The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-08


his customers fresh pond lily.
The permanent exhibition in philodo,-
phia is having scant patronage.
-tieorgias Constitutional Convention bo.
decided no, to abolish the death penalty.
In two years 60OO London children bavo
been taught to swim by the Hcalth Society
A boy OF sixteen killed himself in No,,
Hampshire while suffering from an unrcquit.d s,,..,
mont to young woman.
A woman lost wallet containing si9o a.
Atlantic City For safety she buried it in the sand 10
fore she went in to battle.
One of the Boston street railway com.
panss has on file six thousand applications Tor u,e po
tons of drivers and conductors
A Washington description: :" And thoro.
upon Mr. Evarts put his shocking bad hat that vb
on. makes him resemble taow dip surmounted bv.
TASTY extinguslern
In one Of the counties OF Dakota the Com.
nissoners offer a re ward OF $3.50 tor every Indian a.,
posed Of dead alive, but he must be- killed Or eauyb,
within the county limits
More than five million cans Of corn ara
now packed In Maine annually, and sold variou, rsr,,
Of the world, giving cmpoym to from sou to lot.u
persons during the packing
A Texas court has decided that the old
law against the int marriage the race is Obsolete o
Judge holding that 1t was simply intended for the support
Of slavery and ceased to Nist when slavery ceased
The steamers which watch over tho
Sucl 'unhl nctn increased from TWO 10
sequence OF the mysterious arrest OF Armenian o,
Maltese said to have been provided with a chest Of dy
Mantle cartridges with the design Of blowing M the canal,
The Pennsylvania Railroad now places
the freight trains signal ght. 50 ARRANGED
that when the train is at rest the light NJ a,y in
view; but when In motion the light flashes. or alter
naicy appears aud disappears and thus the mo,cmeu,
and speed Of the train can be estimated
The San Francisco Chronicle comments
the strange fact that although In the last three year.
the Beicher. Crown Point Justice. Chollar roto.i and
ophir mines have produced ss.DcOoo worth of ore tho
stockholders have ncted not cent but lyve had to
contribute s2.3i4,Oo in ssments, and ,iil have
debt Of t1O'Oueo
specimens of silver taken from the Ger.
70 de Pasco silver mines IN Peru. show that sub.
merged portion o the mountain very rich and rough
estimate shows that body o will be exposed y the
new tunnel which Henry Mcisgs is to bud worth rom
sboHnCcJ to s5ooto1ooJ These mines have lain
under water for fity years
A few weeks ago two children, of the
ages Ut and years icil into the Lake OF G'ncva
the outside end the pier at Morgcs Canton de wand
third child named batilard aged Is. who happe ned
he the SPOT inmS distcly threw his clothes aud
plunged into the lake, and, diving. brought both the
drowning children safely 10 land.
An unusual feature of the Wimbledon
Rifle meeting this year the the last day
o Lord Cairns the Lord Chancellor who In person ao
| companied by Lord whamchnc aud Lord Waldo. ra,e
appeared 10 receive the handsome SILVER nasoi which
are now the reward cl victory in the Lords aud Com
match and which til next will be- held by the
| Lord Chancellor. on behalf Of the Upper House
Gen. Hill Of Georgia has Just buried his
charger and l. preparing tombstone place over
tie remains, bearing u' following inscription Atcrt
sidney Johnston. noble. gallant faithful tguo horse
after bearing has rider and master. r lhl. mtou.h
lortyseven battles. receiving three woui, and
surviving them through many years OF usefulness. lpd
July ~. 1877, in the tweniyiourth year OF his a.,