, 1880-09-05
GENERAL NOTES.

The Jewish now year 5841 begins this evening
| after sundown. *f#'
Tho Universal Association Of Illinois meets a
Joliet Sept. H-l6.
Tho thirty-fourth annual meeting Of tn
American Missionary Association will be held II
Norwich, Conn, Oct. 12-A.-
The receipts Of the American Bible Societ,
during July were $685. I'll, of which $13,214 came
from donations and SO BIG from lcgacies.
Under the superintendent Of the Rev. DR.
Fauld, OF the United Presbyterian Mission II
Toxic, the Gospel OF Mark has been printed ir
raised type for the blind Japanese
George Goodberry, alias Helix" is the
founder Of a new sect which he calls the solit
suffer great deal Of persecution, and hence
them; lis Headquarters % are IN the 11B Bo@ery; VERY
this country are Plymouth, Brooklyn. ,5a9 mem:
bels; First. Chicago, ], ,1H3; Central, Brooklyn
LOIS: Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, 96s;
Church ,a 1sat,p Ct the Pilgrims B.ooklyn % eharch
Oberltn, O.. 74s.
The people Of San Lorenzo, Cal, belonging to
different churches, seeing that none Of their de-
nominations was strong enough to sustain a
undenomlnadonal church. They adopted q
creed which is described US being, zip general
way, tao Apostles Greed expanded, have kept
Oh t of debt, and are tfourishing,
The African Methodist Episcopal Church re-
ports thirty conferences, 2,05l churches, and
3B,044 members. There nre nino Bishops,
namely: John y. Brown, D: 4. Payne. James 4.
F. Dickerson. 4. IT. Waynan, II. n. Turner, and
r H. Cain- Tho Wilberforce University is To-
Gated near Xenta, in Green County, O.
The Episcopal Church at Tacoma. tho western
terminus Of the Northern Pacific Railroad has
Nf rho n1da9f rh1irfh In
an immense t1r tree, which was. seventy feot
high, but which has been c:It OF forty feet above
cross. The rings Of the tree show that it Is at
least 275 years old. The church is a log building.
The American Baptist Publication Society has
received about $3.50 for the Robert Raikcs Cen
tennial Sunday School Fund. 1t has been sug-
grsted br life member that $4,000 should Be
rnised by the Sunday school alumni, or former
scholars, as permanent fund, the interest to
be used in furnishing books, Bibles, and period
special reference to the freedmen, Indians. and
Chinese.
King Theebau has caused it to be reported
that, since the English priests are afraid to re-
sumo charge Of their church In Mandaiay. he
medlrates presenting it to the Baptists or the
Roman Catholics, .or:whateyer sect will take It.
1t was entirely built at bis fathers expense,
under the .i sqperytspn of Dr. Marks, but the
over to Bishop Sfiinau, the late Metropolitan Of
India, on b.haif OF the Society for Propagattng
the Gospel
As curious baptism az Is often witnessed re:
Gently occurred at Dallas, Tex 4 condemned
murderer named Wright desirI re bAptized,
a Buptist clergyman was sent To-, and Wright
was tuken to Trinity River. But the Sheriff hnd
his suspicious. To him 1t Becmed more likely
that Wright was after chance to commit sui
eide, and SO he, too, accompanied the procession
When they reached the river the Sheriff tied 4
rope around tho condemned man, and when the
ceremony finally took place the Sheriff. stood
like a fisherman On the bank with the line In his
hand while the minister proceeded with the
baptism.