Morris tribune., 1883-02-01
General Gleanings.

A Bostonian says there were twenty
four stol ny Sundays last year, ana lhat
the average in Boston during tue past
fifteen wears has been sixteen ana 9ne
half stormy Sundays year. Inns -
tonian seems to have kept cafeIui ho,e
of his excuses for not attending church'
The fourteenth annual report by the
,aiIroad commissioners of Massa chusetts,
show the mileage of roads OF the s.a'e
increased during the year II nIies'
Total, PITS of main line ana DIanci'
of which $50 is double track: Iross az
come fd9tbe year, $50, lO4, 3Fp; s,. .eaiTSSsgs
1881 ,974. Total expenses, toa-
Average fare or all roads, 80 -
mife. Number OF persons fnJu1eu 80.
of which Hplnber tY TIVE seven yer
passengers.
Governor Blackburn, Of Kentucky
leads off in the pardon business: Dur
ing his administration of nearly 1our
wears he has pardoned more. than i;ooV
criminals. RENTED fines of more. Lhah
s., 600, and granted respites TO osAs ~
fines 20 the amount OF some Sl,VoV'p"o'
Statistics show that Brooklyn Is no
longer entitled to be called 'the city OF
churches" Estimating by population,
we find that Cincinnati, the home OF the
good Deacon Smith, ranks first IN thas'
respect: Philadelphia, second; Boston
third; Chicago, fourth, and Brooklyn
only fifth. \. Z .ss- -.
The TEMPERANCE cause is making graft
flying progress in Great Britain. The Oh
fetal figures regarding the consumption
of liquors show that the decrease noted
in 1881 has been continued In marKeu
DEGREE. In eleven months OF the last
three wears the consumption OF wine
has been respectively l4,o9| wy, ~,
389 900 and Is, 800, 600 gallons; OF ioTefgi 1
spirits 1907 600, 1874, 600 and h2s9.yV
gallons; and home spirits JOE b,ne
months lg. ST. 900, &c, 1874 ,0O0and ~ 1872
GOO gallons, This diminutiou is the
more significant when the increase or
pop ulation is taken into account. At
the same time there has been nofahte
increased consumption of tea and cocoa
Several ofthe men Oh board the English
TRANSPORT Lusitania gained access to the
spirit room, where they preached q
cask of porter, another of ale, and one
Of rum. and partook recklessly Of the
contents until nearly the whole OF them
became insensibIe. Guards were OBJ
tanned and conveyed them to the flag
ship. where eight of them were found
to be SO dangerously i'll that for long
time their lives were despalred o.
Three naval surgeons remained the
whole night with them, and IT was only
by continued applications and lncessant
care that they recovered.
The passengers on horse car at Al
leobany. Ia, had hair-breadth escape,
from destruction. The car, crowded!
with passengers, was descending steep
grade when the brake gave way, and 1t
hecarys unmanageable and crashed
through a gate at the railroad crossing
inst as the express wasapproachlHg. The
engineer succeeded in checking his
train in time to avoid crushing the horse
car. but the locomotive strlck. the real
platform and pushed It out OF the way
A man was thrown from t e platform
and, seriously injured, and two OF the fe-
male passengers tainted from fright
There was panic among the passengers
lint the conductor and driver kept the
doors shut and -aVerted more serious
results.
From the new Roman Catholic Direct
ory for Great Britain some interesting
statistics of growth have been extracted.
In England and Wales the total of clergy
is now 2,ll2 priests and II bishops, who
serve 7,l8S churches, chapels and mis-
sionarv stations. In Scotland there are.
6 hishops. BOG priests. and 80 Chapels-
For England and Wales there IS arch
bishop, with IA sufragans and 2auxilliary
bishops, and for Scotland arehbishopsy
witt, 4 surfragars These numbers are
about dorole those in the directory pub
IisIed Just before the hierarchy in 1850:
Also there are % Roman Catholic peers
who have seats in the house OF lords, :
Roman Catholic Privy Councillors, and
4 Roman Catholic Baronets. At present
the Sacred college of cardinals consist of
i cardinal bishops; 4G cardinal priests,
CamUng whom stand Cardinals Manping,
Howard and McCabe,) and - cardinal
deacons. eight among whom is DR.. John
Henry. Newman.