The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1879-11-12

A LARGE YIELD OF WHEAT-A short time
ago General John Gibbon, of st. Paul, Mimi.
made the assertion that 100 bushels of wheat
had been raised on an acre of ground in the
Territory of Montana The statement having
been received with incredullty, he NeFte TO the
President of the First National Bank in Helena
for proof In reply he received the certificate
of the President and Secretary of the Territorial
Fair Association that one James j. Ray, Of
Lewis and Clark county, was awarded first pre-
MUM for the best acre of wheat, being l02
bushels to the acre This is believed to be the
largest yield of wheat on record.
FORTRESS MONROE, November 1Oth--The
large Academy Hall at the Normal Agricultural
School near Hampton, Va was entirely de-
stroyed by fire last night. Loss, about $4,000.
Fully insured.
AUGUSTA, GA, November 1Oth.-The veneer
able DR.. Lovick Pierce, father of Methodism in
Georgia, died at his home in Sparta this morn
ing in the ninety fifth year of his age.
THE DRoUGHr-P Petersburg, Va Nov 10th.
Great inconvenience is being feltin this and ad
precedented dry weather having caused the wells
and streams everywhere to dry up. The farmers
are obliged in many cases to come here distances
of from forty to fifty miles to obtain breadstuffs
and to have grain ground
Position OF PRINCIPAL PLANETS FOR NovEM-
BER.-Mercury is an evening star setting on the
lst at oh. 29m., and south of west q deg 81
min.; is in conjunction with the Moon on the
forenoon of the 10Th, at III. 19m being Is min
north is at its greatest brilliancy on the 17th
and sets on the evening of this day at 5h. 39m.
and south of west 81 deg q min; is at its great
est elongation on the evening of the Goth, at II
o'clock being % deg. min. east of the sun is
stationary among the stars in Serpentarius on
the morning of the 30th, at 6 o'clock
Venus is a morning star rising on the 1st, at
| Oh Ism, and south of east 20 min; is in con-
junction with the Moon on the evening of the
! 10th, at Sh. An, being deg. SO min. north.
Mars crosses the meridian on the morning of
the LIST, at Am past midnight, being Is deg. %
min north of the equator; is twice in conjuno-
ton with the Moon during this month, once at
Am. past noon on the 1st, being deg. 80 min
south, and then again at 8m past noon on the
9th, being deg. AZ min. south; is in opposi-
ton with the Sun on the afternoon of the 18th,
at Oh SIN. At this time it is at its greatest bril-
liancy.
Jupiter crosses the meridian on the evening of
the lst, at III. 37m., being II deg. Al min north
of the equator; is in conjunction with the Moon
on the morning of the Dist, at All. 13m., being
deg. 80 min south; is in quadrsture with the
Sun on the afternoon of the 26th, at Oh. 52m.,
and during the remainder of the month is con-
sidered as an evening star
Saturn crosses the meridian on the evening
of the lst at Oh 50m., being deg. 81 min. north
of the equator; is in conjunction with the Moon
on the morning of the oath, at Oh Am, being
deg. 26 min south.-R H. B., in The Sailor
Magazine.
Foreign.
1t is reported that the resignation of the en-
tire Spanish Ministry is imminent owing to the
strong opposition of a party of statesmen to the
proposed emancipation of slaves in Cuba.
1t is said that the proposal to eject a memo
rial statue to Sir Rowland Hill, which was aban-
doned by the Mayor of London, for lack of sup
port, has been taken up by the citizens of Lon
don.
The Association for Promoting the Higher
Education of Women, at Oxford, is low in work
ing order A scheme of lectures has been issued
and the two boarding houses, the Lady Marga-
ret and Somerville Halls, have each their full
complement, or nearly SO, of students-in all
about %, quite a sufficient number 10 start with