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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 22, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 21.

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The governor of Indiana has appointed Hon. D. W. Voorhees U. S. Senator, in place of Senator Morton, lately deceased.
Nov. 12, there was a severe hurricane on the British coast, and numerous disasters to shipping are reported.
The Herald's special, Nov. 15, says that Cardinal Simeoni, Secretary of State, is summoning all the foreign cardinals to support him in his trial for a foreign pope, and the old “conciliatory policy. The black small-pox is prevailing with such virulence in the Vatican that it may prevent attendance at the conclave.
The “sick man” of the East is growing worse and worse: Every day brings to light new evidences that his throne is tottering and ready to fall. Not only does Turkey meet reverses and defeat at the hands of the Russians, but at home the elements of discord and dissatisfaction are continually manifesting themselves. Nineteen servants of a deposed sultan have lately been executed for trying to reinstate their master on the throne. It is reported that the Prophet has appeared to the sultan and demanded him to make peace.