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Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · April 1, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 14

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Notes of News.

—The Empress of Russia is very low.

—A serious rebellion has broken out in Pekin.

—Japan has 300 newspapers, many of them enterprising dailies.

—It is claimed that there is an active volcano in Wyoming Territory.

—A dispatch from Paris says there is in that city a band of 250 Nihilists.

—Ten men were killed by a recent explosion in a flax mill at Frankton, Ind.

—Secretary Sherman announces himself as in the field for Presidential nomination.

—Out of the 1,600 prisoners at Sing-Sing, 1,400 were sent there because of strong drink.

—The United States man-of-war Constellation has been sent with relief stores to Ireland.

—In Amsterdam there are 22,000 Jews engaged in cutting, polishing, and setting diamonds.

—Prince Bismarck has given up beer-drinking, in accordance with the advice of his physician.

—Parties in New York have purchased the celebrated iron mine at Leadville, Col., for $3,000,000.

—The pope does not approve of the expulsion of the Jesuits from France, but he will submit to it.

—Hartmann now denies that he has confessed being concerned in the recent attempt on the life of the Czar.

—3,300 pupils are enrolled in the Chinese mission schools of San Francisco, with an average attendance of 1,100.

—Since the year 1300, England has waged 49 wars; France, 38; Russia, 22; Austria, 12; and Prussia, 8.

—According to an official report, 8,576 noncommissioned officers and men in the British army in India are teetotalers.

—The Figaro, of Paris, is one of the most successful newspapers in the world; its net profit for 1879 was about $400,000.

—There are 500 florists within a radius of 10 miles from the New York City Hall, and the capital invested is not less than $8,000,000.

—In consequence of a resolution adopted by the Deputies disapproving the policy of the government, the Greek Ministry has resigned.

—During the past year, the expense of the English-Afghan war has been over $28,000,000; but this burden is imposed upon British India.

—In Eastern Siberia there is a pressing demand for new prisons, owing to the vast number of political prisoners transported during the year.

—The 2d of December has been selected by the American Bible Society for the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Wycliffe’s translation of the Bible.

—The people of the Sandwich Islands contribute $24,000 annually for missionary purposes outside their territories. One church sustains five missionaries.

—Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt is to pay $75,000 for the transportation of the Alexandrian obelisk to New York, on the successful completion of that undertaking.

—The Christian Weekly states that during the severe gales since the last of October, over 300 vessels have been lost; the loss of life and property has not been reported.

—Precautions have been taken to secure the safety of the royal family of Russia, by appointing five officers of the Imperial Guard to each floor of the winter palace.

—The mania for divorce rages in England too. In a little over ten years, one court has dissolved 1,279 marriages, besides granting nearly 300 judicial separations.

—An area of about six acres in the center of Samana, a city of San Domingo, has been burned over. Nearly the entire business part of the town has been destroyed.

—Private letters from Morocco report barbarous persecutions of the Jews by the Mohammedans. One aged Jew was set on fire, after having been drenched with petroleum.

—Russia respects treaty obligations, and does not embark in war upon the Danube; but the Czar presents to the Prince of Bulgaria 40,000 rifles, a war steamer, and a lot of Krupp guns.

—During an entertainment given by the public school of Lincoln, Pa., on the 21st inst., a part of the floor fell, precipitating 125 persons into the room below, and seriously injuring 30.

—The Coreans, supposed to number 15,000,000, have never had any portion of the Bible in their own tongue; but the work of translating the New Testament into that language is now half done.

—It is estimated that there were not more than 3,000,000 copies of the Bible in the world at the beginning of the present century. The American and British Bible Societies have since printed 116,000,000 copies.

—After an unusually rough voyage from Vera Cruz, General Grant and party reached Galveston, Texas, the 23d inst. As usual, the General was enthusiastically received. It is said that he proposes to visit the Sandwich Islands next.

—A Methodist museum is to be established in England, for the collection and preservation of historical documents relating to the early history of Methodism, and also interesting objects connected with the mission work in foreign lands.

—The Queen’s speech proroguing Parliament was read to both houses on the 24th inst. The election for a new Parliament will be an exciting one, and will be closely contested; but it is thought that it will sustain Lord Beaconsfield’s administration.

—Maine has a newly-amended and more stringent liquor law; and according to the Portland Advertiser, several well-known liquor dealers have declared their intention of quitting that place for good, as they cannot afford to pay their shop expenses and fines.

—The 83d birthday of Emperor William of Germany was celebrated with great eclat March 20. He received numerous presents and congratulations from all parts of the world. The Czar held a banquet in honor of the event, and styled the Emperor his “best friend.” Notwithstanding his great age, Emperor William looks hale and well.

—Christ Church, Philadelphia, one of the oldest and most influential churches in that city, is involved in a serious difficulty with a chapel situated within its parish. The rector of Christ Church is a moderate churchman, while the rector of the chapel is a pronounced ritualist. The Bishop declines to interfere, and the chapel congregation have engaged prominent lawyers, and will attempt to secure a charter.

—Captain Eads, who had charge of the construction of the Mississippi jetties, is earnestly advocating a marine railway over the Isthmus of Panama, instead of the ship-canal proposed by M. de Lesseps. He claims that such a railway is entirely practicable, can be constructed at one-fourth the cost of a tide-level canal, can be more easily and cheaply maintained, and can be enlarged if necessary.

—The entire length of the costly railway line of which the St. Gothard Tunnel forms a part, is 151 miles. The main tunnel is about 9¾ miles long; but there are 12 other long tunnels, which aggregate nearly 10 miles in length; 5 tunnels between 420 and 550 yards long, and 25 between 110 and 220 yards long. There are in all no less than 52 of these subsidiary tunnels, having a total length of 16 miles. There are also on the line over 64 bridges and viaducts.