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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 2, 1882

Items of News.

—The Hartford, (Conn.) public school building was burned on the 24th. Loss $120,000.

—Clarkson N. Potter, a prominent Democratic politician of New York, died January 23.

—A fire at the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad shops, on the 24th, destroyed $60,000 worth of property. Cause, incendiary.

—An emigrant train was ditched January 27, between Los Angeles and Deming. Two passengers were seriously injured, and the express train was delayed six hours.

—The large dry goods house of Camp, Morrill & Camp, at Jackson, Mich., was entered by burglars on the night of the 25th ult., and robbed of $12,000 worth of goods.

—There is a strong Anti-Mormon agitation in the East. Large mass-meetings have been held in many cities, and public indignation is beginning to be aroused over the matter.

—The overseers of the poor in the villages of Walden and Montgomery, New York, brought charges against the hotel keepers for selling liquor, and one was fined $1,000 and the other $500, with all the costs of the trial.

—Gambetta's bill for revision of the French Constitution having been rejected by the Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 305 to 117, he and the entire Cabinet handed in their resignations.

—A furious wind-storm prevailed throughout the interior of New York State last week, seriously interrupting telegraphic communication. At Syracuse a school house was blown down, and other damage done.

—The Oakland Times calculates that the danger to a murderer's life by hanging is not much greater than the danger of death by a railroad accident. We should say that about the surest course a man can take to insure his life is to kill somebody else.

—The Prince of Montenegro has informed the deputation of Herzegovinians who asked for his support in their struggle against Austria, that they must not count on any Montenegrin support, and that if they did not return forthwith, he should imprison them at Podgoriga.

—Severe cold weather is reported from the East. At Norwich, N. Y, the thermometer indicated 33 degrees below zero, on the 24th ult. The Hudson River is entirely frozen north of Peekskill. At Newport, R. I., the schools were closed, as it was impossible to heat the buildings.

San Francisco stands third among the importing cities of the country. The figures for the year ending June 30, 1881, recently published by the Treasury Department, show the value of New York's imports to be $435,450,395; Boston's $61,960,103; San Francisco's $37,943,695; and Philadelphia's $32,583,106.

—After mature deliberation, a powerful syndicate of Paris bankers, among whom are the Rothschilds, have determined to come to the relief of the embarrassed Union General Bank. Stringent conditions have been imposed, to prevent any abuse of the assistance given. Other banks will probably be assisted by the same parties.

—A fresh number of the Nihilist journal, The Will of the People, is being circulated among all the officials in Russia. It was probably introduced from abroad. The leading editorial says: "The coronation of the Czar will never take place, therefore make no preparation for it. Many things may occur between this and the 25th of May. Do not throw away your money uselessly.

—An uncleanly youngster at Melville, N. J., has been condemned to pay a fine of $13.50 or to suffer ten days' imprisonment, for discharging tobacco juice on the floor of the Methodist Church during service. This is a good move. We hope it may be generally adopted. There are some churches that, should they follow this plan, would have a magnificent income, besides being very much cleaner.

—The vineyardists of Switzerland are becoming alarmed. The cause of this is the extent of the manufacture of "pure wine" made without grapes. Under the laws of that country fabricated wines can be sold, the same as any other, and as by the employment of water, alcohol, and tannin, an article can be made which cannot be distinguished by a careful analysis from grape wine, and costs but a trifle, the occupation of the grape growers is liable to suffer.

—Captain Eads is making a strong effort to get an appropriation from Congress for his proposed Ship Railroad across the Isthmus, and the prospect is that he will be successful. The question, he says, is whether it will be built under American auspices or by British capital. He says that he was assured while in Europe that the required sum could be raised in sixty days should he apply to them for aid; but he wished to give the United States the first chance. He therefore practically says to Congress: "If you do not guarantee the interest at six per cent. for fifteen years, upon a capital stock of $50,-000,000, you will run the risk of surrendering the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to British hands.