The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-31

school and Church.
The Constitutional Commission 81
Michigan has adopted the article making
women eligible 10 school Offices.
or the thirty-six young men who
( graduated AZ Hamilton College last sum
mer, twelve have engaged A. teachers and
editors. with salaries ranging from $500 70
! Sl.>0O.
Miss Abby Woodleigh. daughter Of
the Rev. L. A. Woo,lleigh. Of East Ben
nington. has been elcs.scd to the Professor
ship of Chemistry in the PENNSYLVANIA
Female College. Pttsburg. Salary 81 800.
DR.. Lyman Bccchcr'- pastorate in East
Hampton. Long Island. was OF ten year.
continuance. His salary was $500 and his
iir-wOod. which. after five years. was
raised 10 500. That was over seventy
years ago.
The Free Religionists. among whom
arr James Parton. the biographer. Rev. q.
II. Rockingham. Col. r. w. HigginSOn
and Others Of the same school. followed
up the Evangelical Alliance with three
days convention at the Cooper Union.
New York.
New Hampshire has compulsory
school law. requiring every person having
teen years Of age. 10 send il 10 school al
least twelve weeks in the year. Of which
>iN shall ~ consecutive. The law provides
that the child may BE- instructed in private
school or at home.
Among the memorable incidents of
the recent meeting of the American Board
oi Commissioners for Foreign Mission,
was the presence of number of Dakota
Indians who a.ftlr.s4.I az. ..tttT.is- ex-fflt
happy effect. Professor j. IL. Secyle. Of
Amherst College. gave an account OF his
recent visit 10 the Christian Missions in
India. The attendance WAS very large.
The oldest Instructor IN yOung-idca
firing in Rhode Island j. Miss Hannah
Inman. who taught school in Providence
-eyenty-fiye years ago. She j. nearly
nineiy-fOur and has taught in many place,
ia Rhode Island and Massachusetts,. The
salary varied with the schools. Rhode Isl
and commenced by giving her twenty
ctnt- "A week. but Massachusetts,. clearly
Discerning her ability. advanced the figures
70 quarter Of dollar. and 20 ncaped the
benefit Of her maturer years.
Mr. David Preston. Of Detroit. has
seen the results that arr SURF - follow per
-i~ienrc ia q good c.il>c. He has succeeded
in raising SiN.tSO for Albion College. 80
secure AN additional gin. contingtmtly
promised. of ~.JO.O,N. One Of the Michigan
papers says that he ~ct the example BY
heading the list with large donation. and
then had AL the member, Of hi> family
give. lie talked. gave. andprayel. Scarce
Isl family IN the State but heard his APP
peal. He had till September II 10 raise
the amount. september . there was still
5000 Ia b. raised He lid not despair.
but worked. and on the nth he raised the
last dollar.
AT the annual Convention Of the Epis-
copal Church ~ the diocese Of New York.
held September p. Bishop Pottcr's salary
WAS iiNesl at 5000 per annuin. and that
amount ordered % be- paid for the wear
ending September !. The salary OF the
bishop 81 the Methodist Episcopal Church
having charge If New \ ORR and parts adj
iaeeni j. 5000 per anuun and "A residence.
The salary Of Archbishop M'tlo>kcy. OF
tile Roman Catholic Church. j. Sl.JO per
aunum. lie also ha-. rent FREE. the
archiepi-cOlml residence in Madison
avenue. and likewise carriage. horses.
coIchman. etc. the maintenance Of which
i pail from the revenues Of the cathedral.
III morr j. required for household purposes
IL j. given 10 him but he j. man Of SIM
pie habits and TASTES and sets a good eN-
ample e. hi clergy. The pay Of Catholic
priests j. $50 per aunum to pastors OF
churches. and 500 10 assistants. a resi-
dence j. also furnished 10 them. AMI Ger
tain pcrlui-tes for house odd expense.