The sun., 1878-12-17
SUNBEtHS.


Keepers, &c, during the Exposition.
Mile. Sarah Bcrnhardt, the celebrated
Frcnch actress, is diligently studying English win
| view to playing In London in that language
Exports of Great Britain To tho Unitod
States have decreased from EI7UnOoo In is73 to n,,
over G2oOOgOO in 1877 and still slowly declining
A Jesuit mission has started for tina
River zambesi 1tconssts Of fathers and it i, pro
posed to establish stations among the Macbelc and on
| Lake Bangweolo
| There are I'm Moore County, N e.
twent, eight gold mines six silver mines eight come,
mines nine or ten iron Mines and general assoftmep,
of other mineral hndsn
"A decision has just been rendered I'm N.
Louis that the city cannot be held responsible for dam
AGES when Is over by hre apparatus Nbn.
| hastily answering an alarm.
| The Gloucester fishermen follow pcrll.
Gus business The report for the past year shows o,,
OF 80 lives and eight vessels which below the aversss
the figures Of 1870 being 2l2 AMI ~.
Tho electric light will make n valuabs
saving Of coal In England According to very care,,
estimate made few years ago, tho quantity cousumcdn
gas making set down at G,5oUODO tons against pr
| duction of coal Of i14.9pp OOD tons
The English Church Missionary Soclotv
acting ON the advice ani with the active co6pcriton -
| Col. Gordon Pasha Governor. General Of the sauis,
have definitely decided to despatch an eNted.non "a
| the south western end Of tie Albert Nyanza.
The value OF silk ribbons annually e,.
| ported hther switzerland has fallen iron, "a,
million 10 million dollars since 1874 Patterson ,,n
| mills are running iull time and employ oisht tho,
sand 10 ten thousand hands and the greatest d,m,ud,
| Tor ribbons aud scaris.
At meeting of the French commission
appointed to report upon the progress Of the rhyoxr,
and the remedies. the Minister of Agriculurc sand t,,
the ravagos Of the insect were rapidly snrcain, and
that whereas 1t hnd made s appearance in only trorty
ofht departments at the beginning Of last year thirty.
nine invaded OF The tUoDpo acre. Of French
vines, ono NTH has been cury destroyed while another
| hnh Is rapidly disappcaring. Tile Govcrnueuthn.,n
courased the formation Of vigilance committees which
Keep Close watch over The vines .u ih,irdl.rcts
The work of fortifying the two lines of
defence Of cous,anunorc proceeds with great activity
The Government factories are occupied III tc manuiac.
turc Of 1000 wagons and barrows the CONVEYANCE d
The material carriage Of earth. Sc. These ioriica,ns
| will when complete. be armed with sOo gun. ui large
cAhbre The defensive works constructed u naraei
lines 20 that the nrt = commanded by the seconl te
second by the tliird and They are c,nuectdbv
trenches, with emhaukncnts serving rs shcl,riortie
infantry. Since The armsiicc preceding ule c.nclnqcn
! Of peace between Russa and Turkey twenty tlnc VS.
sels have arrived az Con,,antnopic mostly from Amer
lea. with large carsoes Of rides and cannon and the
| Turkish troopS armed completely as ON the
eve OF the Russo.Turkish war.
Hitherto little has boen known u tho
history OF the beautiful little Madonna aud CliA-b
! Raphael, now called tao Madonna csalic which
was bought by the Emperor OF Russia. u ls7l iromis
Italian po..cssor. tor the sum O, Sidup' writer "a
the Ai~ss zf"13 traces IL nom its hrst pose or A.
iauo Alan. distinguished gentleman of Pcruc.a down
to It's last Giancarlo Conc Stable who Obliged from
adverse circumstances. to part with this family heir
loom Since II has been an Russia the picture las bsen
transferred from wood 10 canvas pcriluus ufcrAion;
but this has been accomplished with successful rcsuu
Edward Balm, a Kenosha (Wls.l million.
airc. is slowly recovering from psio,hot wound The
Widow vh IN lfelt tts r.if,
straw bail and has gone away. The legal nracoednu
We're conducted with closed doors and strong efforts
were made TO suppress the facts but the shooting wAG
donc IA public, and that part Of the case is published.
The widow met the millionaire In the street n front 0
the church Of which he is trustee. and demanded
money rpon his refusal 10 give her any. she eX
clHimcd Nou shall not enjoy your riches while
siaryc. AMI nrci on him He that she HAD been
amons the many needy pcr,on, whom he aided but that
Dc struck her o h .t because she pere ptory
her demands She is young and pretty.
A boy ran into church in Addison
County. Vt, AMI told tnat her baby had been
kidnapped. She screamed and the commouon that FOL
lowed broke az the This incident brought into
publicity scandal. and gave rise several lawsuits
The woman was married, five wears previously. to
young farmer and the couple went 60 live with the hue
hants uncle It was not long before the uncle ami ne
w cl u love with each other turned the husband out
| of DOORS ana had kind OF marriage ceremony r,r.
formed between themselves Tile nc phcw sorrowcd ,r
DIS wife AMI would gladly have taken her bsct. but ,he
r'us o. sucak TO him. and the uncle kept sun awavs
90 hand 60 shoot hm ii Doc entered the hou-a. A fw
months baby born TO her. and IL was ,tmd
that was carried on the nephew being tho kiHaplcr
The Lawsuits arc Tor divorce for the custody OF uc uaty
aud Tor assault
Tho well-known German geographer
pr k'pcri SAWS that the reported of thc uvcf
uNus into It's OLD bed myth similar port, have De
adds. constantly appeared in the Russian papers ever
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