The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-29

In Potcnza, Italy, two young men, named
sciacc and scmi, fought duel with sabres sciaa,i
killed
"A Vicksburg man made his suicide ro.
markabc by tying heavy stone to himself before a
jumped into the river
The printed invitations to negro h,u
in Tennessee bore the advice: Leave your ralofni
home for fear you may fall ON thcn.r
A convict was put into stocks In Willis,
Texas His cries for mercy, Take down - "A
dying were not needed and lac died under the torture.
"A young man hanged himself to bcl-
rope in Knoxville. "a. and the CHANGING brought ask.
ton who cut him down Ills suicidal Intention douhtd.
The Catholic total abstinence suciotics
Of Boston will omit the Father Matthew day parade ins
YEAR and instead entertainments Tor the b.ncnt a
the poor.
Samuel Stickney Of Waterloo, 1own,
Rugged girl hard that revolver in his poe set wa
discharged seriously woundng boy who Wa passing
the gate where the pair stood.
There are five born sisters in a Canadian
convent all OF them proessed nuns and they baso
trbuted their combined fortunes amounting ~ siopun
to the treasury Of the nunnery.
The French Academic dcs Inscriptions
has received from Tuns eight en- stones with noo pu1
inscriptions which rescued by Guitnot tsraph
director at Goulete from being broken 10 mend roads
Wealthy Cinnamon of San Francisco ara
suspected Of Gripping the feet of their little girl. AFTER
the fashion in their country An Moon is under
rest for having removed the bones from his daughters
feet, SO that thcy could be compressed
Springfield girls ask their men friends
TO give them ten cent pieces which have been ground
smooth on one eide and adorned with monVg Thv.o
coins the fair about their nocks the with
the longest string being object Of consratulaton
Dispatches from Lourdcs are printed
every day in the Paris Unir,s with such headings as
"Thrce miracles before midday" six cures
effected" and "Four new cases." aud then follow tho
aud addresses Of those REPRESENT cured and
descriptions OF their ailments,
Two girls In the seminary at Oxford,
OHIO say that they became possessed of devils. ana
their conduct warranted that assertion They ran away
from the school without money or extra clothns rode
railroad train until put Oh by the conductor ana
then took to the woods living on stolen and chick
| ems until they were captured By relatives
The political testament Of Theirs COM
mences thus: Path in immense and Incompetent.
sibe God has ef, me for instant Of my hic and
wish 1t be nrst thought while my mind
| toward my end have always denied personal God
endowed with all the vain slondors and SUBJ
Ject the miserable passions of humanity But pros
uate myself confused BY my tleness, before the in-
mcnse unereated cause OF the Cosmos and conhde IN
that proyident and hnmutablo justice which see d-
| fused and dominant through the whole creation
| One of the new and curious objects OK
| the japanese capital is gigantic image Of woman.
made OF wood and plaster, and dedicated 70 Haciman
the god OF In hcightn measures nityour feet tia
head alone which is reached by winding staircase in
the interior OF the figure, being capable OF holding about
| twenty persons with comfort sword is held IN the
ght hand and huge ball IN the LETT Internally tic
novelty consists OF an extraordinary anatomical model.
A dne view Of the surrounding district is obtained ~
looking through ono OF the eyes and the price Of ads-
| son is only two cents
A marriage has been arranged for tho
Princess Thvra duh child of the King OF Denmark aud
prime. ERNEST Augus,us son of the "a King .ry, q
Hanover She is lust twentyfour years old Her cider
aser married the Prince of Wales Prince Ernest hs
no prospect of ever governing kngdom but h. father
,senormouslv rich ybi. nj, Leir,hed will ree,y. com.
parauvey little AS dowry. Another approac hing mar
rage is that OF Adele dc Roschili 10 Frankfort her
cousin, the Baron Edmond dc Rothschild OF Paris Her
mother. the Baroness Willy dc Rotischild composed
several airs which have become noted through Adehna
PAU, who sang them in concerts.
| Joseph ROurke of Albany, aged severn
teen fell in love with saloon keepers Il pt Nv
| child and married her James u Rourke the father.
ereupon sent word TO his son that he was disownoi
and forbade him ever he the street In
which his father and mother lived. Young Rourke could
not any reason why he should not use the .unIo
streets Of Albany nj his pleasure So the next sun.
day he ana his young wife walked past his father
house 10 assert their rights The old man oalght aud
beat his enough to satisfy the demand temper
then Leaf the girl for interfering The youns man h4a
saher arrested lof assault but stood between e "a
man and the jail door when the latter promised "
i'Ie win his iishi no more
The site OF the pctriiied forest OF Califor-
MIA Is about 90 feet above the level and . "a o
same trend with the Geysers. Mount St Helena and q o
thermal springs Of Calistoga recent visitor a,. That
eeoogcaly, 1t Is vast lava bed in which u, tr,,s
lie they thrown probably Thousands Of Years
ago by CONFUSION OF nature. The tree. sr, IN
fragments, many OF which have been converted INTO
charcoal others into hgnite and others into h,AuuA
specimens OF let Where the heart OF the te, had de-
cayed, the cavity is filled with opal a form OF .tluus
unerystallzed silica, containing water. Cha.cedony
another form OF tho silica but clear aud limpid ouni
~ o'her .aNi'es No top has been petIlei AM only
mere anu hefe root
The Chinese question l. under discussion
In Australia with even more earllc sincss than ~ taAo
MIA. The Legislature of Queensland has mIocd lax
OF $50 head on each Chiuaman entering tie colony
The money received is to be retained to tile pyce If At
any time within three years from the date Of audu 10
should "go away beg ond sea" He must 10 r,ooyc TINS
reimbursement prove that he has not been cunyof Il
any criminal offence ami that he has not been
able TO any public Institution Tor relief This act ha re-
eeiyed 1t Is Understood ,lce vi approval by telegraph
from the Homo Government Another act imposes an