Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-11
GENERAL NOTES.


sermon, told q blood-curdling story OF a
ship which once sailed from Boston
with three missionaries and 24.OOO
GALLONS Of rum on board. The reverend
gentleman pictured the condition OF the
three sccslssisstical passengers Ms pecu-
liariy unpleasant. Why be should have
done 90 We confess il not clear to US.
With our rather oircumscribed knowl-
edge Of the requirements OF an
ordinary vessel for an average voyage,
Ne should say that $4,000 gallons Of
rum IL . fair. yea. . liberal allowance.
The City OF Picking made tho fastest
voyage on record with q much smaller
supply. It is not stated how many
missionaries there were ON board when
tho vessel reached her destination.
Neither 10 there . statement Of tho con-
sumption Of rum on the voyage. Until
Mr.. Talmags eondsscsnds to state
whether the unpleasant position in
which the missionaries found them
selves was the result Of their bsing too
many siergymsu for the stimulants. or
loo much stimulants for the supply OF
slsreymeu. the moral with which We
vould fain adorn the anecdots must re-
main unwhtten.
wAxrpAI.. n little parish In England.
has the smallest church In that country.
and Il 10 . very dimiputive affair. 1t
has but eight pews, and yet is capable
Of secommodatingd double tho population
Of the district. The rector opens the
himself and rings the bell. Then
he dons the ecclesiastical robes in the
presence Of his congregation. There is
NO musical instrument in the church.
and the minister leads the singing. His
are very short, u recent one oc-
eupyiug only seven and one-half min
utes in ita delivery. Two services are
held every Sunday. and this rector.
clerk, precentor. SEXTON. bell.ringer and
church. warden. all combined in one. re.
for the performances OF his varied
the modest little salary Of about
$500.
Ms. GnLrsPrx sIplodss the eanard
. slisht was put upon Mrs. Grant
BY not inviting her to assist at the for.
NAL opening Of the womsn's Pavilion.
In the ceremonies Of which. 1t will be
remembered. the Empress Of brazil took
= leading part. Mrs. Gillespie explains
that Il was intended to invite the En-
press. Mrs. Grant and the wives Of the
members Of the Cabinet. hut the En-
press declined. and the other invitations
we're not sent. AT the last moment. and
but half an hour before the opening. tho
Empress signiaed her desire to with
irsw her deelination. and there was no
opportunity Of speaking to Mrs. Grant
the ceremonies were over.
IT 10 understood that the Turkish
has decided to adopt some
'hangss In the pattern Of the rides now
,sing manufactured in Providence.
Rhode Island. The changes are under
TODD to b. the omission Of the locking
'olt. nov quito . complicated affair. and
be adoption OF q sword bayonst. The
Of guns Is considerably less
han Il was q short time ago. the alleged
sason being that tho guns now on hand
re to b changed to the new pattern.
nd. therefore ID 10 not desirable to
,ale guns which will have to b
GrxrnAL II. II. SIBLsr has declined
|, serve on the Sioux Commission on
ccount OF III health, and ]. W. Daniels.
,.Indian Asen, and Inspector. has
cen appointed in his place.
n journals Of Rome announce that
% chief OF the Italian Internationalists
,as been arrested.
PETROLEUM has been discovered in
Worth stsfiordahirs. England.
A few months since the Treasury m,
Lmsdor county was robbed Of q large sum
Z money. Proceedings were commenced
behalf Of the county 10 recover this
nanax irnm lhA Treaanrnr and hix hoaA. |