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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The largest increase of Baptists
since 1870 has been in the fifteen South
ern States. where the gain is 76l, AIS,
mostly among the colorcd people.
Seventeen female missionaries have
been sent bv tire Church of England
Missionary Society to India to labor
among the Hindoo women. Four of
these have been there before.
Miss Calista G.. Kline, now living
in Oswego. n. Y, in her eightieth year.
is claimed to be the oldest lady school
teacher in the State She commenced
her vocation in Worcester, Otsego Coun-
ty, at the age of sixteen.
London has population of four
millions and half. OF this multitude
only 10000 are church members, and
only 100000 are regular attendants at
religious services OF the working pop
ulation it is stated, on as good authority
rs the Bishop of Litchield, that only
two per cent. are found in church.
President McCosh, of Princeton,
lately remarked that there is decrease
in the number of college graduates who
90 into the ministry, and the Rev. Ly-
man Abbott adds: 'There is a decrease
in the quality. Some of the best men 60
into the ministry, but the average,
whether measured by the popular stand
ards of college classes or by recitation, is
not high"
As an illustration of the general
spread of elementary education in ia
pan, an Inspector of prisons has re-
ported that during the past summer he
found all the children attending the
prison schools for four or six hours ev-
cry day, while the adults attended in
the evenings and on Sundays In the
chief penal settlement in Toxic he found
800 boys learning rapidly, and was
pleased to note in the senior class that
the boys were learning ciphering with
! European figures from one of their own
number.
Some of the friends of the late
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
have determined to perpetuate his men,
DRY by the erection in Philadelphia of
church, to be called 1.-The Thomas A.
Scott Memorial Church, the pews of
which shall be free. 1t is intended to
be mainly for the use and benefit of the
employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and their families, and the organization
of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church,
corner of Thirty-tifth and Spring Gar
den streets, could probably be utilized
for this purpose, as it owns a lot very
desirably located, and the congregation
is largely composed of employees of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad. 1t is proposed
to raise $4,000 to build this memorial
| church. u N
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Piercing the Divide.

The recent completion OF the Alpine tuu-
mel by the Denver, South Park Il Pacific Rail
road Company demonstrates the daring ma
ture OF the nineteenth century engineering,
and 10 addition thereto the tunnel Is an OBJ
iect of interest as a work of no ordinary char
acter. Through the courtesy of Superintend
ent c. W. Fisher and Chief Engineer Evans,
the Nelcs has been enabled to present the fol
lowing facts regarding the huge artificial
cavern.
The tunnel is situated in Alpine Pass and
pierces the great continental backbone. The
summit of the mountain is also the boundary
line between Chaffce and Gunnison Counties,
entering the tunnel in the former county
and emerging in the latter The town OF Han
cock is situated about three miles to the east
of the eastern entrance. and Pitkin, nine miles
away, is the first town encountered while jour
neying westward.
The elevation of the tunnel was one OF the
serious obstacles encountered while perform
ing the work At an altitude of IL ,54 feet it
enters a mountain whose crest is 1900 feet
above the sea, and constant changes were ne
cessitated among the workmcn, for only the
most robust could endure the effects of that
rarifed atmosphere. From the eastern en-
trance to the western exit the tunnel is |, 773
feet I'm length while its height is Is feet, with
width Of 1917 feet.
The work was commenced about two years
ago and it was pronounced finished on the
second day Of the present month. While the
benefits accrrling from the work to the rail-
road company warranted the expense, it was
nevertheless expected or anticipated that ore
veins or bodies would be encountered. Any
hopes of such a nature were not realized
however, for throughout its entire length de-
composed granite was the predominant char
acteristic of the rock. The interior is finished
throughout with California red wood, and
when completed the aggregate cost of the
work was found to be $20S, 600 BY means Of
the tunnel Gunnison and all points westward
are brought eighty miles nearer to Denver,
while the disadvantages accruing from a con-
slant warfare with the SHOWS are greatly
diminished, as snow sheds for short distance
from either end of the tunnel will protect the
track and permit uninterrupted transit, when
this would not he practicable were the road to
traverse the labyrinth of canyons necessary to
gain the desired point
To a certain extent railroading at very high
attitudes is even now experimental, and the
difficulties to be surmounted are more serious
than would be imagined from a hasty glance
at the subject. Shorter curves and sleeper
curves than were deemed practicable ten years
ago are now constantly and adyantageously
employed by the mountain roads, and think
ing men are beginning to appreciate the ad-
vantages to be derived by employing tunnels
as a saver of distances, while the danger from
foods and SHOWS incident to the traversing Of
water-course canyons are an important factor
in the estimates embodying the original cost
and the repairs. -Denver NetsS.
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A Pretty Western Romance.

\ brother and sister have met after a sepa,
ration of twenty years, and the meeting has
been brought about in Davenport by the little
son Of the sister in a most peculiar way. One
week ago yesterday the raft steamer Clyde
went into Davenport on her way North, and
Captain Douglass tied up his boat for awhile
in order TO permit some of the crew to go
ashore and make purchases Among others
who went ashore was Aaron Carter, RATS
man. The weather was very cold, with keen,
northwest wind While going along the street
Carter met a poorly-clad little boy, who was
running along, crying bitterly. Carter asked
him what was the matter, and the little lad
sobbed out; "Tm cold" Come with me, -
said Carter, and, taking the boy to a clothing
store, he bought him a suit of warm clothes
and pair of mittens. He then asked the bov
his name. " Aaron Dunlap was the reply
Carter was thuuderstruck. Aaron DUNLAP ~
he cried. Where are your father and
motherih Father is dead, y the boy replied
We'll, take me TO your mother, then, as
quickly as you cam said Carter The boy
took him 10 his humble home, aud when Car
ter entered the house the boys mother rushed
into his arms with shrek th4t wade an the
other occupants OF the tenement house rush
into the hall 10 see what was the matter
Carter had found sister whom he had not
seen since the year 1852, when he went 10 war
with Maine regiment. Ddveap0rt Democrat
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

IT is understood that the British Gov
eminent has divided the disturbed portions
Of Ireland into five or six districts, each Of
which is to be under the supervision OF a
sort of magistrate, who will be able TO act
without previous superior sanction, and
have entire control of troops and police, with
view to prompt action in the event Of a
disturbance. 1t is believed that this is
preliminary step toward the enforcement Of
the payment of rent. The City and County
Of Dublin and nine other counties have been
proclaimed under the Arms act.
THE capture and execution of Chief
Arzate, long a terror OF Preside Del Norte
and vicinity, and thirty Of his band, near
chihuahua, Mexico, is confirmed.
TWELVE prisoners escaped from the
Shreveport Ia.) Jail on the night OF the
9th, by making breach through the iron
cage and then piercing the brick wall OF the
Jail. Three OF the escaped prisoners were
under sentence of death for murder, two OF
them to be hanged on the 3Oth. 1t was be-
lieved they would be recaptured.
SMALLPOX in its most yirulent form
prevails in the vicinity Of McCauleyville and
Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, and
is spreading rapidly. The disease seems to
be singularly fatal, some victims dying with
in twenty -four hours Of the attack. IL Is
said that before death blood gushes from
the ears. eyes and nose Of the patients. These
symptoms suggest that the disease is not
simple smallpox, but is in the nature OF the
plague.
The cowboys who raided the town of
Caldwell, Kansas, and killed sK.Mayor
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Meagher, have been captured in the Terri
tory 10y Indian scouts and turned over TO the
Sheriff Of Sumner County, who was in pur-
suit OF them. Among the prisoners is CO.
manche Bill, at one time celebrated Indian
scout under Custer, but now known as q
desperate.
THE County of Douglas, in Southern
Dakota, was organized last winter, fraudu-
lenty, it Is claimed, it having only about
forty votes and some So, 900 of taxable
property. It now transpires that some
500, 900 in bonds have been issued by the
officers of the county and put upon the
Eastern market. Charles 7. Mccoy, a
prominent politician Of Bonhomme County,
is supposed to be at the bottom OF the fraud,
and he has been arrested.
ROBERT l.. LINDSAY, the Missouri
land swindler, convicted at Steubenville, o.,
has been sentenced to zine years in the PEN
itentiary.
AN important arrest has been made
at Rincon, N. NJ, of VIM. Hayden, VIM.
Wambaugh, DR.. Paxton, James Rate, Me-
Clintock, and Samuel Proctor, hotel keeper
at Rincon, part Of an alleged organized gang
OF Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe freight.
train thieves. Their depredations are
large in value, and extending over several
months.
INFORMATION has been received from
Chihuahua, Mexico, Of the extirpation OF
the Apache Chief Mana and his numbering
band. Mana and some OF his principal fight
ers were drawn up in line and shot by order
OF the Mexican authorities, The remainder
of the band were sent to the City of Mexico,
where they will be compelled to work in the
mines for the remainder of their lives.
GoTTLIEB ENGEL, a prominent young
lawyer of Milwaukee, formerly Probate
| Clerk, has committed forgeries and pecula-
| tions to a large amount and absconded. He
| was Treasurer OF several Jewish societies.
| HERMAN WELsING, eX-Treasurer of
Lee County, Iowa, has been indicted by the
| Grand Jury for the embezzlement of county
funds. His deficit is said to be 10000.
! FRANCISCO ALAMILLA, a Mexican
political leader, lying in Jail at Humar-
guillo, was shot without judge or trial.
AT meeting of leading citizens of
Bismarck resolutions were adopted favor
ing division of Dakota, the southern half
to enter the Union as a State.
Mrs. CRUISE, living at Florence, Los
Angeles County, Cel., recently gave birth to
six perfectly formed female children.
FORTY or more students of the Keo-
kuk Qowa) Medical College have been taken
down with small pox, the result, as is be-
lieved, OF handling a cadaver brought from
Chicago for dissection. The college faculty
admit that such body was received, but
say the disease was detected before it was
placed upon the diSsecting table. The col.
lege has been quarantined by the Board of
| Health.
IT is now believed that the recent
triple murder at Ashland, Ky, OF the Glib
bons family, was committed by Gibbons, the
father Of two Of the murdered persons, and
that he drowned himself after committing
the terrible crime. Mrs. Gibbons, who had
separated from her husband on account of
his violence, tells tale that would warrant
| this conclusion. ..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AT Biddeford, Me-, on the 28th, Lean
Moore, a young man, shot and killed his
affianeed, Miss Belle Cushman, and then
put bullet through his own head. Moore
was clerk In Boston store, at home on
holiday visit. Miss Cushman was school,
teacher. Each was about twenty one years
of age. Their families are highly respecta-
BILE. 1t is supposed jealousy was the cause
OF the tragedy. .....
Mrs. NJ. F. KAPPEGE, of New Or
leans, gave her four year old boy pistol to
play with, at the same time showing him
how to aim it. The child pointed the pistol
at his mother, it was in some way dis
charged, and Mrs. Kappege fell to the floor
dead, the bullet having pierced her brain.
or course she "did not know it was loaded"
PHILIP +. GLEY, OF Venango, Els
worth County, Kansas, on the night of the
2Sth was murdered and robbed and his house
burned. The perpetrators of the deed are
not known.
ED. NELMs, one of the escaped pris-
oners from the fernando (Mis,.) Jail, was
shot and killed by Chief Davis, OF the Mem
phis police, on the Goth, while making for
the Arkansas shore. helms was convicted
of murder.
OLE THOMSON, a wealthy Norwe-
gian farmer of Jacksonville Township,
Chickasaw County, Iowa, was found muir
dered on the farm of his SON law, John
Attleson, the head being nearly severed
from the body. When last seen Thompson
was in company with his nephew, OF the
same name. The best apparent feeling ex-
listed between the uncle and nephew, and no
cause can be assigned for the horrible crime
except that the latter is "cranky."
AT Pewee Valley, near Louisville,
KY, pistol In the hands of a 14-year- od
daughter OF Judge Muir was accidentally
discharged, the bullet striking Miss Blanche
Wessinger, resulting in her death in a short
time. The girls were cousins, and about
the same age.
EsoN BoLIN, his wife, and four young
children not long since emigrated from
Stone County, Mo-, to Benton County, Ark.
taking up their residence at the village of
Rogers. A few days ago Boin was shot and
killed while asleep in bed, and his wife was
suspected of the murder, which she there
upon confessed, alleging as a justification
therefor that he had frequently threatened
her life, that he had murdered two men, was
a horse-thief, and a bad man gener-
ally. She was taken TO Bentonyille
and lodged In Jail to await trial, where after
a few days confinement she cut her throat
from ear to ear, using for that purpose a
knife which she had borrowed from the
Taller for the ostensible purpose OF ripping
up dress. Mrs. Bolin's maiden name was
johnson, and her mother, now Mrs. Glib
son, and other relatives reside in Andrew
County, Mo.
AT Kansas City, on the night of the
3Oth, Police officer Martin Hynes undertook
toarrest Clay Crenshaw, proprietor of the
White House Saloon, for maltreating his
wife. Crenshaw, who was crazed with
drink, drew his revolver and the officer did
the same. Several shots were exchanged
The officer was shot through the heart and
fell dead upon the door, Crenshaw was shot
In the right side and neck. but managed to
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07
The Prophetic GOOse-BOne.

The readings of the goose-bone indi-
cate motley winter. There will be a
good deal of snow and few cold DAYS,
but no protracted cold weather. IL the
month of December there will be no
very cold weather. During the last OF
the month there will be a few days
when good fires will be cheerful and
overcoats comfortable. 1t will be an
exceedingly disagreeable month for out
door work, with snow or rain every day
or two. The probabilities are for wet,
gloomy Christmas. .-.
This kind of weather will continue on
through January, with a few cold days
sandwiched between rain and snow.
About the middle of January there will
be few clear, cold days, when the
mercury viii 90 down below zero. The
10th and 10th of January will be as cold
days as any experienced in this latitude.
The latter part of the month will be wet
and gloomy.
There will be more genuine winter
weather crowded into the little month
of February than in December and Jan
uary, but there will not be any intense
cold. With the exception of the few
days about the middle of January, it is
not likely that the mercury will go far
below zero
The goose-bOne has long been an hon
ored weather prophet. In some of tho
back counties of Kentucky the farmers
make all their arrangements in accord
ance with the predictions of the goose
bone, In some localities the goose-bone
is laid aside, labeled with the year, and
it is said that one old farmer in
Breathitt County has the bones extend
ing back for more than forty years, and
in all that time it is asserted that the
bone has never been mistaken in the
weather.
To read correctly the winter of any
year, take the breast-bone of goose
Matched during the preceding spring.
The bone is translucent, and il will be
found t. be colored and spotted. The
dark color and heavy spots indicate
cold. If the spots are of u light shade
and transparent, wet weather, rain or
snow may be looked for,
There are n good many people all
over the country who pin their faith to
the goose-bone OF all the weather
prophets it is the most honored. The
little grounding disgraced himself long
ago, and now very few people ever
watch Candlemas Day, and hogs meltS
are no longer trusted in. 4 few years
ago, when lice and all human weather
prophets predicted the most severe
winter ever known, the goose-bone told
of Il mild winter, The future unrolled
just rs the bone said il would, and poor
old Tice had to change his predictions
every day. The goose-bone never
changes, and never fails
The Post reporter has examined three
bones, one from Southeastern Kentucky,
one from Jefferson County, and one
from Laporte, Ind. They are identical
to one another, and the reading here
given will be found the same on the
breast-bone of any. goose Matched last
spring.
Cut this out, lay il aside for reference.
and as you crowd up close 10 the fire on
the 18th of January, you will be con.
yinced OF the great power of the goose
bone. -Loliisville (Ry.) Post.
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COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.

HE Riley County Bank, OF Manhat
tan, Kans., has suspended, following upon
the suicide Of the Cashier, Jesse X. Win
ship.
SOUTH CAROLINA planters are appre-
hensive that the cOlored exodus now taking
place from that State will cause the loss Of
the cotton crop.
JAY GOULD has assumed the Presi-
dency OF the Wabash Road. vice Scion Hum
phreys, resigned.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Compiled FROM Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

REV. LEONARD BACON, DID,, LID,
the eminent preacher and writer, died at
his home in New Haven, Conn, on the oath,
aged nearly 50.
A SENSATIONAL episode in the Gui-
teau trial occurred OH the 2sth, when he
was placed in the prisoners dock, by order
OF the Court, on account OF his persistent
violation Of order and decorum. In en-
forcing this decision Judge Cox said in eff
feet that the extreme latitude hitherto per-
mitted the prisoner had been for the pur-
pose of affording the experts in court the
fullest opportunity TO judge OF his mental
and moral characteristics, and that the Dis
trict-AttorneY has expressly desired this
freedom be granted the prisoner. The eX-
pert testimony being now about concluded,
the Court said no further good could result
from these unseemly exhibitions of the pris :
Oner, and he should therefore insist hereaf-
ter upon the orderly conduct Of the case.
Guiteau at first manifested the greatest re-
pugnance to being removed to the prisoners
dock, promising to keep quiet II allowed to
remain inside the bar. The order was,
however, enforced, and the prisoner tooI
his place in court for the first time as a com :
mon criminal. -...
Mr.. II. G. WENTWORTH, for many
years General Passenger Agent Of the Mich
igan Central Railway, is dead.
REV. CHARLES WESLEY HEwEs, pas
tor Of the Fifth Baptist Church, San Fran
cisco, CAL, committed suicide by cutting his
throat. He had recently shown symptoms
OF mental arrangement.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR received New
Years callers at the Executive Mansion, as
sisted by the following ladies': Mesdames
Logan, Cameron, Pendeton, Jones, James,
Miller, Pierson and Robson.
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Anti-chinese Meeting.

Saturday was observed as a holiday in San
Francisco, to allow general participation in
the great anti Chinese mass meeting. Platt's
Hall, where the meeting was held in the after
noon, was packed to its utmost capacity, and
about $1,000 people surrounded stands erect
ed in the street. The meeting in the hall was
called to order by Jacob s. Tabor, President
of the Board of Trade. He read long list
of Vice Presidents, which included leading
men in every department of business, and all
the Judges of the United States and State
Courts. Mayor Blake presided, and speeches
were made by several prominent citizens
The Governor 5 proclamation, making the day
q legal holiday, was read, together with let
ter from the Governor. A despatch was also
read from Governor Kinkead, of Nevada, de-
claring that Nevada united with California on
the OCCASION and that meetings are being held
in all the towns of Nevada to express the pop
ular opinion on the subject. Resolutions were
then adopted urging speedy legislation by
Congress pursuant to the terms of the re-
cent treaty with China, restricting and con
trolling Chinese immigration. Other speeches
followed, among the speakers being Judge
Hager, ex-Treaty Commissioner Swift, and
Rev G. T. Barrows. In all, thirty eight gem
tlemen addressed the meetings in the hall and
outside. During the proceedings procession
of working men passed along the street, es-
corting a number of children in wagon bear
ing the inscription: ''Shall our Boys and
Girls, or Cinnamon, Have California p Sim
liar meetings were held throughout California
and Nevada.
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The bill TO protect Sheep hnshandry in Car
roll county, hy, taxing dogs. has been passed
by both houses Of the Legislature. so also
has the bill extending the limits Of Unioa
Bridge.
The hawkrrs and pedlars bin, permitting
the peddiing az oysters. Ash, frnis and vegeta-
bles without license, has become law,
A bin has been introduced TO prevent she
sale Of liquor in New Windsor.
The Senate has passed the bill authorizing
the corporate authorities Of Westminster to
contract with joint stock water company for
a supply Of water 70 this city.
The bill 70 re-estabiish compulsory cattle
weighing, now pending in the legislature, viii
be found in this issue. Il provides tina; all
beef cattle, sheep and hogs brought for sisugh.
ter TO Baltimore or within two miles Of il, and
which have not been raised or grazed one
year within those limits, shall be weighed by
che state weigher, the charges to be cents
per 100 pounds for cattle aud ] cent per head
for sheep and al the second weighing 2eenis
per 1000 pounds for all cattle aud hogs, and
6 cents for all stock net enumerated per ], eVe
pounds.
! In the House, on Thursday evening, tbs
bill TO authorize the Commissioners Of Carroll
county TO repair and build an addition 70 the
court house was passed; also the Senate bill
to sanction the bequests Of David II. Shriver-
! The latter becomes law as soon as the Gov
] ernor signs i.