The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-12
FACTS AND FIGURES,

$4,000, 900 worth Of books.
TIE new French twenty five franc gold
pieces will be called Empereurs
THE fastest bicycle time has been made
in Jersey Oity--a mile in two minutes
ONE of the Austrian Arehdukes Is said
to be kleptomaniac-in plain English
a thief
THE French Post office conascstes nine
outof ten newspapers sent from thisCoun-
try,
BURT HARRISON, Private Secretary TO
JEFF. Davis during the war, Is practising
law in New York.
ANEW York thief has accomplished
the neat trick Of stealing the boots of
sleeping mans feet.
THERE are said to be Is, 900 communi-
cants to the various religious churches on
the western coast of Africa.
THERE are $40 Protestant Sunday
Schools in France, 100 in Germany, 250 in
Switzerland and $50 in Holland.
A wIDowER went to Manchester, N. H.,
one day recently buried his wife and left
town with neW-made bride on the day
following
THE Canadian Rife Association will dis.
tribute $4,500 worth Of prizes at the an.
nusl tournament at Halafax in August.
A SERVANT girl at Newberg, N. Y, was
recently too much for burglar She
poured gallon of hot water over him.
and he left the premises in hurry
A LONDON clergyman advatises that he
will I" lend his weekly sermons for halG-a.
crown apiece, or four for los, warranted
"Original, earnest and evangelical"
SIX churches have been organized In
Mexico on the basis Of the Bible as the
word Of Coda spontaneous movement,
without any foreign Intervention, the sac
rameDts administered without any or
damed minister
A BUFFALO lady was annoyed bya man
named Thompson. She pulled out
pistol and snapped itat him he moved
off in good order and had her arrested.
She was discharged on the ground that an
unloaded pistol is not a deadly weapon.
GEORGE PEABODY has written to the
town Of Georgetown, Mass, stating that
it is his intention to supply all the funds
needed to sustain the public library which
he has given to the town. and also pre-.
septing $4,000 toward the permanent
fund.
THE New York BBpTUss has heard Of
one American woman in Europe, "who
turned up her aristoGatic nose atapOcket
handkerchief costing 1000 francs, de-
mandihg one which had to be fabricated,
and which was not TO cost less than lO,-
0OO."
A CooRDIRa to an estimate made by q
we'll informed traveller, the Chinese eHpend
annually over $20,OOO,O00 TO appease and
propitiate the souls Of the dead, About
| $50, 100000 are annually expended In
worship of the Foo gods, and $10O,0O00O0
in the worship of family ancestors,
A YOUTH Of 1S, in New Bedford, who
determined to marry against his fathers
will, was recently complained of as dis
Obedient child, and the case continued for
sentence, so that he could be shut up for
want Of bail till bis father gets ready to
take him on a whaling voyage.
IT was stated at the National Sunday
School Q Convention that the Sunday School
Union has established 6846 schools, into
whiCh803 ,509 children have been gathered, !,
and Al070 teachers are employed. The
union has also aided %, 900 other schools
and over 400 churches have been estab-
lied as the results Of its Efforts
DIR. WEaAND, of Halle, Germany
after extensive Investigation and collation.
Of statistics, concludes that employment
on railwaytra is not more than usually
dangerous or unhealthy, Reports o
thirtyeight companies showed that II
1868, /. 1.072 per cent of the engineers fire
men and other employees on the train
died, while of the employees not travelling
the mortality was 0931 per cent.
The report Of Baptist progress IL
Great Britain for the last yea
shows that forty.nine churches havt
been Organized, making 40 aggTe
: gate Of 2447. The increase in mem
bership has been 1882, a larger accession
than any since 1860, and bringing up tn
total to 25t, sos members. There ar
2673O6 scholars in tho Sabbath Schools
and no doubt, over a million Of the Brit
ish population dependent on the Baptist
for religious instruction.
. Ar TRutand, vt, which has been soani
ily supplied with water for many years
the discovery has just been made that a
obstruction in Joint in the main suppl,
reduced the calibre from three inches I
one and half inches diameter. The OF
stuotion consisted of lead, which was ru
into q Joint whenthe pipe was laid fiftee
years ago. It cost them $4,000 to max
The discovery, besides the loss OF man
buildin gs BY fire, which would have bee
/ -ovad 1,a1t for. tho lanX Of wafer
FROM an old advertisement published
the GeowiG Journal, Milledgeville, !
1910 it Is found that the Hon. VIM. 4
Seward, late Secretary Of State, wa
at that time a Georgia schoolmaster. III
|, is therein announced as late from Unlo
I Collepe, N. Y, from which institution b
, ! comes highly recommended as youn
gentleman Of coed moral character an
distinguished industry and literary az
duirennents.n Hetaught Latin, Greek, tht
oretical and practical mathematics, logic
! chemistry, geography, English grammar
and other branches too numerous
I mention.
THE pews of the Centre Church, Me-
4 Haven, Conn.,, lately rented for SlS,0O
! On subseu uent Sabbath the pastor, Re-
+ g. L. Walker, took occasion to express,
L decided terms his regret at the resul
s The prices paid, he said, could not but
4 regarded as extrayagant, and the gro
q amount received was larger than the e1
3 gencies Of the church demanded II Il
# debt of the church was alleged as an @
I Clse, the speaker thought that IN churC
4 embracing so much wealth, many
: whose members were individually able
a nav 1t without embarrassment, and VII
q anitedly, ouldexpunge it at once witho
q latwinge, the debt could nOtbut be consi
!, cred as, In a measure q disgrace.
l. THE Secretary Of the Treasury Is
" much annoyed by tho constant receipt
n letters from persons who have lost
burning or otherwise bonds of the Y Dit
States and who wish new bonds that
& has found it Necessary to request the pa
r. icationof the fact that it is not thee pof
"a of the Governments to issue bondsin SUI
a cases. The only remedy Is an appliolati'
e. 10 Congress, and that is not very nor
iai full remedy, asthe Congressional Comm
ca, ne on Claims refused TO report bills l
lse me relief of several persons who had L
,se bonds al the last session In two cas
FTe Al r.-.tn,anA iceuad new bOudS 1