The daily gazette., 1878-03-08
FIFTH EDITION.
Asbury Anniyersarx.

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The anniversary of the Sunday schools
connected with the Asbury NJ. e. church
came of last night, and was one of the
pleasantest events of the season. The
attendance was large and the church dec
orations pleasing and elegant Mr.. ia
cob z. Webb conducted the exercises,
Mr. w. Il. Groves was musical director,
and Miss Mary Cornbrooks presided at
the organ.
The programme was full of interest,
and besides several hymns by the school
included several selections by the infant
class and two beautifully rendered duets,
go to the Grave are our Loved Ones, .
and "The Reapers, "by Mary Taggart
and Eva Gem. Also, Interesting recita-
tions by Master Charles Wood, Anna
Lincoln, Laura Heisler, Hattie Frismuth,
Birdie Canary and Belle Godfrey. In
teresting addresses We're also delivered
by Rev. Enoch Stubs and Rev. j. B.
Mann. Memorials services We're held
for the following deceased scholars:
Harriet Alsberger, died April 14th,
1877, aged 23 years.
Lena NJ. Dennis, died June 25th, 1877,
aged years.
Ellenetta Perry, aged G years.
In each ease beautiful wreath Of i'm
mortelles was presented to the family of
the deceased scholar, and the exercises
included an excellent recitation, "Death
of schoolmate," by Laura Heisler, and
the hymn, "Gone to the Grave are our
Loved ones" by May Taggart and Eva
Gem.
The report of the schools, read by Her.
bert A. Roop, showed n 1lourishing MEM
bership and the following missionary
collections.
Morning school s2i3 90
Afternoon school DS1 M
S. j. McMullen, adult bible class IA 43
Infant class, 40 90
1913 %
An increase overlaSt year of "A
OF this amount, S4s7.19 is for Confer
ence collections, and Sl56.24 for home
mission.
The banner class of the morning school
was j. j. McMullen's, which contributed
$500; of the afternoon school, Thomas
Drein's, which gave SN.
just before the close of the exercises
the following presentations were made:
j. j. McMullen, two handsomely
framed notices, and he in turn presen-
ted each member of his class with a
bible; Mrs. Rebecca Matlack, hand
some cross on black background; Mr..
Wilson, a motto, "All for Jesus" Mrs.
Taggart, a frame with the photographs
of her class taken in Beecher's best style;
Mr.. Christy, a motto; Jacob u. Webb, a
basket of flowers and a cross on back
ground, John Il. Mortimer, a copy of the
Holy Scriptures; w. W.. Sharp, boquet
in vase Lousia Powell, a bible; J.J. Nc
Mullen, silver pitcher; Rev. L. Stubbs,
boquet; ID. T. Hawkins, two boquets;
Superintendent Webb, a mysterious box;
Charles Wood, granite cross; Mrs. NJ.
X. Lincoln, an unknown present; Rev.
Il. B. Killiam, a silver pitcher; Mr.. Il. B.
Killiam, boquet holder; Miss Hazel, a
framed motto; a lady whose name we
could not get, a silver card basket; Mary
Cornbrooks, a framed motto; w. T.
Groves, boquet; ii. A. Roop, boquet;
Rev. L. N. Foreman, boquet; Rev. j. B.
Mann, boquet.
Books were presented to the following
scholars of the infant school who gave
the most missionary money, in the order
in which they are named: Charles
Wood, Lizzie Webb, Anna Lincoln,
Earl Mills and Eugene McMullen.
A MONDAY Excitement.
Officer Bouzearth and Gibbons, about
noon, to-day, arrested young man nam
ed John Gibbons, who was on bail for
his appearance at Court, for some minor
offence, and who tried to break his bail
by slipping out of town. AT Third and
Orange streets the prisoner broke away
from his captors and dashed down Orange
street to Front, around to Market, and
then down across the bridge. The Off
GERS started in hot pursuit, followed by
an excited crowd, which grew larger at
almost every step until it assumed extern
sive proportions. The young man finally
reached the south side of the Christiana
and escaped by running up the creek
bank. Meanwhile the excitement and
the large crowd occasioned an alarm of
fire, and several of the companies ran
their apparatus to the bridge before the
mistake was discovered.