The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-26
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fence rs miles long enclosing g37 square inlet. on
| which range HOOD boasts
Two mon were sentenced at Limerick.
Ireland to months imprisonment Tor throwing css, It
| amateur actors during performance.
Tar and feathers were used on n man In
Cornwall, Conn, and the usually decent real
dents are suspected OF having been III the masked mob
A Spiritualist robes himself in white
and walks at night In graveyard ut Mortified VT rc.
lcvns thathc can thus communicate readily with spirits
OF the persons buried there.
An aged Congregational Clergyman, in
Casucton, VI repeated sermon that he hat originally
delivered hny years ago Its ideas strangely had not
become old-fashoncd The subject was repentance
Ralph Waldo Emerson lccturcd i'm Dos
ton. few days He showed giving way to old age
and his ut,erancc often indisunc lie read his irc
turc while seated his daughter guiding and prompting
him whenever he lost his place
One OF the military balloons made ut tho
woowich arsenal $40 cubic metres In size has been
wrecked when about be tried was inflated but by
strong current Of wind 1t set free The balloon
happily without passengers. RAPIDLY to tie clouds
where explosion took place, and tho remnants fell
into the Thames.
Mr. Owen and Miss Sanford OF Mllburn.
KY frustrated in several attempts get married
At length they decided TO oopc She bravely jumped out
window and broke Of the small homes near tho
ankle. but he got away with her and she held on
her feet while tho marriage ceremony performed by
asympathling clergyman.
The New England Theatre Reform Asso-
citation chose Danu bruce" pure play and had It
acted In Union Hall, Boston, The Rev. J. H. wiggn
made opening address In which he spoke Of the actor
who was to pcrsonate Dun as IN every way d proper
man; but he proved to be such performer. what
his moral worth may have been, that second
! dcnce could not be gathered,
Provisions coming into Paris pay duty.
The Minister Of Foreign Affairs lately transmitted to the
Municipal Council request that barrel of ham AMI
four barrels Of pork intended Tor his household use.
should be admitted free. Several representatives. of
other countries had previously obtained the favor but
this occasion the Council refused considering that
| such demands were unreasonable
DIR. Kcyscr, in a paper read before tho
Pennsylvania Medical Society said he had asccrtained
that three and halt per cent Of tie train hands
three Of the railroads In that state color blind
being unable distinguish the Of various sig
mails ana fully eight per cent had eyc-ight less
detective In that respect Tho examinations were made
with coorod glass, by daylight and gaslight
The Prussian Government appears deter
mined to make that the army shall not ike tho
French soldiery be pcrmcacd by the leaycn OF demo
cratic IDEAS The troops stationed In Berlin have been
forbidden TO read liberal newspapers their qnnr
be searched regular times for the prohih
itcd journals and Tor other Objectionable publications
severe punishment Ia promised those with whom such
articles found.
Coils Wood and Butler, who seem TO bo
rcaping the aures Of the Zulu campaign about ~
Col wood is Of the late str John Wood. Bart aud
nephew OF ex.Lord Chancellor Hathefey better known
| 20 lawyers here as Vicc-ChanccJr Sir WIN Page Wood
His sister Lady Barrett Lennord has written ex.
cellent novels Col Butler l. head OF very Undue nual
and ancient west country family. which some thirty
years ago returned i've six members TO Parliament
Col Butler has extensive property In Devon and Cornwall
During the ten years OF work upon tho
Sutro Tunnel In Nevada, the lives Of the operators have
been careful, guarded. and but Eve or six deaths by
accident have taken place. During the boring Of tho
IIoosac Tunnel isa men killed and the accidental
deaths In the 81 Gothard Tunnel have averaged
day. and in the Comstock a week The low rate Of
accidents cutting the suTo is attributed to the strict
system under which the work has been carried Tho
contempt which bred Of familiarity is the real
most explosions
The Grand Canon OF the Arkansas is
nine miles In length being the narrow winding way Of
that river through granite the walls rising In many
places to the height OF 500 feet This roekbound river
pathway was discovered by the spanish missionaries
as early 1872 Prom that time 1t is not known that
any animal life passed through II until the summer Il
1870 Last week train Of the Atchison TopekI
santa ~ Railroad made the passage Along the pAh
sado that forms the northern boundary Of the ah
about ten feet above the boiling waters the engineer hS
carved a roadbed.
The blue glass mania, which has now
almost disappeared. not destitute Of good results
1t led to deal Of scientific study Of the influence
Of certain rays Of light animal and vegetable lie
There paper the subject in the OaiS Readu, by
French eNpermenter lie found that the llue rays
least necessary In spring and winter while the red
nrc more requisite 20 sustain life aud prevent too rapid
devcopmcnt lie notices the fact that Leaf buds
have brown reddish covering Red glass by with.
drawing the blue ravs sustains while II cneeblcs lie,
green glass by nierccpns the red rays causes most
plants to become weak and ultimately to perish
England has one great place Of agricul-
tural observation-disclosures College Iii erected in
elevated spot facing Lord Bathursts immense and spcn.
did park in Glosersrc, while It's south front hasa Wide
view Of wits In contains accommodation eighty i've
students mus, rich ~ specimens Of geology botany.
&C. and by Is one OF the best laboratories Eng
land. formed of old barn The farm buildings are
on avery extensive scale. Gentlemen distinguished In
the sciences connected with agriculture, in addition
the regular staf give lectures The college is thirty
wears old Mr. Pusey a leading agrcutura cllcr
brother Of the Doctor. one u It's main promoters
and the undertaking carried the instance OF
the Royal Agricultural Society OF England.
On the Sd OF April last, mason OF
Buhlenhausc, IN Germany hired young girl OH to take
care Of his three children The day the Youngest
infant OF 1--WE weeks died suddenly without any np
parent maady. Suspicion the grl and It wa,
found that two children which she had previously taken
care Of at Rcrghulen and sonthcm had also died sud
denly. Auopsics made Of two infants. and their
skulls were found broken The girl then confessed that
being tired OF their crying she had knocked their heads
against the wall As the heads covered with caps
the mKs were slight and not noticeable particularly as
but slight blow would he required TO fracture the 4
skull Of an infant The culprit denied killing the child
al sontheim Being under ~. she is not amenauo to
law, ami will simply be placed IN House Of Correction
1t Is not often that man kills himself
in trying to kill another Capt william Mon lloel of e
United States lighthouse steamer LILY had a home q,
, Waynesyile Ohio. His wife who is described
| beautiful woman cNasperated hm by Airtlus with Dr.
ouph, one oi the professors OF the Miami Medical ro
iegc The Doctor VISITED Mrs locl frequently and on
3 the slightest % t