The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-01
STNBE.iMs.

| the workshops Of the Worcester Free Acadrmv a.,
| year Welded $4,000
-Thirtytwo sales Of short horns tool,
place In Kentucky last year in which 1868 animal,
| were SID for f0i1 $50
1t il expected that the au;umnal mil,
ary mauguyrcs IN England viii be on a moes ,1tens,
| scale than usual tnls year.
Franc MurtdEh has been arrested in
Hoiiaon. Mass for stealing skull. lie toosit fron
| a vault while he drunk.
"A girl IN Medina. Ohio, has head jusi
the sire Of Daniel wcbsters or three inches arset
| circ umforancc than The average Of men.
| There Is genuiueness in the conversion
| Of Young woman Troy. Sue sdvertises for III,
owner OF watch that she found fourteen ycars ago
A citizen OF Somervile, Mass. was sur.
prsed by the delivery Of coffin at his house and ,.,
hearse and eight carriages came 1t wac the Joke OF
| unatic.
Gen. Butler has consented TO deliver
the Grafton the semccntenniAl celebration OF IN.
Old Residents Association. to be held vt Lowell Ma,.
march,.
John A. Lyman. the only coiored IA.
publican elected to Congress from North Carolina an
only colored member OF the Republican Congressman,
Committee.
| -Decrlcld, Mass, has complied with tho
provisions Of the win OF the late Mrs Esther pckno
and secured legscy Of s6b 600, Win which A p,,,a
| library and high school are 10 be establish d.
Israel Caswsll Of Stiafford, Rachel FL
iott of Greenville. Margaret Evans Of Concord ana
Esther Faulkner OF Chesterfield all In New Hampshlre
completed their iOOth year 1870, and are st nyu,
| 1t Is proposed 10 abolish the State Fish
Commission OF Maine, watch cost the state t21 GA
during The past seven years, account Of positive n
| jury the nsn through the efforts Of the mem,
| beers.
| Western horsemen mediate starting n
Western Trottin; Association" which shall be indie,
| pendent Of the National 1rOtung Association Inc
movement fails to receive much cncourag cement 10
| Chicago.
Prof. Toury OF Baltimore bought sam,
pies Of Ia, Kerosene sold IN the stores anu found nv
rxpe imcnt that than haf Of the stur vac VERY
dangerous, giving off naammaple vspor al a very low
| temperature.
"A marble tablet has been erected in
| Trinity College Chape, Ilarforj. by the members d
tao secret society to whcu ne belonged to tue memory
Of G. II. Cameron, who was drowned while praeusins
wltn the college crew Tor tue Saratoga regatta.
Two or three times. says MI. Beech
or, In the Chynaia Lmoa. We have had occasion 10
refer In terms more less commendatory to struek
juries' As almost indsnensabe in complicated and
widely notorious cases" such jury might nave gvcu
the scandal tria. different termination.
English cooking stoves are inferior 10
American ones. indeed. such remarkable conrivanc,s
as arc sod IA the English market undor this name
would throw an American housekeeper into nu.
They make very pretty Crates aud fireplace heater, 10
England, but when t comes to cook stoves, they have
much to learn from America.
"A correspondent writes to the London
GrdDhc from Handy, Csy ION. thai the poles
| tue trumphal arches which lined the OF mo
Prince OF wales connected crossways by beaut
fui species Of fern called by the Clngslese tho
"Goldsmth's Destruction" The for tai. gu
lar Is that Of the Ksndyan kings commanded
the godsmiths TO initiate the delicate 10 silver.
| They failed. and he had their heads cut on
TIa al r..N. IL l..Sl.
articles by teachers the puelc schools attracting
attention and arousnE protests Boston. The prso
tice interrupts the lessons. and disracu the minds %
the pupils and Is productive OF no ADVANTAGE except
| pecunisry one to the teacher The machinery of
school sometimes q stsno-t in order that
change may be IN rccting the sdfe Of slate pep
Gil. The newiy-elccscj School Board Is expected 10
| remedy the evil.
"A Boston critic says that Greenoughs
statue Of John winthrop. which has recently arrvst
from Florence IA not nrs class work Of that ne
| pose Is conventional, almost commonplace and that
there Is q wooden expression about tho
not speak wen for the artistic idea OF the spirit VI n
tell genee or the nrst Governor OF Massachusetts The
principal fault Of tue figure iu lack Of force and
chsrae The statue ordered by une Leatlature
of 1879, and is to be placed in the Capitol at Washing
! ton
The Cumberland Valley Railroad will
nert summer run commodious passenger cars to tho
Centennial grounds which the seats will he number
ed, covered and locked and key giyen each passen-
ger who purchases ucSet, to which IL attached a
cheek corresponding to the seat he occupies. When
the excursion reaches Philadelphia, he can up
within the encosue which contains his seat any food
clothing to his comfort and II he does not
choose 10 put w at hotel can have his own private
apartmeuts In the which taxes him to tue Centen-
n al Buildings.
Strange facts were ELECTED ut a recent
inque in Pl mouth England concerning the death of
= Hss a who we'd W
her father and two brothers IN wen furnished lodgings
| In respectable part VI the town. The family
comfortably on and the deceased had an annuity Of
$40 Two years ago she withdrew herself from all
society, shutting herself up In her bedroom, into
which she would admit no one. She took but very
slight amount Of food. and gradually wasted away,
dying OF sheer starvation. Wnen found per.
fectly uaSed, and covered with vermin.
George Morris, whom Judge steele Of
New Orleans recently sentenced DC hanged came 10
| the bar whlstng and laughing. The Judge sad
"Gcorge. you have been convicted Of the murder of
Sarah Jones. You pleaded guilty twice but insisted
III your case should 20 before twelve citizens Of your
county Have you any thing to Why the Of
the law should not be- passed upon you 2" Morris
smied and said In clear voice, agree with you,
and prepared 10 receive full extent OF the
LAW which know is death" After Judge steele had
hun 20 be hanged, Morris hanked MN for h
kndncs, In 90 doing.
A miracle has been wrought by nature
IN tht village OF NoOurOChtt Rhode Island, fredUltk
Luke suddenly became mute twenty years ag, when
was stll youth. He rapidly fell into decline, and
the Physicians only gave hlm few TO live. He.
however, fingered On from to year and since 1871
gradual improvement IN his health became percepti.
BILE few DAYS he joyfully came to his mother aud
arculated some words instead Of speaking IN signs
| her as he had done Tor twenty years. He Of
speech is rapidly gunins and some OF the disn.
guished physicians VI Rhode Island about W inyes
tigate this remarkable case.
The law relating to murder being still
considered unsatisfactory In England, Sir John H. VII
mot has submitted bnl to Parliament which provides
as follows; l. The crime OF murder shall be diViaed
into offences OF the nrst and second degrees 2 Any
person convicted Of murder IN the rst degree thal
suffer death. Amy person convicted OF murder IN tie
second degree snail be punished with penal serytude
for life, or for period not less than seven yeas
with imprisonment with hard labor for any period
not exceeding two Crhls clause has In view
tain Of infanticde1 The degree Of murder tha
be found by Jury upon the facts submitted b. Murder
In the nrst degree Il the kng With deliberate malice
GforethouGh', human being IN the peace OF the King
Queen regnant q. II IL murder I'm the nrst degree
when death mss been caused by the wfd act Of any
person committing or attempting to commit felony
when assaultnE any Government officer the