The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-14
SUNBEfMs.

crime in Glasgow last wear over is7G
The mortality from cholera of pilgrims
at Mecca at the end ct January exceeded 100 daily
Complaints OF depression in trade ara
now gene raj IN Brussels which seems hitherto to h,v.
escaped the epidemic.
According to recent statistician. Swe.
den the drunkcnnes Of countries but Scotland come,
In very go~l second
The telephone is at work between AIDE.
aidc. Australia. the CAPITAL South Australia, aud Mel
bourne the capital Of Victoria
Rigid retrcnchment is the order Of the
day IN japan which sets an excellent example IN
fully pruning ovcrgrown official salaries
The Town Council OF Edinburgh, Scot
land have decided to establish number Of public bowl
Ing These common In England u century
ago.
In the last quarter Of 1877 more Scotch
boys and girls born than in any quarter for ten
years, while the death rate decidedly below the
AVERAGE.
The Radical Municipality OF Marselles
has refused by II 10 49, Of the squares after
VI Thicrs the ground TINT street already bore his
name, aud that he Ind gorinad Napoleon.
The Chairman of the English Midland
Railroad said at recent meeting that the Pullman csrs
had not luy answered the expectations formed OF them
Tie gentleman is evidently hard tn please
-Robbcrics of rare birds, from the Garden
Of Naturalization in Pans have been frequent OF late,
and a; length three robbers have been caught They nd.
mittcd having sold the birds which have
been missed.
. Engineering says: about dozen Ger
man telegraph offices have been provided with tele
phones aud these appear have proved 80 effective that
forty eight more Offices being provided with
similar instruments"
Canon Farrar announces as the result OF
his study OF the Jewish Taimud that there beauty
AMI poetry in single book Of Homer In the entire
AZ .It tal,.
Of St. Paul than in all the folio volumes OF the ranui
combined.
1t is related by the London Times that
who recently died at A-hcotL the age Of iOt
had Tor the last forty of them been In the habit VI
drinking gin To excess often spending thousand dollars
year for it. 1t is gravely suggested that but Tor this
habit she wou'd not have thus been OH In her prime.
In the hall Of the Reform Club in Lon
don there four pcdcstai three OF which
pied hv husts Dlidstone's bust was have held the
fourth place. hut model being placed orc the other
day such strong feeling exhibited that, to avoid
accidents" 1t lad to be removed whitman hour
The journal DIES Debuis says that the
construction Of the Statue OF Liberty to be placed In
bay exciting great interest in Paris and numerous
the applications for admission that the Franco
lean Committee has decided 20 sell tickets tho proceeds
which will be devoted the mpetlon Of the monu
ment
In 1873 there were 2)5,6l5 marriages In
ENGLAND and Wales AMI s-.61i men AMI 80 2OT women
Signed the register with mark. IN 1874 ont Ga2 no
marriages. 3j.ii7 men and is.gn signed with
marks ani IN the following year. when there were
2oi az marriages. "a $50 anl 4GOJ5 signed
in that manner
Il have many friends when I have
MONEY" sad the unknown Gorman VIM attempted to
drown himself 10 escape the iang OF hunger ana
rescued hy uniccr Moylan. II have none now What
message o misery Is this pathetic specchi What an
dott n whose