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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 16, 1876

SECULAR NEWS.

—The production of California wine last year exceeded 8,000,000 gallons.

—The greatest depth of the Pacific Ocean between California and China is only about two and a half miles.

—During the month of October sixty-eight small-pox patients were received at the hospital in San Francisco. And since the 19th of May the entire number of deaths is 286.

—An English lady, Miss Paget, has invented a machine, worked by hand or by a treadle, for painting large surfaces. A large ship-building-firm on the Thames is giving it a trial.

—A baby recently christened at Newport wore $5000 worth of diamonds and a robe that cost $3000. Unless the poor child has inherited some brains from its grandparents, the little head must be woefully empty.—Quincy Patriot.

—The Black Hills Mining Company's quartz mill commenced operations Oct. 16. On the following day they ran through seven tons of ore from the hidden treasure lode, which cleaned up $5,000. Gulch mining is still in operation, and quartz mining showing better results every day.

—The incomes of the principal European crowned heads are as follows: Czar of Russia, $25,000 a day; Sultan of Turkey, $18,000; Emperor of Austria, $10,000; Emperor of Germany, $8200; King of Italy, $6440; Queen of England, $6720; King of the Belgians, $1643; President of the French Republic, $500. The salary of the President of the United States is $137 per day.

—Advices from the city of Mexico to the 29th ultimo report that Lerdo has been re-elected President by 131 to 45. The Pronunciados are throwing down their arms in various directions. Their resources are all exhausted and the final collapse is expected. Oaxaca still gives trouble, but General Díaz and his followers are compelled to keep in the mountains and are afraid to meet the Government troops.

—Sitting Bull is now a good Indian. He sent word to Fort Peck that he wanted to come home. He pines for the “Great Father’s” pork and beans. His blanket is worn thin and he wants a new one. Also some more cartridges. The agent at Fort Peck has instructions to welcome him, should he come. There are enough officers there to court-martial and hang him. Mr. Bull will be very hungry before he rises to that fly.—Interior.

—Mr. Tweed’s arrest promises to lead to good results. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain proposes negotiations for an extradition treaty with the United States. A dispatch from Madrid, Nov. 12, states that the matter of the extradition treaty came up in the Cortes yesterday. The Minister of Foreign affairs in replying to a question said that the Spanish Government had authorized the extradition of Tweed as a return for the courtesy displayed by the government of the United States in similar cases.

—A Times special from Rome states that Cardinal Antonelli was transacting business with the Pope, Sunday, the 5th, when he was seized with a severe attack of gout in the chest. He was immediately taken to his room but died at 7:15 Monday morning shortly after sending a message to the Pope asking for his blessing and imploring pardon for all faults he might have committed during his administration. The fortune left by the Cardinal will be divided among the members of his family. His fine collections of gems, antiquities, works of art, etc., are bequeathed to the Vatican Museum.”

LONDON, NOVEMBER 12.—A dispatch from Calcutta to the Times says: It is reported that 20,000 persons perished in the cyclone of October 31st, and some estimates place the loss of lives as high as 40,000. In the town of Burrishol, capital of the Bakergunge district, 3000 houses were leveled with the earth. Letters from survivors report that a great wave 9 feet deep swept over the large island of Dakhin Shahbozpore. The whole of Eastern Bengal appeared to suffer severely from the cyclone. Calcutta narrowly escaped. Reports of the famine from Bombay are worse. A water famine is feared in some districts.

—A case of almost complete preservation of a corpse for thirty-six years comes from Cincinnati. The body of Mrs. Amanda Everett, who died in that city in 1840, was buried in the Methodist Protestant Cemetery in Avondale, in a black walnut coffin, enclosed in a stone sarcophagus. In accordance with the desire of a relative, the body was exhumed for the purpose of re-interment elsewhere. The stone coffin was too heavy to be lifted, so the wooden one was removed, and it was determined to open it. The remains were found to be in a state of almost perfect preservation. The flesh appeared to have dried without shrivelling and the grave clothes were but slightly discolored.