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The legislature of the state of Connecticut
has passed an act authorizing the state board of
health TO prepare rules and regulations for the
examination and REORGANIZATION Of railroad EN-
rioyes IN respect to color-blindncss and visual
powers, and prescribe the methods and intervals
AZ which such examinations shall be made.
Those employed on railroads ill be required to
OBTAIN certificates from the examining board
that they are free from color blindness.
RECENT statistics show that the religious
body known AZ the Friends" or "Quakers'
daS never been strong numerically. rarrlr rx-
eeodinG 100000 and their number II not near
that figure now. II L. will known that they
have no faith In proscytising but believe in
letting thor sectarian principles take care of
themselves, and work conviction and CONVEX
sion through the influence Of good examples.
Al present there are about 100, 00J Quakers in
the United States, and Of these Pennsylvania
has the largest share.
THE suit u: Nancy V. Campbell against her
nephew, DIR. Orson Campbell, of Mobile, Ala,
for damages for breach of promise Of marriage,
was settled in the United States court at Can
andaigua on the 18th instant, tho plaintiff with
drawing tho suit and the court placing no costs
upon either plaintiff or defendant. The suit
was brought some time ago, and resulted at
Albany in verdict of $4,000 for plaintiff.
Judge Wallace, at the late term Of the United
States court i'll Rochester, granted u new trial,
and his decision Is thought 10 have influenced
the present action of the plaintiff.
DIR. {. &. Cox, who recently returned from
Australia, where he was sent by the state de-
partmcnt 10 represent the United States as
commissioner 10 the Australian exposition, was
admitted 10 the government asyl um for the i'll
sane recently. He is hopclessly insane from
softcning of the brain. DIR. Cox was lieutenant
governor Of the state Of Maryland during the
term Of Governor Thomas Swami, and after
ward commissioner of pensions. He was also
president of the board of health ut one time in
Washington, and the gentleman who was secre-
tary Of the board at the same time, MIR. ID. :.
Jones, Is also an inmate Of the same asylum.
OSE Of the most important musical festivals
ever heard in this country will take place i'll New
York, commencing on the "a of May, 1881,
under the auspices of the New YORK symphony
society and the New York Oratorio society, and
under the direction of DIR. Leopold Danrosch.
There will be ten performances, afternoon and
evening, Of all the great choral and orchestral
works by the old and modern composers. One
thousand selected singers will form the chorus
and $50 Of the best Observation-Disclosures i'll the
United States will comprise the orchestra. The
soloists will be selected with great care i'll this
country and Europe.
The negro plot took place in the city of New
York in l7il. John Hughson, thief, was the
person who, aided by his wife and another
woman named Margaret Kerry, conceived the
idea Of setting the negroes against their mas
ters and mistresses, urging them TO kill any and
sl persons deemed worthy Of death. then to set
fire 10 the houses, public and private, and
eventually TO carry all portable and valuable
property 10 Hughsons house for safe keeping.
This was Huglson's idea of getting riches.
The negroes, with few exceptions, betrayed
the plot, and many Of them who aimed at the
execution of the plan We're burned at the stake.
lIughson, his wife and the other woman all
white persons, were hanged on gallows erected
al the spot near where Pearl street crosses Cen
ire, in New York, on June II, l74l.
CLAIMS for pensions pending before the de-
partment have increased III the last fourteen
months al the rate of 5000 month. These
unsettled claims are now more than double the
number at the date of the passage Of the arrears
of pensions act in January, 1879. There are
now pending IN the office al least 2SU, 900 claims.
During the six months preceding the passage Of
the arrears act, that is, from July /, 1873, 10
January |, 1879, the number Of claims filed per
month did not exceed /, $50 inyalid,' and widows
claims together. During the seventeen months
,incc the passage of the act this average has
been at least $500 per month. II is impossible
with the present facilities of the pension bureau
10 dispose of more than $500 of these cases per
uug al the rate of 5000 or 5000. II would
take, Commissioner Bentley says, many Year, to
dispose Of the cases now pending.
The history of aquatic sports III this country
Is but little known. The first boat club cstab-
hshod was the Kmckerbocker, in New York in
1911. II was disbanded the following year,
OWING TO the war with England. After many
years, Robert L. and john Stevens, Ogden HofI-
man, Samuel Nerplanck, Charles l.. Livingston,
Robert Emmett, and Others, TO the number of
one hundred, started III 1880 the New York
Boat Club. Their first boat was built by Joseph
Francis but was soon presented to the
the emperor of Russia. The second, double
iecked barge of IL oars, 80 feet long, and called
the ScadIift, il still i'll excellent preservation.
half a century after its construction. II is of
chestnut and oak, and has been entrusted to Mr..
Vcrplanck and his heirs, TO be preserved as long
a. any of the members continue living.
number still exist, including Capt. Francis the
veteran builder.
Az Intelligent correspondent Of the Dublin
FrtrUGR'S journal prophesies the garncring Of
abundant haTvests Ill Ireland this year from
July 10 November, and II the prophecy shall be
justified by the event there should be no need
Of Irish relief funds next year, aud no such de-
Eland as Mr.. Parnell has just made, that Il gift
Of Il, 10000 be taken from the Irish church
fund for the relief Of the suffering. The late
heavy rains, following the long drought, have
caused potatoes TO grow with great rapidity,
the cereals which have appeared above ground
are Of rich and heavy green hue, the artificial
grasses are making satisfactory progress, and
the pastures look beautiful; indeed, "thc whole
face Of the country smiles upon the husband
man." Should the weather be normally warm
next month heavy cereal produce may 10
looked for in the districts. What is most needed
in Ireland now, according to this correspondent,
is the development Of dairy industries, and
greater amount Of land given over TO the cult
walton of GU mary vegetables.
SPEAKING OF the new huge warships Of Great
Britain, the London Pal Mall Gdzette says:
The completion Of the Infexible, the Ajax,
aud the Agamemnon il now promised during
the present fiscal year. This will make an I'M
,JOrtant addition 10 the actually available
strength Of the navy. The Inflcxible, the
largest man-of-war ailoat, is vessel Of II, 400
tons displacement; while the Dandolo and
Duilio her rivals in the Italian navy, are only
Of 10, $40 tons. The armament Of the Inilcxibc,
consisting Of four 80ton guns, is, II il true, i'll
ferior 10 that Of the Italian ships, each Of which
carries four lOO-tOn guns; but, on the other
hand, there can be no doubt that structurally
the English vessel il Of greater strength than
the Italian men-Of-war. The Ajax and Aga
memnOn arc sister-ships, each Of :, 1872 tons, 10
that Nv ihc rom nlrticn nf thr tlrca vnsanlu Of