The Worthington advance., 1883-01-04
Floating PQragraDle.

In the most trustworthy quarters the
crops of Texas for this season are es-
timated at !, 5000 bales Of cotton and
lO, ,W0. 600 bushels of corn. Texas now
stands first on the list Of Southern
statos In the production Of cotton and
corn.
Public criticism OF tile severity With
which convicts hired to contractors have
been treated has induced the Senate OF
the Alabama Legislature to pass bill
for the protection of the convicts. The
bill will probably be passed without
amendment by the lower house and bo-
come law. 1t provides that state in
spectors shall learn how the convicts
are treated at least every two weeks
during the year. Any mistreatment of
the convicts Is made punishable by fne
and imprisonment.
The British have made another vast
addition to the irrigation works of In
dia, for the prevention os f,mines, by
the construction of the Sirpind Canal,
which was recently opened by the VIC
eroy. Tho length Of the canal is 6O2
miles, and there are branches with to.
tai length Of $3.50 miles. The canal and
its branches, which will be fed by the
waters of the Sutlei, will irrtgate three
quarters Of million square miles ofarid
soil.
A marriage ceremony at one Of the
Providence, B. l.. churches was delayed
sixty minutes because of the non.arrival
OF the contracting parties. This may
no: DO witheut precedent, but when
after waiting long time the organ
pealed out, "Oh, dear. what can the
matter be-" the audience considered il
very appropriate.
Lady Brassey opened loan exhibi-
ton Of fans and "curiosities" generally,
at Hastings, Eng, the other day. The
intrinsic value Of tho articles on view is
said to exceed $500, 900. Among them Is
q claym which belonged to Prince
Charles, and was presented to him by tho
Provost Of Glasgow; the hit is of silver,
basket shaped, richly ornamented. It is
now the property Of Lord Clanroland.
and is priceless. There isanother plain.
er, but hardly lens priced, sword Of the
unfortunate prince, which he left behind
when he made his escape in the attire
Of Flora Macdonald.
In the middle Of his sermon on a re-
cent Sunday the pastor Of st. Georges
NJ. E. Church at Smyrna. Ga., uttered
the phrase, "Let us praise Him." A
member of the congregation. innocent
ly or otherwise. understood him to say,
"Let us pray and Immediately knelt
as for the final prayer. The movement
was naturally contagious, and in a mo-
ment all were or their knees. The
clergyman had rare chance to show
his tact by responding to the expecta-
tions OF his hearers, but he was not
equal to tho crisis, and exclaimed in.
stead: II did not say Let us pray;'
am not through yet-we will pray dir
ectly." The rest Of the sermon was not
success.
It Is reported that an inexhautsible
supply Of water has been obtained In an
artesian we'll bored in Colorado, about
one hundred miles east of Denver City,
and the San Francisco Call remarks that
this intelligence Is of vastly moro i'm
portance than If the eight feet of gravel
which serves to conduct this stream Of
water was filed with gold dust. There is
4 vast region between Denver and Salt
Lake which is sterile for lack Of water.
That large portion Of the region will
yield to cultivation, If: water can be
obtained for irrigation purposes, Is
certain, and the needful supply Of water
seems to be assured.
The petition sent from Cincinnati ia
the Pope by the sufferers OF Archbishop
Purcell's extraordinary financial: opera.
tions met with very cold reception.
Cardinal simeoni, prefect OF the congre-
CATION Of the Propaganda, has written to
Bishop Elder, coa0jutor to the arch
bishop at Cincinnati, acknowledging the
receipt q the petition: which is referred
it us he thinks best, as he is fully ac-
quainted with the matter. The oredi.
tors have issued a card, in which they
characterize this course In very mus
tic fashion,. ~