, 1877-07-13
The national debt statement shows
= decrease of t3,219,119.


The faculty of Dartmouth College
have decided that hereafter no stu
dent shall have the benefit of schol-
arship who will not pledge himself
to spend no money for liquors, tobac-
co, billiards, and dancing.
An amendment to the school law
of Nevada provides that salaries of
teachers shall be determined by the
character of service required, and
that no district shall there be dis
elimination in the matter of salary
as against female teachers.
The Russian government having
ordered the purchase of 10000 hors.
es, Germany will issue a decree pro
hibiting the export of horses from
the empire. 1t is semi-oficislly stat
ed that this measure will be solely
on the ground of internal economy
and not for political purposes.
"Tbe Port Townsend ARGUS has
been enlarged and impr owed in ap-
pearance every way. That is right,
brother Weir, go right ahead-this-
is growing country, full of stirring,
reading, busting people-keep pace
with the times and people and not
lag behind. ."-Snohomish "Star."
The famine in the destitute regions
in China is becoming more terrible
in its ravages every day, and will
continue to do so till the earth has
time to produce its first crop. The
Government aid stopped just when
it was beginning to be most needed.
From the Lau Ling district there
comes the most distressing account
of the terrible ravages of disease con-
sequent upon the famine. The Rev.
Mr.. Hall, writing from there, begs
for more aid, and speaks OF some
most hsartrending scenes be had
witnessed.
The postmaster general has fixed
the maximum rate to be charged for
government telegraphing at q cent
per word for each 500 miles or frac-
ton thereof, addresses and sigma
lures all being counted. All mesa
ges less thah 25 words being rated
as 25 word messages. If the dis.
tance exceeds $500 miles, not over
FIVE cents to be paid. If the entire
lines belong to one company it is
provided that Wheneve- public rates
are reduced the government shall
not pay more for 25 word message
than the public for ten word mes
sage. The signal service will pay 8
cents per word for each 500 mile cir
cult. This is decrease in price all
round.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
for 1875 shows no serious diminu-
ton. The number of members at
the close of 1870 was 1886, ,S02; to-
tai of probationers; 226, ,95S, making
a grand total of 1,613,56O. The net
increase of members and prohibition
erS for the year is 33,00l; net in
crease OF the same for the past ten
years is 581,376. The Southern
Methodist Episcopal Church has g.,
272, travelling preachers, 8, ,462 local
preachers, and 715,951 members.
There are no probationers in the
Southern Church, candidates for
membership being received at once
on profession or faith. The total
number Methodist communicates in
our country for 1877 is stated to be
3,197, ,947, and the total throughout
the world, 4,172,579.
1t is generally conceded that the
money market will become more
stringent if the war continues be-
tween Turkey and Russia, and East
ern bankers are now preparing for
the possible event. Their idea is
that the latter power will want money
and pay high rates to obtain it. If
she does want she will get it, and in
order to do so the United States will
be called upon to contribute BY re-
deeming her bonds now held BY rich
capitalists of Europe, and it is
thought the demand will be made
just when we want funds to move
the crops. This fac: would assured
ly compel greater degree of strin.
gency in the money market. 1t is
said that if there were any fears of
trouble in the fall, foreign markets
would show it, and that United States
bonds would be at discount But
in view of such possibility it may be
well for financial institutions not to