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{|width="100%" 12 hours.  CHRISTCHURCH, a town of New Zealand, the capital of the province of Canterbury, on the banks of the Avon, about 7 m. from the sea, and about 9 m. from Lyttleton, which is its port; pop. of the town proper in 1871, 7,931; of the town and suburbs, 12,466. It is connected with Lyttleton by a railway tunnelled at great expense through the Lyttleton hills, and with all the principal towns of New Zealand by telegraph. It is the seat of an Anglican bishop, and has numerous fine buildings, among others the college, the supreme court, the immigration barracks, and the banks. It has also flourishing manufactories.  '''CHRISTIAN. I.''' A S. W. county of Kentucky, bordering upon Tennessee; area, 704 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 23,227, of whom 9,812 were colored. It is watered by a number of small streams, several of which flow for 2 or 3 m. through subterranean channels. The soil in the southern and level part of the county is productive; the northern part is hilly, and its wealth consists chiefly in forests and mines of coal and iron. The Evansville, Henderson, and Nashville railroad passes through the county. The chief productions in 1870 were 242,980 bushels of wheat, 778,533 of Indian corn, 65,577 of oats, 2,353 tons of hay, 155,725 lbs. of butter, 28,727 of wool, and 5,384,137 of tobacco. There were 3,923 horses, 2,777 mules and asses, 3,325 milch cows, 5,004 other cattle, 11,942 sheep, and 26,561 swine. There were 6 grist mills, 5 saw mills, 1 distillery, 2 manufactories of furniture, and 4 of saddlery and harness. Capital, Hopkinsville. II. A central county of Illinois, bounded N. by Sangamon river, and intersected by the S. fork of that stream; area, 675 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 20,363. It has a generally level surface, diversified by timber lands and fertile prairies. It is traversed by the Illinois Central, the Indianapolis and St. Louis, and the Springfield and Illinois Southeastern railroads, and the St. Louis division of the Toledo, Wabash, and Western. The chief productions in 1870 were 522,401 bushels of wheat, 1,883,336 of Indian corn, 383,821 of oats, 86,161 of potatoes, 22,964 tons of hay, 193,572 lbs. of butter, 63,247 of wool, 21,040 of honey, and 31,322 gallons of sorghum molasses. There were 9,229 horses, 4,470 milch cows, 7,991 other cattle, 15,585 sheep, and 35,015 swine. There were 2 manufactories of agricultural implements, 3 of bricks, 5 of carriages and wagons, 1 of sashes, doors, and blinds, and 7 grist mills. Capital, Taylorsville. III. A S. W. county of Missouri, drained by James river and branches of the White; area, 500 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 6,707, of whom 114 were colored. The surface is undulating or hilly; the soil in the valleys is fertile. Timber is plentiful. The Atlantic and Pacific railroad passes through the N. W. extremity. The chief productions in 1870 were 56,574 bushels of wheat, 216,185 of
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Indian corn, 45,260 of oats, and 16,132 lbs. of tobacco. There were 2,601 horses, 1,826 milch cows, 2,815 other cattle, 7,071 sheep, and 14,847 swine. There were 3 grist mills, 4 saw mills, and 2 wool-carding factories. Capital, Ozark.  CHRISTIAN, the name of nine kings of Denmark. Since 1448 the Danish kings (with the single exception of John, 1481-1513) have upon their accession to the throne assumed alternately the names of Christian and Frederick. The following are the more important of them. I. Christian II., surnamed in his own country the Fiery, and in Sweden the Tyrant, son and successor of King John, born at Nyborg, July 2, 1481, died at Kallundborg, Jan. 24, 1559. His education was imperfect, and his habits became dissolute. At the age of 20 his father intrusted to him the repression of a rebellion in Norway, having previously placed him under the guidance of the bishop of Hammer. No sooner were they arrived in Norway than the prince destroyed the bishop's commission, and shut him up in a dungeon, where he soon died. Christian quelled the insurrection, nearly extirpated the Norwegian nobility, and carried fire and sword across the border into Sweden. During this expedition he met with the daughter of Sigbrit Willius, the hostess of a petty inn in Bergen. The daughter, known only as Dyveke, “Little Dove,” was of wonderful beauty, and became Christian's mistress. Upon the death of King John (1513), during whose reign the union of Calmar had been reëstablished, Christian was crowned at Copenhagen and at Opslo (now Christiania) in Norway. At the time of his father's coronation at Stockholm, Christian was recognized by the Swedes as successor to the Swedish throne; but in the mean time successful rebellion had again partly emancipated Sweden from the Danish yoke. Christian, being about to invade Sweden, married Isabella, sister of the emperor Charles V. of Germany; but he still retained his mistress Dyveke, whose mother, a woman of singular talents, had already achieved a complete ascendancy over his mind. He invested her with the administration of the customs revenue, and with the collection of the tolls at Elsinore. She diminished many duties and taxes in order to encourage exportation; and this measure, of serious injury to the Hanse towns, was the cause of their alliance at this juncture with Sweden. Sigbrit also brought about many restraints upon the nobles and clergy, especially in monopolies which they enjoyed. In the fourth year of Christian's reign Dyveke suddenly died, probably by poison. Suspicion fell first upon members of the senate, who aimed to rid themselves of the influence exercised against them by Sigbrit; but afterward upon a young Dane, Torben Oxe, the master of the royal household. The youth had fallen desperately in love with Dyveke, and the tragedy followed, brought on probably by the despair of the guilty couple. Sigbrit, whose