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The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 61, No. 47

NOTES OF TRAVEL
Earlier text: THE STANDARD OF MORALITY

News of the Week.

“Tidings of these things came.”—Acts 11. 22.
FOR WEEK ENDING NOV. 22.

DOMESTIC.

—The New York canals will close Dec. 1.
—The disease known as “blackleg” is killing off young cattle in Berks County, Pa.
—Left-handed penmanship is now taught, it is said, in a number of American schools.
—Ex-Senator Conkling’s law practice is said to be worth $1,500 a week.
—It has been decided that Canada will not be represented at the New Orleans Exposition.
—Business failures for the week number 251, against 187 last week, and 228 in the corresponding period of 1883.
—A three days’ convention of Christian workers under direction of Mr. Moody, was opened Friday at Detroit.
—The total amount received by the Democratic National Committee during the campaign is said to be $333,000.
—General Fremont administered an oath to his men, when famine-stricken on the Great American desert, to die rather than to commit cannibalism.
—There are over four million letters sent to the dead letter office every year, and more than a million dollars is annually found in misdirected letters.
—The Japanese girl when she goes into company paints her face white, her lips and the corners of her eyes red, with two slate-colored spots on her forehead.
—A French transport will sail for New York in May next with Bartholdi’s statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
—The grave of an Indian chief near Binghamton, N. Y., was opened Monday night. Beside treasures were found implements dating prior to the discovery of America.
—The fire at Goldsboro, N. C., Sunday afternoon, destroyed twenty-seven buildings and 300 bales of cotton. The loss is said to be $300,000, with insurance amounting to $200,000.
—James Gordon Bennett says that when the Mackay-Bennett cable gets in thorough working order, not only all the foreign news, but all the leading editorials of the New York Herald, will be cabled from London.
—A committee of merchants in Philadelphia want to take the old “liberty bell” from Independence Hall and remove it to New Orleans during the exposition. They will apply to the City Council for a permit; and the mayor recommended that permission be granted.
—Gas from a well being drilled on the Poe farm near Cleveland, Ohio, ignited Friday, destroying the rig and burning two men severely. The flame mounts upward 40 feet, illuminating the surrounding country.
—A negro woman in Leavenworth, Kan., Monday refused to allow her child to be buried in a grave which had been dug “crosswise of the world.” The whole negro population believe that the mistake in digging the grave will bring a curse upon them.
—For refusing to take out a license under the Downing law sixty saloon-keepers at St. Joseph, Mo., were fined Monday $200 each, and will not be given a license for two years. A number of similar cases are pending, and the decision of Judge Grub has caused consternation.
—An unknown disease is decimating households in Buchanan, Wise, and Dickinson Counties, Virginia, where in some instances four corpses have been found under one roof. Wells and springs have been absorbed by the drought, and the little water that remains is supposed to be tainted with mineral poisons, which are causing the mortality.
—In Rupert Land a Canadian expedition discovered Lake Mistassini, a body of water supposed to be larger than Lake Superior. Fur-bearing animals abound on its shores, and fish are very abundant. It is believed that the Hudson Bay Company has known of the existence of the lake for a hundred years, but kept the matter secret.
—The strange disease reported Wednesday as prevailing in Virginia, also exists in Kentucky and West Virginia, where whole families have been swept away, and thirty or more new graves are seen in a small cemetery. The people call it cholera, for want of a better name, and the malady upholds its dreadful title, victims upon being seized seldom living longer than twenty-four hours. It is said the scourge affected majorities in some precincts at the recent election. Numerous corpses have been left unburied, and the stench from the decaying carcasses of animals pollutes the air. Flour, corn, and meal are needed to succor the starving population, and unless rain falls, annihilation may be anticipated.

FOREIGN.

—There were fifty-six deaths from cholera in Paris. The total number in eight days is 460. Russia has established a quarantine of twenty-one days on her frontier against infected countries. The municipal council of Paris voted 50,000 francs for the enforcement of sanitary measures in the city. A committee of American and English residents has been formed at Paris to assist their countrymen.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

—Thomas Harrison, the “boy preacher,” celebrated his 43d birthday last week.
—Prayer-books made with a little bouquet-holder on the outside are to be extensively used this winter.
—The headquarters and official organ of the Salvation Army in America will be removed from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Cleveland, Ohio.
—Dr. Stocker, the Berlin court preacher, proposes to renew his fanatical crusade against the Jews in the Reichstag, to which he has been elected.
—For non-payment of a certain tax, Father Egan ejected an aged man, Duncan McCague, from the church at Thorn Hill, Ont., Sunday. McCague’s thigh was broken in the affray, and his life is in danger.
—Total revenue of the Odd-fellows of America for 1883 was $5,330,041.47; total relief, $2,015,832.32. Thus it costs an Odd-fellow $5.33 to give for charity $2.01½.
—The pope attributes the cholera in Italy to the fact that Rome was taken from the “Church” a few years ago. And, of course, many of his followers will believe it. Alas!
—Father Chiniquy was mobbed in Montreal on Sunday night. He received similar treatment in Quebec recently. And it seemed that the police did little or nothing to protect him.
—Among the students in Storer College is one just from Africa. He is a native Chief and heir to a kingdom; but he has voluntarily relinquished it, much to the grief of his heathen mother, to come to the College to fit himself to preach the gospel in his native land. Another native African is daily expected to enter the College. This is a Free Baptist institution situated at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, the scene of the exploits of John Brown, of whom the old song says, “His soul goes marching on.” Surely the spirit of the freedom for which he dared so much, even to the giving up of life, has worked wonders since his time. —Religious Intelligencer.
—The synod of the Ohio Presbyterian Church, held at Cleveland, Ohio, October 31, adopted the report of the standing committee on “The Observance of the Sabbath and Temperance.” The gist of the resolution was the increased desecration of the Sabbath among the poor, and the necessity of united and vigorous action on the part of law-abiding citizens; the great end to be attained being the sacredness of the day and the entire prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as beverages. —Christian Union.
—“O thou infinite and eternal God, whom men call by many names, . . . O thou only Creative Cause of all, Great Architect of the Universe! . . . Regard the whole world; unite all men by the subtle, sublime, and unbreakable fellowship of Masonic love, and may we, when all earthly separations are closed forever, meet in the eternal brotherhood of the Celestial Lodge above.” —From the prayer of “Rev.” W. W. Brewer, at Masonic Centennial, at St. Johns, New Brunswick.

GENERAL MEETING FOR NORTHERN WISCONSIN

Appointments.

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”—Mark 16:15.

GENERAL MEETING FOR NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

THIS meeting will be held at Maple Works, Clark Co., Wis., Dec. 6, 7. I expect to leave the State soon for a distant field, and am anxious to meet all the friends of the cause in that vicinity at this time. Meetings will commence with the Sabbath. H. W. Decker.
At Sigourney, Iowa, Tuesday evening, Dec. 2; at Keota, 3, 4; at Pilot Grove, 6, 7; at Montezuma, 10; at Grinnell, 13, 14.
Hope to meet all the friends within reach of these places, as I have a special object in these meetings. H. Nicola.
I APPOINT a general meeting for Northeastern Ohio, Sabbath and Sunday, Dec. 13, 14, at North Bloomfield. Eld. J. H. Waggoner will be present. This will be a meeting of special interest. We hope to see the old friends and pioneers of the cause from this and other parts of the State. This may be the last opportunity many of us will have of meeting this servant of God before the conflict is ended. Come to seek the Lord and to understand better how to labor for souls. R. A. Underwood.

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”—Rev. 14:13.
WARNER.—Died of dropsy at Richford, Waushara Co., Wis., July 9, 1884, Sr. Lettie Warner, in the 32d year of her age. She had for many years been an invalid. About three years ago dropsy seemed to mark her as its victim. During the last few weeks of her life her suffering was intense, but she bore her afflictions with Christian patience and fortitude. She died in the hope of having a part in the first resurrection. Sr. Warner accepted present truth about six years ago, and has since lived a consistent Christian. It was sad to part with her, but we “sorrow not as others which have no hope;” for we believe that if faithful we shall meet her in the morning of the resurrection, when Christ comes to wake his sleeping saints. She leaves two brothers and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. No minister being present, the funeral service consisted of singing and prayer.
FLORA FARRAR.
MOULTON.—Died at Napoleon, Jackson Co., Mich., Nov. 10, 1884, of typhoid fever, Bro. J. N. Moulton, aged 45 years. Bro. M. was formerly a member of the Baptist church. He embraced the truths of the third angel’s message eight years ago the coming winter. A wife and four children are left to mourn their loss. Funeral services were held in the Baptist church at Napoleon. Discourse by the writer from Isa. 48:6–8.
H. M. KENYON.
WILBUR.—Died at Plymouth, O., Oct. 26, 1884, Laura Warner Wilbur, aged 62 years and 4 days. She was a staunch adherent to the doctrines taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and was scrupulously conscientious in all matters. Religion, with her, was an every-day-garb, never to be laid aside. As a proof of her integrity, she suffered the loss of husband and home, rather than transgress the commandment of God.
Most of her life previous to 1866 was passed in Vermont, but at that time she came to Ohio, and up to the time of her death her home had been with her sister, Mrs. L. B. Hoffman, of Plymouth. Mrs. Wilbur was a woman of deep piety and purity of character, desiring to be wholly consecrated to the Lord; nothing was permitted to stand between her and the Saviour she so closely followed. Possessed of rare conversational powers and an amiable and generous disposition, she had many friends who will deeply mourn her death.
M. D. WARNER.
LOCKWOOD.—Died, of malignant diphtheria, Nov. 13, 1884, in Battle Creek, Mich., after an illness of five days, Bro. Asa A. Lockwood, only remaining child of Bro. Ransom G., and Sr. Aurora B. Lockwood, of this city. Bro. Asa was born in Waitsfield, Vermont, Jan. 26, 1846, and would consequently have been 39 years of age in January next. He was converted in 1868, since which time he has been identified with this people. The last twenty years of his life were spent in this place. His last sickness, though so severe, was mostly a time of rich experience with him in spiritual things. He leaves his parents, a companion (sister of the Brn. Sisley, with whom so many readers of the REVIEW are acquainted), four children, and other friends, mourning his departure. But as he fell asleep in bright hope of a future eternal life, they have the sweetest element of consolation mingled in their cup of sorrow. He was buried Nov. 14, and a funeral discourse was given at the Tabernacle, Nov. 16.
U. S.

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CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK R. R.

By Geo. B. Reeve; W. J. Spier

Time Table, in effect December 30, 1883.
GOING WEST STATIONS GOING EAST
Chi’go Pass’g Mail. Day Exp. Pacific Exp. B.Crk Pass. Mail. Limtd Exp. Atlo Exp. Sun. Pass. Pt H’n Pass’g
am 6.35 am 7.50 pm 8.00 pm 2.10 Dep. Port Huron — Arr. pm 10.40 am 1.26 am 7.60 am 10.40
am 8.15 am 9.12 pm 9.30 pm 5.45 Lapeer pm 8.58 am 12.07 am 6.35 am 9.12
am 9.07 am 9.55 pm 10.10 pm 6.25 Flint pm 8.13 pm 11.35 am 6.00 am 8.25
am 9.45 am 10.30 pm 11.45 pm 7.00 Durand pm 7.05 pm 11.05 am 5.25 am 7.40
am 11.00 am 11.32 pm 11.50 pm 8.28 Lansing pm 6.01 pm 10.15 am 4.15 am 6.09
am 11.40 pm 12.06 am 12.22 pm 9.08 Charlotte pm 5.24 pm 8.37 am 3.37 am 5.32
pm 12.40 pm 1.05 am 1.18 pm 10.20 Battle Creek1 pm 4.20 pm 8.55 am 2.35 am 4.35
pm 6.00 am 1.25 am 1.23 Vicksburg1 pm 4.15 pm 8.50 am 2.30
pm 6.48 am 2.12 am 2.17 Schoolcraft pm 3.22 pm 8.10 am 1.46
am 2.42 am 2.48 Cassopolis pm 3.08 am 1.36
am 3.09 am 3.19 South Bend pm 2.16 pm 7.21 am 12.51
pm 7.50 am 3.50 am 4.08 Haskell’s pm 1.30 pm 6.44 am 12.10
pm 8.38 am 5.20 am 5.52 Valparaiso am 11.07 pm 5.25 pm 10.40 am 3.40
pm 12.30 pm 7.45 pm 8.10 Arr. Chicago pm 9.10 am 3.21 am 8.30 pm 1.15 Dep.
Trains run by Central Meridian Time.
The Day Express, Battle Creek Passenger, Chicago Passenger, Pt. Huron Passenger, and Mail trains, daily except Sunday.
Pacific, Limited, and Atlantic Expresses, daily.
Sunday Passenger, Sunday only.
GEO. B. REEVE, Traffic Manager.
W. J. SPIER, General Manager

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY R. R.

By Percival Lowell

Union Passenger Station and Ticket Office, Canal St., between Madison and Adams.
May 18, 1884.
LEAVE. TRAINS TO AND FROM CHICAGO. ARRIVE.
2 8.45 a.m. Galesburg, Ottawa and Streator Express 2 7.10 p.m.
3 10.00 a.m. Freeport, Dubuque & Sioux City Express 4 2.50 p.m.
2 4.45 p.m. Amboy, Rock Falls, Sterling Express 2 11.20 a.m.
1 12.01 p.m. Kansas City & Denver Express 1 2.10 p.m.
1 12.15 p.m. Council Bluffs Express 1 2.10 p.m.
1 12.01 p.m. St. Joseph, Atchison & Topeka Express 1 2.10 p.m.
1 12.30 p.m. Denver Fast Express 1 2.15 p.m.
1 12.30 p.m. Montana & Pacific Express 1 2.15 p.m.
2 3.30 p.m. Aurora Passenger 2 7.45 p.m.
2 4.45 p.m. Mendota & Ottawa Express 2 10.30 a.m.
2 4.45 p.m. St. Louis Express 2 10.30 a.m.
2 4.45 p.m. Rockford & Forreston Express 2 11.20 a.m.
2 5.30 p.m. Aurora Passenger 2 8.55 a.m.
2 9.30 p.m. Freeport & Dubuque Express 2 6.35 a.m.
1 10.00 p.m. Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln & Denver Exp. 1 6.55 a.m.
1 10.00 p.m. Southern Pacific Express 1 6.55 a.m.
1 10.00 p.m. Texas Express 4 6.55 a.m.
1 10.00 p.m. Kansas City and St. Joseph Night Express 1 6.55 a.m.
1.05 p.m. Aurora Sunday Passenger 6.30 a.m.
Freeport, Dubuque, and Sioux City trains leave and arrive from Central Depot, foot of Lake street.
PERCIVAL LOWELL, Gen. Pass. Agt.

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