The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-09
SUNBEAMS.

pcrance lecturer has committed suicide after six
OF uninterrupted inoxicaton.
Looping from the Cincinnati bridge to
the distance oi nincyhvo feet did not hill Rob
ert L. Green. as he had expected.
Ransom and Frank, editors OF rival
newspapers at Dutch Flat Cal, fought street duel
Seven shots fred. and four wounds made
The craft in which Mr.. and Mrs, Gold.
smith intend to crcumnAvi the globe has been
pctcd in Boston tits only eghiccnice long and six wide
Mr.. William Marshall Of Glasgow, who
died on May g. haslen legacy amounting to oversi on
OOJ to found glasgow institution bcari his name
One of the crack restaurants at Berlin,
the proprietor Of which has tailed, reveals creditor
who has created sensation by sending in his bill VI
1900 francs for horse flesh supplied.
An old Vcrmontcr offered widow 81 900
to marry him, aud she acccpted but, on seeing her
daughter. he rccanted aud offered g. tor the younger
woman. breach OF promi.c suit Is the result
More than 400 yards length OF cliff at
Couvc near Iavrc tell into the sea- with three REPORT,
like tlunderclaps The tide in At the time and the
material was carried away by it when 1t retired
John Morse, n prisoner in Denver jail,
ming cd with the members Of the Young Mems Christian
Association when they held services in the prison sang
as loud as the loudest and walked with the party
The late L. Spencer Miller, wealthy
Phiiadcphiau. spent considerable time and money in
collecting China cups His collection sold by
auction. aud the prices did not third Of what
he hal pail. yet were rather nigh SNy-fYe old cups
costing 81. 400 went for 1859
- George Xix and Tom Hartlgan played
poker at Rockand Station Tenn. without any under.
standing as to whether straigits were to he counted
They quarrccd when the question brought M in
the progress Of the and iartgan shot Rx Then
RMS wife took revolver out Of her dead husbands
pocket and mortaly wounded llarngan.
The liquor license system OF Boston ls
controlled by the Police Commissioners. who report
that the number bars 5000 In 1874
the last year prohibition TO 2u27 during the license
year 1878 and 1879 and the number Of drunken per.
sons noticed by the police. from l9,23i TO 1890 while
the population has Increased from 3JT. 900 TO 3T5OO
A diminished consumption Of tobacco
both in England and France has been noticed NJ Leroy
BcAulieu thinks that the rising generation In France
smoke less thnn their parent. II seems more likely.
however, that the peasants among whom the indulgence
had been gradually cxiendns retrcnchng In this
direction. owing to deficient harycsts and low prices
There are only twcnty-three actual maxi
rai6s dc oc Tras the sales OF which reach about
s375 900 yenr The geese very large quaint.
tics and little Audmony - added 10 the grain
swell the liver good fat will. after this treat
mcn weigh l6 ~ lbs and have liver weighing from
2to3 lbs Tho taste Tor this dccacy steadily grows
A paragraphist OF n London paper says:
4" The Duke Of Beaufort. better known perhaps. as
iioey Beaufort, the round OF the United states
with Mr. sothcrn Whether his grace acts as bill poster
private secretary. don't know. What with dukes
dancing attendance on ueatrcn Nalef, anu sung
ing ink In fashionable periodicals. the pcerage is getting
| quite useful in small way"
The Roman correspondent of the Ind6-
reripr, I,g remarks that Ganbadr' countenance las
quito los, the vivaccus expression II used to lie
stir without assistance, and suffers frequent tor
mcnts OF PAIN Garibald Is now 10 1t Is twenty.nne
years since he was SOAP and candle making Staten
Island: and Lord BcAconsdelds phrase. great
| deal has happened since then"
DIR. Palli, a distinguished Italian savant
advances the theory that the human organism undersoe
In the course OF its existence slow oxidation on The
| completion OF which death ensueS This operation shou,
require accidents excepted about 100 Years To
tcract the dcyiazine action. he recommends that few
grnmmes Of sulphate be taken every morning. as fur.
nshing check upon oxidation
&C. C. Cook, the night Waterman OF thu
State House at indianapolis. Indiana lately took doS
| OF sTychnne by mistake aud was found In the stats
library in unconscious state and In violent etAnis
convusion. After three hours OF pumping aud rubbing
he recovered asked for chew ~ tobacco. ami hour
later apparently in his usual health witt, the
| eepuon OF a feeling Of sotcncss in his muscles
DIR. Rose and Mr.. Garfield drank two
glasses OF whskcy in drug store Alliance. Ohio and
founs so good they called for more Ashley rai~d
the glasses again the ply stefan said Here's your good
health" "Oh. don't shat" sad Canneld. consider
your business and wish tins stun may make me SEEK
They drank. and within nour both were dead The
druggist having given them poison bv mistake
-Ilt ANbilln ll'fN iAo run VA X loulll wv
yond the Ponc Nouentana. bought from the late King
by Count Tolicncr, who lately married Ms MickayI
sister On the occasion OF the recent meeting the kins
rode each day across the country fifteen miles each
way. and Visiting tho ground the day before the
began. the scerlc chase course taxing all The
icneeS The queen present In carriage aud
four with ourilers
In Algeria two brothers have been con-
demned to death and the other transportation
ilc third brother. married ami father of two children
has sold his farm aud declared be will follow his convict
brother to Cayenne aud reside with HIM. His vile can
rcmarry II she pleases TINS recalls Alexander me
Great AMI the SYRIAN princess who. when permitted
select ono male member " her family execution
chose her brother rather than her husband
o. Sir Charles Legnrd, member of Paria-
ment for Scarborough and intimate friend of the
Prince OF Wales recently surprised the Houe by capt.
tai speech against MI TreNevans county franchise
ton HIS supporters we're delighted but soon learned
from the scarborough Moy that the ideas and words
OF the brilliant Grafton were stolen from some OF Can.
ninss speeches Extracts from them placed side
by side with tho report Of Legards speech much ~ his
discontinue and 10 the delight Of the Liberals
--Tennyson. the poet laureate, is thus
pictured in the Independence Behr. Tall, rather
round shouhiorcd. walking with stick. long heard
completely burying his iace aud pair OF round Chimes
looking spcciaclcs" His attire "A elt hat much the
worse for wear the hrim large and nabhy. drawn low
his forehead, too wide shabby looking
too tight his c hand constant contact with his spec
iaccs, which have large gold rim that flashes IN the
sun as he advances toward you
There are more than million Welsh
speaking people IN Great Britain In the Isle OF Man IS
per cent Of the population IN 1871 understood MauY In
the same year computed that more than 5Cn
persons could read Irish. and no newspaper was pub
lished In that language, whereas In 1881 there waI
scarcely county In which Irish was not more less
spoken Now tits scarcely heard except in the extreme
west Glare galway Donegal Kerry Mayo. and the west
ern islands the stronghold, NJ the ancient Language
The photograph Of Catherine Webster
as she appeared before the magistrates tine
OF the inquiry concerning the murder nj Richmond now
creating such morbid sensation throughout ENGLAND,
draws large crowds 10 the window the scrcoseo &c
company IN Regent street, London It is that Of wo
man of bold and rcsoutc Cuuntcnancc. tAwdry and oyc
dressed yet o Enthusiastically low origin boy looking
at tho other day said We'll she may not have doue
it, hut I'm blessed il She could have done that and
much worse u she had mi'd TO-"
A new photograph Of Lord Bcaconsleld
has come out In London Win the words, As he was
taken by order OF Her Majesty" printed beneath Ms
Lorlship il SIN the AGED "NINau Grcl rcmemborcd As
young Ben Israc-thcrc is the same priggish arr tie