The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-26
SIN MANS,

Of Wnslow In England.
"A lawsuit begun In 1892 concern,na
100000 has Just been decided in England Not CENT
10 left Of the 100000.
Prussia has II 900 miles Of railway,
which cost d ,oS0.0 oOo, and the GoyernmenI
talks OF buying them all.
There is a convict In the Virginia penil
tentisry serving out sentence OF two years Tor tho
crime OF stealing an orange.
1t is said that Col. Valentine Baker has,
grown old and gray rapidly during his eonnnenentl
and that his health ia much impaired
On Springbrook ranch, near San jose
ia orchard q 10000 almond trees Just beginning ID
bear The crop this year will be worth 5000.
The Rev. Newman Hall says THAI
within three years the churches Of Great Britain hay
lost 10000 member through the vice Of intemperance
During the last four years the imporH
OF Canada have exceeded the exports by t140OOoOOO
and under the confederation the debt has Increased
| tb80o1,00o.
There has been n new find OF gold in
New South Wales. The field is thirty miles In Iengh
but narrow. and the quartz shows enormous per.,
| centage Of god.
The meanest man In Massachusetts,
lives at New Bedford. The other DAY he borrowed u
dog to go shooting with. and kept him four days with
| out any thing to eat.
England is spending $40, 100 900 year
public schools besides millions OF voluntary contr
button and only about third OF children I'M
the country attend school.
| The minority against the adjournment
OF the Britifh House Of Commons for the Derby day
has been increasing so steadily year after year, that
10 doubtful whether It will be moved sgsin.
| The surplus Of wheat In California this
season ia about 100000 short being 10000 tons
more than the surplus OF the crop Of 1875. In quay
tie grain this year the best ever harvested 10 tho
State.
The silver mine at North Oxford, Mass
ia being worked by Providence company and prou.
Uses to yied tlOo to the ton. Another Providence
pany have bought adjoining land and are prosp,clns
for ore.
| The linden tree under which the "a
nous Condo rested after the battle Sens In lGis vss
blown down on the 18th Of March, The city OF Arss
has bought the tree, intending to preserve It az h
| torica curiosity. 4
| -Launt Thompson, the sculptor, Is al
work on monument to be placed over the 4 rave Of,
James Ii rmer Graham, Jr late United States Con III
General at Florence. who Is buried IN the
cemetery tlere.
A woman I'm Tracy county, Tenn, while
lighting the kitchen nre the other morning heard y
burning sound IN the oven. and looking there saw :
| huge rattesnake coiled within II was killed, ana
| found To have ten rattlcs.
DIR. lie Moyne, of Washington, Pa, haS
built stone house Of hills near the village
for the reception Of dead bod es and furnace in
which to burn them and Will strictly binds his ex.
eeutors to cremate bis body after his death.
The 10Th of May was the seventh cen-
tenary OF the victory Of the Lombard League Bar
barossa at Leguano. II was celebrated with great
pomp at the Vatican. The Pope delivered an address
from the throne. after which received offering
5000 francs.
Mr.. Bernal, the British Consul al
navre. reports to his Government that drunkenness
insoent behavior. and insubordnstion rife tmong
Sailors" ana considers that the United States ava
something to answer for In regard TO the great and
growing characterization on the part OF sailors
| A boa constructor, nine feet long, w.s
captured on board the ship Surprise, recently arrived
at London from Port Natal. 1t had concealed .tsef
among the and not discovered unt the ye,
sci Was nearing home. This "stow away paid for IN
passage by clearing the hold Of rats other vermla
Within five years, 1900 out of 8,O0a,
square mi es q Palestine have been surveyed by Eus,
lish surveyors nearly 1000 heights have be EN- mel,
uredi the position OF three-fo urths OF the Bblsl
towns has been set at rests aud the true sites Of
cave Of ADdullam aud the fora Of baptism OF the J
| dsu have been ascertained.
| While making excavations for q new
tidal basin at the Surrey Commercial Docks In Londos
workmen found a subterranesn forest bed, CONSISTING
Of peat with trunks OF trees most OF them standnE
All are Of species sul found in Britain. the ok alder
and willow beng most abundant They are not mln,
erared, but retain their vegetable character except
that they are thoroughly saturated with water In I'D
peat are found bones Of the great FOSSIL OF.
Tho prosecution of the Whiskey Ringl
which begun In May 1875 has resulted thus far a
follows; Value Of property seized, u 500 900; ss,
ments. NAOo,0oo; quits official bonds. t25OWql
There has been turned into the Treasury 100000 Ther
have been Indicted % dhtlers and agents, super,
yi-ors revenue agents, co lectors deputy coleo
tors 80 sausers 10 storekeepers ana 10 other per9n
There have been 40 convictions ana II acqulttqs.
AT the Royal Observatory. Greenwich,
England there now l6i chronometers A. OF vhlcd
have been placed there by the proprieors for the an
nua competitive trial. The others belong Tue Goy
| ernment. and await issue TO the ships Of the YAt
| Navy. The tine keepers compared once veel
and placed TO- three weeks IN atmos phere OF ode
grees Fahrenheit The Westminster clock has upheld
Its high character, BIG Ben having been cut OnY onS
| second In 273 DAYS
Some OF the newspapers are astonlshed
at horses pulling the plug of the bunghole ot
barrel for tire purpose OF slaxing his thirst. IT, eir
ordinary. Now II the horse had pulled the barre ouV
OF the hunshole and saked his thirst with the plu. *
II the barrel had pulled the ounghoe out Of the lont
ana tlakei its thirst with the plug, the barrel hx
pulled the bunghole out Of the plug and saked W
thirst with the horse. n the plug had pul'ei the
horse ont Of the barrel ana slaked its thirst with ~
bunghoe, or II the bunghole had pulled the ihir. oat
OF the horse and saked the puI with the barrel vi
the barrel had pulled horse Of the bunsho" 'oa
plugged It's thirst with the sake, Il might b, ~oAs
Nhile 10 make fuss about It.
The latest Parlslan swindle Is cIcver,;
A well dressed We man call,d Oh a prominent men AZ
physical and impured lis ala IN curing her SOL W
was laboi ing under the delusion that some one o"e@
him $4,000 francs for diamond which he h'd '"at
Bring lin here In hour, and Will see MIN lone
said the doctor. The woman went at once to on ling
beet jewellers ana choosing $4,000 francs worth o nv
mOnds, asked the proprietor To send hs assistant "''n
them 10 DIR. j -. who her husband aud w"u'
for them. The name well known aud ne cnt
sent to the doctors with her. In the anero'M 'u
SAID 81 will see II my husband is at home s't
iod the doctor that her son without nud lht VI
said send him In here" SO she sent the ctfA '1s
him t. leave the diamonds VITA her. Arrived I'D 'Io.,
doct RS ON, the CLERK POLITELY seated ana w
teous'y asked after his general health ah1 10y
After replying to these questions for some u w
YOU man limited that he rathW pressed Z 'l't
ana would be glad II the doctor would kindy Fl" ~
for tie diamonds "Ah, tue, tuid the doci'f' y
1000 fralcs. WEI, by aud ny" Then eusuod i"uk
scene, winch finally ended IN both p'tuer i'"-
search Of the "moihcr ami nuding nsi sh' ''"t
tired OF waiting aud had gone, forgetting TO '''' y
Diamonds.
The University Of Zurich, In DF''ai
Der, 1867. CONFER, uuon ayoung Russian "
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