, 1880-11-14
PERSONAL.

Miss Annie L. Shaw was lately ordained in
Tarrytown by tho New York Methodist Conter
ence, after considerable discussion
Tho Rev. DR.. Daniel Renl. pastor OF the FRS
Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. T.. has determine.
to offer hts RESIGNATION. He will probably accep1
! call to bloomington Ill.
The Rev. Stephen II. Tying, Sr,, Of New York,
now In bis Slst year. cnjoyz y pension Of $i00J d
yeAr from st. Georges Protestant Episcopal
Church, over which he was thirty-tive years
| the pastor
t The late Lord Clifford, a Roman Catholic Peer,
provided lin his will that should his younger
sons, to whom he left Sl5u,0O0, take holy orders
their portions art. to be reduced to <e5.N0. Ia
! DC reduced from $4,000 to Sl3.530 shoulu they
become nuns, Another Roman Catholic gentle
man OF high position male similar provision q
year or two ago.
diVine aud astronomer. who served rs deputy to
Sir Isaac Newton when Professor Of Muthe-
matte; MATES at Cambridge, predicted that comet
would appear at noon On Wednesday, Oct. II,
and that tho world would he destroyed by firc OF,
tue following Friday; The comet came and had
clorRynen were reported to have waited on the
pritnatc on tho Wednesday, afternoon to request
TINT propcr PRAYERS might be prepared, while
world was coming mnrrieu OH the Thursday the
women with whom they had been living. Many
they Would &c safer whe, The % r came. a6d eas ST.
Gilbert HeAthcote, Chief Director OF tho Bank
Of England. Issued instruc ttons to the lire off,
GERS to keep sharp lookout on the hnnk OF En-
gland. on which there was pr0digiuus run,
presumably by those who Thought TINT, albeit
m they brought nothing into tho world taey mi9ht
be able to take Something out. The Captaiu of
Dutch ship in the Thames threw all hts powder
into the river. Winston Is only remembered now
by his translation Ut Joeephus-
= Tho new President OF the Union Theolo9lcal
Seminary, the Rev. Dr.. Roswell Dwight Hitch
ire iacambent q tho y asn6usn Chair Of churcs 5
East MachIus, Me-, where he was born Aug. Is,
liz Goege asg ahd waS there n @
theology, be did not at once enter q theological
seminary, but passed u year Or more in teaching,
Studies 1nder private tuiaon. ~ lie was W student u
at Andoyer Theological Seminary in 1858. and
r1 Ir1m ls9 20 III: served rs y tutor In Amherst
After preachtng for year in Watervtlle. Ne.
he BECAME the pastor, n ls45, Of tho First Con
he he n ~se t. A rsee pSsten t e.
accept the Collins Professorship Of Natural and |
heveaIed b veal Me'g,on IL howdoin coses n ls
dent pr. hltcncoess Sa n New England g fdst eda-
sv hnd and 0esn b forego
yesr 1t tho 3ntvcrsitcs of HILLS ~ nd fssH neliin in
s .1ss s ssff Eg !sg se e 1sg sa apa M s9
hl wns M made President of the American Pales-
tint Exploration Company. Prom Bowlntn he !
received the degree Of D. D. in 1866. and from
Williams. in ls73, the degree of Ii. D. Fur some
years ne vas nn assistant editor OF the american
ahsoIogcM |: RcuteT 70 which be contributed
]ects. Among bis literary works may BE- men
toned "a Complete Analysis OF the Bible pub
tion OF several collections Of hymns and songs
fer use In worship. He was an earnest supporter
nf the Government during the War OF the RE- |
beiliOn, and aided tho Union cause py elective !
public addresscs.--New FORK Times.