Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-27
NEWS IN 4 NUTSHELL.

ihshnlnl, the great ViOIlnist, uleu
May "a, 1910.
John Calvin. the famous refofmer,
died May q, 1864.
Gen. Mcclellan took Hanover court
house, Va, May "a, 1862.
Peter the Great founded 81. Peters.
burg as new capital May "a, l103.
During the insurrection In Vienna.
the Emperor He'd to Innspruck May -,
l6ig.
Rev. DIR. Thomas +. Gnllor. vice
chancellor Of the University 81 the
South, will be the next Episcopal hish.
op Of Georgia, II lac viii accept the
position.
The Catholics " Quebec have the
largest organ In Canada. II has Just
been erected In the cathedral Of NOtre
Dame. II cost $4,000, and contains
5172 pipes.
The YIN. g. AS Of the country now
own property worth sl2,95D,0 900. Ten
hundred and eighty-three persons ARE
engaged as paid officials, aud there are
-, 800 members.
The friends Of Sir John Macdonald
are greatly alarmed for hts health, ~
lac IL threatened with paralysis Of the
thrOat-a serious disease and one not
easily treated.
During 1890 there were built IN the
United States 5000 churches; ministers
10 the number VI 1900 were ordained,
and n membership, In all denOminn.
lions, of 100000 added.
J. q. Duffy. po-tmas,cr.generAl Of
Nictorin, Austria ia, son Of Sir G.. Gavnn
Duffy, ut p0s.al conference held IN
Sydney, advocated the carrying bona
hde newspapers free IN the mails.
with Denver giving Ia young rabbi
$1,000 year salary, Helena, Montana,
dcdicating s25, 600 new temple, Spo-
kane Falls advertising for hust.ciass
rabbi, who shall say shat the star u
Judaism does not move westward?
The Monvinn Mission in Greenland
consists Of xix stations, In two groups,
and Of nine missionaries. Under their
charge are 1905 penons. The rest Of
the Greenlnndors are cared for by Lu.
thcran brethren Of the Church Of Dem
mark.
The Chinese paper currency l. In
red, white md yellow paper, with gilt
lettering and gorgeous hnnd-drawu de-
Vices. The bills, 10 the ordinary
financlor, might pass for washing bills,
bu, they are worth good money IN the
Flowcry Kingdom.
Captain Converse, Of the U. :. ship
"Enicrprisc," recently returned from
| th.. Mat uttl.a r.tuprfa tho Feasibility
OF transferring part ~ the original
structure built by Columbus, 80s years
Rgo, to the Chicago worlds Fair.
The Southern Baptist convention
| has In Mexico nineteen Missionaries,
fifteen native helpers, thiuy-iOur Hta.
tiona, twenty.four churches, aud 1hl
members. Last year there were 9l8
baptl-ms, and the churches contributed
81, S8O.55 10 home and foreign missions.
A sensation was caused In the court
house, Providence, Rhode Island, May
10, by n witness dropping dead In the
witness box. During his testimony h,
warned the lawyers that he had hear
disease aud not 10 press him too closely
upon his REORGANIZATION
G. Il. Huntington, the railroad mil.
li0naiTe has n modest proposal for set
Ting the transportation problem. II
the management Of all the roads In
the United States Ia placed In his
hands, he says he can knock of two
PER cent. Of the existing rates, aud
then give n dividend Of Ave per cent.
all round.
ono VI the most important CONVEX
] .l.... D. It,s. pNlnnlpI.a - hntu.. all. Iut
Ireland has been announced, Lord
WOlseley, recently appointed com
mander.in.chlef OF tho military forces
does not see danger from a military
point OF Wow In granting home rule fol
Ireland.
According TO the Toronto Globe tho
Macdonald government will be short
lived. Sir John II hi critical condl.
ton, aud affairs at Ottawa are said 10
be nj skies and sevens. Reciprocity
will probably have another chance In
the near future because Of the un'
healthy condition OF the government
AFFAIR.".
II In reported In ~. Petersburg that
the government IL preparing for d
| MhultHilt ttlltN VI uullltllhfl lNlltt
visits throughout 81. Petersburg aud
It's suburbs. All Hebrews discovered,
II Is said, will be imprisoned and con.
veyed TO the Hebrew pale. Tho pro.
gramme will be put in operation within
two weeks.
Joseph Gilmore, Of Virginia, New,
was sentenced to seventy-nvc days Ia
the county jail for assault. His VIII,
bailed him out that he might spend
Sunday with his family, and Sunday
morning no assaulted her with an AK
displacing several OF her teeth and
cutting I'M ugly cash. IL was only
through tho agility she displayed IN
getting out OF his way that her life wa,
saved.
The Now York Eron0oliR says: "Dt
not the methods ol teaching In oul
public schools need 10 be- ovorhauled.
The pupils are crammed with super
fetal knowledge OF nearly score Of
different studies, without an ability e
write u sentence In the English Ian
gungo correctly. What children need
IN not 10 learn 10 much, hut 10 learn q
few things well, aud while acquiring
such knowledge 10 learn 10 think fol
themselves"
A terrible tragedy was enacted al
Salina, Utah, on the 2ith inst. JOHN
Brown, aged 70, aud his wife aged -,
left Jacks0n's ranch In Salina canyon
to hunt cows In the evening. They