The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26
GENERALITIES,
A Mock Funeral md its Result.

Fatherland. Finally, on "timen being called for
another round, one of the party named Hess
failed to respond, and his friends whe supposed
he was playing Off suggested n little amusement
at his expense. twas proposed to have mock
funeral. ladder was procured, and the inc
briated Teuton stretched upon it. The pail
bearers were selected, procession was formed,
and the party marched about the room, carry
ing their insensible companion. They hummed
the dead march, sang dirges and hymns, and
finally repaired to a barn in the rear of the
brewery to perform the burial rites. The mock
ceremonies being over, they repaired to the tar
SOON, ordered up more lager, and patiently
waited, expecting every moment to see the
corpse enter But he came not, and upon re-
pairing to the place of his 'interment they
found that the man was indeed dead.
Religion among the Oregon Indians.
The late camp-meeting held at the SimcOe In
dian Reservation, Oregon, is spoken of by white
visitors from the Willamette Valley as the most
decorous convocation they ever witnessed.
Eighteen Indians from the Warm Springs Reser-
yation joined the church, together with eight
of the employees on the Yakima Agency. One of
the Warm Springs Indians who attended the
camp-meeting was killed while returning home
His horse becoming unmanageable, the riders
head was struck against tree causing his
DEATH
Successful Attempts to Educate the Chinese.
San Francisco correspondent of the st.
Louis Democrat writes as fOllows:-I have be-
fore mentioned the efforts being made-and sue
cessfully made-to educate our Cinnamon
Whilst wild Irishmen and rampagious street
urchins are constantly endeavorng to make the
poor Celestals' lives a curse to them, whilst
miners of all natOnalities are prosecuting them
as nterlopers in the land, several excellent per-
sons are unostentatiousy devoting their best
efforts to the improvement of the Asiatic's mind
and heart.
On the 10th of January last a Chinese Sabbath
School was started in connection with DR.. Scud-
ders Church. The school has risen since that
time from eight to one hundred and twenty
pupils. They are divided into small classes
and are taught reading spelling, writing, arith
metic, and geography. The present intention is
| not to interfere with their religious beliefs till
| they able more fully to understand the bene-
! fits of our educational system. They progress
| wonderfully, however. In four months many of
| them become fluent readers of our language.
| They sing popular hymns in very good style.
] pronouncing each word so distinctly that |
| fancy some of our city choirs might profit by
their example. The Cinnamon, however, rather
| overdo the thing.
This is the third effort have mentioned in the
| above direction. A fourth has been recently or
| gauized in connection with city mission
airy society, and there is no doubt that ere long
| all of our prominent churches and religious
cieties will have Chinese schools attached.
Three Persons Perish p.l,, from Thirst on the
| A correspondent of the Salt Lake Telegraph,
writing from St. Thomas, Pah Ute county,
Arizona, June 20, gives the following mOurnful
particulars of the death of three persons on the
DESERT
BrOJner James DaVluSOn WIN MS WlIe ana
son. the latter boy about twelve years of age,
left st. Thomas on the 9th of June, intending to
travel to st. George in company with President
Erastus Snow and Elder Joseph w. Young, but
failed to connect with them, as these brethren
went on ahead, not knowing of their coming.
The family then started alone, though unac-
| quainted with the country, and about the middle
| of the forty-mile desert, on the new road that
| leads to st. George, their carriage broke down.
1t is supposed that the old gentleman, who was
rather feeble, was unable to fix it up, and sent
his son with one horse and keg, for water
They We're within five miles of the
| Coquay Wash, where there is water
little off the road which the boy looked for
but failed to find. He then started for the Beaver
| Dam Well, twenty-three miles off, but when he
got within half mile OF it he must have fallen
| off the horse exhausted, as his body was found
two days after. The horse went on to the WELL
| where there were two men from st. George
cleaning it out. They tied him up, and thought
| no more about it for day and two nights, when,
| as they were taking their mules to feed, they
found the body of the boy, which they buried.
On the 18th Bishop Lorenzo Young was coming
over the same road, and found the father and
mother lying dead in the bed.
Another ''Haunted House' Sensation.
The Boston IraUeler of Saturday evening tells
| the following story
There has been no little excitement near
Springfield street, at the South End, for some
weeks past about haunted house" The story
is, that the house, very genteel one, was fitted
| June last for a first-class clearinghouse, and
| was well filed Immediately with paying
| boarders. On the 18th of June, suddenly all the
| bells in the house began to ring, and from that
day to this have continued to ring frequently
every day, generally beginning at an early hour
in the morning. and ringing at intervals all day
but never in the night. And this has continued
even since the wires of the bells have been cut.
| These bell-rnging operations have been followed
by heavy poundings on the floors of the house at
different hours, and by the sound of the deep
gruff voice of man; and some profess to have
seen spirits fitting around Multitudes have
been attracted to the house. and among others
the Chief and Deputy Chief of Police but none
been frightened away, and the woman who now
occupies the house is anxious to get rid of her
lease and leave the haunted premises.
Sudden Death the Man Who Drew the Crosby
Opern House.
| The Cincinnati Enquirer of Saturday says:-
| On Saturday afternoon n pleasure party ar
| rived at the Burnett House from Portsmouth
Ohio They were bound for New York and
among their number was Mr.. A. II. Lee of
| Prairie de Rocher, Ill. Mr.. Lee retired to his
| room at quite an early hour on Thusday even
| ing, and on being called yesterday morning com
planned of feeling sick. He continued to grow
| worse, and physician was sent for, who did
everything in his power to alleviate the suffer
| ings OF the sick man, but all without avail. Mr..
| Lee died about o'clock Yesterday afternoon
of the heart He was about 81 years of age, and
| resided mt Prairie de Rocher ILL.,. where his body
| will be sent for interment.
| y Mr.. Lee held the ticket which drew the Crosby
| Opera House at the lottery which took place in
| that city some two years ago. He was at that
| time farmer, living quietly at his home in
| Prairie de Rocher He drew the opera house,
and, having disposed of it at a large price, he
has since been taking matters easily. At the
| time of his death he was making his way East
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