, 1876-09-08
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS.


the brightest old men in the world.
The average wealth of the Nor
mons is $40 each and their average
families % children.
John G. Fremont turns up in New
York again, and is said to be looking
hearty and vigorous.
There are $4,000 colored Masons
in the State of Ohio, and the number
is constantly increasing.
The widow of President Lincoln
is sojourning in the picturesque
mountain town of Boulder, Col.
Russia's subjects, and even the SOL
diers and officers of her army are
freely permitted to volunteer in the
Servian service.
The Sioux are getting hungry and
are approaching the agencies de-
manding supplies. If refused, they
open fire and run.
The farmers of Alabama are ap-
prehensive of the total destruction
of the cotton crop throughout the
prairie belt by caterpillars.
A company of New York men
have determined to send a colony of
Cinnamon to London to introduce
the system of Chinese laundries
there.
The Utes who deserted Lieut..
Spencer at Cheyenne river, have ar
rived at Rawlins, turning over their
arms to the sheriff.
Ocean steamships are carrying
heavy consignments of freight to
Europe, but return quite unburdened
The Georgia gold miners claim to
beat the Black Hills fellows call
hollow" in finding rich quartz, coarse
gold and nuggets.
All silks have advanced in price
"horribly," as the ladies say. The
firm of A. T. Stewart & Co., made
one million dollars by the rise.
Brigham Young is in danger of
losing most of his.EiVes. They all
want to be Ann ELIAS, and earn
$4,000 in writing books and lee
turing.
A 100000 Washington residence
was offered for $4,000 the other
day, but people stood around feeling
of their pocket books, and only
shook their heads.
Westward the star of aquatic en-
pire takes its way. 1t was the ANA
teur four from Chicago that made the
fastest rowing on record at Saratoga.
A new ship, the Adam NJ. Simp-
son, is now being built at Bath,
Maine, by Goss & Sawyer, for Phila-
delphia parties, and is intended for
the Pacific coast trade.
1t is little startling to read that
the number of Federal officers in the
country has increased from about
$4,000 in ~ to over 100000 now.
1t is indeed a formidable army, and
its power may be something tre-
mendous.
The Tilden and Hendricks pencil
has Just been introduced for the use
of Democratic editors. 1t is soft at
one end and hard at the other; it is
not sharp at either end; it is diff
cult to make it write; it requires
good deal of paper and metallic
eraser; and nobody but soft-headed
editors use it.-Napa Register.
The Philadelphia Coal and Iron
Co. issued a notice last week that all
their outstanding contracts for coal
may be annulled at the option of the
purchaser, thus giving all dealers IN
opportunity to buy on the same foot
ing. Orders have been issued to
stop work at several collieries, and
there will be large suspension of
production.
The Board of Commissioners ap-
pointed to bridge the chasm be-
tween the M. E. Church North and
the NJ. E Church South, have pub
lished the following conclusion: We
have the satisfaction to declare that
our aspirations for harmony of views
on the vital points have been real
lied by Divine guidance; and we
trust we have been able, after a
frank interchange of views and a
prayerful endeavor to harmonic all
differences, to arrive at the desired
consummation of unanimous and
complete fraternity.