The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-07-15

| lueTe are now 4z,OII pOStO1nCeS in The
| United States, an increase of l, ,s3S in the
past year. The number OF offices pay.
ing more than 81 900 each, aud there.
tore called presidential postoffices, i:
1,764. New York heads the list, with
lss. Illinois comes next, with I63: ther
pennsylvania, with 1872. and Ohio, with
I12.
| The national association for the pro.
lection of the insane, which was organ
lied at the charities conference in
cleveland recently, has for its object
the introduction of more humane and
intelligent methods of dealing with in
sanity. Great things in this direction
nave been done in the past generation,
but much still remains to be done.
Especial care has been taken by the
association to make it understood that
the movement does not arise from hos
tility to any asylum or officials.
A druggists assistant was charged
before the correctional chamber in
Paris, few days ago, with causing the
death OF man by misreading a pre-
scription. The doctor, whose writing
was very clear, ordered eight drops of
laudanum, which the assistant care
lessly read as eight grammes, or about
quarter of an ounce. The overdose
naturally killed the patient, and the
court sentenced the prisoner to three
months Imprisonment. His advocate
urged as an extenuating circumstance
that, if the mistake had cost the de-
ceased his life, it had at least provided
him " 18th a painless death!
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exhibitors at the fishery exhibition at
Berlin were quite numerous. They
were as follows: Address. of thanks
and a gold medal; one honorary prize:
a gold medal, with special honorary
diploma; nine gold medals, exclusive
OF the special ones before mentioned
fourteen silver medals; twelve bronze
medals, and seventeen honorable men
tlons-in all sixty-nine awards to the
United States Large as is the number
OF prizes tor America, they might have
been very much augmented, for the
overwhelming superiority of the Ameri-
can exhibition over those of all other
countries was conceded from the yery
first day. But the American exhibit
was for the most part collective one.
made by the United States fish commits
sion, and for this reason comparatively
few American individuals, so to speak,
received awards.
Mr.. Stoddard, second mate of the
brigantine Fortunate, which arrived re-
Gently at Halifax, N. S., from the West
Indies, reports that one night, while
passing along the coast-of Florida, a
singular phenomenon appeared just after
dark. Two columns of fire were seen.
seemingly about mile away. They
were about fifty yards apart and rose to
a height of nearly 500 feet, when they
toward each other, but did not
meet. They burned with a steady, dull
red color, and did not emit any sparks.
but at the arching portions emitted
rays or pencilings of light
similar to an aurora borealis. They ap-
Deared in sight all night, and gradually
taded away as daylight came. The
weather was beautifully clear, and not
cloud was visible during the entire
hight. On the following day there was
neavy thunderstorm, accompanied by
/ gale of wjnG, but no rain.
A Washington dispatch SAYS that |
General Walker has placed the task of |
attempting to procure full census sta
,lstics OF Indians rot taxed to Major |
Powell and his assistants, who are
working under the Smithsonian insti-
ution. Colonel Garrick Mallery, of |
he army, is now engaged in preparing
special set of schedules for recording
indian statistics. These will embrace
leads calculated to set out all material
acts of the Indian situation, and the
condition of each tribe. Colonel NAL
cry has made close study of the
American Indians, and is well fitted to
,repare schedules which shall cover all
ne more prominent features of Indian
lie, and bring out many points in the
inc OF his esearches which will be
10Th new and interesting. This is an
important matter in many respects.
Hitherto all estimates for the purchase
4 Indian supplies have been based
pom the supposed number of Indians in
ach tribe, but there is ground for the
elief that the number has been vastly
verstated in respect of many tribes, and
hat large sums have been wasted in
onsoquence.