The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-07
SUNBEAUS.

tauu,luely To- tcu ycnrod boy who Was playing wi,la
gum. in charleston. Tic hoy uofcupun shot the man
through thc heart
George Parry won prize Of $1,000 in n
Chicago pedestrian contest but dd not Stop waisns unul
he had footed ont OF town with an the money leaving
nothing for his backcr and trainer
A jewcller in South Royalston, VT. spod
ON the finger Of ahghiy esteemed young lady who was
shopping in his store ring that had hrcn stolen from
his stock She toll him In response o hs inquiries that
II had been given her by bovish sutton This lei othc
discovery Of society Of thieves. Of respectable
parents The boys had secret signs, passwords and onhs
alter the manner Of body they had read about in dime
novel and had committed several burpiaries
A Misunderstanding young man and q
particularly innoccntIookine gir seemed such ilrs-
sorted couple on a railroad train In Nevada that thcin
torcst of the passengers aroused and when It be-
,amc known that they had clorcd and had just been
married. tho husband told that he could not accom-
nny the bride any further In siiic ofhis protests
tie girls tears, he put on Mt the next station. and
she wa. sent home IN charge OF committee.
a woman i'm Los Angeles, Cal, became
possessed of the notion that her little g might by slow
starvation be brought to such physical condition that
She would hc translated 10 tic spirit world wlthuutdyns
With that emit In view she fed the child fruit only
steadily diminishing the quantity, until the victim WAS
horribly cmaciaicd. Ncisbors then ntercrcd much to
the di.plcasurc Of the mother. who Declared that tho
LITTLE hsi reached point where visions OF spirit lie
bctosencd the ncarncss Of tho expected change.
james Burns murdered q man Mt Gaines
WILLIE Ga. two Years ago but WAS not suspected lie
confessed the crime hut nobody believed him. and he
had no means Of proving hs guilt He told where
the body hidden and 10 found there yet he was
discharged from custody the authorities believing that
lie was innocent of participation in the deed. Almost
discouraged Ice sin set about collecting evidence against
himself and had far succeeded that. when he lately
roasscrted his guilt on ms dcauucd, he was believed
During the debate on the Eastern qucs-
ton. while Lord Bcaconsnci was in She House OF Com
mons. u wasa 'ayoritc occupation among members OF
porn. habits 20 lay or take odds that Di.raeh would
conclude bis speech with the word empire" Event
uaiy tho transaction became such certain Thing that
uo Oids would induce man to lay against the "cntirc'
III. an Interesting tact that the last svab's Disrnc
uttered In his speech IN the few minutes before he pas,
out Of the House OF Commons the two which
termed this sonorous word.
An entcrprising young man was en-
ploycd by SAN Francisco nrm to advertise their con.
dcuscd chowdcr lie hired an upper box In BALDWIN.
Theatre. and placed across the 'front.' biz Transparency
inscribed, Try Condensed Chowdcr" Tie ushors or
derci him TO tae down. he locked the door of the
box and proceeded cooy to lght the candles In the
Transparency. Tie ordered up his forces for
cioctment but first for the young mans employ
or who had the advertisement removed just before The
commencement OF the performance.
About tho 10th of December last n young
man. son professor In the gymnasium ut Darm',ait
In Germany, walked with his lctroihcd young aul
pretty girl 10 pond some two miles Oh in the nd1iung
woods there they ted themsc together aud jumped
IN. intending to end their troubles sicdc however.
the icy cold brought the gentleman 10 his senses,
and he eontriyed TO himself ami scramble out cav
the poor girl. ia spite OF her cries 10 drowns which
she did lie recently tried aud sentcnced'io three
years and nine months imprisonment Tor the offence.
Texas has enacted Il local option bell
punch law Zach county In the State may decide rs
heretofore whether alcoholic beverages shall shall
he sold within Its borders and, should the verdict be
In favor OF tile sale. then the county authorities may
decide upon the number Of places to be licensed and
! provided with hellpunchcs The Galveston NeWs esu
that 100 counties will adopt the bcllpunch SYSTEM
ana that the number Of punches required will be about
1000 II is a singular fact that notwithstanding tho
prevalence Of violence in Texas the sale OF liquor /,
| strictly prohibited In many counties o; that State
The slave trade on the east coast q
Africa is no longer hourishng News reached Zanzibar
the other cay that three separate gangs
their way 20 the coast but before the intelligence came
the Sultan had caught Of them. and DR. Kirk had
| dropped upon another The Klwa road. formerly the
most irequented Tor slave dealing is almost entirely
closed The trade barely eubugh keep the coast
plantations going The export trade has been az end
for several years and tits years since slave has
been taken by the cruisers the station. Dhows
su taken ani condemned, but it is for the illegal
port Of old slaves not new
The failure Of jury to convict the
YoaAum brothers Of murder. at Bakersfield cal, dis
pleased the popuace mob broke into the jail at night
OF his cell being thrown his head and the
rope pulled through the grating. Then the ynchcrs
went 10 tie others cell door. and found that he et
tered 20 the floor As they unable 20 enter they
tried to ssoo linn. they had done with his brother,
and then CHOKE him TO death by pulling ut the rope bat
he dodsed the moose successfully. So they killed him
with their REVIEWERS nrins reckes.ly that two Of their
own number were accidentally wounded
At the laying Of the corner stone OF tho
building for the Melbourne International Exhibition last
February Sir George Bowen. the retiring Governor az the
colony expressed hope that the exhibitions eff sydney
and Melbourne might turn TO be FIRST step toward
the conf Iteration Ut Australasia These lrtcouiu- ca
hhuus." lac added, "cau hardly be deemed premature
whenit is recolcctcd that Austrnlaa federated h,c
Canada In ouc dominion in loyal allegiance to tc Crown
| would at once rank In wealth and commerce among
the ten ar twelve foremost nations Of the world for II
would have an annual income of above sixteen
millions sierui and an aggregate trade exceeding in
| value ninety Millions
On May ~, Queen Victoria completed
her Goh year an age which has been exceeded by
eleven only OF tuc sovereign, Of England dating from
| the Norman Conquest. namely Henry J., who lived to
the age OF G5 years. Henry Ill. who lived 05 years.
Edward l., who lived to bee ~ years oj Edward H. 90
years, Queen Elizabeth who reached % years; James
H. O. years; George L. ~ years. GEORGE H.. u years.
George Ill.,, 80 years. George ", ~ years. and william
, w.. who lived - years She has rcisncd forty-two
years on the 21h ofjunc next period which has not
been exceeded nv more than four English soyorclsu,,
namely Henry H. VINO rcgncd nity,iN years; Edward
/ Ill, who reigucd hity years Queen Elizabeth. who
rcisncd 'ortya,c years, anl G,or-c Ill.,, ,Nty years
Tho Prince of Waics's recent speech on
London cahlri,crs has been translated verbatim inio
most OF the Russian newspapers. and huluiorY romarss
appended one or Two of thc oh.tryAun>u Che review
,r- aic worth recording. "Ihe annual salary received
hN Che huial Nnrl,st' SAYS tho N,iu, "i- oNrotchrly
sual that has ROYAL l-hucss compelled to make CON
,isut u-e Of hau>nms' "Pcrlaps." observes the Rer
'"" "no other Heir Apparut in Europe hircs flies AMI