The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-14
school and Church.

~ mere are us tfieOlo1iCsll >tiliilaflc> IN
the United States, with 3.35l students i'm
attendance.
The Catholics have 1856 churches in the
city Of Rome one for every day in the
year. and an almost perpetual service j.
maintained in many Of them.
The Clergymen's Mutual Insurance
League Of the Episcopal Church numbers
LOIS members, each OF whom pays 3 on
the death of "A member.
The Rev. Miss Chaplin. Of Iowa City.
pastor of the Universalist Church there.
has accepted tutOrship i'm an Eastern col
lege with salary of 5000 per annum..
There are about seven hundred Mctho-
dist clcrgymen in iowa in the regular work
of the ministry beside local preachers.
The Mcthodists in Iowa number about
seventy thousand.
The Rev. DIR. Lttle1ale. Of England.
estimates that ont of the 10000 clergy of
the English Church. 10000 are of the
lIigh-Church party. 5000 Of the Low
Church. 1900 of the nondescript and 1900
Of the Broad Church.
William Cullen Bryant. the poet. has
given five hundred dollars "a the Prince
ton. Illinois. High School. the interest Of
which j. 10 be used in providing prizes for
the best students of that institution.
Mrs. l.. Cady stanton said. al the Wo-
mans Congress. in \eg ork. that when
ever girls have been admitted 70 education
al privileges ON an equality with boys, they
have been found superior 10 the boys. She
was sorry for the boys. but. then. they
have had their day.
The powers that control the Round
Lake Canp-meetng ground are making
arrangements for a grand International
Camp-mceting next season. 10 igclnde
Representatives from all Sects of Methodists
all over the continent. The project has re-
ceived the appreciation Of the representa-
tive men Of the different sccte. and the
Bishops Of the Northern and Southern
branches Of the Church will also be asked
10 cndOr~cit.
"A Presbyterian church organization
has been completed IN Spain under the title
Of I" spanish Christian Church" This or
ganization j. composed OF the union of
TWO separate movements. Of which the first
step toward union was made az Seville in
1861. II comprises sixteen different cou-
grrgationS. four Of which are in Madrid.
and they are divided into fourprcsbyterieS
The confession of faith is founded on the
Westminster Catechism.
We learn from reports lately issued at
-. Petersburg that 32.OOO.OOO rubles
year are expended by the Russian govern
mcnt IN educational objects. There are
now in the Russian empire eight universe
ties. with 5000 students: four military
academies. with $50 students: and four
academies for the orthodox clergy.
with 100 students. OF the gymnasia or
colleges 10 are civil. with i2.0OO students:
% military. with9.OOO students: II ccclesi-
aStical. with 1900 students: l1s for wo-
wen. with 1900 students and - for
girls. with 1000 students. The elementary
schools are. 400 district schools. with
p 600 pupils: 100 primary ecclesiastical
schools. with $1,000 pupils: 23.OOO "orli-
nary elementary schools with $4,000
pupils ! 800 parochal schools. with 300.
600 pupils and 200 elementary schools
by the provincial diets. with
400 pupils. This list does not include
private schools. special schools for agricul-
turc. commerce. etc. the training schools
for teachers. or the Roman Catholic. Pro-
fcstant. and Mahommcdan schools.