Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-07

BRITIsH Notwithstanding to the last
census British India had population Of
100, 563, 043. distributed over an area Of
904 ,049 square miles. or POI per square
mile. There being, however, much jungle
and waste land in some parts, the popu.
lation is in reality much denser. Bengal
counting 1877. the Northwest Provinces
430, and Oudh 1853 TO the square mile.
Including the States governed by native
princes India has !, $50, IA square miles.
with a total population of 248, $50, 95S
souls. OF the population Of British
India 140. DOC. 900 are Hindoos. 40,000,-
900 Mahomedans, and 5000, 600 Chris
tians, Parsees, Buddhists. etc. The
Christians number SOC, 200, of whom
250. 900 are Europeans or Of European
descent. As regards occupations India
counts l, 236. 900 government servants;
929. 900 are employed in religious and
hospital services; there are 80. 900 fan
atics and fakirs, 10000 astrologers, s
cunjurers, 465 exercisers, and l89, 900
persons devoted to education, science,
and literature, 5l8 of whom are poets;
5000 are employed in the courts of JUS
tice, $1,000 are doctors, and 2l8, 900 are
professors of fine arts, which include
rope dancers, snake charmers, etc.
FATALLY BURNED AT THE ALTAR.-On
the I'd instant several young ladies, all
attired in pure white raiment, visited st.
Mary's Church. in Charities street, q
short distance below Jackson Square, to
enroll their names in the Society of En-
fants- Marie. Each one wore afiowing-veil
and each one held lighted candle. While
they were at the altar one Of the postulants
brought her candle in contact with her
veil, when the gauZy substance blazed
like powder. She ran down the aisle,
half crazed with fright. At the same
time another young lady was discovered
to be in O like situation; she, too, ran,
frightened out of her senses. but a young
man quenched the flames. Fire
had done its worst, and Friday evening
Anna Julia blanchard. IA years old,
passed away forever. She was beauti
full, lovely child, daughter Of Mr.. j. J
blanchard, member of the New Or
leans Bar. The other unfortunate will
recover.-[New Orleans Picayune.
. FouNDERED AT SEA.-The ship Elmer
dale arrived here from New Castle las
night with the captain and crew Of tn,
British ship Kaverdeish, which fornderei
at sea on the 25th of September, Will
OF the passage to Liverpool. The Kav
erdeish struck on q hidden reef an
those on board escaped in boats an
rowsd to Pitcairn's Island. Here the
were Hospitality treated by the descend
ants of the mutineers of the Bounty,
whose history is still fresh in the publ
mind. The people on the Island no,
number eighty-four, and are representa-
, as leading very quiet and uneventfr
: life.-[S. F. Stock Report.
The Reveille gives publicity to TIL
J sage-hen story: Uncle John Gibbons
4 driver of the Belmont stage, told tbi
9 one. He said that about two years az
a flock of sage-hens crossed the roa,
and so numerous were the birds that /
was obliged to halt the stage for mol
than two hours and half in order to Il
them pass, and that while sitting on IL
box he counted just thirteen hundre
and forty. seven birds in the flock.
the election for officers of the SAFER,
Lying Club takes place next week, Unc
John stands good show of being elect,
President.