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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Apr 22, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 16.

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NEWS ITEMS.

-Russia sends a threatening note to Turkey.
-The distress in Ireland is said to be increasing.
-Forest fires in New Jersey have been extensive and very destructive of late.
-It is said that full twenty thousand Russian prisoners are on the way to exile.
-Twenty-five deaths of children, from dyphtheria, are reported in Susanville, Cal.
-April 15 three Chinamen were cremated in a burning wash-house in San Francisco.
-The horrible crimes reported in the daily papers are literally "too numerous to mention."
-The Board of Education in Chicago, voted not to lease buildings or land where liquor is sold.
-Dr. Glenn, of Colusa Co., Cal., has more wheat sown this year than usual—over 50,000 acres.
-The suit of the United States against Gov. Tilden for his income tax has been postponed until November next.
-Representative Jews have asked the United States government to request better treatment of Jews by Russia.
-The fierce zeal of the Ultramontanes in Germany is likely to hinder the settlement of differences with the Vatican.
-A conflict of jurisdiction has arisen in Constantinople between the American consul and the Turkish authorities.
-An engine and baggage car went through a bridge near Sheridan, Kansas, April 13. The hands escaped by jumping.
-Rev. Dr. Osgood, one of the most celebrated ministers of New York, died in that city, of congestion of the lungs, on the 14th.
-Heavy frosts in the section of Augusta, Georgia, April 13, killed fruits and vegetables. The damage is reported to be extensive.
-Two thousand Swedes left Bremen this Spring for the United States. One thousand emigrants left Christiana, Norway, April 4.
-Dr. T. L. Cuyler delivered his twentieth anniversary sermon as the pastor of Lafayette Avenue church, Brooklyn, on Sunday, April 11.
-A strike by the Columbia River fishermen at Astoria will, it is thought, close the canning establishments, the proprietors refusing to make the advance.
-It is reported that the king of Burmah is dead. The massacre of people for sacrifice has been denied, but the London Times thinks the report is true.
-One of the greatest surprises in the late election in Great Britain is that Parwell's candidate in Cork County, for whose election great efforts were made, was defeated.
-A U. S. revenue cutter is to be dispatched to the Arctic seas to relieve the Jeannette and whaling vessels which are supposed to be in distress by reason of the severity of the winter.
-It is said that the Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Rules have agreed on a plan for counting the electoral votes, which is substantially the same as that one offered by Senator Morton.
-Pres. Mc Cosh of Princeton College, writing to the Princeton Alumni of San Francisco, says: We have had the courage to put down hazing, secret societies, and other evils which still remain in many colleges.
-Cadet Whittaker, (slightly) colored, has been made the subject of malicious abuse at West Point. If such things are not stopped or adequately punished, we hope Congress will withhold appropriations for the Academy there.
-An explosion of firedamp occurred recently in a colliery at Anderlues, Belgium. The number of lives lost is unknown, but twenty corpses have already been recovered. There were 150 persons in the pit at the time of the disaster.
-The storm in California continued over the 15th. On that day two snow slides occurred on the railroad near Emigrant Gap—one 75 feet long and 10 feet deep, the other 50 feet long, 14 feet deep. The storm was very heavy in many places.
-Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the philanthropist, compares the relative cost of rum and tobacco, religion and education, in the United States as follows: The first named cost yearly $667,638,502; religion, $47,636,450; and education, $95,406,727.
-A paper says: "In England the young gentlemen speak of their father as 'governor,' 'pater' 'the overseer,' etc. In America they say 'dad,' 'the boss,' or 'the old man.' In heathen countries they say 'father,' but they are far behind the age."
-A Russian Corps of Observation will shortly be stationed in Turkestan, on the Chinese frontier, under command of colonel Harapatkin, who was Chief of General Skobeloff's Staff during the Turkish war. Ten or fifteen vessels will go to Chinese waters, instead of five, as at first announced.
-Secretary Evarts has telegraphed to Mr. Swift, of California, to repair to Washington to receive instructions as Commissioner to China. It is reported that the Commission will be instructed to tarry in California and observe for themselves the effect of the Chinese on American society and labor.
-Judge Freelon, of the Superior Court of San Francisco has confirmed the decision of the Police Court in the case of Denis Kearney, whereat all lovers of law and order and decency rejoice. He has been "put where he will do the most good," and after breaking stone on the road six months will have, though unwillingly, earned the title of a workingman.
-The California Legislature, which has just adjourned, probably had a larger "hoodlum" element in it than any other like body that ever assembled. The "sand lot" influence was strong enough to prevent wise and speedy legislation. After almost constant quarreling they had a pleasant time in adjourning. People throughout the State are likewise happy over that event.
-Report from Chicago, April 18: Storm signals have been flying at all the Lake stations for nearly two weeks, but until within three days there have been few disasters to shipping. Now, however, there are almost hourly reports of vessels ashore, dismantled, or disabled by loss of seamen. Three losses of life were reported to-night for the first time. The wind has been very high all day, and amounts to a gale to-night.
-Forest fires continue to do damage in New Jersey, also in Virginia. A dispatch from Petersburg says: The forest fires which have been raging in this vicinity the past week have become uncontrollable. The flames are plainly visible here. Barns and stables in large numbers have been destroyed. In many instances farmers have lost all their crops. Horses, farming implements, and a number of cabins have been burned, the occupants barely escaping with their lives. The destruction of cordwood timber is immense. And the same report comes from other localities in that State.