The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-01
General Gleanihes.

A Bostonian says tfieie were twenty
fonr stormy Sundays last year; and that
tbs average in Boston during tile pdst
fifteen years has been sixteen iiid Ole
half stormy Sundays yedf. This Bos.
tOnian seems to have kept careful note
Of bis excuses for not attending church.
The fourteenth annual report ~. tie
railroad commissioners Of Massachusetts,
show the mileage Of roads of the state
increased during the year 2ll miles.
Total, 2.778 of main line and branches,
of which $50 is double track. Groes in
come for the year, $50, lO4 $50. Increase,
1891 .974. Total expenses, 4,64, 167.
Average fare or all roads. cents per
mile. Number Of persons injured, IA.
of which number twenty.seven were
passengers.
Governor. Blackburn, Of Kentucky.
leads of in the pardon business. Dur
ing his administration of nearly fonr
criminals, RENTED fines of more than
5000, and granted .respites to other
fines to the amount OF, some 81, 600. 600.
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 this
respect; Philadelphia, second; Boston
third; Chicago, fourth, and Brooklyn
only fifth. ,.
The Temperance cause is making graft
flying progress in Great Britain. The Of
fetal figures regarding the consumption
of liquors show that the decrease noted
in 1851 has been continued in . marked
degree. In eleven months Of the last
three years the consumption OF wine
has been respectively ii ,j97 GOO, a.
3S9, 600 and IL 500, 600 gallons; Of foreign
spirits 1907 600, 1874. 600 and ,2S9. geo
gallons; and home spirits for nine
months 10, $50, 600, 20. 1914 600 and &c. 1884,
GOO gallons. This diminution is the
more significant when the increase of
pop ulation is taken into account. At
the same time there has been q notable
increased consumption of tea and cocoa.
Several of the men Oh board the English
transport Lusitania gained access to the
spirit room, where they broached
sask of porter, another of ale, and one
of rum, and partook recklessly of the
contents until nearly the whole of them
tanned and conveyed them to the flag
ship, where eight of them were found
to be SO dangerously ill that for a long
time their lives were despaired Of
Three naval surgeons remained the
whole night with them, and it was only
by continued applications and incessant
care that they recovered.
The passengers ON horse car At Al
IT, 1nl los E.1nlAl,
from destruction. The car, crowded
with passengers, was descending a steep
grade when the brake gave way, and It
became unmanageabie and crashed
through gate at the railroad crossing
justas the express Incorporating, The
engineer succeeded in checking his
train in time to avoid crushing the horse
car, but the locomotive struck the rear
platform and pushed it out of the way,
A man was thrown from lie platform
and seriously injured, and two of the te
male passengers tainted from fright.
but the conductor and driver kept the
doors shut and averted more serious
results.
From the new Roman Catholic Direct
orv 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 1888 churches, chapeis and mis-
sionary stations. IN Scotland there are
6 bishops, BOG priests, and 2,5 chapels.
For Eng land and Wales there is arch
bishop, with ii sutlragans and auxiliary
bishops. and for Scotland . archbishops,
with 4 sutfragaLs. These numbers are
about double those in the directory pub
]ished just before the hierarchy in 1850.
Also there are ~ Roman Catholic peers
who have seats in the house of lords, i
Roman Catholic Privy Councillors, and
II Roman Catholic Baronets. At present
the Sacred college of cardinals consist Of
& cardinal bishops; 46 cardinal priests,
tamong whom stand Cardinals Manning,
Howard and McCabe,) and - cardinal
deacons, eight among whom is DIR. John
Henry Newman.