Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-16
Tie Joint resolution was adopted.

THIRTEEN RIEEN KINDS OF METHoDIsTs.-The
MethodiSt Almanac for 1878 gives a complete
llst OF Methodist organizations in the United
States with the number OF members belonging
to each. They are as follows: Methodist
Episcopal Church, l,673,2S7 members: Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, y, 342 members:
African NJ: f. Church, 2l4.S06; African NJ. f.
Llon Church. 10000; Evangelical Association
IAlbrightsl lo5,ol3; United Brethren in Christ
ored(, 2,55O; Methodist Protestant Church,
ll34G3; American WeSleyanS 5000: Free
M,ethodists, 1922; Primitive Methodists, s32O:
Independent MethOdiStS, l., 800. The total
number Of members in the United States is
over 3,3l5.0O0: in Canada the Methodists mum
M ber l6l, ~; in Great Britain and her colonies,
members in al the world fssass IS stated opf6 fo Se
,5s5,SsS. The total net increase of lay men,
be berS for lSIl, throughout the world, is given as
2ll,3O9 The ''COlored Nj. L. Church, one of
the newest of these, has now four bishops 800
travelling preachers, 6S2 local preachers, and
between $1,000 and $1,000 members. One of the
99lshops-Lane-is described as, a native of
and showing in his general appearance pre-
pOnderance of AnglO-SaxOn blood. He was
slave before the war, and never had the Oppor-
lunlly OF attending school day in his life.
PLOUGHING THE BED OF THE OCEAN,
shG past a tha we deep
1he bottom OF the bay is covered with a
tenacious, clayey deposit. into which the
steam innss shoyels PeneHaies with difficulty and
to work under the water, drawn by steam
power ON the shore, using wire rope to form
connections. The water at high tide was
about twenty feet deep when the plough was
working. The man that held it was encased
III the divers armor, and supplied with air by
heNlDie tube connecting with an air-pump
on board OF vessel floating above. He came
up at our request, and after removing his air.
tight helmet and cOnverSing few moments
was again put in connection with the pump
and, disappearing under water went on with
the ploughing. This to us was Il novel pro-
ceedlng, and SO far as we can learn, it was the
first experiment of the kind ever made Bos
ten Journal o. Chemistry.
MANIA FROM A DOG BITE-There is at Tren-
ton, a. j., irthe city hall confined in one of
the cells OF tile basement person who is eX-
cItlng great attention among the physicians
His name is John Finney and he was employ
ed until recently as packer at the works of
weeks ago while playing with small dog. he
was bitten upon the hand, and subsequently
ne complained from time TO time of a pain i'm
the locality of the wounds and also higher up
OF the bite and was not annoyed by reference
to it,. On Saturday night, however, the board
ers at Mrs Arrison's, on Grant avenue, where
Finney resided, were alarmed by his actions
at the table, which suddenly became strange
and violent. One of the bOarders sitting near
Flnney undertook to quiet him, andfOur men
subsequently fought hard to keep him from
dishes and furniture. With some dificulty he
was finally conveyed to the cells under the city
hall, and DR.. Warman was called to attend
him. Finney was at this time raving
manaic. Hypodermic injections of anodynes
were administered. Sunday evening Finney
became suddenly rational He, however re-
fused 10 rink water, and persisted i'm his re-
tusaI Monday showing great repugnance to it,
and bee oming very nervous when it was men