The sun., 1878-12-30
sUNBEAMs.

debt in bonds and interest of sat27Loi7
One thousand magistrates are IN h.
! elected by the next Legislature OF North Carolina
Out of twenty-three jurymen at tbo
| recent session Of the United states Court 4, 49,
twenty.one were Republicans
The assessed valuation of nll proper,v
in Washington Territory in 1879 was siSi3e57s M.
wear showsa gain OF nearly siOpup
Under the general law Of Missouri
jurors must he able to read In Louis this disousno
over ninety per cent Of The colorcd residents
The Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prime, nf
Austria, accidentally shot himself few aavs ago in ,lo
LETT hand with saloon pistol Tho charge passed tiroueb
the heshy part between ihe thumb and nrst finger
Texas has 100 convicts, Of whom soma
800 are kept In prison and the rest hired to WORK
on rau<oals and farms One. undergoing lite sentence
SHRED by his wife, and lives comiortabyN hons.
According TO n statement OF tho Greek
Minister Of War. Grcecc has 7I5 officers on active ,o
vice In the army and the effective force " the navy f-
1870 hNcd at 22t4 men. Of whom IsS are officers aus
~ sub.oficcrs
Prof Gorini IS experimenting the orec.
uon Of funeral pyrc belonging to tho croms
non Society, near London The pyro Is on The system
which has been approved in numerous cremation, n,
| Milan and other places in Italy
An English nobleman, who IL In tho
habit Of speaking TO soldiers IN an ahabc manner wa.
much amused lately when a guardsnan said to him In
= hearty aud genial way; ." like you, my lord There,
| nothing OF the gentleman about YOU"
A rude, black marble slab, with the sim.
pic words queen Catherine" on small brass pls 4,
all that marks ia Peterborough Cathedral the resting
place of Catherine nj Arragon. subscription /, ben,
| raised IN England 10 erect monument
Two strange visitors are expected in
Paris in - few daYs-Nllc. Vera sassouch and Gen
Trepon WHO is recovering from the revolver OF the ts,
Nihlst The General is engaged In studying tho Que,
ton Of Socialism with the assistance OF the French AMI
German police authorities
The citizens Of Halifax, Nova Scotia ara
termed IoliRonans; why, seems TO know JuNa,
present the licigontns wra, because Aoor
respondent nj the London re has SAID that the Hail
fax people chiefly Africans Mcmacks: that the
ladies all say footed aud that at fashionable din
ners the CHIEF dish is pork and beans.
The serious religious feelings OF the late
Princess Alice did not prevent her from ENJOYING th,
lasiins friendship and respect Vi David Frederick Strauss.
the famous author of "fho Lie jesus" The worli
owes 20 the intercourse shs famous savant with what
At that time was the rrnccy Court OF Darnslsdt one q
his best work., tho Lire ct Notairc" This work con
sts OF lectures which Strauss read before the Prnre
Alice and her Court
A concession for Illuminating Tchcran
by gas has been given 10 a Frcnchman NJ rabin. Bnl
who has lately gore into print IN defence oi The shah
Among other things he speaks Of the rararchal e Tho
shah leads with his mother and hs wives AsN Boi,l
said to have been acquainted with Persian high lite iot
many years it doubt In those regions that he heard
oi tue snah spending us unlc win ms mother which
august lady died nve years ago.
Attention is being directed TO Prof Sot.
beers accounts the gold recently quarroi
and washed In Russia. According to this German
scholar. the average value Of the gold found In that
country has risen to so3,250Oyo year This bens
about half the required for payment Of ntef,s,
abroad 1t must IN time improve the nnancal position
the country. Prof s5,bcer is Justly regarded one 4
the most trustW ortly authorities on finance.
-Boston's latest tragedy, the killing by
Wilson ot himself and his wiic appears have been
caused by his conviction that she his superior
ectualy. Not long previously they to phrenoo.
gist 20 have their heads examined, with Wow 10
thing the troubles question. The phrcnocgiu tou
theiu that the wife had the stbran and fairly
titled TO leadership the family. Wilson was greatly
agitated by this information and weepingy declared
that he had made the serious bundor his life IN
marrying a woman who knew more than he did.
A hot fight is going on In Toledo, Ohio,
between Christians and Jews little girl j. Cooper
Price. wealthy Christian philanthropis. tod taas
child had been abandoned 10 cold nnd hunger In
hoye lie went to the place and took away the chi-a
bright pretty jewish srl subsequently he adopted her
a. his own. aud had her baptized. all with uie
consent of her mother Rabbi Eser WAS determinedu &c
prevent the turning OF the girl from the religion of hr
people lie sought out her iather and through him sue
TO get the gir Religious feeling high both sides
} The agitation which has been set on foot
In England against the divorced person,
IN church gives some in,cvsto the Agures which follow
From the last ANIMAL report of tho
appears that dunng tho sixteen years ended In 1871
there were st-i marriages OF divorced and
fthcse marriages 775 per cent between divorced
men and srinsiers or divorced women aud bachelors
COS per cent between divorced and widows OF a.
vorcel women and wdowers, while only . per cent
were between divorced men and divorced women Thi
number OF these marriages appears 10 be rapidly neres
ius Daring the eight wears ended Ia lass they
borcd e' while in the succeeding eight years ended
: 1876. they had increased 10 47l
Prof Nordcnskiuld, who directs the
swedish polar expedition in the north polar has
written letter to friend In which he gives highly
tercsiing account OF the vage ct Chabarova. Nova
Lomble inhabited by Samo,edes. from whom with con
siderable difficulty. he obtained specimens their gods
which for the part resemble large dos Although
Ncricd 10 Christianity these curious people retain many
oi their Old customs and sacrifice on their alars To gods
. Russian who lives IN thabaro,a IN summer for tridins
purposes took ,he professor these
Il cavern. whlch il regarded sacred. Although the
Archmandre had destroyed thrt, year. and had
4 raised its site the samoeio, have found 10
the ncighborhood evident traces .acrhces
y the gods, Whose images were paced around.
$ The see of Durham, which DR. Barring
has lust resigned. Is not only one o the richest the
. Anglican rpiscopate but II possesses very interesting S
t toncal associations The successor OF ST. C.hberi u
i something more than OF the highest ana he' lad
ministers Ut the English Church lie tc THRONE
y Of the old Prince Bishops Durham. who exercised
regal sway over the territory of their Noccsr hi me
reign Of Henry VIII wit, IN Durham ranin the W'U'
name. snd Offenders were tried ior breaking "fh' l'7
ops peace 'no the hnes 4, lar even - the r.i-l
" OF William H.. ehat - now called "th, County 'aiune
Il OF Durham was ,tSlcd The Bi,Iopuc ol puAar
Archbiups not entitled to cucrcc their ues win
aducai coroict bus the Bishop o' pnrham i, iu eda
plmcnt TO thu Old Ialaunc r-hts OF his predecessors
= A very interesting public meeting TOOK
place at IT Lou, vu Thursday To present au 1df'' 10
- NNencraho ciulpn To Wh,m that city L. unirr -','