The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-09
6UNBE FANS.


"A bill for State Constitutional Con.
venton, to be Geld March, 1877 has passed the ceor
Eis Assembly.
Sixty female operatives in . Lynn.
Mass. nufa tory have struck The D.urb,-v,
Of st. Crispln" sus am them.
Anthony Trollope rises early and work.
| from i've until nine one thousand sir hundred word,
| ~ hour are his ususl allowance
Bull Run Russell will leave India IN
time to write up the opcnlnrc rcmonies Of the Centeu
NAL Exposition for the London Times.
The Christmas number OF the London
Graphic cost $4,000 before a copy printed. The
nrst edition consisted Of 100000 copies.
"A Washington correspondent says that
the fsvorlte game with Congressman this vintur -
| euchre. Still draw poker has it, votarles.
The recent death of Canadian Judge
renders 1t necessary for forty which had aks,
into consideration to be argued over again.
Capt. Ostrom of the Cornell University
crew In training eight oarsmen and coxswain in vice
Of q possible race with at English next summer.
last year the town of Winter, CAL, was
q wheat field, a gathered from H. To-day
II has 1900 lnhabtants and town OTIS worth 5000
The American Dairymens Associrt ton
proposes To $1,000 building the Centennial
Exposition grounds. in which to exhibit their butt.s
| and cheese.
1t has been demonstrated that for telo-
graphic purposes the English language is twenty-five -
thirty per cent; cheaper than the French Germsn
| or any other language.
Nov, George Washington, you jcsP
cum an put on your shoes dis mint De idea CT yos
bein' doors barefoot de LORDS Day why. fUh<n
viii think you're lrishl"
Speech of an accused man in n courI
az Boston last week "Gentlemcn OF the jury, nevrs
stole JUNK life. Taat isn't my line. The osS
goous busines 10 my line"
The pet dog of a young lady OF Lenox,
and was found several days afterwmd lying Tie
stone steps Of the vault In which had been buried
| The late Rev. Daniel Isaac was "A great
smoker. "Ha there you are" cried lady who
pri,ed him day with pipe in his mouth at yoss
idol gsinl" Yes, ma'am," replied he, cooy, burn
| hight"
There are 2O3 100000 British subjeotA
exclusive Of those In the British Ises. About 5Ooooos
in America, nearly $500 900 In Australia 20OOooe
In Africa. about 10000 Europe. nearly i0scco
| 900 IN Asia
Scene at church after the clergy
peroration Jut TO Xantippe-" What a beseuful
close r. Xantippe. who has been sptefuily eYeinE q
welldressed lady before her " Beautiful clothes Yes
but know she didn't get EN- In beautiful way
The average speed of railway trains n
Germany twentyclght IN les hour for fast trafss.
twenty-one miles hour for ordinary plsse~gss
trains. The greatest speed attained on the Bersi..
Potsdam and Madgeburgh road, where they Al tax
/ Of thirty -four miles an hour.
The report OF the Postmaster G enerax
OF Gres, Britain shows that among the articles poss1
contrary the rules OF the department and sent I'd
returned letter ONCE living horned frog.
living stag beetle. white mice and snas alive, an ovk
| aklnRnsher. a RAJ, gun cotto, aud cartridges.
The Balmoral Curling Club, which
only played den game last winter has ceased d,
exist, orders having been sent to all the members q
the club the Royal estates discontinue the gSmc.
Queen Victoria II understood to have said that ~ dM
not much amusement IN the game OF curling but
that she afraid 1t tended to encourage love tss
malt liquor.
M. Pierre, French landowner in thu
Joiret has been ordered hv the Paris Corrccttoasi
| Tribunal TO pay 1000 francs compensation to NJ.
Tony Dury, artist, and formerly painter 10 Loais
Philippe for defamatory expressions written on the
| outside OF euers addressed to him. The plaintiff
ceived letters directed NJ. Dury, artistic pdHfTu q
| picipocIeu Ell. ei fgnobie pictDoclen."
| Mr.. Beeler and Miss Beck of Louisville,
| have eoped. Their ages respectively fifteen asa
thirteen TIL parents In tracing the pair have learned
Of Application to many Justices and ministers to msry
them. but IN every instance their youthfulne. wss
| against them. They have not yet overtaken bss
at last accounts going toward Missouri aud rys
ing hard 70 get somebody to perform the ceremony.
The London World thus describes Q
new device for burying the deidi You placed m
glass box TO the top of which n affixed metal rod
the earth s nled battery IL connected with
the rod and electric shock skaters the coffin into
thousand pieces thus allowing the eartn to press
the dear departed and causing him to dass
| quicker than In OF Mr.. Seymour TIaden1
| wicker baskets"
| One OF the most enterprising of South
ern statesmen under the new dspensaton IA the Rsu
| AIR. Smith Of Murireesboro, Tenn. He onicates %
pastor OF church In that city, BrAekN
Church. and ia member Of the Alabama Legislature.
The work Of attending 20 the spiritual interests of hm
coored brethren Ia Tennessee ana a. the same tn1o -
the temporal OF the whole population Of Ala
Dana must be tremendous, strain upon his Intellect
| In Kentucky prayer meeting, accord
ing to the Henderson, etos negro sister who veehsd
| $50 pounds. stood on bench and shouted, "Giesys
glory glory -bress God-I knows I'm gwine fur 70 go
| de Lord an be takn in Abraham's bosom-good eyes
sisters and Drudders good bye. I'm Rwine fur ~
leave all" Then. the deiusion that she eeaia
| nv upward, she Jumped on the bench, and fell vita
awful force on poor little ooy who sitias
| on the floor.
"A correspondent of the London TlnieA
who signs his letter Trojan Horse draws attentios
10 the strategca difficulties attending the TUNES
scheme which Is to unite England and France He
IL not enough to guard against assault through the
tunnel out points to the danger Of the communl'is
Fenians. and others possessing themselves orsr
OF the Quite the English shore, which would enable
| them 20 obtain continuous aid from France. why.s
the writer the rare safety given by nature
| " the country2"
in the Valley OF Saint Clair near
MarseIles, has been found settlement OF the pre-
historic age. II Il cave which opens into cleft %
calcareous rock with the places OF habtatoR and %
burial distinctly marked. At the bottom there II beap
| OF bones OF men and women ana uumrer Of stDncs
dressed to be used tools and together with
| quantity Of rough pottery. Scientific men who have
these relics of opinion that there ia suoeas
| evidence to SHOW that the to which the remsss
| belonged was an inferior one.
| "A san Francisco undertaken was tardy
| In keeping engagement, and when he arrived a. The
| house with his hearse ana carrages rival had bees
gwen the Job of burial lie mad the oical permit 70
inter the body however and hurrying to the cemetery
be INTERRUPTED the religious services at the by
shouting. "You might well trot this corpse right
| home again" lie wou d not give IN the permit. the
cemetery authorities would not allow the burial other
wise ana the body mad to ne taken away aud kept unw
new paper could be procured.
| The Cornell University Era says thata
Professor went into tool closet and locked the docs
not TO be disturbed putting the KEY In his poeksA
He forgot thus however before he ready ouA
ana supposed some student had ma iclousy mpnsODsa
| him. He waited q while, and then kicked, pOunosa.
and shouted but Nobody heard him. After four hOura
| he was released by toe janor, and the hrd sAIsi