The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-17
SUNB Fans,

were all Fourth Of July orators where was R...,,I
| Turner3 "''
| "A Texas mob hanged an Innocent man
as horse thief, and his relatives are prosecutin. ~
| lynchers.
"A woman in Anderson county. XIV.
| gave birth to Ave children one day last ,Voos
them are living and doing well.
AT tho burial of a Carmelite nun. N.
Bntmore rough pine coffin with rope han lies va
used, and the bier was rude bench
Don Manuel de Laverde v Custanza,
who recently died In Paris at the age OF &c. left fo
tune Of ESQ 900 900. derived principally from Mexca
mines.
While William Hirous was shearlne
sheep Atherstone England. OF the sheep but
ted him violently In the stomach that he died fro
the effects.
The body of Bellini, the composer.
which buried in France, Is to be brought Italy ia
man.of.war and placed in a tomb In Catana with i'm
posing ceremonies.
"A man was knocked down by robbev
while walking with woman on the edge of precipcs
Cincinnati and the pushed the robber over
the bank, nearly killing him.
Every winter the water from spring
at chltenden, VT. freezes hlls deep gorge with
ice and all summer residents In the neighborbood
are supplied from this source
The small number of applications tonly
1900 for admttance TO Yale College is said to be dus
directly to the boat race, very many candidates pro-
ferrng to pass the fall rather than miss the regats
"A wel-dressed, audacious fellow eau
large meals in Baltimore restaurants tells the cashier
that he has money to pay with, takes toothpick
and coolly walks out His nrst a vigorous
kicking.
Charles Lelevain, who died recently In
Paris bequeathed to French Academy 90 francs
the OF which Is yearly given to some I'M
dividuai considered most worthy for his virtue and
problty."
"A portion of the Egyptian army has
gone Turkey help fight the rebels and. many
Of the officers are Americans. the spectacle Will be pre-
scented Of Christians aiding Mohamnedans In subdung
Christians.
A new epidemic has made its appear,
ance on the In Cuba II Is called Benlber"
and attacks negroes and Chinese but seldom the whites
The face and ell very much there Is paL
pitation Of the heart death from suno
cation.
"A Constantinoplo letter says that Has
san the murderer of the Turkish Minister'S one OF
those Crcassans who brought to the palace when
children and educated for the service It IA said thu
mother OF the late Sultan the real Of
murder.
Moody is expected to preach in Chic
cago during the last three months OF this year. and
aftcrward In Boston. He says that the newspapers
have reported his meetings fully that he will have
to spend three months, this summer and fall getting ~
new sermons.
After the retirement of the demented
clown, George L. Fox. from his pantomlme company.
the remaining members continued their travels until
few days ago. when the manager went into bankruptcy
in Boston. Fox still In asylum that city, and
his recovery is not expected.
A widow at Rugby, England brought
action against butcher the other day for killing her
parrot, which he SAID he had shot thinking 1t was
owl. The companion OF tho dead bird brought into
court during the trial ceased to advise the
dsputsnts to "shut up " and "shake hands"
"A sad incident occurred at the funeral
OF young gr Berlin the other day. Her mother,
an old woman OF sixty, who was standing the edge
of the grave with head bowed down with grief. sud.
denly uttered piercing shrek and fell headlong into
the open pit She raised at once but life had fed.
Two years ago the Boston Common
Council forbade the turning Of water from roofs into thu
Streets and 10000 openings into had "a
BE- made for this additional drainage. There we're
thousand more deaths In Boston In 1875 than In 1874
and physicians say that the increase is owing TO the
air being impregnated with sewer gas.
1t is said that a New York clergyman
hired Spurgeon, several years ago. to come to the
United States and deliver stipulated number OF
mons. Admission fees were to be charged and the
profits equally divided. spurgeon broke the contract.
but intends to come here next winter, aud the New
York clergyman intends to hold him to tho bargain
The recent japanese Mission to Spain
and Portugal despatched with the object Of dev
ering dispatches from the Emperor Of Japan TO the
Kings Of Spain and Portugal. which countries
visited by Iwakura the other Ambassadors In is73
they had SUFFICIENT time to permit OF their Going
so. The letters forth the desire the part Of
Japan to cultivate friendly relations with Spain and
Portugal which she considers Of special importaneen
consequence OF the proximity to Japan Of their colo
MES In the East.
The other niRht q band OF Polytechnic
students patroled tue Paris bouevards. thoutingi
"Down with the Jesults!" Some arrests were made
and the young scientists dispersed with difficulty. The
disturbance caused by OF the professors who
likewise professor Of descriptive geometry Of tho
Jesuit College having fraudulently given " some
Polytechnic students who were also members Of bis
college, the subject OF problem which should only
have been made known at the competition. A favored
student, shocked at the dsloiaty named the subject
to captain OF the Polytechnic and the seal Of tho
paper being broken 1t found to be true. The eI
animation has been deferred and Paris as much CT
cited as Disguised with the affair
-"Our boy Swipes,' says n California
paper. "is regular attendant at Sunday school, Last
Sunday his teacher expalnng q chapter to the
class In the Book OF Kings After delivering herself o.
what she thought TO be very entertaining DISCOURSE
she asked the class, What Is kngr This poso
to the class. Finally boy swlpes, who Is the prd.
OF the Sunday school, held up his hand. This made hi
teacher smile bengnly for she proud to him 50
ready with an answer Sue SAID, Well, swipes, what
is kingY Well, miss, you see when you get In tue
king row and put checker on him, why then he's q
kngi and when somebody leads jack and another feL
low plays queen pedro, you his eyes hang
out by taking 'em both with king"
The TrierSchc XeituHJ publishes the fol-
lowing extraordinary tale; Herr Jox In company
with children at school feast when he commit.
ted the awful crime Of disappearing Prince Bismarck.
and taking IN vain the Of Dr. Fa X, Minister Of
Puolic Education. lie took piece Of cake from ond
Of the little boys ana offered to his dog The animal
going to eat when the priest sad "Itis pres
from Prince Bismarck" aud the Intelligent creature
declined II. An offer In the name Of Dr. Falk was re-
fused In the way but when the priest said tits
from the Pope the og wagged MS tail and greedily
| swallowed the morsel. Herr JoK according to tho
authority has been prosecuted for his Joke GnJ
| sentenced to three months imprisonment
| Unusual interest attaches TO the Brit
ish revenue returns for the quarter ending June So
just published. OF the nine heads under which they
exhibited, four show decrease. among which Is tho
tax, although It raised early In the quarter.
Stamps show decrease of $50 900 land tax ana house
duty, $1,000; Post ONCE CLOS 900 income tax. 9l2s
000i total 92di0 OO. The excise has yielded Gl72ON
! more than In the corresponding quarter Of 1851
| the augmentation In customs Is ony GjSooO; tele.
graphs. f25 900; crown lands, $1,000; miscellaneous
&l04750 making total increase OF G3i750 and leay.