West-Jersey pioneer., 1873-05-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

ANOTHER GREAT ExHIBITIoN.-An ex-
hibition more wonderful and interes-
ting than that at Vienna will be held
in Russia about the middle of August
The scene of it's operations is the his
to1ic city of Nijnii-Novgorod, which is
situated at the confluence of the Volga
and the Okla, in Central Asia. The or
dinary population of the city is about
$4,000 inhabitants, but during the fair
that number will be augmented by an
addition of 100000 OF 100000 visitors
from all parts of Europe and ASIA
The fair is held in an immense stone
building containing 1900 shops, in
which the sales are made. One hun
dred and forty-fve millions worth of
wares and goods were brought to last
years fair, and out Of that immense
quantity only S2O,0OO,00O worth re-
mained unsold All kinds of goods
and manufactures aresold at this NAM
moth fair, and an opportunity will be
afforded for seeing collected together
the people of all countries, and the
modes of traffic of every race in Europe.
WEED.-A New York correspondent
writes:-''T ''Thurlow Weed has for some
time past been in very poor health
He is now about eighty years of age,
and, although he is nearly worn out
physically, his mental faculties are still
bright, and the keenness of his percep-
ton is most wonderful. Heis confined
to his up town residence pretty closely,
and takes great delight in having his
old personal and political friends call
upon him. He sits a large share of
his time in an apartment which serves
the double capacity of sitting room and
library The room fronts upon the
street, and were it not for a screen
which obstlucts the view, passers-by
could look in at the window and see
the veteran sitting at his table engaged
in reading, writing or raninated conver-
sation It is hard for Mr.. Weed to be-
lieve that he is growing old, and it is
owing in a great measure to his indom-
liable will that he has not died before
this.
A big engineering scheme has pre-
sented itself in the New York Legisla-
ture, in the shape of bill authorizing
the construction of railway under
ground in the City of New York, and
under the bed Of the Hudson River,
for the transportation of passengers
and property to and from New York
and the State of New Jersey, the said
railroad to commence In New York be-
tween Chambers and Fourteenth street,
not more than 1900 feet easterly
from the dine of docks on the North
River An undertaking of this sort
may seem now, perhaps, impossible of
Accomplishment, but ultimately tun-
mel or bridge across the Hudson will
be necessity, and as such will be
constructed, no matter how great the
difficulties or cost.
BApr1sTs.-The Baptist Year Book
for 1873 gives the statistics of the
Baptist Church as follows: In the
United States there are 853 associa-
tions, 1920, churches, 1891 ordained
ministers, and 1,5S5,232 members
The Sunday school statistics show 9,412
schools, 625, 742 scholars. The aggre-
gate contributions reported are S4,926,-
| 527.O4. There are As periodicals of
which 2 are German, l Welsh, and l
French. There are 8 theological sem
inaries, "a colleges and universities,
and 81 academies, with over 500 in
structors and 5000 students
Robert Bonner, publisher of the New
York Ledger, has completedan arrange
ment with Alexander Mcdonald, who
is to furnish an expensive monument
to the memory of Mrs. Sarah Parton,
Fanny Fern) which is to be placed at
the head of her grave in Mount Auburn
Cemetery The monument is to be
completed by the first of next Septem-
ber It will consist of an italian mar
BILE pedestal resting on granite plinth.
The pedestal is to be surmounted by a
Roman cross, beautifully enriched with
fern leaves. The height of the monu-
ment will be seven feet.
It is said that Gen. Candy died poor.
His private charities, they tell us, were
absolutely without stint, and his widow
was left with nothing but pension of
thirty dollars month. An Oregon
newspaper states that MIR. J. B. Mont
gome1y. a contractor on the Northern
Pacific Railway, learning this fact, col
lected from the leading citizens of
Portland in three hours purse OF So
400 gold, and presented it to Mrs.
CANDY. Such illustrations of the mob
ler side of the American character are
refreshing to read of.
Particulars of the tornado in Iowa,
on Thursday of last week, shows that
number of houses were demolished
by it, and five or six persons killed.
Hailstones measuring nine inches in
diameter fell, and the roar OF the tenn
pest was heard at a distance of ten
miles. The same afternoon a tornado
passed north of Prairie City, Ill, in an
easterly direction, leveling houses and
everything else in it's path, half mile
in width. Several persons were killed
and injured
The Mayor and city authorities of
Chicago have extended an invitation to
the President and Vice President, the
British and German Ambassadors, the
German Consul General in New York
the Governors of the New England and
Middle States and the Canadian Prov
inces to be the guests of the city dur
ing the three days of the Rebuilding
Jubilee" commencing June 4.
The latest news from the Modoc war
is good news. TheH Spring Modocs,
numbering So men, women and chill
dren, surrendered Jmconditionally to
General Davis. The number includeS