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Y. fehwartt, Bank street, dealer in all kinit of
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Boot smd Slide Make!. ,
Bllaten Brttney, in Levan't building. Bank strut.
All QrderiprompUyJMeiwork warranted.
Attorneys.
P P. LONQSTKEET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hext flooi to the Carton Hon.1
UANKSTBEET, LEniOHTOK. PA.
Dwmbr lUm.
y i. KAPsuinn,
Atiornbt and counsellor, at laVt,
BiNI STREET, LlBiaHT(iH,F.A.
Reel Estate nd Collection Aeeocy. Will Buy and
!lell Reinstate. Cenvejandni; neatly done Col
sstloss promptly made. cettllne listatea of Da
dants a specialty. May be consulted In English
ad Barman. Nct.22.
JAB. It. STttbTHEIlS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
43r Offlee : 3d floor of Khoad's;Uall,
tlanch Ohuuk, Pa,
All bailam eatrutted to him w 111 be promptly
ttteaeed to.
May 27. It.
p J. XISBHAN,
ATTORNST AT LAW,
Next Doorte First Nillcriai Bank,
MAUdl CHUNK, PA.
,O0an be consulted In German. rjanO.
Justices and Insurance.
JJ A. DBLTZ,
JUSTICE 01? THE PEACE,
Oturt's Bulldlne;, BANK-St.. LBiuanTOH.
Conveyanclnt, Collectloe and all other bust
rioss connected wiUi the office promptly attend,
it t- Agent let tho beaj Fire nnrt I ife Juanr-
5 nee Couvanle t Hents collected at reftHonable
biraca, Ac. April V.rl
fJUIOMAS I. UF.CK,
JUSTICE OF TUE PEACE,
BANK Street, I.KIIIOnTON, Fa.
, Cerlyeyanelnr,, Collecting and all bualnesa eon
aectef with the office promptly attended to.
Mr-Agent fer first-class Insurance Companies,
and Kliks f all kinds taken on the met liberal
term Jau.9.1&75.
THOMAS KEKllHRnR,
CONVEYANCER,
GKHERAL tftbuSiAHCE AGENT
The fJlonlna Compintea are Represented:
JtlEBAN JN MUTUAL FIBE,
UKAIIINQ MUTUAL tflUH,
WOJINO PIltK.
porTrivii.r.n Finn. .
LEIIIU1I Finn, and theTlUV
JCLEtt's ACCIDENT 1NBUKANCE,
Also PenusvlTaali and Mutail Ilorso Thief
Detee'lvo and Iniuranio Company.
Karen :. i5;t rnos. KEMnnftn.
Physicians and Dentists.
A. DBIMIAMBIl, M.U.,
rarsiciAN and suuokon
Special attention paid to Chronic Diseases.
Oflee: Seath Vast corner Iron and 2nd at... Le
hlfhton, Pa. Aprll 3. 1875.
n. n. ii. itiineu,
l'HACTICIKG PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON,
OOre, Bam Strait, next door above the Postoffice,
LealKhtes, Pa. Office Hours Parrytllle each day
r.M wto ISo'elockj remainder of day atofftreln
LeVttbton Nof 23. '72.
ty a. m kiil,h:,
rHYSICIAM and sunaEou,
Kext to E. II. Snyder's store, Dam: BT
LEIIIGIITON, PENN'A.
W .B. Special attention hitch to the Core ot
Salt Kbeuin. JLc jug. I3 y
J VUANKLIN LKBII,
PHYSICIAN AND feTJRClKON,
LU Uetidtnt Phytitianof IZarritburg llotpital).
OJTicii Next door to the Union Came b,
WEisponr, pa.
tV pectal attentloa frlren to the Diseases ot
Women. (Jonaultntlon In Enc-lUhaDd ucrniao.
Ang. II. I8i7-6m
jQR. KDWAIIU mtowx,
6U HO HON DEN1I8T.
Of the Pesniylyanla Dental College. Pblladcl.
phla, haa open dan office In I.EIIIGIITOK, on
DUO AD Sl'llKKT. next door to Snyder's rtore.
All work warranted aatlafactory.
LAUQHINU OAS seed for the palnlesi ex
traction of Teeth Aug. II, JB7r-yl
Hotels and Saloons.
aQAUUOIV ISOUSU,
Corner Of BANK AND N0UTII STREETS.
LEUI0UT0N, FA.
CONRAD bElPLE. . . . PSOrnlETOR.
Excellent Accommodations for remanent
aim rraneieht Iloardera. Commodious tiUbliui;
attachait Terms nioderate. nctliU'
"ATUtN KKU31,
At his SALOON, next to Clanss' Tallorlnp;
Philadelphia Lager Beer
constantly cn Tan - be also keens a fall mpoly
of Pore 1EHMAV WIAE. Choice CK1AUS,
Prime Tresli OYSTEItS, and other Eatable..
Tliepaiionago ot the publlo Is very respect
lolly InytteJ.
NATHAN KItUM.
Don't forget I be placet Next t'oor above T. D,
OUaaa'.BANK atieet, Lehlghiou. OctIS
FRED. KELLEY
Asaounces to the people ot Lchlahton and vlcin
Uy that bo la prepared to supply ihem
with every article of
Iloutjcrtirnlalilng Tlmvare,
At very lowest prlees i also,
Roofing and Spouting,
In all its brancbes, promptly attended to at
prices tally as low aa tho lowest, uive me a
call.
KTOREi Oppoalte the Public 6qnare. BANK
tyriXEET LBHiaHTON, PA. JolyJV)T.fr
Drugs and Medicines.
Wonderful, but True !
A. J. DURLING,
ritopniicTOR or the PEOPLEa
Drug and Family Medidino
ST0H2, xnakea tho followlcff
ANNOUNCKltENT.
OSrlnrtollaO penerfil ilcpr'Blcn In bnatneis,
tlisricat rodtlctlun of wacsfor liibor. Ao.. 1
deem it ray datj at tlii3 llmo to Rivo tlio people
of i.ehiehtoii and vicinity ma Liovs sn-iiiK of
MT miopitsI J lead aud rraoiiilipr tho follow
lug Puces nt a tew ot tho tuauy articles suld at
PATE.M' MEDICINES-nll $1 Prcpanittona
cents, tmcii is Viuecnr Hitters. Itostetter's,
Drake's PlintntlOM, 311lilci's Ucrlj, Gcrn:au
Bitters und all otheri fermeilv f I, now 85 ctn.
sue. preparations vjct imi zoc, iTfpnrattousc
OOLD. COUGH am. LUJfO REMEDIES, ns
Jarne'ii Exyecforanr, 11 Ad's Rr.d Alien's Hal
mid, A. era' Cherry X'cctoral, Milk (,nro. Coil
Liver oil. Cod Liver oil and Llmo and oiucrs
rorraeriv u now cents.
HAIU ntEPAUATIONS-Hall's Ilatr Itt
newer, Momeomery's, Ayers' Jinr viiror,
and Mis. Alieu'H, formerly., now 85 eta; All
wc. preparjuouaoi uuovo cnaracicr now
LINIMKNTH Laubach's, Low's Mnffnctio,
Doinicllv's Vloctno. Samson Oil, Itiuway'c
IlelieL MaelcOil,oarKllnr Oil. Wildfire uul-
uiQQi, nnu mi oiuere lormuny wc. now 4uc,
Horae, Cattlo and (Mil: ken Powders formerly
zip, now Lvc.; uuriiutr? ccieurnieu uouait.oi"
rowdeis. improved, 33c. per pound.
K ecu lit' a IlamljurK Drops, 4Cc per botllo- Bronst
Tea, "vc. n packairei PI. is of P.U Ltuds foituerly
2Sc. now .oo. per box.
PL AbTEHR Porous, Arnlcr, Poor Man' and
all otturb formerly 280. now 0c.
WOUM ItEMEDIES Worm Byrup?. Vctml
fuftoe, Worm Lozenee andConfectlo.isloim
erly 25c. now 2Uc.
nooto, Hum ft, Herbs, Medical Ten. &c.,c..
formerly front iuj. to ISo. per oz. uuw le. to le
per or.
Castor Oil, Balsim de Malta, Eswnco of Pep.
poimlrlt, Esseneoof Lemon, Go.d.uTmcturo,
Parciioilc, oiid Glrccrlno formerly JOa to lie.
now to to 10c. per bottle,
Everything Down J Down ! Down ! I
Caustic Koda, for Makinsr Soap, fromOccuts
to 10 cents per pound.
Castor Oil, Btiictly pure, COc. per qnart, by tbo
ffnllOu leas.
LOOK A G A IN. WALL TAPEU. Gblil Gilt
Paner wc.i Giniii'd Papeis fnrtactlr to. to A5c.
now 20c, White Blanku and TmtS fnrmorlv lbe.
to CSC. now 12c to ISo., and Drown Backs form
erly 10c. to 12c, now 7o. to 0c.
Physicians Prescriptions nni) family Bcrlpns
ooiptiqumled atGiently Iteducod lUtos. Uuur
lend to DUltLtNO'a
Having had nu txperlenco of almost Twenty
Year hi tho Diuff BuIiieas, moro than Ten or
winch b.nvo been In Lelilebton, I will m th'i f u
turo, as I have in tbo vast, Guanintbo to nil tlio
Terr Best and Parobt Drue, MedlriLokAc, to
befonndin tbo American Markets. 'I BUY
FOB 0A9U I Dec Ir-novJ
HENRY A, PETER,
(Successor to c. W. iJtsTZ);
Bank fitreot, Lehihton. Pena'a,
Offers to the publio a fall line of
Pure Drugs and CHemicais,
t PATENT MEDICINES,
Hone and Cattls Medicines
A Complete Asasorunent of
Wall Papers,
from tho Cheapest roirn to the tlacat Olli.
Fancy Toilet Articles,
SPONGES, CHAMOISK SKIN3,
Plain & Fancy Stationeiit,
Andayarlolv of HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES
utuumeroustooiiientiou, nu of wmcu
be 11 offering at
TEKT KKASOSABLi: L'BICES !
PURE WINE? and LIQUOItS fcr Medicinal
aad Sacramental pnrpoaus.
PUYaioIAXh'PItESCJtlP'lIONSrare'nl v
and accurHtely compounded by HYSULF. at
all lours ot lbe day andmebt.
j-aironaira mruou.
11. A. PETER,
Leucxel'alllook.
March :, 1877.
100,000 READERS
ARE CALLING TOH
Tho ORIGIN and HI8T0RY
np hie
RUSSIAN TURK,
And tho OJIEAT TONTERTnow WAOINO
UUTAEEN THfcU.
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KxrosiriON, 1870.
Paitlculara free. Address
JOHN,
Bept.t, U77
I'OTTEIl Si CO.,
Ili1jUsliers,
PKlLADUIiPllIA
E.
ii. swiat.
Ladies' Fancy Drss Goods
Dry Goods, Grocorios, &o.
Bank Stkeet, Leuighton, Pa.
PrUrs as low as elsewhere, and goods war
rwt4 at roproaoiited. JnlyJl, isn-5ia
POISONED IN DESPAIR.
Jolin Griirljolm vras a bit of a vag in his
way, and after fiftyyears' cxjicrienco gained
behind tho counter of a largo refreshment
saloon, ho could pretty well tell what a man
meant by his looks.
Ho was sitting very quietly ono day read
ing his daily paper, and trying to understand
how It was that tho Turks and tho Russian
wero both getting tho best of it, when a
seedy-looking individual entered tho place.
" Glass of bitter," said tho stranger heav
ing a deep sigh, and staring hard nt John,as
ho took down a clear glass,and drew a foam
ing draught of tho amber liquid, which ho
placed clear and sparkling before tho visitor.
" Hero aro my last two coppers," said the
stranger, with a heavy sigh, as he laid them
on tho counter for John to rako them into
the till.
" The last two-penco'said tho man again,
as ho laid his hand upon tho stem of tho
glass, staring hard tho while at John as if ho
had expected tho twopeuco to bo refunded.
" If I had como down to twopence," said
John to himself, "I don't think I should
spend it in beer. I might in tobacco j but I
think it would go in bread,"
Ho did not speak, however, but 6at down,
and tool: up his paper, and began rcadin:
again. There was no olio in tho placo so tho
stranger went on again.
" My last twopence," he eaid,moro loudly.
When I havo swallowed this beer, I 6hall
bo a beggar and an outcast."
With a gl.133 of beer insido him," said
John sentcntiously.
" Eh?"
" With a glas3 of beer insido him," said
John, quietly.
" Yes to bo sure, said tho stranger; "but
tho last glass tho last. Tlio world has
never given mo a chance j tho world rejects
scorns doesnotcaro for me. I will poison
myself mix a deadly drug with this last
glass, and bo freo of tho world."
John re-turned his paper, gave it a punch
in tho middle, got it folded conveniently ,and
went on reading.
" I say," continued tho stranger, loudly,
I will poison myself whero I stand, and
fall hero dead, as a warning to a brutal uud
unfeeling woild."
JiMm went on spelling through his paper
without moving a muscle.
Here, then, is an end of my worthless
self," said tho stranger, very deliberately
taking a small packet from an envelope a
packet that looked liko the white powder
that goes with tho lluo under tho uamo of
scidlltz,- and this ho opened very deliberate
ly, and emptied it into tho beer, where, for
tho most part, it lay on tho froth.
John looked up, saw what ho was doing,
and tho stato of affairs how the whito pow
der emptied out of tho paper refused to mix
witli the beer.
" Iiko a spoon?" ho said, getting up and
handing one.
" A sjKion ? Yes," said tho stranger, with
a mo'Tving laugh (hat Would havo been worth
ten shillings a night nt tho Surrey Theatre.
As ho spoke, ho took the spoon, stirred tho
liquor, and threw tho littlo pieco of metal
down, wbilo John resumed his placo and
went on reading.
" Tarcwell, cold world, farewell I" said tho
stranger. "They may bury mo where they
will. I might havo been great; but now
ah, now, poor, neglected bno: :thcy may
bury mo in sunshine or In shadowj I caro
mo not."
Ho took up tho glass, drained it to' (ho If.-t
drop, and then, standing tho glass down,
held on by tho counter; and heaved a tre
mendous sigh one whichsouuded liko satis
faction at tho goodness of tho bitter beer.
As for John, ho went on reading a3 coolly
as could be, his lijis moving as though ho
wero spelling over tho big words.
Tho man uttered a roar, and moved to
wards tho entrance , but unablo to contain
his annoyance, ho turned sharply round, and
camo back.
" Villainous typo of n cold anil heartless
world," ho said, addressing John Griinjohn,
"you havo taken my last coin j and you sit
thero and let mo poison myself, without
stretching out a hand to save without say
ing a word."
" Have you taken poison 1"
" I havo I have!" groaned tho stranger.
" Havo you really? Was that jwison in
tho paper J" wild John, coolly.
" Yesj I havo just swallowed a fatal doso
of arsenic ono of tlio most dangerous of our
poisons.
" Aii, I know whatnrsenio is," said John,
coldly,
" And I havo taken enough to kill six
men," groaned tho stranger in a hollow
voice.
" Well, that was wasteful," said John,
grimly. "You might have lought enough
for 6nj, and 'pout tho balance on beer."
" Enough for eix enough for tlx 1" sstid
the stranger, rolling his eyes and speaking
in tragic traei.
" Good 1" said John opening a flap in (ho
counter. "Como in here."
Ho caught tho stranger by tho collar.drew
him in behind tho counter, through tho bar
parlor, and into a kind of storo behind
where thero was a large cupboard.
" No ono saw you come in," said John,
quietly 'and no one saw you take the poison?"
" Only you only you," said the man,
faintly. "A doctor a doctor 1"
And lit) was about to fling himself into a
chair; but John held him up,"and thrust
him into tho big closet.
' Doctor, eh ? Oh, yes, my boy, you shall
have a doctor halTa dozen of 'cm. They'll
hold a fine revel round your corpse."
" Wh wh what do you mean?" gasped
tho stranger ns John thrust him back, and
held tho door ready to clap to.
T" I am very glad you took arsenic," said
John.
" Wh wh why, you tinfeelingwretch?"
" Ik'causo it leaves tho body so nico and
limp and soft. Tho doctors liko it so."
" What do you mean ?" faltered tho pois
oned ulan.
" Mean ?" said John. "Why, thai tho
doctors will givo mo teil pouhds for a good,
hcalthy.strongsubjcctliko you. I say, what
a splendid lecture on anatomy that will bo
round you about tho day after to-morrow?"
" Sell mo to tho doctors 1" groaned the
horrified nian.
" Of course; but ndtvou your body. Yo'u
won't know anything about it, my lad; and
nobody else, for no ono saw you como in."
" v reteh 1" roared tho stranger.
But tho word was cut in half by John
banging to and locking tho closet door.
" I say," ho said, knocking at tho panel.
"les yes; let mo out cried tho man,
faintly.
Just die as quickly as you can, there's a
good fellow; and don't mind making a
noise, if it eases your mind no ono can hear
you."
Tho man began to kick and hammer at
tho door, and John walked up and down,
smiling and rubbing his hands. Then ho
turned to tho bar served a few customers,
left the place in chargo of a bar-man, and
went to whero tho stranger was still ham
mering away at tho door.
" Not dead yet 1" John said with his
mouth to the keyhole.
No no no I Let mo out," groaned tho
man, "or I shall dio I"
Well, I want you to die," said John
coolly.
" Hut it wasn't poison only powdbrcd
chalk," groaned tho prisoner. "Let mo out I
let me out 1"
You scoundrel!" cried John, opening
tlvs poor, collering tho stranger, and shaking
him. "Do you mean to say that was only
powdered chalk 1"
That was all, sir ths't was all 1"
Thcnjj'ou'vo rebbed mo of ten pounds I
should havo got for your wretched carcass."
" I'll never do so no more, sir I won't,
'ion my soul.I won't."
Soul !" cried John, shaking and kicking
him, "you haven't got n soul inyour wretch
ed, despicable body, or I'd shako it out.
Now," ho continued, openirfg a side-door,
bo off, mid try and get somo honest work to
do, and leave off swindling. You're ono of
the sort of scoundrels who put soap into your
mouth to mako froth, and then fall down,
and humbug people with believing that
you've, got fits."
" Yes, sir no, sir; pray let mo go, sir,"
gasped tlio poor wretch.
And at last, John set him ut liberty, send
ing him Hying a littlo moro readily by giv
ing him a sharp kick with his anything but
light boot.
'I srtw him again a week after, said John,
"and ho was carrying a pair of Sandwich
boards. I knew that he was only trying it
on And that tho poisoning was tt dodge. l!ut
I don't think he'll ever try to lioison him
self any more. At lerfs't, ho added, after a
pause, and his faco puckered with a jovial
smile ''not With chalk.
Old SI on Hell.
Whilo tliey wero resting from work at
noon yesterday Amos said :
I liean'd er white man; rcadin' in de
paper dis momin' dat fokoa wuz 'batin' now
whuddcr dcro wuz enny hell or not 1"
Shucks 1" said old Si ; "you'eo got dat
wrong cend fo' must, sho !"
No, sail, dat 1vuz what he red in do
paper !"
" Whuddcr dere wuz enny hell ?" repeat
ed Si.
Yas, sali ; whuddcr when cr man givo
out up hycr ho went lor hell, or jess dis
solved ter dus agin!"
Lookio heah ! I don't want no sputo wid
nobody, but of enny man come foolin' 'round
mo wid dat sort of skriptur, he's gwino ter
heah mo git up yandcriutcrshoutin' tones!"
said SI.
"Why is dat?"
" Kaiso taint gwino ter do ! Ycr jess mako
cr nigger belebo dar ant no hcaharter, an'
seo what ycr comes ter. Ebcry secon' house
11 bo er coart hous' an' do houses twixt 'cm'll
bo jalo houses. Hit's moughty hard ter
keep 'cm strate now wid do Sheriff an' bofe
fore ur eves I"
" Den you'so on Ao sid4 ob do fiah an'
brimstone I"
" You'eo right, honey I Ef youtlnk you'eo
gwino ter lccbo diswurld ter play enow-ball
some vthar you'so 'rong. Dar"s or warm
placo Jew beyant heah fer do manigers ob do
Eroedman Bank an' chickenliftcrs ginrully,
else I'se gwine ter swap my him-book fer cr
pack er kyards !"
The Dunkanl Church in Pennsylvania
has 1 5,000 members in round numbcis, and
in the United States not far from 75,000
From fii Toledo Made.
Visitlilg last week rit a friend's, I chanced
to pick Up tho Blade; and read tlio inquiry
iu tho Household in regard to gaining
strength after having typhoid fever. This
will depchd much on tho treatment whilo
having tho fever. In tho first placo I wish
to stato a fact hero for everybody to mark
down. No ono can get absolutely well of
any kind of malignant fovcr, without much
bathing, dono in a proper manner. I will
givo j-ou my own experience. I nursed four
of my children through typhoid fever. Wo
wero compelled to accept tho services of a
physician who did not bclievo in bathing.
nj3 ast T3t wa3 mado at ten
o'clock at night. As soon as lib was gone,
my girl and I brought in a largo tub of t"pid
water, and put them all through it rubbing
them briskly; and tho moment I lifted them
out I threw around them a warm, dry
blanket, dhd putting my hand under, wiped
them dry; and then slipped on their warm
night dresses (mado of coarse muslin), and
oh I how sweetly they slept only occasion'
ally asking for a drink of water, which I
gavo them whenever they asked for it clear
cold water and as much as they wished
Naturo knows What sho wants. Well, ray
children wero well thrco weeks ahead of
anybody else's. They gather
ed strength rapidly, and no signs of any
boils or sores. Ono day tho doctor camo
running in, and said, " Mrs. W., thero is
something which puzzles mo in your chil
dren's case. When I began with them, I
had no idea, with their frail constitutions, I
could bring them all through, but hero they
are, nil well, and soundly well. Tho fever
has not settled in a limb or maimed ono of
them." I responded ; " Doctor, I knowyou
want tho truth." " Yes," said he, "for God's
sake let us havo it; for Minnie B. is dying,
and if any one cansavo her you can I can
not." I confessed all. I bathed them, not
only at ten o'clock nt night, but at ten in
(ho morning, when ho went to tho country,
v lnlo wowcrotalking.Mrs. B. sent in haste
for me, saying her iittlo girl was in spasms,
and wa3 dying. She was thbir only child.
Tho doctor accompanied me. O, you should
have seen that horrible black and parched
tongue, and that poor, fever catert child,
clutching wildly at everything, td appre
ciato what followed! Tho doctor said, "I
havo dono everything I can. Tho child is
dying. But I want you should let Mrs. B.
givo her a bath, It may relieve her in
death." V e soon had tho water ready.
(ook her on my lap, and soothing her and
talking to her, jo as not to frighten her, I
commenced putting her feet in tho water,
and grudually sliding hcrdbwn in Uio water
up to her neck, and wetting her head with
my hand. You should havo seen (ho calm
look of sweet content that came over her
face: Tho spasm passed off -fvhile in the
water, and that was tho last. I took lier i:t
hand, and by bathing tho fever out, sho
gradually grew strong and well. You can
curd a sl6k person by bathing him properly;
and you can kill a well person by bathing
mm improperly
A Minister's Wife.
METHODISM IN 1877.
The MdhodiU Almanac tor 1878 furnishes
irt detail tho official statistical summaries for
1877 of tho various MethodisJ Churches
throughout tho world. Selecting from tho
many tables tho items giving tho number of
Itinerant preachers, tho local preachers, and
tho lay members, wo have tho following
summaries:
Intin. Local . Lay
Min'rs. Pr'h'rs. Members.
Methodist Episcopal 11,250 12,583 1,073,287
M. E. South 3,271 5.402 722.312
Colored M. E 038 083 80,000
African M. E 1,418 3,108 214,800
African M. E. Zion. 1,500 2,500 200,000
Evan. Association... 838 540 105,013
unileil Jlrcthrcn I,V52 143,841
Union Am. M.E.Col 101
Method. Protestant. 1,314
Am. Wesleyan 1870 250
l'reo Methodists 221
Primitive Method.. 199
Ind. Methodists 23
2,550
025
200
106
101
113,405
25,000
19,232
3,332
12,000
Total Moth, in U.S. 22,974 20,143 3,315,D12
Meth. in Canada... 1,042 2,077 101,172
Other Foreign Meth 4,098 38,001 907,404
Grand total 2S.7U 07,121 4,3S3,S8
Tho summaries for tho Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, an'd for the Colored
Mclhodiit Episcopal,' aro for tho previous
year, as th"o latter summaries' have not been
officially announced. Th6 latter figures
would snow a considerable gain over tho
above.
Of tho Methodist Churches in the United
States, the first eight may bo class! iicib&g
" Episcopal Methodist," or MethNj
Churchos under the supervision of itinerant
bishoie. Tho other four havo no bishops
(nono in namo), and may t6 classified as
"lion-Episcopal Methodist." Following this
classification wo havo the figure :
Itin. Local Lay
IVh'rs Pr'h'rs MemVs.
Epis. Meth. in U.S. 20,004 24,958 3,141,843
Noii-Episoupals 2,010 1,185 173,109
Tho tablo shows a net increaso in the
United States duringthoyoar of 1,591 itiner
ant preachers, and of 117,305 lay members.
The total net increase of Methodist lay
membership throughout the world, for tho
year 1877, is 211,309.
The Almanac also gives this labl, of care
fully prepared items :
No. of Trustees of Chuches 112,693
No. of Stewards of Societies 83.363
No. of Class-leaders.; 83,664
Sunday School Superintendents...- 298fl
S. S. Teachers and Officers other
than Superintendents 186,(88
Tho following list is presented ns an ap
proximaHori of the amounis contributed by
tho Methodist Episcopal Church for tho
year 1877. These estimates nro under, rather
than bvc'r, (ho (rile amounts :
Conference collections $918,545
Miscellaneous collections 203,265
Expenses for Sunday school 645,340
Expenses for new churches and
improvements 981,000
Expenses for local mission work.. 215,550
Expenses for salaries of ministers. 11,269,300
Local church expenses. 2,414,850
Total...;. i;; ;::il6,597,850
Tho first session of the fourth Philadelphia
Dislrict Conference was held in Salem M. E.
church, rhiladclphia,WcdnesdayandThurs
Uay, Dec. 12, 13, Rev. W. J. Paxson, P. E.
presiding; Eev. A. M. Hlggins, Secrciary.
The report of (ho Presiding Elder shows
thero aro in tho district forty-two stations
and eight circuits; in all, fifty pastorial
charges. Tho Church property consisU of
sixty-five houses of worship, nineteen par
sonages, eighteen burial-grounds, and several
other pieces of property, the income of which
is devoted to church purposes. Tho estima
ted valuo of this property at tho date of tho
last annual conference was $1,524,880, on
which thero was reported an indebtedness of
$236,035.
PARAGRAPHIC.
The city debt of Lancaster is staled at
about $563,253.
Kansas farmers cstimato corn at fifteen
cents a bushel; at which prico it is a cheaper
fuel than coal or wood.
It is refn'arked of tho average Chicago'
couple. : !'Ttvb souls' with but a single thought
how to get rid of each other.,'
Tho lumber business has been prosper
ous in Clarion county this year. One firm
shipped 3,000,000 feetwithoutlosingaboard.
Mr. WHltton, a member of the Virginia
Jlouio of Delegates from Tazewell county,'
is tho father of sixteen children, including
five pairs of twins.
Harvard Collego is making money.
Tho receipts of tho year 1877, exclusive of
gifts and legacies, wero nearly $60,000 in
excess of tho expenses.
Tho business men 6f Louisvillo havo
petitioned the Kentucky Legislature for
money with which to carry out plans for im
proving tho Kentucky river.
The Boilon Board of Health has decid
ed that diphtheria is "a discaso dangerous
to public health," within the meaning of tho
law, and it requires physicians to report all
cases occurring in their practice.
Under tho poetic title, "Murmurs of tho
Tied," a San Francisco paper recounts a
year's wreck on tho shoals of married life.
Thero wero 243 divorces granted in that city1
during 1877. On tho other hand thero wero
2000 marriages.
Jackson's Day was celebrated in New
Orleans by a grand military parade. Lea
Gardes Lafayctto carried the remnants of a
flag that passed through the battlo of New
Orleans "a king of shreds and patches, but
still a king."
A traiu on a Florida railroad tho other
day passed a man on horseback, and thero
was great hurrahing among the passengers
until they discovered that tho animal was
tied to tho fence.
-Tho llev. Mr. Harrington preached a
sermon in Lancaster, N. H.,in support of tho
doctrine of everlasting punishment. Deacon
Holtou stood up aud argued on the other
sido of tho question.
-Addis MacVcagh, cousin of the Hon.
Wayne MacVcagh, and a leading citizen of
Williamsiiort, Pa., died several days ago.
Two years ago ho was tho Democratic can
didate for Mayor of Williamsport,
A Telephone Company, with a capital
6f $50,000, has1 just been incorporated at
Baltimore "for tho construction, owning and
operating the telephouo on telegraph wires
in (ho Stalo of Maryland."
John Griffiths ofGirardville, Schuylkill
county, Pa., has a wife and daughter who
for many years saved all the money it was
possible, and finally built a block of houses
in Pottsville, which they presented to Mr.
Griffiths, who had been kept in total ignor
ance of what they wero doing, while nono of
his every day homo comforts had been de
nied him.
Messrs. Alsopp .t Sons pump 600,000
gallons daily from thirty tlireo-inch wells,
and Messrs. Bass & Co., 500,000 gallons from
twenty-five-tubo wells at Burton on Trent.
Thus two breweries consumo enough water
to supply a town of 40,000 inhabitants. Al
though some of these Burton wells are with,
in a stono's throw of the Tient, the quality,
level, and temjicrature of the water differ
from those of the river water.
-Capt. Itoudaire, who has been sun-ey
ing for several years, by order of the French
Government the desert of Sahara region, has
discovered that between Chcgga, at the south
of the province of Constantino, and Gabef,
on tho coast of Tunis, a depression of
3,250 feet exists. This depression is divided
by only (wo barriers and (ha hillocks ore but
140 feet high and 65 wide at their highest
poinls. The question' of creating a sea in
the great desert, from thewatereof the Med
iterranean, is thni assumed to b prMlhwfele.