The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-03

Lords Reaconsncl1 and Derby, and leaves E52s over
Relatives of Gen. Leslie COombs say
that the report when recently appeared in the couers
Journal that the General had lately irrlcd Is untrue
-Swamps in Louisiana are so dry that q
man may ride horseback wagon may be driven
through tracts Of country impossible within the mem.
DRY Of man.
"A few days ago citizens of Fort Grimm,
Texas, captured eleven who trying to run OF
twenyseven head of stolen horses and han ged saem
all In the woods
"A Cincinnati physician sued another
man simply for calling him postal card "a liar.
quack, thief murderer, rascal rutlin. villain.
forger, pcrJurcr, an ignoramus aprctcndcr, aud
general beat"
The first stone of grand national mus
scum for Amsterdam In which the collections. hthcr-
to dispersed. of tac Trippenhuis. the Van der noof
Museum, and the Stadhlus to be united laid In
that city few weeks ago.
An effort is being made In Virginia ia
induce Legislature sinction the employment oe
convicted OF misdcmcanors the roas Of the
county in which the offence Is committed. instead Of
sending them to the penitentary.
The sexton of st. Stanislaus's Polish
Church. Milwaukee, bcsct with appetite for alco-
ho and the trustees agreed with HIN that o. should
Deducted from wages every time h. got drunk.
In these nue cqua led his salary, and the
trustees held him to the bargain he mas sued them fon
his regular pay.
bertha Van IIlllorn, whose exhibition
OF pedcstranism In this city did not attract spec
tators. hai In Boston awakened interest remarkably.
The Governor, the Mayor. several clergyman. ands
large number OF women 80 to see her IN Music Hail
She has learned weston's play OF getting men OF public
standing countcnance her undertaking.
The largest establishment in the world
for Matching salmon Is that Of the United States
Government on the McCloui river, Shasta county, CAL
1t Is under the supcrntendcncc Of Livingston Stone.
slaF Of
mon each year the Fish Commissioners OF the vari-
states having rivers able for their increase.
Deacon Child, the leading citizen " OF
indianapolis who swindcd the Insurance company Of
which he President sent THIS letter TO the husband
OF the woman with whom he copod' "Jcssie never
loved you aud never loved Juna and so we thought
had better leave get married, and have the thing
settled" Julia Is his deserted wife, and Jessie is thd
c.oping wife.
The city of Munich has hitherto had
bad reputation regards helthness. and its death
rate has been exceptionally high. Tue Town Council
have resolved that that state Of things continue.
It shall at all events not be their fiut and im'rovc-
ments of every kiad beng planned with this view.
new central slaughter house Is the first Of these
which has been accom- plishel.
"A Russian officer has just invented an
ingenious projecte winch viii attract attention Tho
scznroch, It is called Is elongated shell, the head
Of which is completely spherical When fred tho
scErOch leaves the gun like ordinary she'll but when
II bursts the cylindrical part alone ncs into pieces tho
spherical mead continuing its flight toward the In
fantry. usually masscd beyond the artillery.
The hair producing countries par ex-
cellence Normandy and Picardy In France. Bone.
mia, Vorlberp and Tyrol. French hair ranks nrst.
then swedish AMI German. and lastly Italian and Eng
nsh. iair purchasers generally hunt IN couples. tho
typical old woman the deCOy They claim that tho
stupid the population Of district the finer viii
he the hair OF the Cutting the hair rlght on
Ia tho rlaf lf
Thus several crops are gathered from one head.
The arrangements for Il fashionable
wedding had been mad IN II. Louis. profuson Of
costly gifts had by friends OF the young
man, and a church was crowded with waiting
bly, but The ceremony postponed Indefinitely.
Miss wilgus wealthy member OF "h-st family"
DR. Owen a young and Pennies physician, wero
the couple. few hours before time for the
d ng the relatives Of Miss wilgis presented to DR..
oven cement binding HIN to interiors
with her property. and told him that unless he signed
II the m,rrage could not take place Ie resented lhls
a aifroni, and broke the engagement.
The negroes in the South, says n CORE,
spondent Of the cmclnnau Commercial calculate tina
entirely from the year OF emancipation. II you
date Of any they will tell you many
years before free iom many years since free
dom" II you ask the age OF a child the mother or
father may tel you. "i horned two year before
freedom" "itiwa- horned fist three year and twd
months after eedom." The of tue word ,stcf'
or Mthra, OF "Marr'l, II WAS NarlJ usy
nOunced by the slaves, has passed away For IL hai
been substituted the comprehensive term 'boss.'
There IL no mater, or mister monsieur for VA
freedmen; every man who Is white who 4. In
thorlly, "Dus-"
The Chcvot Hills in Scotland are not
exactly the place for hungry pnysichns Between 1910
aud 1871 the annual mortalii, was at average OF
nfocn per thousand, In New YORK II Is about douba
that In the vlige OF Ilarboe, with 100 inhaoitants.
there has been dcit Of child for twenty years
farmer and his iArcc shs pheris who hive coupled
their present liuaon nearly thirty Among
them fortyseveu children AMI nita single death has
occurred IN these families. In Aiwinton,a ptrsl on
the southern slopes II tn NILS tnc birth In ls7l
when 1t contained population Of l,eOi was 81 por
1902 anu the drih rate unv7 p. Plenty of whol coma
food. good wafer, good house,. and regular but not
severe work have Or uiht about tni desirable con-
| summation.
| The officers of the British ship-of-war
Voltage vi-ten IN re carly It of this year Welsh
colony Of CAnp 10 on ue east colst OF Paiaseia abon,
forty mines inland We fnu O. g some ten years ago,
| ana has now population OF over 5Dl. Their heufI
l. rooi on the VII De. espcciay nllng the chl Ell.
| but dyspepsia was rather frequent. cirrum.ttncs
attrbut ry o. I'm ness Of diet. tea AMI lrs "a mi
butter De,ng often arf thc sole food f,r wec.s.
riourl from time fi une gutn,co and ostrich meat
hare. ducts, sIpc au lart l-r- are brought ~ ~
hunters Inc ca itrls cN''sri,tiy dry Asarlle tha
h,ati' MOI oair --i,. ana fust alt snow % w,utcr
are u-u ih ihaWed 80 in ul a., .Al. 1lrrc Do s,1I
fu lr du.e o he yaue II 80 ipJj Was suipp,4 lryI
IL. Goo .i, H. $3.50.
--iN surgeon q neral Frmci-. of tha
| Hru Army iI lnIif suir. inp. Warmly DO i.t,r
~ cpli t'a su1.r. tIn.y .tN .r malt n.ver.
nr' wNon srsf1'l. r' -''. 'I-p.l.r In.'e. \ fe Y
! ioii- ago .up.I .4t. 1870 'ill. 90 oI 4
usef shooting ,spe H.n ~ ir..aI. ,n4l.pf = ia
nfuous irnp'riu lnl 100 A. Yrni ne4ln ntl % on
reeInn o. f' q ala g. 90 drlA Ytrf h..f t.ity.
lr,uA u..,.nl hli c1H tri nr.,tl0' ..Ir fHu.