The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-14


Nebraska showed that they had done well
notwithstanding the severe winter and the
great floods this spring. Quite a number
of immigrants from England and Ireland
had recently come to this country and set
tied in the colonies, and large NUMBER OF
people from Boston had also moved to the
colonies. The report then gave in detail
the working ofsthe colonies and the asso,
citation.
COLLECTIONS.
The Baptist church of this city will soon
be filed by Mr.. Patterson, of Ohio.
Rev A B. Allen, of the Trinity Episco-
pal church, is in New York to attend the
funeral of his father.
There is said to be division in Mr. Nor
gan's church of Moline One side desires
new pastor, and the other is devoted to
| the present incumbent of that position.
A Bloomington clergyman prayed last
Sunday chat God might bless the Presi-
dent and strengthen him in his struggle
with the politicians and the great monopo-
lies" No names We're given, but Conkling
will feel badly when he hears of it.
The sixty-irst annual report of the
American Bible society shows that 5000,
4s4 were collected during the last year.
The revised edition of the Bible will be
out next month. The demand has been
very great.
The Rt. Rev. John L. Spaulding, Bishop
of Peoria, will lecture in St. Joseph's
Church in this city, Sunday evening at 8
o'clock. Family tickets one dollar
A young woman of Springfield, Mass,
was determined to circumvent young man
who she suspected of a desire to escort
her home from the Baptist church sociable
The entertainment was held in the base
ment and she laid plan to gain the audi
ence room above by means of the back
stairs and escape thence to the street while
her would-be cavalier was preparing to
pounce upon her at the basement door
All went well until false step in the dark
ness sent her splashing into the baptistry,
which had remained open since the previ-
Gus Sunday. 1t is rumored that she has
changed her views upon the subject of i'm
mersion and will join another denomina-
ton.
Rev Gavin Laing, of Montreal, prom
inent clergyman of the Dominion, thus
sums up his opinion on the new revised
Scriptures at the close of a sermon dealing
with the circumstances which led to the
revision: Il, for one, apprehend nothing
that can be mischievous, hope for much
that will be helpful and means of grace
in the new light which the new version of
the Bible is sure to cast upon the divine
message to man"
The Moline auxiliary to the Woman's
Foreipn Mission Society of this district
of the Methodist church has elected the
following officers: Mrs. A. r. Morgan,
President; Mrs. III, w Hyde and Mrs. j.
Richardson, Corresponding secretary; Mrs.
William Wilcox, Recording Secretary and
Mrs Dorman bolt, Treasurer
The Woman's Foreign Mission Society
at the close of their session elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows: President
Mrs. DIR. J. w. Stark, of Rock Island; the
wife of every Methodist pastor in the dis
trict is a Vice President; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs J. Hart, of Orion; Record
ing Secretary, Mrs. Robinson, of Rock Isl
and; Treasurer Mrs. Mckinney.
The HeJreac Leader remarks that some
fanatical people are angry because Presi-
dent Garfield refuses to say that there shall
be no wine on the White House table at
dinner. ''He is right. 1t is nobody's bus
mess what he puts on his table so long as
he observes the rules of sobriety and self
respect. No man can fear that his social
habits will disgrace the position that he
holds. The rude gang of whiskey- guzzlers
who made the White House their barricks
a few years ago, under Grant, will find no
attractions there for the next four
years"