Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-10-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

running turf was made September 16,
at Sheepshead Bay, in the one-mile
dash for all ages, by Pearl Jenngs, in
1AOi. ,5.,.
The Missouri father did not pursue
his eloping daughter, but sent q tler-
gyman on swift horse to overtake
tho couple in order that the marriage
ceremony might be performed prop
erly.
Some New York capitalists propose
to invest S2,OOO,OOO in a building
which will include theatre, concert
rooms, restaurants, mrsic halls, dan
cling pavilions and roof-garden and
restaurant, and within the structure
there will be every appliance Of a
fashionable and thoroughly equipped
club house. -.
Russia has n project in view. for
turning the Oxus river from the Aral
to the Caspian Sea, which il rapidly
drying up. This would be only re-
viving Of an old state OF things, for
ancient records show that from the
fourteenth to tho sixteenth centuries
this river, or branch of il, flowed in
to the Caspian. f.te oc
The first instance Of the cremation
OF n priest in Italy occurred the other
day at Milan. The Rev. Don, Clio
vanni Sartorio had left instructions
by his will that his body should be
burned, and had disposed that in case
OF noncompliance with his wishes the
heirs should forfeit their inheritance.
AS soon us this became known the
eleven priests who had been retained
to perform tho funeral service return
ed their fees, and the priests remains
committed to the flames unaccompan-
led by any Christian right. ID
The King Of Siam has sent q very
handsome present to President Ar.
thur, consisting OF Maylay kriss OF
the finest temper, with solid gold hilt,
and incased in q gold-alloyed scab-
bard, and two spears of quaint Malay
fashion, with gold sheaths for the
beautifully polished blades. They
are reported to be Of great beauty and
are very valuable. They are sent in
acknowledgment Of gifts presented by
the President TO Siamese Rajah Who
treated with great kindness some
shipwrecked Americans. p,i.a
To excuse the enormous price paid
by the British government to tho
Duke Of Marlborough for two pictures,
it is told in London that il the Dukes
offer had been rejected, the pictures
would have gone to America, and it il
naively added: 1.-TWO millionaires,
with more money than wit, were
ready, for the sake Of boasting that
they possessed the dearest pictures in
the world, to give larger sum 70 the
Duke than has actually been paid by
the treasury. They did not care
much for the pictures, but tho cared q
great deal for the possession OF them,
and would havo been proud could
they have snatched from Enpland two
works which have been the pride of
the country hitherto" Pa'f a"m
Mr.. Meyer, noted rs an archeolo-
gist, recently made an interesting dis
covery on the Island of Zapatera.
Writing from Nicaragua, he says:
"About .forty-two feet under the sur
face of IN ancient cemetery I discov-
cred rock, which, judging from the
figures in containt, has served in re-
mote times for astronomical obserys-
tions. On this rock have found two
stone tablets, one of which contains a
representation of tho world, part Of
Africa and Asia, united to Europe.
and this continent. A large continent
is situated in the Atlantic ocean, which
l consider the mythical lost Atlantis
mentioned in some Of the ancient au-
thors. The other tablet contains in
scriptions OF which part is undoubt-
edly Ph0nician. .'
Mr.. Graham, an Englishman, with
the help of two Swiss mountain
guides, has recently made an attempt
to ascend some Of the lofty peaks Of
the Himalayas. Starting from Nynee
Tai, he found his first difficulty, and
not an insignificant one, to be to get
to the mountains. They stand far
back, and are approachable only
through valleys occupied by large
streams. The first attack was made
upon Dunnagiri, which is q, ,1B4 feet
high. In order to reach it they had
to climb over two peaks 1900 and
$4,000 feet high, and then, after a five
days march, they camped on a Rls-
cier at the height of 18,40O feet. On
the sixth day they reached the HEIGHT