Daily globe., 1882-09-27

courts of Paterson might decide.
Professor James D. Dana, of Yale col
lege, who has received higher honors
from European scientific societies than
any geologist now living in the United
States, says of the first chapter of Genesis
Examining it as geologist, find it to
be in perfect accord with known science;
therefore, as Christian, assert that the
Bible narrative must be inspired"
The Rev. Joseph Cook met with Sc
rious accident on the voyage from Japan
to Sidney, being thrown from an
upper to lower deck by a lurch of the
ship during storm. No bones were
broken, but some of the muscles and
cartilages of the ribs were torn, which
necessited surgical treatment on his ar
rival at his destination; but he was recov-
ering from his injuries at last accounts.
Alfred Reed and Richard Roberts,
while digging we'll last week on the
premises of Mr.. Appleby, in Westfeld,
Staten Island, n. Y, exhumed human
skeleton supposed to be that of an Indian.
A large portion of the town of Westfeld
the Indians had possession of until early
in the seventeenth century. when it was
decided by the Duke of York to Christopher
Billopp subsequent to Staten Island being
declared as belonging to New York.
Julie Boisvert, a young girl not twenty
years old, who was employed as nurse to
an infant child of Mrs. Noel, of Montreal,
was found guilty at the Assizes
of administering lye to the child with the
intent of numbering it, and from the effects
of which it died. The trial lasted four
days and no motive could be assigned for
the act beyond that the prisoner had i'm
bibed a morbid desire for killing some one
from reading vile stories in French books.
The Plymo nth (Mass.) bell-ringing case
has been decided . last. The plaintiffs had
for many years owned and occupied houses
near a large wooden mill, on which, some
time ago, large bell was placed. This
bell was rung several times every day, to
summon and dismiss the operatives. The
plaintiffs claimed that it was nuisance.
and injured their property and destroyed
their comfort. After a long trial the court
has decided that the plaintiffs are fully
entitled to an injunction against the ring
ing Of the bell.
The Moravian church was the first in its
organized capacity to engage in the work
of sending the gospel to heather lands.
Although from the beginning small band
among the hosts Of the church, it has sent
out more than two thousand missionaries.
and the number of its church members
gathered from among the heather is
nearly three times the present member
ship in the home churches of Germany.
England and America. This does not look
like a failure in the work of foreign mis-
sions.
Mr.. Frederick Billings, of the Northern
Pacific railroad, has just purchased for
handsome sum the library of the late
Geo. p. Marsh, the predecessor of Mr.. AS
tor as minister to Italy. The purchase is
understood to have been made with the
purpose of presenting the library to the
University of Vermont, of which Mr.. Bill
lings is an alumnus. The late Mr.. Marsh
once devised his library in that direction,
but change in his worldly fortunes after
wards compelled him to keep it as a per-
sonal estate for his heirs.
The will of the late Rev. George w.
MusgraYe, d. D., of Philadelphia, be-
queaths: To the trustees of the College
of New Jersey, Princeton, $4,000 in trust,
to be invested until the principal and in
terest shall amount to $4,000, which sum
is to be applied towards founding "The
Musgrave professorship;" to the Presby-
terian hospital in Philadelphia $4,000 in
trust, for endowing perpetually two free
beds; the sum of $4,000 to the Theological
seminary at Princeton, for the establish
ment of the ''Musgrave scholarship"
Princeton seminary is made his residuary
legatee.
The Boston Congregationalist mentions
the honorable action of the family of
Deacon j. G. Within, of Whitinsville,
Mass. who died last spring. He died on
Saturday, but he had given directions
for the drawing up of a will which he
was to sign on Monday. Though this
instrument had no legal force, his fami-
ly are carrying out his wishes expressed
therein. They have just paid $4,000 to
the Massachusetts Home Missionary soci-
ETY. and $4,000 to the American board
Ito be added to its permanent fund.-.
Various other intended legacies have been
paid, including $4,000 to the University
of New Mexico.