The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

lhe age OF SU years. Inc mother OF
these children died at the age l0l.
Samuel Earl died recently at his
home in Newark, n. j., aged 50 years.
lie served as private in the American
army during the war Of 1872. He was
wounded by the explosion of maga-
zine, which was blown up by the
British. His wife, SO years of age,
survives him.
Mr.. John ID. Philbrick, the United
States Commissioner of Education at
the Paris Exhibition. has received the
honorary degree of Ii. ID. from the
University OF st. Andrews in Scotland,
and the decoration Of the Gold Palm of
the University of France.
In the missions of South Africa
there are $50, 900 native adherents, iof
wonm $4,000 are communicates; colo
NAL adherents, 1858, 900, giving total
of 53S, 900, making some Christian pro-
fession, or about One-siXth of the en-
tire population of South Africa up TO
the Zambesi,
AT the end of January the total
number of paupers in London was SS,-
663, of whom A 700 were In workhouses
and 43,954 received outdoor relief.
These figures show a marked increase
since January 1873 and 1877, but de-
ere ise when compared with the figures
of January, 1876.
Two of the four l00-tOn guns
bought by the British Government
from the Armstrong Company, for
$Sl, 900 apiece, are to be sent to Gibrdl-
tar and two to Malta, where they will
works. Before being shipped to these
two important positions they will be
thoroughly tested.
The Episcopal Church in Iowa has
received large beqnest from the estate
of the late Mrs. Clarissa G.. Cook. of
Davenport. The will gives in all $l61,
600, of which $4,000 goes to destitute
parishes, nearly $l2, 900 to the Diocesan
Board of Missions, $50, 600 to the Home
of the Friendless, and smaller amounts
to churches and other causes.
The widow of Robert Willis, who
was killed by guerrillas during the
war, recently died at MarrowbOne,
KY, and on her death-bed told of $685.
600 in gold and $4,000 worth of jewel
ry which her husband buried in cave
to hide it from the rebels. The treas
ure was found in the spot described.
The widow bequeathed most Of it and
her homestead TO her servants.
Superintendent Eliot, of the Bos-
ton Department of Public Schools,
recommends that whipping pupils
should not be permitted when the
teacher is in a passion, and that "there
should be an interval between the Of
fence and chastisement at least as long
as that between two sessions" By the
present rules in Boston corporal pun
ishment is limited to blows struck on
the hand with rattan.
of late years the policy of running
heavy engines and long trains seems to
have prevailed OH the Boston and AL
bany Railroad, but the managers are
not all agreed on the advisability of this
plan. The testimony Of the engineers
and track hands is to the effect that
the heavy engines now being run care
tearing the track all to pieces" and
will necessitate the laying Of new rails
and building up the rOad-bed anew
much ottener than ought to be neces-
sary.
The usual number of men employ
ed upon the scavenging of the streets
of Berlin is 700. But during almost
the whole month of January it was
necessary to supplement the regular
staff by corps of about 400 assistants,
in order to clear away the snow. Dur
ing January over 100000 carloads of
snow were carried away, and yet a
great number of streets remained i'm
passable. From the commencement of
the snowfall (about December ll) to
the end of January over 100000 loads
of snow had been carred away, and
about 100000 marks 1852 500 expended
on the scavenging of the streets.
In the Government of Cherson,
Russia, in the bed of a river, a peasant
found an egg of unusual size. 1t is
equal to forty hens eggs, whereas the
ostrich egg is equal to only twenty
four. 1t is of yellowish color, and
being found between the clay and gyp-
sum layers, is supposed to belong to
the tertiary formation. The purchaser
of this egg offered it to the Imperial
Academy OF Sciences, st. Petersburg,
for 1000 roubl9s. The Academy failed
to buy it, on account of lack Of means,
but asked permission to take a mould
from it. The British Museum has now
bought this unique egg, to the grief Of
the Russian students of natural science.
In digging the foundations for a
new shaft at the rear of premises in
Long-acre, London, week or two ago,
some workmen came upon chest con-
taimng large humber of gold and sill
yer coins of the reign of Henry VIlIin
high state of preservation. Besides
quantity OF miscellaneous articles, the
box contained about twenty pieces of
church plate and ornaments. Among
these were massive chalice, ciborl-
um and monstrance, all set with
precious stones; finely-carved croz-
ier head, a lapls lazuli crucifix, pee
toral cross and chain attached, some
small vessels, and what appears to have
been the mitre Of an abbot or bishop.
At the foot of the chalice cross W tn
a nimbus is engraved. and in scroll
the Latin inscription, ."Ad majorem
Del gloriam,"
Miss Lucy A. Osborne of New Mil
ford, Conn, whose scalp, right ear and
part OF the right cheek were torn off in
September, 1874, by machinery In
which her hair caught, and who has
since been at New York hospital, is
now at home. A new scalp has grown
upon her head by the grating thereon
of minute bits Of skin. The pieces were
contributed from the arms of the hos
pital surgeons. The total number of
pieces used in this operation was Il, 1000.
One Of the surgeons contributed from
his person 1902 pieces, and another
gave S65. The appearance of the scalp
now Is similar to that of a healed
wound. Of course there can be no
growth of hair thereon. In the first Of
The grating process bits of skin the