The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-01

"A hundred pounds OF flour cost twen-
eight dollars in the Back His.
Galveston has Venetian floating
boarding house and beer garden.
California exported jjs. 300 tons of coal
last year, which brough, fromsS Ell per Ton.
Portland, Oregon. has shipped directly
to LIVER DOL In one cargo $4,000 bushes Of wheat
The Grand Jury of Columbus, Ga.
have indicted the chief Of Police for gran nrceny
The Museum Of Bremen. founded by n
private society Of merchants to be presented to tho
city.
For several years Iowa was the banner
Granger sae, but Il lost nty6ve local ranges last
year
Tie recent dramatic performance In
Londoi for the benefit OF tao Centennial cleared over
$500.
George Smith expects to start for
Nincvch in the middle OF this month to resume en-
cavations.
Sacramento is SO well pleased with her
Holly Water Works that she proposes selling out her
steam ere engines.
Miss Hobcrt n Massachusetts, girl, has
purchased twenty acres of land In Westminster, oai
and Is devoting half OF 1t to-onions.
A seam of fine hard coal. nine feet
four inches In thickness. bean struck depth OF
900 feet OF Nanaimo, British Columbia.
"A sister-in-law of Thomasseu, tho
dynamite hend, has been discharged from dfy goods
store IN St. Louis account Of the relationship.
Adirondack Murray has secured limb
OF the "Old Elm " Of DO ton Common, and purposes
having pulpit chairs made Of IT, for bis church.
There is one cOlOred scholar in the
public school In santa Rosa California and he taught
separately at recess, aud Is not allowed seat In tho
bu ding.
"A discovery of moa bones has been
made the coast u New Zealand ut point further
north than OF the remains OF this extinct bird have
heretofore Oeen found.
William College has decided to with
draw from Rowing Association because Of the
pensc, and the prospect Of poor crew. only two Of
last years men being wiling t. pull again.
The juice that made st. Louis feel ka-
Was erooE'cd.
The goose that once hung "altltudum"
The recent discoveries OF gold nt Pixies
Peak were really marvellous. \ who pounded up
Old brown Jug and carried TIE powder 10 an assayer
became dciirous when informed that HIS specimens
would yield sis TO the ton.
The Rev. Mr.. Mum. an Oregon oler-
gyman of the Presbyterian Church. met with such
success missionary among the Indians at the Pug.
yalup Res rvaton Washington Territory that he pro.
poses to settle there permanently.
-Thirty-three mines in Colorado have
been opened to depth Of from 100 TO 900 feet since
1882 Five u them were n last year. but the rest
produced valued nearly s2.oo0oOo Since their
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In Naupatuck Valley, Conn, last
week the ice accumulated so thicky the that
the bending branches intorfered with tho railroad
trains One tram sstoppcd number OF times while
the orakemen cut cn the Ice laden branches.
There is an ancient maiden lady Of 81.
living in Taunton, Mass, who has train Of
cars. dresses In Continental fashion, burns taow dips,
and has called upon ncghbor for Ave II
make the OF the year and its
peculiar privilege there fear that she will die an old
maid.
j. q. Phillips of Orwell. Ohio is maxi
ing cheese which will not be completed until he eoth
of May, when 1t is expected to weigh 5000 pounds. It
IT, perhaps, needless to say that It Is destined to
onish the natives well the foreigners at the Cen
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The stonecutters of Chicago have Pc
tuoned the City Council to exclude prison labor from
competition the Court House work. The reply 10
that 20 to the lowest responsible bidder.
without regard to creed, color, sex, condition Of
| servitude.
The Womdns Journal saws that Mrs.
Margaret Boggs celebrated her hundredth birthday
Germantown. near Philadelphia. two weeks since. Her
maiden name was Donaidsoa and she married at seven.
teen. eighy.'hree years She danced mnuet with
George Washington when she was eighteen and he was
| sixty-two years Of age.
Montana, too, has its diamond excite
ment owing to the discovery some stones Pioneer
which, hsvhg been sent to England to be cut
nounced by abpdaTy to be genuine diamonds. One Of
the stones weighs four pennyweiehs and, although .
little Oh color cuts glass freely, and stands all the ord
nary tests Of diamonds.
An ascent of Mont Blanc was success
fully effected on the 2otn OF January by NJ Gabriel
Lapp6 French painter, and Mr.. James Ealcs whom
the papers call Engii.h ogst. The curious fea-
ture Of the exploit that at elevation Of 1900
fee they found temperature higher than that winch
prevailed iu the lower regions.
Our one.horse driver takes no care
So k 3SS w %c .e s. i9 az GUN p ea
After snaSing ~ vain our unbrellaire.
| We hire nov u run round the cair
| And ten the driver 10 stop his cair
lfhe wants another passenJlre."
"A new mode of abandonment has been
developed France the unnatural parents Of little
boy four years oldwho lett him at the Vincclnes
with unsigned letter stating they could not support
Inn. The police have AS yet been foilei thslr at
tenpts 10 discover the parens the child being unable
TO give the necessary information.
Senator Lewis OF California, said in de-
fence Of his PressGag bill for one viii never bow
the knee TO the and when have far sacrificed
NV manhood, integrity and honor hope 10 God that
Will be driven ON the halls OF legislation and when
any newspaper that has been denieda reporter tho
Moor OF tins House demands that he be returned and
instatcd. spit on them, Gespse ami loalhe them.T
In France they take chicken feathers,
whose harsh stems have rendered them useless chip
the plume part from the stems with scissors, and put
the pumes In bag, which, when fun is closed and
kneaded vita the hands ta the feathers felted
together forming down OF unb-OK fabric and great
lghtne-s, which sell In Plri- for two dollars pound.
AT the Dublin Lord Mayors banquet,
the Lord Lieutenant of ireland siId the country had
been more prosperous last Yclrtln ever before. Emit
grafton and piuperism had sensi'ly decreased, two
prominent b1nss were paving dividend OF twelve per
cent. tho deposits 30 the Bank OF IRELAND amount
cd 10 81 10000 sterling more Ia 1870 than the pro
ccding wear.
There is n curiosity of literature In
England called the "Woriess Book" II does not
contain word but the color of rs leaves supposed
to iuterpre' the thought. Two black leaves symbolic
the unregcnemte heart Of man red. the blessed 70
dcmption White, the purity Of the soul, s'ri In th'
blood OF rccemuuou aad goa, the ra4.Ant Joys VI
he4yealy felicity.
The following story is told in WASH
ingtou OF the late senator siu'Hur ~ p'nHare. 1hi
Senator had the ,pu'tIou 'ur me wears OF MI
senatorial term ~ mhH very freely ami II istols
ofhim That Dee W.. accustomed - have two cocktail
cur ied TO hs room 90 90, u.f1a- hcfor he rose, an'
when asked Dos tilrui WAY he had two cocktails, NJ
rcr,t, duntafer ttal,t oucle f,t IKE another man
tud thought it would be m aa noi to treat that othe
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