The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-05
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vestors are drawing their dividends II IL estimated
that s20O0o0Do will be thus paid out in New York
this month city State. Railroad bank insurance and
other securities.
-Adons: Miss Jones. do you think
Brown so awfuily ualyp Miss j.; Ugly No, indeed
Why VIC all think ptm extremely nice looking Adonis;
Well was talking him the stair Just and
lady passed. and heard her say. That's the usiest
man ever saw r. And there nobody there but
him and mel
The Duke of Westminster has set n very
good example TO tho other proprietors OF London
squares. He has offered to the METROPOLITAN Boird OF
Works the freehold OF Ebuy squire Gardens, Ia ordor
that this space may thrown g. the public. The
Duke offers to give up absolutely to the public the feo
SIMPLE, unhampered by any condition.
London Is, nj present, unusually
afctcd with small pox. The three hospitals nj lamp
stead, Homerton and stocS WE'LL devoted to this die
full and contain in the aggregate six hundrcd
patients The fever hospit at Hjneston, accommo-
dating three hundred has devoted the sick with
small ppx and others in Fuhim and Def, ford
being built for the purpose.
A young woman in the seminary al
Rockford No. wished to get married contrary her
parents wi hes and therefore closely confined
her room. Her lover ana another man planned an
c'opemcnt. she was to jump from her window. IN thu
second story aud they were to catch her in buffalo
robe. she had fore d her courage to the Jumping
| point when the pot was discovered.
MI. Parncll. n member OF the Inter-
national Gun ANA PO tuo, has performed ~ Brghton
England the cxtraordina fe ( Of shooting hundred
penny Piece. succcssye, IN nny minutes thereby win.
ming heavy wseer-E30O 10 SIS. The arrangements
that the "thrower up" shoui stand eight yards
from the shooter. and that he should not throw coin
| more than thrce feet above his head.
-" Glaciarium' Is the name of the new
skating rink provided for the Londoners through thd
Ingenuity of Prcf Gamgec. lie produces surfaces
by passing currents OF glycorine through
| metal iuoos immersed The ice Il already
inch thick. Although London lies In northery
latitude than New York. frost rrely continues long
| enough there to form usefui natural ice.
The attendance I'm Paris upon the lato
| burial OF Nile. Marie Raspaii dauyhcr - the cce-
brited radical Republican. was enormous. ana cscecd-
ed that upon the funerals OF Ledru.Roln Edgar on
net. and Nine. Louis Blanc. The procession formed
the Place dEnfcr tc "a iare) aud The intermeat
in the cemetery Of Pore Ia Chase The decelsc
| qucsted that the burial should take place without
| funeral rites. and her wish was respected
The Fiji cannibals that Barnum used
| to EXHIBIT In a Phladelphi museum. They
advertised there being d-eaduly ferocious aud nc
constantly confined In CHI Tins few nights ago, after
the close u the show, they were permitted to cotha
| themselves ordinary clothes and out Spree
They returned earv In the morning very drung. and
half killed their Tnev oft him cruelty, and he
SAYS that he almost convinced they really
cannib Ia.
| In Scotland it has for IA long time been
usual to b.azon mans tombstone the symbols OF
| his trade Especially has thus Dccn so at Dumblane,
where In the burying ground Of tao abbey Of those
tombsonrs which from 100 to 900 years Old about
one.fourth thus marked the symbols being In low
relief sugar cone Indicates the grave OF grocer;
and saw with hammer ami nails occurs on the
grave Of a carpenter. awl and hammer that Of
| shoemaker.
Won Moltke expressed himself at n re-,
cent military therinx to the eject TINT Rusai. In
making war against Turkey. was embarKing a great
/ al Tnra
5000 raw levle., resisted for long tim, the on
saughts 10000 well equipped aud dis, ipned Rms
SLAMS whose uunoers kent u, nv continuu rren'
forccments in the present emergency the Russl ms
would have s less reason 10 anticipate an easy and
| rapid success.
| "A Cyclopedia of Costume, or Die
tonary Of Dress" is the title of highly incre ting
volume Just published IN London by j. H. Plancbe, tha
| octogcnaran dramatic writer who. forty years ago,
produced similar cook to guide man OF Theatres,
actors artists and others In the selection Of
and costumes. The present publication Is Of great h.
toric value As II describes the dresses OF We Eu
rope and Eng and from the time of the Saxons up to
| the reign OF Georxe Ill.
| p. =. Bliss. the noted singing revivalisa
who was killed In the AshtaDua disaster was thirty.
| six old He was form rly 10 the employ Of
music pub shing nrm. la 1874 he made the asquaInt
| ance Of Major white, the exhorter, at sunday
school convention. and that occasion composed thu
now familiar song Hold the Fort" Thereafter HI
and wntle travelled together aa,o.t constantly. II,
Is the author or udapter OF most Of the songs used IA
| the Moody ana Sankey meetings
| No sentence OF death has been execute
ed in Belgium since 1888. Comnntation penal serv.
,ude for life OF which part miy .,qusnty be remit
ted has been the course invariably followed recent
great increase 10 crimes OF violence Of the Kind
has given occasion for Sins subject az
fore the Chamber The M,nsier OF Justice, however,
made the declaration that he would rather resign oo
than permit single sentenc Of death to be cxecned.
Murdercrs In Belgium have therefore still good ma
| before them.
The Versailles Chamber Is subject ia
whimsical Interruptions. The other day N. nenier,
whose politics are only less admirable than his choco
late, developlnz his ideas tlxation II was his
maiden speech. ana he vas getting along nicely. when
all at once hoarse voice Issued fron the spectator
gallery: Vlve Ia Francel Vive Napoleon :" Pres
ident Gr6yy seized his bell the nearest employee, d
| the Climber sk,d the proprietor Of tue voice thd
gal cry was cleared. compir quiet restored, md
NJ. Menler resumed MS discourse Des, ne could Tbs
interrupter proved TO be M Jobert formerly subaL
| tern In the Garde Imperale B,fore the police iur,
he explained that he thiusiag of Alsace Lorraine
| and forgot himself He was nned sixteen francs and
sent up for six days Hls private version
an entire week h had oeen achins to sarte the Chin
Der aud That the mp aon las .came lrresst1le.
| Some of the accidents that are noticed
IN local newsp pers inter sting for their novelty.
J0nn shaWhan, ia Lebanon, lni. accidental w1unlei
himse with gun lie then dropped the weapon anis
second narrc was dschig q hltt lg who stood
| by. Both died. Andrew H. Shore. a col miner N
Piston. struck pickIxe throu thin wal Of coal
between hun and streaui AMI the water hm 40
fast that he was almost drOsnei ID ivid Gargin net
! TO csc pc from cell IN Newport p ilce station bi
| climbing thrOush hole over tue dOor. lie fi,, hd
feet eau ,ht aud he hung held doSnwlr1 until edsi.
George Wels, poicemil IN Dtuyluc Ky, toosa ro.
yover from drunken prlsonr- an pu II cooked INTO
| his pock I. II went on, ami fatally wounded him
| glrl tel while sEa1ng IN Milwaukee aud the luiei
end Of SINE ling hitte wOrn AT her bet, penetrated
| her body several inches. A Boston y impilsd him
self on cane that man dropped just his SLED CAM
| along.
| A traveller from Boston writes to tht
| Afr0iser Of that city an account OF vlIt N tho
| Khedye's poet, on the Nlc, Tue poet, who holisM
| Official appointment, Is ou, dlgnihed. and courlrlns
aud has young ana prcity wife. A Lunch served
with European utensils, an the par chart
| at table out the Wand were Egyptian. " flr'L"
says the writer "a large dsh OF spccd. mnccl brad
was placed on the crowded waiter. wncn W. no
| helped ourselves q this dish, it qlcsY removed
to make room Tor the next the Departing being
set upon tle hoor secon dsh mutt n and cooked
olives. lhrd, leaves OF The grI9e rolled M All ANi