The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
General Gleanings.

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# A Bostonian says there were twenty ;.
four stormy Sundays last year, and that
tho average in Boston during the past
f1fteen years has been sixteen and one
mali stormy Sundays year. This Bos-
tonian seems to have kept careful note
OF his excuses for not attending church.
The fourteenth annual report by the
railroad commissioners of Massachusetts,
show the mileage of roads of the state
increased during the year 2l1 miles.
Total, 2,778 of main line and branches,
of which $50 is double track. Gross in
come for the year, $50, 104 $40. Increase,
1881 ,04. Total expenses, $944, 81, 167.
Average fare on all roads. 2 cents per
mile. Number Of persons injured, 4l4.
of which number twenty.seven were
passengers.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky,
leads off in the pardon business. Dur
ing his administration of nearly four
years he has pa1doned more than 500
criminals, RENTED fines Of more than
$1,000, and granted respites to other
fines TO the amount of some 81, OOO,O 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 1881 has been continued in marked
degree. In eleven months of the last
three years the consumption of wine
has been respectively IA ,597 600, H.
3S9, 200 and IL, sos, 600 gallons; Of foreign ign
spirits 1907 900, 7,374,0O0 and ,289, 0CQ
months Is, $50, 600, 20. 1874 200 and 20. 1884,
600 gallons. This diminution is the
more significant when the increase OF
pop ulation is taken into account. AT
the same time there has been notable
increased consumption of tea and cocoa.
Several ofthe men OH board the English
transport Lusitania gained access to the
spirit room, where they broached a
cask of porter, another of ale, and one
of rum, and partook recklessly of the
contents until nearly the whole OF them
became insensible. Guards were OBJ
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
leghany, "a, hada hair-breadth escape
from destruction. The car, crowded
with passengers, was descending steer
grade when the brake gave way, and il
became unmanageable and crashed
through gate at the railroad crossing
iustas the express wasapproaching, The
engineer succeeded in checking hi
train in time to avoid crushing the horse
car, but the locomotive struck the real
platform and pushed it out of the way
A man was thrown from ne platform
and seriously injured. and two of the fe
male passengers tainted from fright
There was panic among the passengers
but the conductor and driver kept thu
doors shut and averted more seriou'
results.
From the new Roman Catholic Direct
ory for Great Britain some interestin!
statistics of growth have been extracted
In England and Wales the total of clergy
is now Zip priests and II bishops, who
serve 1,lS8 chu, ches, chapels and mis-
sionary stations. In Scotland there are
6 bishops, 306 priests, and 295 chapels
For England and Wales there is arch
bishop, with IA sufragans and 2auxilliary
bishops, and for Scotland 2 archbishops,
with 4 sufragars. These numbers are
about double those in the directory pub
lished just before the hierarchy in 1850
Also there are 20 Roman Catholic peers
who have seats in the house of lords,
Roman Catholic Privy Councillors, and
AZ Roman Catholic Baronets. At present
the Sacred college of cardinals consist Of
cardinal bishops; 46 cardinal priests
(among whom stand Cardinals Manning
Howard and McCabe,) and Ii cardina
deacons, eight among whom is DR.. John
Henry Newman.