The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-19
SUNBE

kerosene accident
The state tax in Maine is only a third
Of dollar VI ssed valuation or about
| Of one per cent real value
A committee has been formed at In
chatre. in France for the purpose erecting sa. 4,
| Georges Sand. formerly Of that town
| The French Government asks for an an
preparation OF s1opocO public Instruction In 1878
For 1877 there was appropriated SosOocO and for s7s
| s7.suOOvD
A teacher In a Nashville Sunday school
urged the familiar lesson that the carly bird catches IN,
worm bright boy reminded him shat the owl w,,.sto
| birds, is out all night and sleeps all day
"A blacksmith Is greatly exciting The re-
sion around Fresno. CALI by curing diseases in wa,
that according the belief Of the supersttou p,oye
| him to be possessed Of supernatural powers
Bachelor apartments are still to be got
very cheap in Paris IN good situau ms The hes,
plan Is to take them unfinished and buy furniture "A
auction sixty dollars year Will pay Tor excellent ac
commodaton In this way.
Louise de Ia Rance better known "a
"ouida," lives In MAGNIFICENT mansion iust outside of
Florence, where. amid gay silken hangings marble
statues old pictures medieval brio abrac and :, rice,
wilderness Of flowers she writes popular stories
Tho electric light is becoming common,
In Paris In connection with works that have To be r car,
ricd on during the night large lamp ha. been estab
shcd in the Avenue de opcra and others are cmplora
In tho Trocadcro in connection with the building Of IA.
Exhibition Palace.
In Worcester, England, Jan. 26 farm
aborcr fined t2 and bya petty sessions eour,
for having refused to obey the LAWFUL commands Of hi,
employer lie had been working fourteen hours ami a.,
lawful request that he should continue AMI load
three wagons more.
There have boon received from 400 banks
and bankers all over the country sl26p2 as the tcn
ntof the family Of the late Mr. Haywood the cashier Of
tho bank Mt Northncld, MINI. who was Killed by the
Younger brothers September last To this sun, tho
NOrthneli bank added 5000
The correspondent of the London D0,hv
Telegraph took tea lately with old Turk. who told him
that he needn't despair Of eins the give place 10 the
round hat and Turkish women going about unveiled
nasmuch IL is expressly stated in the Koran tia.
lslamism will change according TO circumstances
"A novel feature of the ball of the tcle-
graphors Of Chicago the 18th was the music for tho
dance, which was furnished In Milwaukee and trans,
mitted by wire by means Of the telephone. The wires
were also into several Newspaper Offices ani tho
'u,ic furnished Amusement for ciuKcns I'M.
able to hear 1t in the ballroom.
A Virginia hunter saws that ne saw
about seven hundred thousand ducks settle on rond
They wcdgcd closely together He fred both bar
res OF his gun into them They flew away leaving no
dead ones in the water, but the flock spread
out little. dead ducks loo.cncd and fell untn he ked
| up enough 10 MI twenty nine barrels
Two young men in Cooke county, Tenn.
stole girl apiece and were leaving the vicinity when
the girls fathers upon them with revolvers and
took their daughters from them The kidnappers hume.
diale opened re upon the parents who replied IA Ike
manner Some twenty shots were exchanged. when Ito
sheriff apps AIRED and arrested the boys
State Senator Frank Stewart has intro
duccd bill into the Nevada Legislature for the proven
| ton Of cruelty to It provides that women
heaters shall he tied TO stone post erected for rur.
po~ wearing nlacard ON their breasts marked "wo
man heater" or "Wie beaer." the may be- and
further punished BY imprisonment and fine.
Jeanette Nj. Robinson, Of Chicago as.
serted that tor seven years paralysis prevented her
| utterrs word and that In Instant In an. Ner to
prayer. she cured. reporter recognized hor asa
woman who. under the name OF Mary Davis had only
year ago been remarkably glib witness l.~.ul.
| The exposure Of the fraud seem to be complete
The Brotherhood Of Engineers was
formed thirteen years ago. II now embraces ~J .ub.
divisions AMI 400 regular members in all rar ~ tho
United states and canada 1t provides for the wso~,
and children VI dead reihron aul since its organization
has expended moro than slOJJOJD in this work sides
donating 5000 TO aid needy members Only loooruve
nsineers are eligible for aoesip and a. death us
family receive. 5000 cash.
The lifty-cght horse butchers In Paris
distributed to the population that city o27i hor-~
asses, AMI mules during the past year ag,in-t ~. Il
these animal, slaughtered IN I-5i society formed for
the prono on OF the Use OF horchcsh for fo,d awarded
silver medal TO tie owner the nrst establishment,
opened for the sale Of tina; Lyons AMI 4 cod
medal 90 the proprietor horse meat shops in V.r.
sum of LOO francs was also placed at the ti-poslo
the society by It's founder TO be applied to the encourage.
ment Of any butcher who shall mot introduce hog, mea,
to the notice Of the public OF London.
A huge swindle has Just been roportod
from the north Of Ireland Mr. Dcvn q Justice Il he
Pence Chairman Of the Poor Law Guardians Pr, sdcntd
an Orange Lodge, and ostcuious convert OF Wcssrs
Moody aud sankoy, has He'd from Coosstown. loayins
liabilities to the amount Of srOppp lie had risen from
the position OF herd boy to that of merchant and land
owner and seems 10 have robbed everybody IN The most
impartial manner. Priests. parsons. schoolnasisrs
farmers. and lawyers are among his lup.s AMI he I'D
not even spare his own relations lie is said In nave
sold his lands to six different purchasers besd.s mort
g"sing them TO several banks He dealt similarly ghi
quantity OF dummy stores which he r,prescni.d 10 h
hnN but which Ia reality bales OF rubbish Aeed'
| with that material
Masked balls In Paris owe most Of their
gayety To societies Of dancers hird by the
attract the public These dancers form REGULAR ,rgsn
lied corporation. les entrancurs de baisn nun rns
some hundred members who are suhdyided inia thr.s
bodies, La jeuncsso rariscnne' LA soti,ue de 70
GunAiino, aud "Ies Chevacrs lie Ia Iume Ii,, mem
bcrs are mainly respectable Young workmen A. pooi
clerks who are foni OF dancing. Dressed IN nnfasue
sni-e and armed with ratucs h,ls castanots ami fnny
uunpct the various companies ON hall nght a...mis
at some cafe where the Pr sdent Gals the ron sb
~h'e,s are hnei The members are all known ty odd
s'hrqnets. such as d" Ball OF Thrcnd.n IN. Wal E,Lu
Pine Beard sc, while the rr, -id,nt IL s led Ian4
some Duck Al midnight the aoil,'n, sally forth
Ing down the streets AMI PLAYING their several 4nstra
nents AMI, rushing into the tall room eN,,ut. ir,el
lous c'i~ Ihe-e societies have tie enuee even 70 ths
| balls Of Ga. Grand Opera
Celia Logan says that her father. like
most actors ol the olcn time had mania tor i,anas.
meni aud usually IT took an iuneranS form In wagon
with the company and scenery packed inside he roun
| travel through STATE after state. The fastest wana
WAS sent ahead to bill" the town a dag or two pre
'ious 10 IL performance. the hnl, beng as often w,nei
| asrrinrd one winter had been very sever, aud N.
heavy snow storms had greatly impcded ,l, actors