The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

NEWS AND GOSSIP.
There are now fifty students at the Ohio
Agricultural College.
Cincinnsti's city debt is 81, 143 800, and the
mayor recommends the sale of its water
works to private corporation.
The deaths by accident in the streets OF
London are increasing at an enormus rate,
the almost incredible average being reported
of forty-fiye week.
The Seventh Day Baptists in this country
report 90 churches, 10 ministers, and $500
communicants. They are nearly all close
communion.
Astatistical journal records that "the 're-
serve of unmarried women in England be-
tween the ages of fifteen and twentv-one is
set down by the last census at I,246, OOO.''
A shipment was made the other day from
Portland, Oregon, of ship load of Chinese
corpses for superstitious interment in the
fiowery kingdom.
st. Louis claims to have built 500 new
buildings since January 1, and the greater
part OF these are two story brick, costing
from 81 600 to s. 600.
The Rev. Thomas Binney left a provision
in his will in which he sOlemnly declares
that he wishes no one to write a memoir of
his life. He desires to be remembered only
by God"
At late meeting in the First Baptist
church, Chicago, there were received as can
didates for baptism at the same time an
Episcopalian, Jew, a Luthern and Uni
tartan.
Daniel Mcfarland, who killed Richardson,
has commenced libel suit against the
United States Publishing Company, of Hart
lord, claiming $50 900 damages for statements
IN book entitled History of the New York
Tombs."
st. Johns Protestant Evangelical church
mas Just been dedicated in Columbus. Ohio.
as an of-shoot from the regular Lutheran
cnurcn, and was organized by members of
Inc old church who were members of secret |
societies.
The rocs,,ts OF the Baptist Publication
Society during the past year have been
$780, 1854. The list of publications number
over lbs, the society at present publishing
five periodicals, one each for the nufServ,
the Sunday school, for Sunday school work.
ers, for the family, and theological re-
view.
The following payments were made from
the treasury by warrants during April: Civil
and miscellaneous, $3.50. 232; war, $2,SS1,-
3l5; navy, s., 22S, O57 interior, Indians and
pensions. S521 ,457; total, s13, III, 16s. This
does not include payments made on
account of principal or interest of the public
debt.
Vasquez, the California bandit, for whom
reward of 900 is offered, and five of his
men went to the ranch of Mexican, within
five miles of Loss Angeles, city of 10, 900 in
habitants, on the 10th OF April, robbed the
house and every one in it and then compelled
the owner to draw check for $500 on a Los
Angeles bank and sent his boy TO collect it.
The bank of France has issued an exhibit
of its finance, from which it is seen that its
net profits for 1873 were Sl2,O72. 1893. The
number of deposits for the past year were
$3,4SS, 295, representing the sum of Sl038,-
s48,3 1873. The number ofemployes consisting
of book keepers, correspondents, tellers,
messengers, etc, is 81. At other branches
there are 707, making total of ], 5l5, besides
about six hundred auxiliaries.
The late ]. w. Gerard, of Norfolk. has
made bequest in his will that the interest
of 81 500 shall be expended plain silver
medals, which are to be distributed annually
by the principals of five of the public schools
of New York to some of the most amiable
boys and girls in the highest class in their
schools. The medals are to be inscribed
with the name OF the recipient and donor,
and the reason for which they are given.
Can amiability be manufactured?
The order of sour Lady of Charity of the
Good Shepherd" is to meet at Augers, depart
ment of Maine ct Noire, in France on the
18th inst, to elect chief officer for the order.
The order has for its object the reclamation
and reformation of fallen women and girls
who either voluntarily present themselves for
admission or are committed to its custody by
competent authority. There will be repre-
scented at this meeting about 40 monast-
cries located in Europe, Asia, Africa, Amer
lea and Oceanica. OF those there are about
20 in North and South America, and the
whole number of nuns in them all is &c, 900.
The Rev. Robert Laird Collier. writing
from London, under date of May 18TH, says
in regard to the charges of Professor Patton |:
When he says "Mrs. Collier died a devout
Methodist" he says what is not true. Mrs.
Collier died Unitarian. In her views she
was a very radical and extreme thinker,
even more so than her husband. The joy of
her life was her religious change from
Methodism to Unitarianism. The most
sacred inspiration of my life to-day Is her
dying charge to 60 on in my work. May I