The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-06-02
GEN ERA.L GOSSIP.

tne po'uittioH VI CiHtsl90 HAS itlGFeaS~
ed 20 per cent i'll 10 years, and member
ship in the churches only u per cent.
There are thirty-eight Roman Catholic
noblemcn with seats in the House of
! Lords, and seventeen without seats forty
seven Roman Catholic baronets, six Ro-
man Catholic Privy Councillors, and fifty
five members of the House of Commons.
Along the northern side Of Lake Onta-
rio, when the ice gets rotten in the spring,
dweliers on the islands cross to the main
land III safety by fastening long, wide
boards to their feet, like snow shoes.
One of the wealthiest settlers in Ais
tralia is Jim Mace, the noted champion of
! the prize ring, who landed in Melbourne
two years age with $50. He has made a
fortune BY specializing in mining stocks.
In the past sixteen years the British
Indian budget has shown II deficit sixteen
times, and the sum total of the deficits in
the past four financial years reached over
500, 100000. Military expenditures have
absorbed Is per cent of the revenue.
The death is announced in France Of
Comte Leon, who was always reputed to
be i natural son Of Napoleon T., and
whom he resembled in remarkable man
ner The Count died after long Illness
at Pontoise, where he lived with his wife
and his four children.
iaH l.nr of f,,-
/ Irish monuments is, contrary to the Gus
tom in other countries at the same date,
| Irish, and Irish can claim to be one Of the
Oldest written languages extant in Eu-
rope. 1t is still spoken by several thous-
aud persons, but their number decreases
every year.
! The Russian Czarina is said to be in
terror for her children, and to suspect her
maids Of honor of completely with the
! Nihilists. The Gar, it is said, has had a
narrow escape Of being blown up by
means Of explosive tubes hidden in the
wax candles which are burned at his desk.
| There Is y erematory in South Boston,
| in the form Of lime kiln. Tramps crawl
into it because it is warm, 90 comforta-
bly, to sleep, are overcome by gas, and
finally are burned TO crisp when the fire
is freshened in the morning. Sixteen
/ lives have thus been lost within a few
| years.
Prof. Pickering OF Harvard College in-
/ formed some alarmed New Englandcrs
that no uneasiness is felt among profession
al astronomers about the effect on human
affairs Of any conjunction of planets.
There is no reason to suppose that such
conjunctions are attended by any pecu~
liar terrestrial phenomena.
/ 4 Cleveland man sold a finger to a sur
] geon, to be transferred TO a wealthy pa
tient's incomplete hand. The price was
800. Half was paid down on ampnta-
ton, and the other half has become The
subject Of Il lawsuit The former owner
of the finger demands its return, in de.
\ 1aulo OF pasmesat, and the quastion ariaas
whether a Judge can order it cut OF the
1 hand Of the present owner.
The successor of King john Of Abyssinis
is his son Michael, who is betrothed tt
I the only daughter and heiress Of Menelek
the Catholic King of Shoa. 1t is expected
that King Michael and his Court will EN-
brace the Roman. Catholic faith, which
will be a grevous disappointment tc th'
Greeks, as they had sent the late king
the Grand Cross of the Order Of the Re
deemer in the hope Of winning him owe
to the orthodox faith.
The Supreme Court of New Hampshire
has decided that there is nothing in th
Constitution Of that State to hinder tn
taxation Of church property. The con
trary view has long been held, but th'
Court says: "An exemption not founded
on a grant in yhe Constitution or on an,
contract ia any charter or legislative act
is not prescriptiyely established by enjoy
ment, however long continued. We de
eide that the Constitution does not exen1p
church property from taxation"
The Rugby plan is peculiar and work
: smoothly. [ have it from one OF tn
! Initiated. 1t is as follows: When the. de
! yotee feels the craving coming on he start
out alone for walk in some unfrequente
| part of the pine grove, where he suddenl
!, makes the discovery Of bottle of moor
: shine on the back side Of @ tree. He pick
it up and walks solemnly away medi
tating on spiritual things. Before he ha
gone far stranger appears and says
s:Beg pardon, sir; would like to hay
!, YOU loan me a dollar He loans til
: dollar, and the stranger departs Witho1
4 disclosing bis name.
e The landlord of the St. Cloud Hote
e louisville, received the following tell
It gram: .strell James Grow to take IL
: Young lady to Jeffersonville and get ma
! ried before midnight or all will be up.
n / He learned from the clerk that Grow v;
\ ouest Of. the house, and had gone to I'll
theatre. He hastened to the theatre, az
= induced the manager to announce ITO
Y the stage. between acts, that it Grow W;
IS IA the house he would receive informatle
is hv going Immediately to the box offic
L Grow responded promptly to the sun
II mons. and lost no time IN taking the g
IL to .Tefersonville, across the State Lin
S. where they were married Her fath
/ ..;r,ad Al, ho,1r TOO late to interfere.