Arizona republican., 1896-12-12

born in Berlin in 1909.
 Professor Paul Haupt, of Johns Hopkins University, the editor-in-chief of the new polychrome edition of the Bible, has just received from Hinrichs, the publisher of the work, in Leipsic, l the two numbers of the book which were issued the other day. They are the book of Genesis, edited by Profes- i sor Ball, of the University of London, England, and the book of Daniel, ed ited by Professor Kampenhausen, of the University of Bonn, Germany. The books previously issued are Leviticus, Joshua, Samuel, and II Chronicles, Job, Jeremiah and the Psalms.
 The Baltimore Sun says: Colonel Robert M. Douglas, the eldest son of the late Stephen A. Douglas, is one of the Republican candidates in North
 Carolina who were successful at the recent election. He has been elected to judgship of the state court, and will take office on January 1. Colonel Douglas is vigorous Republican, and
 was one of the earliest as we'll as one of the most earnest and consistent ad vocates of the election of Major Mo
 Kinley to the presidency. A warm per
 sonal acquaintance has long existed
 between Major Mckinley and Colonel
 Douglas, formed while they were stay
 ing at the same hotel in Washington
 during Major McKinley's earlier terms
 in congress"
 The Rev. E. F. Prendergast, pastor
 of St. Michaers Roman Catholic
 church, Philadelphia, has been ap-
 pointed titular bishop of Scillio. It is
 thought in Philadelphia that he has
 been elevated to the episcopate prepar-
 atory to being appointed an auxiliary
 bishop to Archbishop Ryan, of Phila- delphia He was born in Ireland in lS43, came to this country at the age
 of sixteen, and was ordained to the
 priesthood in 1865. He is a man of
 great ability One of his brothers, the
 Rev. Dr. Peter J. Prendergast, succeed
 ed Dr. Burtsell in New York as rector of the church of the Epiphany. An other brother is administrator of par ish in the diocese of Lismore and Wa terford, Ireland. In the latter parish also he has an uncle, eighty-two years , old, who is a rector.
 Fora T. Case, of Hudson, Ohio, has just found the following letter, writ ten by John Brown, among his papers , Charleston, Jefferson County, Va. Dec. 2, 1859. Fora Case, Esq. My
 Dear Sir: Your most kind and cheer Q ing letter of November 20 is received '. Such an outburst of warm-hearteC sympathy not only for myself, but als'
 for those who have helped, compels m to steal a moment from those allowed c me in which to prepare for my las f great change to send you few words Such a feeling as you manifest make n you shine Gin my estimation in tn n midst of this wicked and perverse gen l. eration as a light in the world, am G may you ever prove yourself equal t V the high estimate I have placed upol Q you Pure and undefiled religion be Q fore God and the Father is, as I under
 stand it, an active (not dormant ,- principle"
 e The Mexican Central railway has re d ceived a proposition from man i It Peoria, H., to have a railway collis > ion with some of their rolling stocl It the affair to be arranged in an enclos d ure, between empty cars and engine l. and spectators to be charged a state
 price for admission. The raj lroa y company will advise the citizen of Pc o oria that they can put their locomc n tives to better use in hauling freigf l. and passengers and will decline to CT Tt ter into partnership arrangemer r. with him-Mexican Herald.