The sun., 1879-05-27
SUNBEIlFS.

who desire to invest in Government certificates has
broken Il St Louis savings bank
Tho daughter Of hotel keeper at Della
ware o. rubbed red pepper in the eyes boardcr as
he sat at dinner. because he winked ather.
Mr.. Caird the agricultural statistican.
estimates the capital Of English landlords at e. oO1Oo
on, aud Of English tenants at s2OO1Oooool
According to the latest census of Aus
trla there in that country s3 men and 30 women
who have reached passed the age hundred years
The Belcher Mine, in Nevada, will soon
be 5000 feet deep Machinery nt the bottom is worked
oy compressed air which IL forced down through pipes
and which also vontlatcs the mine
The pioneer LIQUOR seller I'm Geneva. Ind.
having hard experience. He has been prosecuted At
law, his house has twice been on ere and shots Are
frequently ared over his head at night
-Rovvalist Mitchell sells his portraits TO
his Tennessee converts for 81 apiece including verse Of
Scripture appropriate TO the particular case Of the pur.
chaser. written ON the back OF the card
-Servia has contracted in England for a
hundred thousand Henry.Martim rifles to be supplied
within twelve months The price fixed is high one az
payment is to be made by gradual installments
Tho raid on the Grunert concert hall,
ndanap was not made by the police butby Mrs Stan
ton from Cincinnati She marched In alone found her
youthful daughter singing on the stage and led her
In accordance with the order of the Gov
Of st. Petersburg be sold only To
persons who furnish special permit from the Mayor
and the permits must be preserved by the dealers arma
La Gdcetd of Madrid puts the popula-
ton uf spain at iO025, 500 This Is an increase o
952 .32I the OF 1900 The emigration from
Spain Is increasing; In France including Algeria there
are ije,475 spaniardA
A Quakeress ut a funeral in Rockville,
Ind said that the spirit moved her to undertake
and she was encouraged to speak. Hut she began by
telling the mourncrs that the dead In eternal
torment and they had her arrested.
Standing Bear, the Ponca Chief lately
liberated at Omaha, was grateful to Lawyers Webster
and Poppleon, who had argued his In court lie
made ccremonous visit to them, delivered speech In
his own language and gave each tomahawk that had
been an heirloom In his family.
Con. Hooker said OF Grant, TO q Cincln-
naa Enquirer reporter think the better class Of men
In his party don't want him again. Tom Murphy wants
him. doubtless as do Beknap, BabcocS, and Robeson
and all the fellows he used associate with. Jim Fisk
would want him again il he was aliye.n
II the London correspondent Of the
Dundee Adrcr may be credited, Queen Victoria whose
birthday enusivcly celebrated Saturday is by
means IN satisfactory health That writer learns that
the shock OF the death Of the Duchess o Hcssc and the
fatigue Of the Duke Of Conaughrs marriage made the
journey to Italy health seeking. not holiday trip
There Is notion entertained by some
doctors that alcohol he an antdoic or at least an
tasonistic TO diphheria - qunne Is to malaria In sup
porting this view practitioner gives the results Of
IN which he treated l25 ami lost only patient
while the mortality under ordinary treatment was from
twenty to thirty.three per cent
According 10 n careful computa tion, the
number OF daily and weekly papers and other perods
Gals published the surface Of globe is % 2o or
this number there In Africa So ia Australia 100 In
Asia Ss7. In America O.i2e in Europe l3625 Among
European countries England publishes the largest
Der OF journals viz, a.5Ooi after which France
1000; Itay. 221; Austria. .sU0; Russia, 500
The British peers who are at present
owners Of race horses. and who take active ineres
IN horse racing, the Dukes OF Westminster and Ham
ilton. the Marquis OF Harrington. the Ears OF Falmouth
Koschery Wilton. Rossiyn Cork. Fitzwilham. SETON
sirathmore, Niscount Duppn. aud Lord vivian In 1884
the jockey club had membc r. twenty Trvy Council
lors, OF whom seven Cabinet Minister'S ami tw,
had been twice Prime Ministers Derby and Palmcrston
In Italian opera In London Col Maple
son is losing heavily at Her Macsty's. owing to the
fortunate indisposton OF his two stars Nilsson AM
Gcrstnr, ana short time Campanni who have besp
suffering fron colds ON one night $1,000 had TO bs
returned at the doors He has had To rely wholly
tie opening OF opera season here on Nile Hauk
Adehna Patti, Nicolui, Mile Hcilbron. and a prims
donna. Nile. Turola, drawing immense crowds az
tie rival house OF Covcnt Garden.
-O'COnnor Don, who has introduced the
Irish education measure Into the House Of Commons
81 years old and member OF Parliament FOR Ru.commO3
County. Ireland as was his father. who avone in
London fashionable society aud Lord OF the Treasury
under Lord John Hussers administration OF lsIG-5 he
Is cousin OF Charles Ocunor, the lawyer OF this city
whom he visited few year. ago He Is widowcr. hl
wiie, daughter Of 7. A Perry warwickshire squire.
having died in 1874 His brother Dcnis is member ice
sligo County.
Tho Russian city OF Orenburg recently
destroyed by hrc las been regarded one the moa
important stratrsical AMI cities IN tile empire
When It was built in 1874 the Czar established a gar
rison there, laid up supplies Of artillery and munitions.
and charged The city with the duty OF looking
wild Krgilck and Bashkrs. who had just subju.
gated Before the late nrc there houses
3Jo belonging TO the Cove ruucnu and the citys rcvs
nues were ii527e roubcS orcnuurg has been central
point for the Russian trade with Turkestan aud the de-
stroyed portion OF the place Is sure To be rebuilt
A couple stopped at Richmond, r. l., TO
get married. They met at the railroad station by
clergyman to whose house hey had intended to go bus
1t was found that only 1--WE minutes remained before the
train that they wanted TO take would be due They de-
eided TO have the ceremony performed right there Time
Was expended in making out the papers and the station
master shouted only minute lett" before ~.
Ing of the knot had been commenced Stand uO.
quick" said the minister Then the whistle the ap-
preaching locomotive heard You take each other
for better or Tor worse ~ the minister cred. II pro
nounoo you man and wife" The train dashed up, AMI
the man ana wife jumped aboard.
This is the way fortunes are made IN
Leadwith Colorado A Cohen was one Of the specula
tors who went there to look for a silver mine HIS
money dwindled rapidly until he had only ss so len
In desperation he went to Wholesale grocery aDd
bought barrel OF nppts, paying his entire capital
count, and remaining In debt $50 Then he sci upA
stand at busy street AMI offered his apples
sale at ten cents apiece Before sundown he had sofa
out and was the possessor OF nearly $50 The dag
he had larger stock In trade. and did equally well Ina
fortnight he was welto0io man His profits had been
Immense. Now he has large rut nut and candy bust
ness and has n store ful OF assistants
Tho keeper OF speculative Stock and
Produce Exchange in Milwaukee Is being prosecuted
agamblcr on tho ground that no real transactions In
produce or stocks take place. The customers give Or
uers To buy or sell grain pork mri. stocks on the
| quotations " New York aud Chicago prices FURNISHED
every i've minutes by telegraph The margins required
are haf cent ucr bHshel ON gram and ny cents per
snare on stocks and the commissions are oueosh Of
cent per bushe AMI twenty-five cents per share. No
gram or stock ever changes hands II the customer
Makes proht the house pays him the amount, and n
the deal goes against him he pays the difference sueb
| placesaro common in the large Western cities
A movement was made by Boston so-
ee'y to stop the performances OF "Pnatorc" by children