The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-31

Feeding the CONFERENCE.-THE few towns in
England where the Methodists are numerous
ami strong enough to show hospitality Tor two
or three weeks to the seven hundred or more
ministers who attend the yearly meetings OF the
Conference, are called 1.-The Conference toWns;"
and a sor. of rivalry is telt among them as to
the ARRANGEMENTS they make for the comfort OF
their reverend fathers and brethren. The Leeds
Methodists have won the palm this year Tor
their provision as to the daily lunch, concern
ing the establishment OF which they seem to
have taken pattern after the famous Sunday
School of Mr.. Beechers church in Brooklyn.
The London Methodist Recorder says:-
'"This lunch is not a scramble for II crust
score of ladies delight to play the 'neat-handed
Phyllis' for the occasion, and in the midst OF the
school-rocm some marvellous architect, in con-
spiracy with an equally marvellous plumber,
has erected fountain on no small scale, whose
water, constantly thrown up IN spray, is scarcely
less refreshing than the less ethereal comesubles
which are placed on the tables"
Wisconsin Fossils-Mr. Nicholas Thomas,
while digging at Big Patch, Wisconsin, turned s1
up some queer looking fossils. One appeared to
Nave been the tooth of some gigantic animal,
probably a mastodon. Its dimensions are as
fOllOws:-Eight inches long, and three and
half inches wide on the grinding surface; eight
inches wide from the lower surface to the top OF
the root or prone; twenty inches in circumier'
ence, and weight six pounds and fourteen
ounces. 1t was found ten feet below the sur
face, in hard clay. Quite number of ribs, and
other bones, in an imperfect state, were found at
the same time.
Censorship Of the Press in Greece,-A religious
work was recently published in Athens which
the Holy Synod of the Greek Church pronounced
heretical, prohibiting the people to read it or
have il in their houses. AT the same time an
indictment was found against the publisher Of
the book. Alter some time had elapsed the
Minister of Justice made inquiries to ind out
why the case was not tried. The answer was to
the effect that In order to pronounce just
sentence it would be necessary to examine the
book carefully; but as the Holy Synod had for.
hidden any one to read 1t. the judges found
themselves unable to proceed.
Cotton Iuiured-It is reported that the cotton
crop in Georgia is greatly injured by the
drought. In the south western part of the State,
where the yield formerly was one bale to two
acres, not more than one bale 70 ten acres will
be raised this year. This is equally true OF
other sections. Accounts from Florida repre-
sent the late drought as followed by heavy
rains, which have seriously injured the cotton.
The cotton prospects in Mississippi and Ala
bama are also represented to be bad on account
of the drought and raVages Of the boll-Worm.
sport-The prospect Tor the opening OF the
grouse shooting on the extensive range OF moor
running from the extreme Of South yorkshire
intO Derbyshire and Cheshire, England, ID any
thing but encouraging to sportsmen, and TN
season PROMISES to be one of the worst that ma
~ been experienced for some years past.