The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-14
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most accomplished musician in Wash
ington.
-" Jenny June's" daughter, Miss
Mary Crowly, has gone upon the stage.
She is only 16 years old. Her stage
name is Esther Herndon.
A neat copy Of the New Testament
bound in flexible muslin Is announced
by the American Bible Society at the
astonishingly low price Of fuc cents.
Bret Harte has contributed his
longest and most ambitious poem, a
love story called "Cadet Grey" to the
new West Point book, military Tic
taos
Nv" George Eliot's" manuscript is
said to be ssbeautiful, clear, and full of
cheracter;" while that Of Mrs. Oliphant
is in so fine u hand rs TO be very diff
cult to read.
The Russian novelist, Joan Turee-
nieff, is not only admired as a writer,
but is likewise esteemed in the art cir
cles Of Paris as good connoisseur in
matters OF art.
MIR. Gladstone will shortly publish
A volume of Essays, Letters and Ad-
dresses" personal and literary, eccle-
siastical and theological, and European
and historical.
-Kwoh Sung Tao, the Chinese Am
bassador to England and France, has
written book Of travels, which has
been suppressed by his Government as
giving too flattering picture of civil
cation outside Of the FIowery Kingdom.
A large portion of Cruikshank's
pictures, drawings, and sketches we're
sold in London on May Is. The num-
Der Of pictures sold was about $50. The
"Worship Of Bacchus," with upward
OF 1000 figures, from which the picture
at the National Gallery was made, sold
for Sl6S. Cruikshank's table and chair
were sold fbr 10 guineas. The sale re-
allied 5000, much less than was ex-
pected.
The statue Of Cervantes, to be erect
ed in Central Psrk, New York, will be
of bronze and of heroic size. The
pedestal will Le of granite or marble,
in relief on the front side being figures
of Don Quixote and Sancho Pam
"a on horseback. On the other sides
will be representation Of the battle of
Lepanto and description of Cervantes's
imprisonment in Aigiers.
Mrs. Leon Lewis, the novelist, who
died recently ut Rochester, New York,
was born in 1S41, in Penn Yam, where
she has ever since resided. Her maid
en- name was Harriet O'Brien. She
married Leon Lewis in 1856, and since
that time both have been contributors
TO the New York Ledger. They have
accumulated competence. Mrs. Lew
ISIS stories were popular abroad, and
many were translated.
school and Church.
A Catholic Congress will be held at
some point near Paris during the period
Of the Exposition.
The General Methodist Conference
South resolves to do all possible for the
education Of the colored people.
1t Is stated that Mr.. Peter Cooper
has abandoned his project OF founding
awoman's college at Limestone Springs,
sc.
Bishop White, Episcopalian, Of
Virginia, is out with a vigorous con-
demnation Of round dancing, which he
says is an abomination that he is
ashamed to particularly describe.
-Twenty-three women are now study
ing medicine in Paris, only five of whom
are French. The others comprise six
English and ~ Russian. But 81 women
have taken medical degrees in Paris
since 1865.
The fashionable little French Eglise
It. Sauyeur, in Philadelphia, is much
resorted TO by the young ladies Of that
city who wish to perfect themselves in
the study Of the French language. The
advantages which result from listening
70 the utterances of the rector, the Rev.
Mr.. Mel, are said to be greater by far
than those which follow on course of
lessons from the most accomplished fol-
lower Of Ollendorff.
New York City is talking Of abol-
ishing the colored schools and admit
ting negro children to all the public
schools, as has already been done in
districts where they live too far from
the colored schools, of which there are
only four in the city. Curiously enough,
the chief opposition comes from the
negroes, AZ the change would throw The
~ colored teachers, the colored jan
ltors and other employees out of EN-
ployment.
As part Of the work Of the Atlanta,
Georgia, Conference, it may be stated
that Rev. J. Is. McFerrin, d. d., is
made book agent Of the publishing
house at Nashville, Tenn; Rev. O. n.
fitzgerald, ID. d., Of California, is made
editor OF the Christian Advocate, pub
,,shed At Nashville, Tenn. Rev. W. q.
r. Cunningham, ID. d., Is made editor
n the various Sunday-school publica-
IONS, Office at Nashville, Tenn; Rev.
\; y. Summers, ID. d., Is made book
editor, office nj Nashvilla Tam, 5sa,