The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-05-06
THE WEEK PAST.

xHE WEEA fAOxe
the bark J. G.. Norwood, from Gal
weston for Bremen, is supposed to be lost
with arr on board.
AT Wilmington, North Carolina, last
week, lot of confederate currency and
bonds and Of state war bonds, redecmable
in confederate currency, was sold The
state bonds brought from five and one
half to nine cents per 81 900; the con-
federate bonds three and one-half cents,
and the currency one-half cent.
THE late Countess Danner, widow of
Frederick VII, of Denmark, left her
property, valued at nearly $4,0OO.OOO,
for the maintenance of an institution for
orphan and deserted girls of Denmark.
The castle of Jagerspris, in North Zea-
land, will be the central building of the
institution, and accommodations for six
hundred or eight hundred children will
be provided.
LUNACY is increasing in France out of
all proportion with the growth of popu
lation. Official statistics show that in
1851 the number of lunatics and idiots |
there was. in round figures, 10000; five |
years later we find $4,000; ten years af-
terward they numbered no less than co. |
600; and the latest report shows that
they have increased beyond 100000.
This remarkable growth of madness
among the French is attributed to vari-
Gus causes-such as the use of absinthe, |
opium, tobacco, etc, and to the preva-
lence of religious, political and specula- |
tive fanaticism.
TRE New York Herald SAYS: There |
are about 10000 Jews in this city, 200 |
of whom have become christians. Bishop |
Potter thinks this very small proper
ton, and he has therefore issued circu-
lar to the clergy of his diocese asking for
increased contributions to establish mis-
sions among the Jews here. A Mr.. Ma
thans, who was formerly Jewish rabbi
but is now a candidate for the Episcopal
ministry, it is believed, would make an
excellent missionary among his late
co-religionists. 1t is said many of them
come to him now for instruction.
THE telegraph pole" case in Phila-
delphia has been decided against the
company, the court granting an injunc-
tion against the erection of poles on the
streets named in the bill. In deciding
the case Judge Thayer examined at some
length the question whether the use of
oles disfgured the city, reaching the
onclusion that it did, and telegraph
companies ought to be compelled to lay
their wires under ground. He cited the
fact that there were 9, 500 miles of under
ground wire in London as proof that it
is perfectly practicable to operate lines
of telegraph in that mnnner
OF the decision not to send tho capitol
statuary to the centennial the New York
World says: "This is fortunate fer the
centennial. The sight of Washington
trying to cover himself in marble
blanket is not calculated to foster due
reverence for the father of his country
and Governor Winthrop, with his big
ruff, looks more like John the Baptist
balancing bis own head in platter than
a landing pilgrim. As for the fierce fig
ure of Ethan Allen, with its tremendous
sword, no one ever saw it without wish
ing that it might become animated for
five minutes, so as to give it an opportu-
nifty to smash Winnie Ream's Lincoln
and then get hanged for conspiracy"
The Centennial managers have de-
cided not to open the exhibition during
evenings, stating that they care afraid S
to undertake the expense of Illuminating {
the immense building" A shrewd con- I
temporary, familiar with the ways of the !
world, suggests that this decision. taken ,
in conjunction with the closing of the {
buildings on Sunday, will give vice of {
every sort in Philadelphia grand inn s
petus. With little else worth seeing in
that quiet Quaker town, the attending i
crowds will be thrown on their own re- |
sources for night amusements and Sun ,
lay recreation. 1t does look as though
the saloons, gambling dens, cheap con- ]
certs, and worse. will contribute largely I
toward depicting the pocketsof patriotic
visitors.
IN Vienna the other day DR.. Rosentha
delivered lecture on the use of cleo
tricity as sale means of deh<ting sus-
pended animation in cases of apparent
death. A corpse Immediately sfter
death can be 30 influenced by the cleo
trio current that willappear to breathe,
the breast will heave, and the face as
sumo expressions of joy or pain. But
where death has really come all this will
cease at the end of two or three hours,
and the electric current is then power
less, while, on the other hand, in case of
only apparent death, electricity contin-
ues potent until animation is restored.
SO, if the movement of the muscles is
seen three hours after the commencement I
of the electric treatment, it is certain
that life is not extinct.
GEORGE P. BEMIs, late private secre-
tary to George Francis Train, has insti-
tuted suits for back-pay against his late
employer at Omaha. In the first suit,
tried and won by Bemis, the plaintiff
related the manner in which Train, at
the head of communist mob, captured
the city of Marseilles, France, and held
it for three days. When the Imperial
soldiers retook the city, they halted in
front of Trains hotel and the officers