon NJ
came clouicd, but no Rim fcl and clcn no 'e'
that, had the oer IetraAel from pray 49, Ia "a
| pray ers W. uld have teel answered.
| Mr.. plinsoll, Whose recent parliament
tary victory over D. ae,i Is stu iresh IN 90 minds IS
, written the follp ins cAar-c crl.tc letter g. ''
e clergyman ~ Crca 1t n;"sir, ,-.reat a.-i 10
In getting redress Tor sao.s' wror My aWeo nia
provide survey OF doubtful ships, cfc;u'y ycr.f. "A
line, 10 ctcs ,oadur, and survey Of gr..n e.7-u''
WI you send W petition IN supp orr aud 81 ' i' ,u
Of y u memb,rs2" "for Low ean soc TIE t' 81
. shall come unto my people? or how can 'rtF. "a
the destruction Of NY kindle1f Isthcr e. ' e.
. verse g.
> The printer of the London quar- Y
r rielr Va mad ice W, TX Of t.uudcr 90 an r
Heisehcll lhe writer m mac. 10 tay. " IT,, 81 a
tcescure rendered while stars 30 amazingly o. u
that hight calns over spaco of $4,000 mlc, 80 re-
Lt.s ne alG1at c'of on " hn IA suS.es, ei.v u'
take half mil ion Of years TO travel om th't n M
earth lie discovered his error wien a4Ii- M
[ proof sheet and struck ont the p.leut.,Ic go
y woriP, but the printer thought trey were n '7c tf
lined, and he therefore made tie pluLdcr hlt' D ga
Y by nat ing them b. !taics as above.
: Warren Chase proposes that "tAo g "H
2 clsrrYmen of the United states m."t IN PGl. tt
- this Ccu'tuniil year. and decide hy v1c, 'lr n.
cuuuclls 40, iu.t What (, Tie Norl ~ Gud, anli
means, which doctIue 10 tue aLd Which ial-. .U
reports Of the debates and votes 10 be pa. ans
IN orGer that the WORK may b. faithfully done, .
churches shah continue the saarcs u their pt1r
y during t4is couucl. Also That u.t'l these q lcst.
4, are setued, the people Dulld no mIre ohurcAc' ,
= Io more preachers, and pay no more pew rent 40 -
may be sustaining error by dons so and It oug 90
u known what the truth is
Z A sorter in the London Genera ! i
once has created fearful fright. lie was o'tr. .
COMING out Of the layatory with O.cody hants tn.
aud was removed 10 Barth lomew Hospital FOG u.s.
ed suicide, Tesre lac broke loose, ran through .tr d
10 Mstrpp. lifan Meat Market Eas captured ID