The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-03
SCHOOL AND CHupcr


The Methodist Coniere,o. 81.
cinnati, by decisive vote. -.
postpone indefinitely the elsssss
colored Bishop.
A detachment oh. O.,
Army will be sent to France nsSa
direction of the elder dauuhter = 3
lam Booth, the Commander.in.fS,e
1t is reported at Richmo.d
that Archbishop Gibbon (Rom.s =
olic) of that city, who is now Is 3.
will be made Cardinal befors Il
turn.
One hundred and thirtv -.
were confirmed by Bishop Hxe - |
Episcopal Church, during the a.
and seventy-three Indian sdulE
baptized.
-Three-fourths ofthe Baptiet Il S. .
es in the country are in the South ~
membership of this denominstion,- = |,
Southern States is 1900, 900. a. -
900, 900 are colored.
"A blind girl has excelled a, =.
GUS members of the fourth cIas. 6 II
High School at Portland, Ma. =
tanning a rank of 100 in all her ~ +
for one month, except Latin, "a r %
that.
Mrs. Susan N. Carter, Super;.t.,
ent of the New York Cooper Union 4
School for Women, estimates thsf -
one-third of her pupils ever becc-'
professional artists or teacher n.
other two-thirds either marry or \.
indecisive.
Says the London Spectator: 90
parents would only require their -
to take their education leisurelv -
not to hurry to the end OF it st thsss-.
speed as the tougher and less susvrs
BILE sex, the habit of intellectual ~,
would improve their health inste,i =
endangering it."
1t is said that preliminary ~
have been taken in Philadelphia
the formation of new sori,
among the othorodox Friends. I'M
be made up of those persons who Il
been excluded from the other meet;nr
for causes, such as marrying ou( 4
meeting, which are not immoral
The international Christian n
perance Camp Meeting holds twoo
sions this year one at Grimsby, neark
Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, July21
to 25th, inclusive. A list Of well. knon
speakers have been engaged. and 3
duced fares on the railroads win b =
cured. The second meeting viii b
the Thousand Islands, from July a
to August ist, inclusive.
The strict church of England ~
regard Queen Victoria as very 81
churchwoman. She has built 60
in Scotland and occupied her .Palaco I
Holyrood, but the beautiful CD
there is as roofless as on the day p
first saw it. Again when she iiruf ~
to Balmoral it was noticed thst r
took a grand suite, including svn II
French male hairdresser, but N =
domestic chaplain.
-Ex-Gov. Frederick Smith. Ct ~
chester, has offered 800 a year ior 81
years in prizes to the State ColleGo 4
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. b \
divided as follows: $25 for the besteo1g
$l5 for the next best, the essays % 4
written by seniors on agriculturd 4
mechanical subjects; $25 and el51u
declamations, open to both senior -
middle classes; $l2 and IS for 4
best and second best junior reader.
The Christian Young Mems Al
citation have purchased Exeter b
London, for f25, 900. They inten1(
spend another fl5.000 in doing Up 4
building. The Roman Catholics NJ
anxious to purchase it for chucl
but, although they offered a. mueh
the sum paid for it, the actual r.
chasers got the preference. y
United Kingdom Alliance also put II
bid for the famous rendezvous. TIN
a sign that the anti-liquor agitation
likely to rank among the the permau!|
institutions IF tho oor,ufrv