The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-24
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gestcd as the real name OF the Fraudulent vco
1t Is believed that the ten per cent L.
In Tennessee will be repealed by the present feg.,n
"A Californian proposes TO sail to Iivo,.
pool by the way Of Cape Horn, in a boat only tren,,
feet long. 'V
1t Is asserted in San Francisco that
new census of that city will show that has a popuauo.
OF $4,000.
All the State militia OF Vermont will n.,.
tcinae In arproducton OF the battle Of Bennine,sn =,
| August next
"A new Methodist church in Boston IL IA
he the largest belonging to that denomination 4,
| America, and will scat 5000 persons
"A strange epidemic has appeared in W.
rious parts OF Scotland among horses aud there ara 90
suffering from its effects in Edinburgh alone
1t Is mentioned as singular fact that
since the counting in OF Hayes has become probabl.
the audiences Of Moody and sankey in Boston have ALLEN
on. INV"
The Connecticut Senate has passed n hin
providing that criminals from another state can he ro
turned wthouta roquisuon from the Governor Of TIA
| State.
Tho Chinese in San Francisco hava
bought land for permanent burial ground which indi
Gates that they intend " give up returning their dead Ia
| China.
"A Scotch youth named Macalstcr hns
just accomplished the Unprecedented feat OF winning "A
Cambridge all the chief prizes at sweep, becoa
ing Senior Wranglcr too.
Tho early thaw has stopped logging
business throughout the Wisconsin rncrcs an no mon,
work will be done this winter Comparatively few loss
arc cut which the lumber men think will insure higher
| prices and better work next winter.
| The disconsOlatc young woman who
jumped, with suicidal intent rom sx.siory window q
the Palace Hotel San Francisco might have succeeded
In killing herself had she struck ON a balcony fo "
feet below An unronantc broken leg was the result
-" Before we were married." said he TO
friend. she used to say byby' swecty when wen,
down the steps" And now what does she sayfr asked
tho friend "ohi just the same" exclaimed the man..
buy, buy "Ah see" said the other; she only ex,
crciscs little different SPELL over you"
The number Of vessels OF war Of all tho
maritime nations amounted IN 1875 according to some IL
ncial statistics lately published In Germany to u39 "a
which 200 were ironclads The armament comprised
2SpJo men and 5,o'o guns 10 vessels including
| % ironclads, were In course OF construction
On the Southern Pacific Railroad. $40
miles south Of San Francisco is unique piece a
raroadins. where the track after passing through tun
mel winds around the mountain and l-f direct
~ over the tunnel thus gaining height seventy eight
feet 37p5 feet Of rail About 100 miles further south
the road through Of the longest tunnels In Amer
| lea, that OF San Fernando. dod7 feet in length I,
The Great and Little Dismal Swamns
embrace above 100000 OF the richest lands Or
North Carolina a large portion OF which, by moderate
outlay FOR draining could be- made equal 10 the Ter
tile OF Louisiana These Lands belong chiefly 10 the educa-
uonal fund.- but OF no present value to IL Vance
isanxilus to have them drained aud has directed bnl
| to be prepared for the Legislature the subject
The citizens of Wilmington, n. c. have
met with the Mayor 10 consider the importance tho
city of the construction Of canal from Wilmington up
the Northeast river about hity miles thence 10
New river thence Ncuse thence up BAY river ana
across to Biunts creek down that to Pamco river and
thence TO Norfolk 1t stated that the construcuoa
OF the canal would increase the value OF property Il
least s2Oppoon and gvc employment 5000 labocr.
BY an odd chance two lovers Of one WOO
man met oonyict In the Alabama State prison. one
three years and the other Ave and la
ter desired compact by which the former not "a
take advantage Of his earlier freedom butte refrain from
| counting the woman until both were at liberty. TAd
threeyears' man refused to make any such agreement
and was in consequence nearly murdered By the hA.
years man. The woman had already married s0mebod1
/ else
| According TO n writer I'm the Rtuia
Journal the Pope not too fond OF the late Cardinal
Anoncli Their natures antipatheuc rather than
Otherwise and the Holy Father IN the habit Of play
July designating his Prime Minister by the name 4
| Barabhas When the Cardinal dying the Pope dI
express tile fainicst desire 10 see him That the Sec
Rotary OF state remained long IN onco was owing
partly, OF course, To hs talents winch Plus IN coul
well appreciate, though he could not like the man.
Some rare miniatures and autographs
were sold at Hotel Droyot in Paris the other day ne
ss Of the old nristOCracy ana the nbers u the urka
family being present Nine miniatures fetched n 81
francs, among them portrait Of Marie Aninnc,te and
another Of Madame Elizabeth, the sister Louis XVI
-Four lines, scrawled by the latter the day after iha
capture OF the Bastiic fetched 2o5 francs autograph
letter from Marie Antonctc To the Duchess o rognac,
$40 francs. Autographs. however. OF Frederick tia
Greet and OF the Emperor Paul l. OF Russia went loP
r!liculously small sums
One of the novelties Of the Paris Exposia
don of is7s which Is most likely to attract the keen In
terc.t o the public, will he the exhibition ot historical
portraits executed by French artists the fifteenth
century to 1851 TIN, project has been approved by The
Minister Of Public ln'uacuon, and has been submitted
| L. a suh-oommi.,on 10 consider the best of
carrying the scheme into eject and to ascertain tho
views the subject of the posessors historical paint
ings Tile commission ha, already put itself IN
mchuon with the museums ot the provinces and priNao
owners of collections. Who itis said have responded 70
the appeal viii hbcralty which promises rich hAf.
vest of historical and artistic discoveries
Tho little daughter, aged IL, of NJ. Bar
moulin. French municipal nncuonary, has by her OWE
clcyerncss escaped the late OF Charley Ross While
turning from school man seized her arm pn his hand
TO her mouth, and threatened her il she raised cry
Then he put her into ucd her hands, and set odty
oircuiiou, Tor a noghhoring village on the ogt
skirts he told her 70 wait Tor him certain point ana
threatened her with death # she stirred But continuing
get her hands free she mounted Before long 10
returned searched in all directions, and at last HIN.
self on Tho spirited little girl after time descended an5
trudgod THROUGH darkness and rain homcwli. taking
shelter for some hours 900 village market Athnsh no
reached ~ house OF farmer, arlcnd OF cf athcr wac
took hcr home.
At ono Of the Paris police court rich
ami elegant Russian lady has lately been comic uncln
three months Imprisonment tor th,.L size D.. ,' lfcV
Noiuis wife OF Capt Glrianon KorcNitoliOu,s suAs
in c Russian cavalry. Her age i, twenty -i' and -
hasa dausht,r OF eleven who was implicated "W her
mother in stealing number of artistic ir'f d N~'f %