The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-02-26
school and Church.

The Church Ti'ass, the Anglo-Catholic
organ. still continues To speak emphati-
-cally for disestablishment.
In 1873 there We're reported in Eng
land no less than PSI 400 art pupils i'm the
various schools for special instruction in
art.
A university i to be built by the Jews
of London. at a cost Of S1J0.0OO. Ii j. TO
be named after the Hebrew philanthropi>t.
Sir Moses Montefiore.
In am address AT Birmingham. January
-. TO his constituents, Mr.. John Bright
spoke strongly against the connection OF
church and state in England.
One of the Prcsby terrain contributions
TO the Centennial Celebration next year
will b. statue Ia the memory af the Rev.
John Witherspoon. President Of the Col
lege of New Jersey, and one Of the signers
OF the Declaration OF Independence.
The President of Chilli and his sup
porters are end,avoring TO obtain the sep
aration OF church aud State. They desire
also. TO establish civil marriage. the civil
registration of births and deaths. and TO
place the cemeteries under the control OF
civil officers.
The death OF Canon Kingsley will be
felt almost as much in our own country a.
In England. His recent visit 10 the United
States greatly enlarged the circle Of his
American friends. His numerous works in
verse and prose have been quickly repub-
ished and eagerly read here.
Some of the Sisters ofCharity who had
been expelled from Mexico, and were on
their way 10 France. were arrested at Vera
Cruz for the abduction Of young girl.
The girl. who testified that the Sisters
were forcing her To 30 with them, has been
restored to her parents.
An important meeting was held In
Calcutta in November for the purpose of
forming an East Indian branch of the Lib
Grafton society. Thirty ministers and
pastors were present. representing the
Baptist, Congregationalist. English Wes-
leyan, American Methodist, and Scotch
Free Churches.
A remarkable experiment Is being
tried in ~. Petersburg in regard To the
medical education of women. For the
past three years two hundred and forty
young women have been pursuing a regu-
lar course of study lasting ,our years. at
the Academy OF Medicine. They are in
sirucied by regular professors. but in
'citsSHs separate from the young men.
"A minister IN one Of the churches in
Aberdeen lately. In the course OF his pas
Vorh visitation. called upon an old woman.
VINO was not guilty of regular attendance
on public worship. lnterrogatiny her on
tne subject. she declared she was a regular
'cnurcn goer-.. made point OF being there
every sunday" "What church do YOU
attend!' asked the minister. .oh. inst
gang up by there to John Knox'sS' IA
church IN her immediate neighborhood)
Were you there on Sundavy .Ay.
deed was |. I" And who preached -, "Ou'
Mha hut John knox hims.i.r,, 49,
Figaro received dispatch from Pbila-
'delphia TO be transmitted by way OF Dux-
bury across the ocean TO Paris. But. I'M
fortunately, the Duxbury operator hal
zone 10 sleep. In this emergency the New
Yorker transmitted 10 the operator of the
Transatlantic cable AT Plaster Cove. New
ioundland. the following please wake
up my colleague at Duxbury." The
"'erator at Plaster Cove telegraphed To
Nalentia, In ireland from thence tile dis