The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-13

Tho House Of Lords contains ono Senior
wranglc, Lord Raylcslt cimS man lie has not yet
made any mark in public HE.
A law against public billiard rooms and
ten pin alleys is reidy enforced In Wyoming county
Penn and Is lively issue In local politics there
Tho telephone is coming into general use
In Lancaster Pa. means ot communication between
tue city departments and prominent business places
A sailing ear is used for pleasure ON the
Kansas raciao Railroad 1t is sooprilscd. has tour
wheels rud will run forty miles hour wncn the wind
Is favorable
The Steinways have now Steinway
Hall IN London which affords accommodation to sbou,
~r Itts,u. The London F,7no describes inpos
ns building.
during 1877 25,G23 deaths in England
and Wales inquest There 324 Curoncrs
aud vacancies. 80 were OF the legal and ~ Of ito
medical procession
Tho Emperor Of Germany has authorized
the 'cndin- 10 tile Paris Exhibition any modern picture
In the museums oi Germany that tho special Connis
siomcrs may select except military subjects
An Austrian military paper lately gavo
the result OF careful analysis Of sample Of bread sun
Piled to the Russian troops in Bulgaria Itrcvcaled ~
per cent of sawdust aud ~ per ccut nj sand
Several thousand years ago seven per-
sons ens"ecd in ad'@iy combat in what is Lyons
Ky Their skccton lust uucarticd. show by the atii
u0es that they were hgliins When they died
bismarck has obtained permission from
the hcichsi"s I" prosecute Herr Won Ludwig parii.
mcntary ccccnricitv Tor having said in committee that
",hc hou.e now and then has lucid interval"
A recent sale of "a private collection Mt
the Hotel Druot. Paris. hrou-ht s57.oDn Most vt the
modern masters were represented Pew picture sales OF
Importance seem to have taken ilacc there this year
Tho Council General Of Bridges and
Thorongharcs aud the Minister OF Public Works have
approved Of plan Tor the construction OF underground
railways in Paris. which will doubt be carried out
within lew years
What has become known as the Prince
Of wac,s Pavilion In the French Exposition designed
after an Indian temple, ami is to contain the choicest
specimens OF Indian art 1t executed by French %
ami the structure will cost sJo.op.
A poor woman in Milwaukee. unable 10
feed her ci-hty old boy, resolved to kill him. She
took him bridge deep water. and. although he
chung to her and imporcd her drown him. threw
him into the water. lie was. however rescued.
The French Academy will, in 1880, award
for the st time the following The Botta prize sioC
tile best work published IN French in the nvo proceed
Ing years on the condition OF women The Jul, damn
prize OF S6Ou tor the best translation Of Latin work
A correspondent Of the American Arch
e found that the reason ccsspools his house
annoyance. although not empted four years
that large tulip tree aud two very noutishns ma
Pies had stuck their roots them aud were deriving
all the benefit
In a recent communication to the Rerw
O,nnk N,r.usg, OF Vienna Baron Richthoien estimate,
the production OF coal IN China at about three million
year lie considers China the richest Of coa
countries, and that this Of wealth has been very
little drawn unon yet
The past winter has been the coolest OK.
pcrenoed in shanghai since -6i-2 The prouson Of Ice
suggested fraud essentially Chinese Attracted byar
unusual suffering after putting Goals on the IRE aecn
teman led to Of the Jumps and foundr
was ice carefully blackcadcd
Tha NTnharniah of Inland baa iatotu
had carriage OF solid silver built him 1t is orna
menod with silver lotus leaves delcatey chiseed On
the panels his armoral bearings inserted In pure
sold The four lamps which are exquisi;ely wrought
are also OF silver The curtains OF blue velvet
The largest obelsk in this country Is to
be placed over the Gen Wool IN lakewood Como
terry, Troy, twill weigh $50 tone. and he sixty
In height 1t Will be carried to Troy from Maino in 3
barge and moved by Of rollers and capstans from
the to the cemetery distance mile. The
Ge'eral lett s5o,ooo to pay Tor monument
While negro man down in Georgia,
the other day, was carrying cha his along
road. LARGE eagle swop. down upon ihcm and cndeav.
orcd 10 the child lively bat;e ensucd between
the parent and the eagle. the latter getting the better OF
II until farmer came to the and knocked tho
eagle senselcs' with an The bird was captured
Tho following are facts: Washington
was surveyor and farmer, Franklin printer, Tom
Paine siaymaker; Greene blacksmith Warren ply.
sician, sumter shepherd, Roger sherman slocmsk
err Marion farmer as also were Putnam, Ethan Allen
and stark, Hancock shipping merchant; Trunbun
arusi and Arnold who though traitor, was good Gen
cral, druggist and hook seller
During 1877 Paris had $3.50 newspapers
ana ,ersl, against 75a 1875 OF these 81 daily and
IL weekly rapcrs are political - serials theological
III Catholic 10 Protcstan and Tsraclitt 80 are legal
- poitcocconone 10 geographical "A devoted to belle,
eh" 3l"re redlsosic s. scientific, 90 artsuc - treat
Of iashlons - OF technology. 10 OF medicine Is are
IL sporting, ~ miscellaneous and Free Masonic
Bank robbers will bc especially inter-
csici 10 hear that the French Exposition Comm.
sioncrs are contracting strong room Tor tlc
state Jewels, twelve eet deep and ten feet .ausro.
thckly ocmcntrd, and with double iron noor
and pipes 10 Hood II in of me. Tn, jewel,
Will be exhibited IN glazed case OF exquisite design,
which Will be let down into the space below Immediately
the exhibition doors are closed, and covered with
heavy iron trap on which two special guardians VIII
place their beds
--Kuo Ta-jcn. the Chinese Ambassador &c
England has sept diary ever since he started on hn
voyage to Euroac. which is said be full intelligent
comments on European manners and customs and is
very different thns the some what childish record
nj ms travels which the shah OF Persia the world
Tie Chinese Ambassador diary publication
10 'hina and a. INST the maniarlns there
.ct II suppressed account the very frcc manner 10
which 1t conirasiod the institution, Of the outer
harians" with those Of the Celestial Empire II has
however since seen tho light. and Is being tran,
lated into ENGLISH. with TO public alton n London
The morning after the fall of Plcvna the
London Hty T'oinh issued edition of 2a6 copies
The promiytors are literally coming money their nett
come consi lerahY exceeding 500 wear All tins
has been done IN hilocn years, and is due the fore
closure Of chatic mortgage Of s2Otoo the machinery
aud fixtures OF tic paper when It was ~ ,Ir1n. bya
family oi Jews, type brokers named Levy. Two have
''nce drorred that name and have under royal SCR
manual" taken that Of Lawson, and the NAMES of NJ