Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-11-21
Aeligiuus Stems.

+ Rev. DR.. Miller, will deliver the
twelfth, and last lecture IF his sunday
evening course on Scripture Charac
tiers, at the Court House, tomorrow
evening. Services at IL o'clock.
Rev. Father Kirwan late assistant
Pastor of st. James Church, Newark,
N. j., has been transferred to the
Roman Catholic missions of Burling-
ton, Mount Holly and Beverly.
The venerable Prof Theodore
Strong, late of Rutgers College, was
struck down on Friday night with
stroke of apoplexy, and still lies in a
very dangerous condition at his home
in New Brunswick, his friends being
very fearful that he will not recover
from the attack.
The Convention of the General
Council of Evangelical Lutheran Chur-
ches" is in session at Pittsburg, Penn.
The New School Presbyterian Church
of Belyidere, has extended a call to
the Rev. Mr.. Haight, of New York
State.
The Union County Bible Society
held its anniversary in the Third Pres
byterian Church, in this city on Tues
day last it was an occasion of much in
terest
The Baptist Church of Belvidere,
has extended call to the Rev. J. G..
Entrekin, of Pottstown, Pa. He has
accepted the call and entered upon bis
lubors.
Rev. Thomas Walters, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Belleyille, has
been presented with purse of four
hundred dollars by his friends.
The congregation of the First Re-
formed Church of New Brunswick,
through the consistoly, have caused to
be erected very elegant monument
over the grave of the Rev. DR.. Samuel
B. How, who was for thirty years pas
tor of the Church.
An English church was dedicated at
Constantinople few weeks since, the
Bishop of Gibralter and other English
clergy officiating. The Bishop, it is
stated, ''gave some side hits at mis-
sionaries, and praised and blessed the
Oriental Churches"
The monmouth County Bible Socie-
ty celebrated its 31st anniversary at
Cream Ridge, on Thursday last. The
attendance was unusually large, special
trains being run on the railroad to ac-
comodate the friends of the bible
proceedings being of very interesting
character. The next meeting is to be
held in the old Tenant Church, near
Freehold.
The First M. E. Church of Hacken-
sack, has secured for its pastor the
Rev. James Porter, d. D., formerly of
the Methodist Book Room, New York.
General Grant passed through this
city yesterday afternoon en- route for
Washington. But few persons knew of
his coming, consequently there was no
gathering at the depot. Contrary to
his usual custom however, the General
madea brief speech. He addressed q
boy standing near, asking him for a
match to light his cigar with, which
was furnished him. The General
thanked the boy politely, lit his cigar
and pursued his journey serenely, in a
cloud of smoke. Trenton Gazette.
The room never advertised for rent-the
room for improvement.
The prettiest girls in this city are said to be
engaged.
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What the fashionable young men keep most,
late hours.
sDIPTHERIA Common table salt is recon-
mended as certain cure for diptheria. The
throat should be gargled frequently, say
about every five or ten minutes, and the in
terror of the throat should be sprinkled with
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