The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-06

Over seventy members of tho Vermont
Legislature attend prayer meeting every morning
Father Bollig, the new custodian of
the Vatican Bisiica omes paid TO be the master az
| Afty-wo languages
-Parson Brownlow comes out of oh.
security & consgn "the corpse Of the hell deseryitr
| Democracy to cremation
The Dramatic NeWs says that lorna
separation has been arranged between Kate CaIton,
| the actress, and her husband.
| The Congregational Conference of Min
nesota turns aside from religious topics to resolve th
the repudaed bonds OF that state ought to b. paid
The life of Vanderbilt will afford a
nrsrate opportunity for the right sort " boRraphcr
We hardly know the man here to undertake 1t success
| fully.
| About an acre of snow bank was dug
over Pittsncid. under the suppostion that mis-
ing gr o.; but she returned alive, having bees
| on wiz to schoolfellow.
The Boston Common Council has re-.
solved to permit more wrestling boxing mrtyhes
In that city This action tn result of tue death VI
| participant IN a boxing exhibition
Sir Michael Costa. after his two orato-
rios Ell ana "Naamin." mas preserved long silence
In composition but It is stated that he eusasei
on third wOrk depicting the career Of Joseph, the
| of Jacob
Russian war vessels in the Caspian ara
hereafter to use petroleum instead of coal. ENpgn.
1
that WITHIN FEW weeks the furnaces Of vessels
| will have been altered to suit he material
Not far from Snlzburg, Austria, is a
mountain which consist Of nothing but beautiui
marble. The stone masons GU out blocks and columns
Of It. take them TO the great city, ami build palaces ot
them while the chips used ~ make playing marbles
| for the young folks.
Smallpox Is raging fearfully among
the INDIANS Victoria and vicinity British Columbia
An effort has been made to remove all unemployed
Indians from the city, but they won't unless
portation is provided, is willing to advance
money for the purpose
The fur trade of Petersburg, Va. has
lately grown Into great proportions, and forms %
| the most important branches OF business. Beavers
foxes, muskrlts. mnks. coon and rabbits furnish the
largest quantity Of pets, and It IL surprising to know
now many of these animals are killed In the vicinity
The total number of miles of railroad
open working in the British Empire on the Slsto
December 1879 were: United Kingdom 1865 Austria.
ia Including horse railroads. 2,2s5 british Guiana. t
Cape Of Good Hope. li9; Ceylon. 9i Canals, iii3l
| India, 6i6i; Jamaica, % Maurltius. 90 Nata5i
| -Tuckootoo OF Hannah, the Esquimaux
| woman who, with her husband ana child, among
the party separated from the Polaris noated for
days the doe has Just died at Grotou. Conn
having never recovered from the effects Of that trying
time. She had learned TO speak anu read Lngsa Gu.
emily. anu intended soon to Join the Baptist Church
Major Mcfarland, the engineer EN-
on a route uniting the Atlantic and the Pacific. says
that the Near qua way is The most feasible The Dis.
lance woulI be sxtyone miles there Is natural har-
Dor either end and the cost would be about $40.
OOo OOo The dnculty wouo he greater than In making
| the suez canal. The Darien route would be muel
| shorter. but would involve tunnclng.
| An old man walked through Virginia
CITY on his way to d" some place where folk wouldn't
crowd" lie that nifty years ago he went to 1--we
the Missouri river, In the woods, where game was
abun and tM solitude suited him. Civilization IN
| It's westward progress drove him out finally, ant he
migrated to oregon where he supposed hat he would
never b. bothered IN that way. To his surprise few
years ago. he noticed tns civilization was crOsding
him aglin-this time advancing from the Pacific. Now
| he is on his way to the Rocky Mountains
| Boston has 500 day and evening schools,
3o8 of all classes ana 55ii7 pupils Of whom
20 s33 females Tho total expenditure for all pur
last year 90 O1b $50 "a. decrease 81
$1,000. The cost per scholar 10 the day schools fos
tuition and incidentas was t35.l5 decrease Of sew
| enty cents. superintendent Philbrick thinks that
kindergartens the less favored sections OF the cf
would be of great service to parents who too mu
occupied with their daily labor give their chidrea
the they need. and that vacant school rooms might
be used for this purpose.
One Sunday afternoon, recently, in the
title village OF Walton on. Trent England, the CHS
dren leaving school one little fellow, aged eleve.
was teasing girl anu pulling her dre". She todhn
be quiet. and pushing at im with umbrella u:
point accidentally entered his eve. and he fe ulcot-
| scious TO the ground. lie was taken home, ana uS
effect OF the shock upon hs father great that b
was seized with ut. and died shortly afterward. TIE
little boy died about O'Clock the same evening ana
his mother has since been confined to the house Owi-s
to the influence OF the sudden double bereavement.
AT n late meeting of the Conncctcub
Historical Society. DR.. Truntu stated that was b.
hitherto unpublished fact that Mr. Charles Francs
Adams was the ony American who ever refused "a
degree OF Doctor of Cyi Laws from Camhridse Ul-
| versity Ing and The cause of this refusal thi
fact that the recipients Of at the En- sh CONS
menccments subjected TO such annoyance, ~ ila
students assembled IN the galleries. THIS w's tspe-
cially the case when the American gentleman upon
whom IL bestowed, the before It wa given 70
MIR. Adams, received It, aud Mr. Adams did not care ~
subject himself to similar treatment.
Real cannibals have been discovered
by missionaries the island. Of New Britain ami 40
Ireland, of the northeast coat OF New Guinea 1hess
natives are nude savagcs OF the Oriental negro we
who live Ike heas,s than human being. The kr
George Brown. Wesleyan missionary. reports that q
saw women roasting the leg ana thi-h of man va
had been KILLED in neht IN another hut smos tdhf'
thirtynse jaw homes Of men and women. CArnlbal'a
seemed to be common throughout the ISLANDS, not ast
igious rte hut ORDINARY means of tulsstits
The natives assured the mis- nary that The zee, as
heretofore published Of race ~ tailed human hi's'
true and certain Mat lhese cfoalAa
were not monkeys
| TUPPER's TRIBUTE TO AMERICA
| Great ana undcrst irdlnr Nationl .
| Hear win one WNo~r lunnp ucn
| Sends thi- hearty e Iuu1cnuHtIun
| ,thhg im. tth 70. nluin. 81 men