The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-30

band and father. The woman Refused to
walk and was carried on the scaffold, her
son waiting below. Owing to the 81 ort-
ness of her neck, second blow Of the axe
was required to sever the head from the
trunk. The son tainted, and had to be re-
vived before being brought to the block
still reeking with his mothers blood.
"A new educational movement has
been commenced at Birmingham. It is
estimated that there are co. 600 children in
the town entirely without education, and
to meet this want it is proposed to raise
fund to be called "King Edward the
are to be erected in the most destitute dis
tricts of the town, where children of all
religious denominations are to be admitted
without distinction, and without any sac.
riice of religious principle.
"A Paris correspondent says that scare
ity of work and excessive dearness of pro.
visions have more than doubled the num-
Der of poor this year but it is from Lon
most distinctness. A philanthropic physi-
clan of that city reports that hundreds
Of persons are quietly and calmly dying
by inches" In single street of 155
houses there were found to be upward OF
100 sick persons The origin of the sick
ness and increased mortality is the abso-
lutte want of the necessaries of life, food,
and clothing.
Public attention in Russia has been
much occupied by the trial Of upward of
fifty postoff1ce officials for stealing money
from letters. It appears that complete
organization existed for this purpose In
the department, and that it has been car
rying on its operations since 1862. al
elaborate code of regulations, by which
this society was bound, has been discov.
cred, in which the capital of the society
the modes Of division of the profits, and
the sums to be given IS rewards to those
of the members who were most skillful
in their thefts, are minutely described.
RELIGIOUS and Educational.
Peoria County (Ill.) is to have Nor.
nal School
The school expenses If Philadelphia
last year were. $4,000.
The total membership of the Protest
ant churches of this country is six mil
lions.
Harvard Commencement is brought
forward to June %, and the May recess
abolished.
Whispering and laughing in church
was punished by heavy fines, recently, by
au Indiana court.
The conscientious person may otter
make mistakes, but he is on the sure roaC
to excellency at last.
Whatever our outlines be, yet when
it falleth into the sea of Gods mercy, it il
but like a drop of blood falling into the
great ocean.-RutherJord.
Zion Church Bishop Southgate's), ir
Madison avenue, New York, has an
nounced that during the winter it viii
distribute clothing, fuel and food to al
who are in need of them in that parish, or
Tuesdays and Fridays.
The best thing to give your enemy is
forgiveness; to your opponent, tolerance
to friend, your heart; to your child, s
good example; to a father, Difference; to
your mother, conduct that will make hel
proud OF you; 10 yourself, respect; to al
men, charity.
old Father bushnell, of Vermont, used
to say that the best criticism he ever re
ceived on his preaching was from little
boy who sat at his feet, looking up In his
face, as he was preaching to crowded
house. AS be was going on very earnest
ly, the fellow spoke out, You said that
afOre!"
I'm the city of New York there are
ninety-nine public school buildings, in
which were taught during the year 1867
1888, 640 pupils, in the regular sessions
making an average of 1885 scholars tc
each school. In the city of Brooklyn
forty separate edifces are occupied fol
public school purposes. In these schools
6,413 children were enrolled during the
year 1867, the average attendance being Al
per cent. Of this number, or about 81 900
being an average of 525 to each school.
A table has been compiled showing
the number of teachers employed in six
teen cities, including New York, Phila.
delphia, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Gin.
cinnati, Syracuse, Troy, Oswego, and
others It appears by this table that the
city having the largest number of teachers
in proportion to its population is Oswego
which has one teacher to every 235 inhab.
itants. At the foot of the list is Albany
with one to every 626 people. Boston has
one to 324; New York, one to 351; Phila-
delphia, one to 425. In all the cities
named, there is an aggregate population OF
2,700,000, and there are for these cities
6,59S teachers, or one to 494 people. In
this table private teachers and academies
are included.