The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-01
NUMBER 90.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

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Mr., Eliot, Superintendent of the
Boston schools. says thai the Boston
teachers punish too mach, some Of 2
them reporting one hundred and thirty
cases of cofPuFaleepunlsl1 1snent--in a
month"; sosI gliIGaius dzii3sI fusai41s 81
The average annual attendance of
colored pupils at the public schools in
South Carolina from 1869 to 1875 was
Al ,691,. while from 1876 to 1880 the av-
erage attendance was 8O.723- an In
crease of nearly 100 per cent essu &
Two schools for the education of
the children. of Socialists have been
founded in New York City by female
members of the party Of the red flag.
They will be open only on Saturdays
and Sundays, and a. tuition fee of fifty
cents q month will be charged. ~
The Methodist Church of Canada
has forty -four missions among the In
dams Of the Northwest Territory, thir-
ty missionaries, sten native assistants
- thirtf-one hundredso ffteen mem-
bers. Between Puget, Sound and Alas
Ia there are six Methodist missionaries
and q number Of teachers among the
Indians. q asa sac fen <lsaEsiG5 u :
- missionaryto tour around the world
was sometime ago undertaken by two
members of the Society of Friends in
England, Mr.. Isaac Sharp and Mr..
Langley Kitching. who have success
fully completed their mission in Africa,
and almost as fully in Madagascar, and
the latter gentleman has just returned
| to England. Mr.. Sharp proposes, after
q short stay in Madagascar, to proceed
to- Australia, and thence. return home
Dy way of America gss "a ts5a. sg.sai, i
laaAThe religious world of Italy is much
distressed by the death of Father Clio
vanni, the Capuchin friar, who was one
Of the most celebrated tenor singers in
Rome. He was not only remarkable
for the beauty of his voice and the
purity of his method; there was q relig-
| ious fervor in his execution OF q mass
that brought tears into the eyes of wor-s.
shippers, and placed the father in rivalry
with the master singers of the past.
The Pope has expressed lively regret at
| the good friaf' 8 death. 10 slsa=i!a q 20
| The latest sect in England is that
of the Danielites.c 1t had its rise in
1876, and its founder was 7. w. Rich
ardson, student OF medicine and a
| vegetarian. The organization has a
| form Of initiation, degrees, badges,
scarfs, and all the symbols of q secret
society. iTheiperso who desires to be-
come q member takes solemn VOW to
abstain entirely from fish, flesh and
fowl, from spirituous and malt liquors,
| from snuff and tobacco. When this
| promise has been taken and q solemn
pledge of secrecy given the candidate is
ushered into the garden" which is
the Danielite name for lodge The
head Of each garden is called the chief
gardener. The sect has no theological
/ system.g 81 sinias giliR -i5tif ba5lls -
There il curious church in Flor
ence, Mass, calling itself Eree Con-
Y gregational.n H,was originally (about
thHty-seven years ago) called the Com
munity." This latter was plant Of
feeble and short lived growth, and was
succeeded by the Free Congregational
in 1868. Having for its, President a
man of wealth and iberality. the society
has handsome hall, costing $40, 600.
Its name is ssCosmian Hail." and it is
provided with an auditory. stage, par
lors, kitchen and all the accessories of
modern church. The services are
held on Sunday afternoons. and are
LETT entirely to the taste and will of the
person conducting them This society
invites jew and Gentle, male and fe-
male, bond and free, orthodox, hetero-
dox and g nullodox" on its platform. 1t
usually has resident g speaker" who
| is open at all times to criticism on the
spot This position was first held, for
eleven years. blythe notorious c.. G..
burieigh. sFd 2aIl...s. sisI .-siasfgos si'oi