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three Bishops of the Protesting Catholic
Church of Mexico, DIR. H. G. Riley for
the diocese of the Valley of Mexico;
DIR. Thomas Valdespino for that of
Puebla; and DR.. Prudencio G. Herman
dez for that of Cuernavaca. These are
the first creations of the Protestant
hierarchy in Mexico.
The Government of Costa Rica,
Central America, has decided to insti-
tute free public schools throughout the
State, and has given orders to report
the name of every district where there
are thirty or more children living. The
President, in late message, hoped that
the time would soon come when no
Costa Rican of either sex should reach
maturity without being able to read and
write, have knowledgs of arithmetic
and history, and be acquainted with the
elements of Christian doctrine and NOR
ality.
The way in which the Mennonites
choose their ministers is by lot, regard
less of the qualifications of the persons
chosen. Certain brethren are nominal
ed, and the name of each, written on a
slip of paper, is put into a separate copy
l.
then shuffied and placed on a table, when
each nominee walks up and takes one.
At a recent selection of ministers in Vir-
ginia, two were wanted, but to secure
these sixteen were placed in nomina-
ton. The brethren on whom the lot
fell were designated by the fact that they
happened to pick up the books contain
ing their own names. The call to the
ministry is thus considered divine.
Haps and Mishaps.
Eliza Tisdale, aged II, of Halle
ton, Ind, was fatally burned by her
dress taking fire from stove.
Miss Josephine Boyd was fatally
burned at st. Louis by her clothes tax
ing fire from a CRATE in front of which
she was standing, talking to her father.
AT Danvers, ILL.,, Minnie Sloan, aged
10, daughter of John u. Sloan, fell into
bath-tub of scalding water and was so
badly burned that she died on the fol-
lowing day.
"A 10-year-old daughter of John
Breachdol, at Walton, Ind, was dam
gerously burned by the upsetting and
explosion of a coal-oil lamp.
AT Delphos, o., Miss Mary Wilken-
hauer, while drawing water from cis-
tern lost her balance, fell in and was
drowned before assistance could reach
her.
AT Bellaire, West Va, a young son
of Christian Bippus pulled teakettle
of boiling water from the stove, fatally
scalding both himself and younger
brother.
Professor Henry Dirk, in making
balloon ascension at Jonesboro, Ark, a
few days ago, fell distance of 1000
feet and was instantly killed.
John Starr, well known attorney
of Bainbridge, Ind, took drink of what
he supposed was liquor, at his sons
drug store. The draught proved to be
muriatic acid, and the result was fatal.
AT Davenport, Iowa, Mrs. Thomas
Hogan was sitting in front of a hot stove
with her infant in her arms, when she
discovered that her clothing had taken
fire. Putting the child down in place
of safety she screamed to her husband
for assistance, but before the flames
could be subdued she was burned so
badly that she could not survive.
-Gustave Rutterbeck, German, was
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of pistol in the hands of COM
panion, at Lost Nation, Clinton County,
Iowa, on New Years Day. The de-
ceased was the smallest man in the
county, measuring four feet two inches
in height. He was 80 years old and
weighed ~ pounds.
A young man named Black, recent
ly from Kentucky, with his father,
brother and brother-in-law, Frank Rus
ter, went hunting deer in the swamp at
Clear Fork, Texas. In the thick bushes
Black caught a glimpse of Ruster's
white shirt, and, thinking it deer,
raised Remington and fired. Ruster
fell fatally wounded and died the same
evening.