The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-14
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HlkHlN appreciated III NINA a. an afuClc OF food
There has been great falling of in tbo
yield Of amber In tho Baltic Reaches coast rcn,elt
$500 have yielded amber to the amount only sloo
Nine. Theirs and her sister, who arc On
visit to England CHANGED strangely enough ua,ci
London in the train with the cN.Emprcss and her son
A mob in Wilmington, ohio, could not
get at the mufdcrers whom It wanted to hang and 20
vented Its fury the house In which the murder had
been committed. tearing II to pieces
-Weesc and Singleton went into Wiz.
snia city street to shoot at each other AMI ncd ALTO
gether times but neither hit. while an Indian
woman aud boy received bullet apiece
The Vatican has intrustcd to the Al.
gerian Catholic Mission the creation two missionary
stations in central Airicaone Lake Tangan,ika the
other on lakes Victoria aud Albert Nyanla
Tho Berlin police have lately found that
at least onetenth Of the population that city live in
cellars The mortality them is great Half the
houses OF the city excessively crowded
In England, in 1876, twelve children not
much over 10 committed suicide nineteen people were
killed by lightning and ia by sunstrokc-n country
where foreigners imagine the sun never shines
The illustrated London Almanack for
1879 shows that the net Conservative majority In Parh
mcnt which so in 1874. is a. In England thew
have lost three and in wales two seats bit In Scotland
they have gained one and In ireland two.
German papers say that socalistic edI.
tors and politicians sentenced to imprisonment hav,
been seen. during their conveyance to their rlaccs Of
confinement. chained and handcnned 90 thieves and
other criminals OF the most abandoned type
brussels has OF late been a prey 10 some
atrocious rufians who have been lcvyins argo sum,
from strangers by blackmail one old man laid s1nD
smother $40 IN one evening Americans familiar with
the Galeric st. Hubert know the sort OF people
The grass is now growing in some Of tho
fashionable Of Edinburgh which, for activity STIR
aud hustle cannot compare with Dublin; yet the Scotch
sod a cry or though
had just a century more OF union than has ireland.
The noflensive nature of the Chlnaman
does not appear to advantage ~ Oregon where the state
enary contains % representatives. Of the Fowcfy
Kingdom. while England sends only delegates, Ger.
many more ireland = and other nations even fewer
A Brazilian gentleman left n purse Of
$1,000 IN cab last month ~ Paris lie didn't know tie
number and with slender hope down write to the
Superintendent Of Public Carriages, when the cabman
appeared with the purse and positively refused TO take
any reward whatever.
Tho Swedish Government has warned
Swedish workmen against going to St Petersburg aud
FINLAND search OF work, the misery therc is very
great and work Is to be had Many manufactures are
stopped and tho Of sailors In tic merchant navy
have within short time greatly fallen.
congressman do not all live sumptu-
ously In Washington. according TO the Boston Hrair
correspondent who says that those who keep hoc In
fashionable style are comparatively few. Many live IN
cheap boarding houses Othcie hlIc iuThahtu lvvns,
and 20 TO common restaurants for their meals
1t is not probable that whipping will be
recognized as a mode Of legal punishment In the
Constitution OF California Many Of the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention declare that such provision
In their estimation. would disgrace the state and they
threaten TO hbuster rather than to permit its passage
John d. Ruggles was careful and e.
| perienced hshwayman having for years robbed with
uniform in northern CALIFORNIA; but he has at
last lost his life through carolessncss lie took mans
watch aud pocketbook. but overlooked revolver and
consequently was shot dead the instant he turned away
The cooperative associations OF Ger
many have made steady progress during the past year.
Notwithstanding tho general stagnauOn in business
Their number has reached 800, with more than mil
lion members. and the business transacted exceeds
seooOooOo Their capital in stock, buildings and other
property and In cash estimated to be In the
| neighborhood OF s4o,Ooooo
A narrow-gauge railroad, running from
PAttsbursh miles into the wids Of northern
New York viii be ready for trafc by the nrst OF next
month Clinton Prison is the present terminus but the
intention Is to extend It among the iron mines OF the
John Brown Tract It has been built eheaply. running
around sharp ami heavy grades to avoid
| pense Of grading; eouviets did much OF the labor
Earl Grey, whose political Judgment Is
REGARDED with high respect deprecates In the London
Times with Aghanisan lie urges the right OF every
indie endent nation TO refuse to receive envoy, anu
points out thatit was recognized in 1857 with Engands
assent lie does not deny that Engands prestige will
be damaged at this stage by her not rescnins the roc
OF the envoy thinks little Of that In comparison
with war ana it, possible ultimate failure.
The Russian General. Klapka, has OBJ
talncd the concession for the railroad lines be
struccd IN Asia Minor. from Adana to Rasra and thence
10 the Persian CUT by the way OF Bagdad. aggregate
distance about $50 miles Associated with the Cen
/ eral are English. French. Belgian and swiss cap:ia
lists stock company will be formed. OF which the
General will be PRESIDE emit and work will be begun IN Feb
ruary, under contract for completion ia three years
The duellists and fencing masters In
Paris rushing to the sale Ncntadour to witness the
combat between NJ Capou (igon,soI and NJ Chri,,orhe
(TpbaH which is certainly OF the exciting Of
sham stage lights seemingly realistic the fe
Paris Figaro however ascrbos the credit q the dramatic
duel (eiBsl to NJ Dcsbarollcs the reformer Of masut
tive lights who taught Frederick Lomare.
Dumaine. fechler. &C. not only how to draw The rae
but also how TO use H.
An actual dialogue on Broadway: Polite
Englishman to Gothanitc"Aw, beg your pahion, bat
will You he so good to iniawm me where the elevated
road isr Gothamite-"Two blocks west and one block
up II you wish reach the nearest stauon-ihat al
Twonty.third street. Polite Enghshman-" Aw thank
you. thank you; ever much Obliged. Aw. dye know
your elevated roads here Amt at all like or elevated
roads in Lunnuns oh. not at all ours are all under
ground you know"
The prison discipline of California is pro
nouneed the IN the world. one OF the delegates Il
the Constitutional Convention. who is also one OF ne
leading lawyers OF the State says that you enter The
state prison. and received by gcntcmauly trusy
who probably offers you cigar Passing on, you hnd
yourself IN flower garden, where the music OF hrii
srcets your You imagine you enter!n- palace
instead OF prison There Is punishment there except
10 lie deprived Of indulgence In dissipation
An official dinner was given in Quebec
by Sir Patrick McDougsn, acting aforementioned d
Canada, between the departure Of the Earl Of pufna
and the arrival OF the Marquis OF Lorno. Dancing FOL
lowed the eating, and among the dances was waltz IN
which some Of the couples INDUCED IN the Boston
reverse, style OF Waiting that approaches the move
ments Of a ballet sir Patrick entered tie BALLROOM
while this was going ON, and Immediately ordered II
stopped his aids vigorously cniorcns the mandate Tho
reprovcd dancers went away In anger aud the matter
the talk of fashionable quebec.
The thirteenth and final volume Of mn
cicnt scandinavian lava work OF enormous study 'nt
research published at the expense Of the swedish Gov
ernment-has Just been completed, after my years o
labor, by Prot Schlytcr OF Lund, sweden ltWasa woH
not simply Of lifetime, bat OF ons and industrious one
II contains the primitive provincial laws of inheritance
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