The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-20
News by Latest Nails.

Mcfarland, the murderer, has been sent to
iail for drunkenness. s&sa
Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby has accepted the
CHARACTERISTIC of the University of the city of
New York, but will retain his pastorate.
Four steamers with nearly three thouand
emigrants arrived at New York Monday and
Tuesday
The net profits of the Western Union Tele.
graph Co, for August were $21S, GA.
Kmbalps planning mill at Newburypert
was burned Wednesday morning. Loss Slo,-
600.
The Y. NJ. G. A. STATE CONVENTION. -The
annual State Convention of the Young Men
Christian Association of Maine will be held at
Augusta next week-Thursday and Friday.
| Persons attending the convention will be as
| signed places of free entertainment and are re-
| auested on reaching Augusta to report at the
vestry of the Baptist church. The railroad and
steamboat lines will pass those attending the
convention for half fare. These are among the
| questions to be discussed:
| What is a Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton, and what is it intended to accomplish ?
| The religious work of the Association. To
| what extent may it be carried The study of
Gods word. What place should it have in our
| Associations Cottage and neighborhood
prayer meetings. Social gatherings Methods
| of raising funds. Our duty as Associated
| Christian young men to the young men of the
State. What attitude should our Association
take with reference to the moral reforms of the
present time
DR.. L. Moody, of Chicago, L. P. Rowland
1 Jr., of Boston and VIM. f. Lee of the Execu-
tive Committee, and Richard G. Morse, of the
Association Monthly" both of New York ARE
engaged to be present The meeting for Or
ganization will be held in the church at eleven
o'clock A. M, to be preceded by a prayer
meeting at ten o'clock. Reports are expected
from all Associations in existence in the State
NATIONAL UNITARIAN CONFERENCE.-THE
National Unitarian Conference opened Wed
nesday morning at the Rev. Mr.. Eepworth'
church in New York with devotional exercises
The Rev. DR.. Bellows read the annual repor
of the National Conference. After paying al
earnest tribute to the late President of the As
ISOLATION, 7. D. Elliot Of New Bedford, all 10
cal conferences were reported as prosperou
and increasing in activity and fraternal uniol
among the laymen. Fifteen Methodist am
Congregational ministers have Joined the Uni
tarians during the past two years, and there
an increasing tendency towards the Unitarian
church, which is also steadily advancing il
England as is strikingly shown by the admis
sion of the Unitarian ministers to the commits
sion for the revision of the Scriptures. TIL
council recommended the whole subject of tn
theological schools to be given to the commit
tee to report on at the next annual conference
also that one hundred thousand dollars be SC
licted for the erection of Unitarian churc
in Washington, D. G. The council earnestl
recommended the denomination to give Re,
E. E. Hale's magazine, Old and NeD, a genel
GUS support. the book department. of the dc
nomination has been self-supporting the pas
year. DR.. Bellows report closes with refer
ence to the proposed discussion of the ne,
creed of the church, counselling self-contrt
and respect for others.