The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-29
SUNBEfMS.

Prolonged rains in Cuba have seriously
damaged the tobacco plant
A sign in II Fourth avenue undcrtaker's
! window reads Every requisite for a funeral
Ada Wcrncll, n divorced wife of John T.
Raymond. tin actor has married Philadelphia physi.
| clan.
1t is proposed TO construct swtchback
railway from Chattanooga to the summit of Lookout
| mountain
In order to restore the European balance
of power 1t is considered advisable that Monaco shall
| have Bcssarabia
-T The Communists are at a discount In
switzerland their candidates at recent elections were
| defeated by large maioriiics
Tho people OF Scarsport Me, were sur
rtiscd and amused at spelling bee by tall tramp SPELL
| ing down the entire assembly.
The British army in India is composed
of if"Onnfanry, 2J0ocavalry 5000 ginccrs 1900
| artillery. and 400 field pieces
| The British royal middies on the Britain
mia have obtained their sobquets aud answer tho
| Mechanics OF " spuds' and "spratsr
Legislative authority has been granted
for laying pipe line for the transportation Of petroleum
from the oil fields in West Virginia to the Ohio river
Among the attractions of Atlanta, Ga,
are the breastworks around the city up during
the late war. which are In good state of
| Tho costly service Of silver which Tiff
fanny Is making for Mr. Mackay OF California said to be
the most elaborate and artistic produced this
| country.
Charley Ross's father was not success.
ful a. lecturer in Boston There nothing new In
what he said his delivery bad and he did draw
much money
The Greeks on high Olympus, who arc
trying TO shake OIL the sultan appealing to the god
OF war who formerly located thereabout to lend them
helping hand.
The exKing and Queen of Naples, the
OK Duke and Duchess OF Parma and the Count de Cham.
bord to visit Rome about Easter congratulate Pope
Leo XIII. on his accession.
An Alderman Of the city OF London pre-.
scrbes preparation OF acid glyccrinc pepsn obtained
from the stomach Of pigs being OF vace per-
sons who fail to cat two plates OF turtle soup.
Edward Wheeler who died in Nashua,
" H., worth ell 90 unable to take his money with
him, but he 1t us he could lie ordered
the expenditure ot the whole OF 1t ON his funeral aud
| tomb
Tho Prince of Wales, when asked to take
the chair at public dinner for a charitable institution
supposed 10 head the ripton list by forkinp out
handsomely which he invariably does the extent Of
| 100 guineaS
| The Romans were grievously dlsap-
pointed because Leo XIII. Our his coronation the
sne chapel on the 81 inst did not appear the csga
over St Peters Church door bestOw the w ott"
| blessing. according 10 custom.
| Father Beckx head OF the Order of Jes-
us who has been officially residing In Florence since
1873 has asked permission Of the Holy See rectsbsh
his quareas In Rome. since things there appear TO
| have assumed more settled condition
| The annual report Of the Japanese Min
lister Of Public Instruction shows remarkable advances
In popular education since the report last year Tho
number Of new schools upward OF 4oOp, new teachers
upward Of 5000 scholars. 2i7ooo The total school
attendance is nearly 2ooOO per Of the
| tire population
| The Rev. II. w. Dale, an Englishmau
who ectured at Yale and Harvard last year in the
Nh,,nn Csnn that these institutions are more conser-
| shan nxf. Eat..Nrt oIs a
Americans less nquisve than Englishmcn and that
he uoteness here than during an equal amount
| Of European travel
On the 2d inst. fifty out OF sixty pupils
in female school at Alcsaniria Piedmont poison
ed by eating the Kind OF mushroom, VIZ, fungus
| velenosus" They recovered through medical remedies
Fatal examinations to such mistakes frequen,
through 1talv which is much land OF mushroom
| as OF the orange and myrtle
The villain In The Exllcs," ne played Ia
Philadelphia, weighs 225 pounds He slipped in his en-.
counter with the fragile Naio, fell her with all his
weight and injured her seriously that she had to be
carried home She has not been able TO appear since,
and II is remarked that the actress who replaced her
keeps at sale distance from the literally heavy vii
| lain"
Bandits In the province Of Cordova,
Spain, lately seized boy Of years belonging to q
wealthy family cabra aud sent letter to his father
demanding $50" ransom. The money not having been
delivered ~ the hour and place Indicated the wrcches
cut the throat Of the child AMI lett hi body tho
| house Of his famil, night
Princess Marghcrita recently received
very graciousy NJ the Quirna the nrst wife o Min
lister Crisp after he had discarded her second and
| the royal act created quite sensation and WIS highly
spplaudcd SO, the local reporters have been fer
reune around ami find that the fallen Minister not only
bigsm!-t but trgamt possessing three sins wives
A family consisting of man. wife, and
seven children. live in the woods OF southeast Texas.
with other shelter than that afforded hS forest
! ur tAi nt al
suhsisns wholly upon ncorns. nuts herbs. rats birds.
hsh frogs ami what they can procure b foragns fhey
have repeatedly refused offers Of assistance and express
| the desire to live a Wild lite.
| Among the occupations of women IN
London clothes washing stands third iho list The
amount income earned by laundry work is very
considerable. loo II only siNpencc head allowed
the population weekly Tor this purpose, the annual
pcniiturc would be ti2so SIS and II tins sum were III
vidcd equally amon- the 1875 laundry wore,rs It woui
yield an annual income OF go to each.
The new Pope has three brothers. The
Youngest OF them. cav Go Batu.ta Poo,i is married.
with three and two daushtcrs-ono W. being
in the italian army In summer the cavalier resides IN
Carpincto, the family homestead OF the rcccis little
village OF to'1 inhabitants the Rome Naples Rail
road during winter he dwells IN Rome with the eldest
Of the brothers. sisnor Carlo octogcnarian. The
| other brother is simple priest
A writer in the Boston HcrdH inqulrcs
whether the armurics in that city provided by tie
state for dancing pHrues or INTENDED places which
soldiers can perfect Themselves IN military dnll The
noors he SAYS. are NaAcd until II j. d.rlit 10 stand
upon thcm. and al, nc MS impossible for mpany
march with uuc nl .siurh ,rI and the pro or cadence
without halt a dozen of the men shrpiue Down And
when II comes 90 .tao am. arms he noormu. Boz covered
by strip mating IN order TO prevent the ,a,ks from
falling
A black man named Vitalo, living In
French GUAM. impressed. few year, AGO. with the
ira that the neglected gold mine, that 4iun wouN
i"d handsomely, b'sNn To worn 'ne with capital OF