The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-17
SUNBEAHS.

"A bill to tax church property Is before
the Illinois Legislature, and is likely to be passed
Prof Bllroth of Vienna has founded a
society the education Of for wounded soldiers
-Workingmen in Philadelphia have over
s7OOOOOOO invested in cooperative loan Associations
which they and more secure than savings banks
They are rotrenchlng with a vengeance
At Hsvre dc Grace. Md where the Mayors salary has
down to $50 year and the Adermens to $50
-Hilsdale County Mich, has cripple for
Register a orocggcd man for Treasurer, AMI one.
armed for Judge OF Probate; and South Carolina
has two one legged senators
A new Roman play by Anna Dickinson
is called Aurean," and 1t is proposed to Put 1t IN IN.
stage next spring with John Mccullough the hero and
the autiorcss as tile heroine.
baroness Burdett-Coutts Is mourning
the loss OF Mrs Brown who for many has her
inseparable companion. AMI credited with possessing
influence over her than any one else.
There Is n man in Kansas who is said 10
lave superintendent the iynchng Of nine men lie 4.
usually sent for when mob intends to hang anybody
His nickname IL Jack Ketch. aud he is proud OF it.
Tho Governor Of Montana, in his mes
sage says he has Offer from responsible person u
take the entire bonded debt Of the Territory g7iuoA
drawing ten per cent-at six per cent tree from
taxation or eight per cent II taxed.
The Thames embankmcnt from West
minister to Waterloo about mile and a halo il now
worked from engine at Charng Cross Bridge which
stands between Waterloo and Westminster Bridges
While the Khedivo's new Ministers arc
oiling day and night that potcnate enjoys the qa c,
digair,, Of sovereign who rcigns but doesn't govern
and after his complete Gubcrnatora nasco IL content 70
leave all to his Ministers In these hard times the Egyp-
tan capital has neither opera theatre.
The position Of Russian finances, quito
apart from The late war remains highly Unsatisfactory
The revenue is not increasing while the outlay Is eon
stantly growing on Jan. l. 1877 the public debt WAS
exclusive of the paper currency and railroad indebted.
s77n 79j ooO the close the year 81 1856 07jUn
Peace Is of the utmost Importance.
Prank Bush IL variety show performer,
who carcatures the Jews In san Francisco his acting
offended the Jewish residents, VINO rous. and
they stayed away the theatre. lie retauat,d The
Dramatic Nea says, by addressing insulting angu are "a
Jews in the Bushs first public appearance was
IN the Grand Duke Theatre. IN tiis city.
The Popc's Piscatorial Ring Is so called
from Its containing stone engraven with hure uf 81
Peter drawing in his net The earliest record suss
j. according high Italian authority 1868 Originality
10 nothing than the Pore's private siguet for
his spondencc hut from the middle the af
tecnth century It's became reserved TO the Pontaen
uetanccs called Briefs AMI has remained since
The orange growers of Florida are turn
ING their attention the making OF from oranges
and several experiments have indicated possibility u
success In that direction. The drst wine made from
oranges IN Spain has lately made its appearance In
Madrid There four kinds. sparkling AMI all said
De VI attractive color perfectly clear agree
able. sweet slightly acid favor and Of alcoholic
str, = IN Of about fifteen per cent"
Philadelphia has long been n favorito
place for prize fighters. and pugiisuc exhibitions have
been prominent part Of the public ADJUSTMENTS Mayor
stokley has forbidden such shows besides arresuns
John Clark and John King, who had signed an
for prize asht III. thought that the pair I'D
intend meet in the ring, but simply pretended
make amach with the idea Of turning their notoucy into
profit by giving sparring exhibitions
Friday is no longer exclusively hang
mans day Martin Bergen hanged In Pottsyiie Pa.
yesterday. and many other recent hangings have
been Fridays There Is no strong reason Why Friday
should be specially dsgraced by the galows; yet
custom had advantage. Those newspaper readers
who like avoid shocking themselves with the details
OF hangings needed to be wary only day each
week. while they liable any day ~ cons
across Of such that In rotsvilk.
1t is worthy OF note that Jan. is not the
nrst day OF year for the whole world Tor
all that part OF It known Chrstendon; that tierr
many Christian people for whom the new year did hd
lul Jan 10. and that for enthusiastic French
Republicans the year will begin the 23i q next
September and instead Of being 1873 will be only 81,
while IL may be useful 10 recollect that their months IN
stead Of being called January February. and
called PluViose January vcnto~c Germinal rlreal.
rrairal, Messidor. Thermidor FruetdoT. vendcmilp,
Brumairc frmaire, AMI Nivosc.
The cuirassier regiments OF the Bava-
rian army have been recently transformed into
ments OF dragons Last year the men were dis ncum-
bered Of their heavy brcasplaes and back pieces and
carbnes given to them In place Of the u'cs
NOR, while the standard of height for recruits
duccd. aud now their conversion into ordinary cavalry
regiments has been completed. There will. hcrore.
now remain only ten regiments OF curassicr- 10 tho
whole German my, and 1t is generally belle v,d hatt
Is intended to abolish them stogc Their Undcr Modern
conditions Of warfare has iccome more than ever
'ssary that all cavalry should possess the greatest posi-
bic mobility; and to burdcna man. and consequently The
horse which carries him. with a cuirass seriously
impede tie movements OF both The cuirass worn
the German curas,crs brcastpatc and ba,k pcce Of
white metal. anj weighs no less than 10 pounds
When Algeria was first colonizcd by tho
French It was intended that It should rival luda AMI
| Egypt Cotton growing undertaken amt mueh
money was expended IN encouraging IL; but IN 100
seventeen Europeans only engaged in it,
Nnly were under cultivation. and the harvest amounted
20 but little more than luo0 pounds Cattle breeding,
corn growing and the cultivation Of vines promise ap.
parcnty To hc successful but the development II
all these Industries Is imuedcd by the prevailing systrrn
! Of military government In 1877 $1,000 acres were
planted yards and total produce amounted to
i5,71nooO gallons Fortunately also the dreaded phy
loSera haSnot yet appeared the Algerian vines AZ
Algeria is so close to France. cattle breeding woul far
more profitable pursuit than IL is for the un-
|
cattle owners and the Arabs Neither has horse breeding
made any great progress although under the
Of the Turks Algeria abundance Ncccnt
riding horses once, also, Algeria was well wooded
country; but now, in qs OF the reckless de-
sruou0n Of trees, this Is no longer the
Among English millionaires recently de-
ceased was Mr. James Johnston proprietor London
Shndanf new spaper whose personal property amounted
to saSop'on The NIHhViis the leading Tory PAPER II
absorbed the Morning HedH and Erenag Standard and be-
gan TO be very ssi about fifteen years Having
regard To their circulation, the London morning paper,
| are much fewer than those New York. They Tia
Times, biiy Telegraph, piB Ness, StusLiri lrEg Ads,
ts'r, and Morning Post The Aissrts,r represents the brew
| ing interest and has very restricted circulation
outside OF public houses and breweros. The pr.a
Is three pence The Po,f is the same price. n
is handsomely printed good paper. ami chiefly
devoted TO fashion and the State Church The oth,E
papers are too well known here 10 need comment
London being both capital and metropolis. can couna
articulation Tor its newspaper, ia all parts Of tie rcan
ANA they are read by thousands In Ireland Scotland and
wales with ms much interest rs In Kensngtou ar Nbrr
MIA In fact the educated rural class der, nj cnurcy I'd
them, and never scarcely read the country papers al
though in York, Manchester, and Birmingham the M N
press conducted nh nj ID